Today I also had a plan. Assuming I was able to grab the same swim as last time I was going to fish the channel linking the two ponds with 10mm strawberry boillies. As groundbait for the swim I was going to use homemade strawberry flavoured corn. Feed the swim and sit back and wait, that was the plan.
I left home at 6:20 with the temperature at 9.0. Although it was extremely cloudy there was a yet no rain.
I found the fishery a lot quicker this time but to my dismay so had 2 other anglers. One I knew to be B(ill)LARGUS and the other I subsequently found out to be a new member called Keith. Anyway as it was dry I drove up and alongside the field until I came to the pond.
Both of the aforementioned anglers were on the piece of land I wanted to fish so I made my 'good mornings' before throwing my plan out of the window. I then made my way around the pond looking for another swim.
On the top bank I found what I would call I real nice fishy looking one. I had open water in front of me but to the right I had a little bay with a tree hanging over it. Some of it was actually in the water.
I baited the swim with a few boillies and quite a substantial amount of corn before proceeding to set up my two rods for the session. One rod, the feeder would fish the boillie swim and the other would be my waggler rod fishing the swim about a rod length in front of me.
For the waggler swim I fed two large balls of groundbait and several handfuls of maggots. I started with one red maggot on a size 16 hook. I cast in around 7:55.
The first hour came and went without even a small indication of anything living under the surface. Sometime around 9:00am two more cars made an appearance. The new arrivals set up down the far end of the pond.
The second hour came and went again without incident. Despite a new cuppa every hour the cold was beginning to get to me. I had to pinch myself to remember that it was mid-May!
Around 11am Bill decided that enough was enough and headed off for pastures new. One down three to go.
The morning session finished with a grand total of no bites. On the waggler rod I'd tried bread, corn, meat and maggots but nothing appeared to be interested.
Just before I had my lunch the two anglers at the far end decided that they to had had enough and also headed off. Now it was only Keith and myself on the pond.
I can't remember exactly when but soon after lunch a couple of young lads arrived. They then proceed to set up, cast in, walk off, return, reel in and then move to another swim. They did this for about 2 hours until yes three adults and five kids arrived to take them home!
I began to realise that the writing was well and truly on the wall as the afternoon wore on. I can get a bit stubborn when I want to and so I resisted the urge to pack up by telling myself that they will sure to come on in the late afternoon, early evening time.
Keith didn't agree and went home around 4pm. Now I was the last surviving angler. It was now a head to head between and the fish.
At 5:30 I had to concede that the fish had won the day. My record on this pond now read 2 days, 3 bites and 1 fish. This was not a very good day at all.
In conclusion 5 anglers, 1 carp and a few small perch was not a very good haul. It's pretty plain to me that the pond has a very low stocking level which is a shame because on the whole it looks a very nice venue for the club angler.
Wildlife Report 1
On the way there I had a little competition, foxes against rabbits, how many of each could I spot? Before I entered the country lanes I'd spotted 3 foxes and no rabbits however in the country it was the other way round! Three rabbits and no foxes so after all that it was a three all draw.
Wildlife Report 2
Not really a wild life report as such because it involves sheep. The pond is in the middle and at the end of a sheep field. To get from one side to the other they have to travel along a path directly behind me. In the morning they went one way and in the afternoon they all returned. Mostly they ignored me but did stop if I moved!
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