I was up and out slightly later than usual as the mornings were now a little on the dark side at my normal time.It was therefore about 7 am when I pulled into the empty car park.
I quickly unloaded the car and headed out to the back stretch of the lake. The water looked very fishy, would today be a good one. I felt like it could.
It was the usual two rod approach again today. One waggler set up and another small leger set up on a feeder rod. I was all plumbed up, swims fed and ready to make my first casts at around 7:40.
I spent an hour on the corn but never even got any signs of interest let alone a bite. I decided to make the switch to meat and was rewarded at 9:20 with my first bream of the day. No blanking for me today.
Sixteen minutes later, still using the meat I was into my second fish. This turned out to be a meat loving roach!
It was now just after 10 am and I was back on the corn. Fish number three was a nice bream.
I had to wait another two hours for my next bite. Again it was on corn however this time the victim was a tench.
Thirty minutes later and still on corn I bagged my first crucian for a long time. I thought they had all emigrated!
Just after lunch I switched back to meat and was rewarded with this fine bream. Twenty five minutes later I netted another one - I was on a bit of a roll.
At 15.29 the tip of the feeder rod went round for the first time of the day. When I lifted the rod I knew straight away that it wasn't a carp. It did fight but not for very long. When it hit the surface I saw it was a big bream. The scales confirmed this as it weighed 3 lb 12 oz which I think is my personal best.
The first carp of the day turned up at 16:54. It was taken on the waggler rod and weighed 1 lb! It liked meat though.
The next carp, also caught on meat,turned up at 18:00 and weighed 4 lb. A good scrap on the float rod.
I decided at that point to give up for the day. It was a decision that would come back and haunt me for ever!
When I pack up I start by draining the excess water out of the bait boxes and throwing the small amount of ground bait that is left into the edge.
Next I fold up the chair and put the bait boxes and terminal tackle back in my box. That just leaves the two rods and the landing net to dismantle.
When I reeled in the float rod I saw a big carp right beneath my feet! It obviously had been attracted by the ground bait and flavored water that I had previously tipped in.
I made the decision to have a go for it, so I put a piece of meat on the hook and gently lowered it over the side. Immediately the line tightened I struck. The fish took straight off towards the island. I managed to turn it and also managed to keep it out of the lily pads to my right. When it was in the net I could see that it weighed about 8 lb. What a result.
Things turned sour when I was unhooking the carp on the mat. I heard a thump and turned to see my feeder rod heading out across the lake. I watched it stop and sink when it got to the far bank.
I was dumbstruck and really annoyed, mainly with myself!
So a day that saw me catch 11 fish ended up with me losing my feeder rod and reel. Lesson to be learnt here I think.
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