Unusually for me I had a day off on a Monday so I thought I would head down to Nursery Fields lake with the intention of catching a 'normal' sized barbel (see previous NF post).
I left home just before 6 arriving at the fishery just before 6:30. I wasn't totally happy with the way I fished peg 1 last time so decided to return there in the hope of having a better day.
As usual there was no one there when I arrived so peg 1 was mine. (See below)
I set up the float rod with the smallest float that would still enable me to reach the tip of the lily pads. I groundbaited the swim in the usual way before casting in with a piece of strawberry flavoured corn on the hook.
The first cast went at 7:17, by 8:20 I had 2 small tench in the net. I began to feel that this could be my day.
Not having tried maggot on the hook in any big way I decided to give that a go for the next hour and was rewarded with 2 gudgeon (mighty beasts), 2 crucians, 1 perch, 1 tench and 8 roach most of them on the smaller side of small.
For the third hour I switched back to corn in the hope that I may get into a bigger stamp of fish. Although they were only small I did manage 3 tench, 2 crucians, 1 gudgeon, 3 roach and a bream.
At 10:30 after a morning cuppa (never as good from a flask but hey needs must) I decided to give meat a whirl. As I knew my targets so to speak I had cut the cubes smaller than usual - In the next hour I was rewarded with 3 tench and a very small barbel.
As usual for a summers day the fishing began to slow down as I entered the lunchtime period. By 12:20 all I had was one bream and another small tench.
Due to the fishing slowing down I thought I would try maggot on the hook for the next hour. Although none of them were any great size I did manage 3 gudgeon, 4 roach, 1 bream and 2 perch.
The next hour was my final one on corn before switching to meat for the rest of the session. Just the two fish this time, one roach and one tench.
The mid afternoon period on meat was slow, producing a tench and this barbel which is a personal best for me!
As the swim wasn't responding well to meat I switched back to strawberry corn for the remainder of the session. Four roach and a further three tench came in.
I called it quits about 7:15. I had I think achieved my goal of having a better day than the first one. It was a shame the larger carp didn't show but a personal best Barbel is nothing to be scoffed at.
A good day - I'll be back.
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