So with the above in mind I decided that I would go for an afternnon/evening carping session at the club's Nursery Fields venue.
I left work at 12 and was home by 1:00 having just stopped to pick up lunch at the Golden Arches. I then finished loading up the car (i'd started the previous evening) and made my way in sunshine down to Edenbridge.
In my head I'd already picked the swim I wanted, peg 17 right at the top of the lake and so when I arrived and saw only three cars in the car park I knew I had a very good chance of getting it. I was proved right, as after I loaded up my now 'can't do without' trolley and made my way to the lake to find all but one of the other anglers set up on the nearside bank. The other was midway down the far bank.
Today's plan was to fish 2 rods each with identical setups, small bomb on 6lb line to a size 14 hook on a 5lb hook length. The left hand rod I was going to fishing 10mm Monster Crab boillies and on the right I would fish 15mm Pineapple Frenzy ones.
I made my first cast at 15:24. The plan was to feed the swims with half a dozen boillies each hour that went by without catching a fish.
I only had to wait 45 minutes for the first bite which I successfully landed. It was a 2lb barbel with a liking for pineapple. I didn't suspect that this was the trigger for some fast and furious action.
In the space of 38 minutes I landed four tench on monster crab and one on the pineapple rod. At least twice the bait was taken before I had the chance to put the line through the buzzers.
After writing the note above the buzzer on the monster crab rod went off again and in came my 6th tench of the session. The score now was crab 5 pineapple 2.
Ten minutes later the action was repeated as yet another tench which fancied crab made the virtual net. I was beginning to really enjoy myself!
I now a thirty minute respite in which I was able to have a well deserved cup of tea. The quiet was broken by a five minute spell in which I landed another two tench on the crab rod.
I had to wait another forty five minutes for the next bite, unexpectedly this came on the pineapple rod. Not a surprise though was that it was another tench.
I returned the fish and just after I re-cast the line tightened and I was in again. This time I had my first carp of the day, a nice looking mirror.
Ten minutes later, on the same pineapple rod I landed my second carp, this time though it was a common. The score now was crab 8 pineapple 7. Nothing to choose between them.
The next fish came 15 minutes later and was on the pineapple rod again and yes this time it was a tench. Now both baits were equal.
The above fish was caught at 18:49. I fully expected the sport to pick up but strangely it went quiet. In the next hour I only got two more tench both on the crab. I was puzzled.
It was now 20:10 and I was beginning to think of packing up however the fish had other ideas. The buzzer on the pineapple rod went off and I lifted into what I knew was a decent fish. Two or three minutes later I'd landed an 8lb common.
To be honest as I returned it to the water I thought that was it however I'd just got back to my chair when the crab rod went off and suspecting another tench I was somewhat surprised when the fish shot off down the lake. I finally got it in I found it to be a 5lb common.
As the time was getting on for 8:30 I decided that when I recast I would give it another 10 minutes and then I would call it a day.
As I started to clear up my swim the crab rod's buzzer went off for the last time and I was into what turned out to be a 3lb common. I landed and returned the fish under the gaze of the bailiff who was doing his rounds.
Just as I was about to bring in the pineapple rod it's buzzer went off and in came a barbel. I'd started and finished on one.
In conclusion I was really pleased with this seassion. I'd met my expectations, the rain had kept away and I'd caught 20 good fish, 12 on crab and 8 on the larger pineapple. I will be back.
Wildlife Update:
I was driving back through the Surrey hills when as I rounded a bend I came across a baby deer (fawn) in the middle of the road. I came to a stop as quickly as I could and got out the car. A quick look round told me that I hadn't hit it. I was glad but very shaken!
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