Today was my second visit of the year to this fishery which
is just outside Haywards Heath in Sussex
The first by the standards set the previous year hadn’t been
a success so today I was looking to set things straight.
I was out of the house and pedalling down the motorway
around 6:30am. The temperature was a dizzy 7.5 degrees. The windscreen wipers
were on but not working furiously for a change.
I arrived at the fishery about 7am and then went straight
away to pay my money. Having done that, I hopped back into the car and drove
down to the lake.
Peg 14 was free (as was all the others) so I unloaded the
car and made for the swim. When I arrived I saw that the bank in front of the swim
was practically under water! I was going to get muddy today!
Undeterred by the standing water I managed to set up without
any ‘funny’ incidents. In addition to my float rod I thought I would set up a
feeder rod to fish the far side of the bay if the going got slow.
Having fed the swim with a fairly generous helping of
groundbait and loose fed maggots and corn I made my first cast at 8.20.
I didn’t have to wait long for the first bite. The float
started to make it’s way across the swim and after a while I struck and was
into my first F1 of the day. As this was caught on a single red maggot I
decided to stay on that. By 9.20 I’d added a couple more to the total.
A little after 9:30 a van pulls up and a fellow angler comes
over to see how I’m getting on as he had a match there on the following Bank
Holiday. Around an hour later he bids farewell and takes his leave!
After he left I re-fed the swim and resumed serious fishing.
By 11:30 five more carp of all varieties had been caught. Most it must be said were
under the pound mark.
One of the 5 carp caught was a 2lb F1, the biggest I’ve ever
had. This was caught on the feeder rod using a 10mm strawberry flavoured
boillie.
Corn has always worked well here so I thought for the
lunchtime period I would give that a go. As luck would have it the decision was
a good one as the next ninety minutes did yield a further six carp.
For the start of the afternoon I gave bread a try. I had
some initial success but nothing amazing.
I’d brought along some meat that I could use late on in the
day if I wasn’t getting some success. As I was I decided to give it a go.
Firstly the float disappeared and I was into my first bream from the lake. I
don’t honestly think I’d caught one in there before. It was covered in spawning
follicles.
Using just meat it was carp after carp until I had to pack
up about 5:15.
I also took a couple of carp on the feeder rod, one a 3lb
mirror and the other a nice 2lb white ghostie.
I took 15 carp and 1 bream in the afternoon session all but
the two mentioned above were caught of small cubes of meat.
So in conclusion a much better day than the previous one
although I feel like the place is really going to come alive when (if) the sun
comes out.
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