I arrived at the fishery at around 2:30 pm which I hoped would give me at least 6 hours fishing time. The weather was very hot and so I was surprised to see only three cars in the car park. I mean it was a Sunday.
Usually I go to the top of the lake and spend the afternoon and evening sitting behind two buzzers but today I thought I would concentrate on one rod and fish the waggler. This was mainly to see if I could tempt the lake's carp into feeding a little closer in.
With only three cars in the car park I wasn't surprised to find my swim unoccupied. I set up the waggler rod, plumbed the depth, mixed the ground bait and was ready to make my first cast at 15:30.
Instead of the usual mixture of hook baits, I decided today to concentrate just on meat. I was really just going for the carp today. If I got a good tench or barbel then that would be a bonus.
I didn't have long to wait for the first bite. The float went, I struck and off went the carp for a run. When it got to the reeds on the far side it turned and spat the hook out! I was gutted but none the less I re-baited the swim and cast again.
Unfortunately the above scenario repeated itself a further five or six times during the session. I knew by the end that I must have been doing something wrong. I normally miss a couple as I suppose does everyone else but I was getting the hook spat out every time.
When I got home I contacted the Maggotdrowning forum for some assistance. See the link below for their response.
http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=174387&SearchTerms=HELP
I did manage to catch 16 fish during the session, they consisted mainly of bream and tench however I did catch one barbel right at the end. As for the carp I did land one!
So, in conclusion my plan did work as far as getting a good number of carp to come in and feed on the meat quite close in, the down side of course was that I couldn't land any!
I will try this tactic again, taking on board the help I've received and see what happens.
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