Today was going to be my last trip of the season. As I'd had my best results of the season at Chittenden it was here that I decided to call it a day for 2015.
I was up and out of the house in semi darkness and reasonably pleasant weather. The thirty minute trip to Edenbridge was uneventful and so it was just after 6:45 when I arrived at the lake.
As usual I unloaded the gear and headed off to the far end of the lake. Set up today didn't take as long as usual as I now only had one rod! (See last post).
I was ready to make my first cast at 7:35. As I relaxed in my chair I wondered if just having one rod to concentrate on would improve my strike rate (pun intended)?
I started with corn as the hook bait and had to wait until 9:53 before I netted my first fish. It was as expected one of the lake's bream.
The rest of the morning was very quiet. I switched baits every hour or so but with no success. That is until 13:43 when a carp took my latest meat offering. Alas, it wasn't my day as during the ensuing tussle it managed to break my hook length.
My luck turned 4 minute later when I hooked into another carp. This one took corn and made the net. It wasn't large - about 2 oz!
Just under two hours later I was into another carp. Again this one fell to meat. After unhooking it I didn't bother weighing it as it wasn't a double. I estimated it to be about 8 lb.
About 30 mins previous, two anglers (sorry don't know your names) arrived and set up in the swim opposite me.After a while one of them came round to inquire how I was getting on. I told him the sorry tale. He then asked if I had tried cheese. I said I hadn't and that I didn't have any. He, luckily enough had some and gave me a large lump to try.
After releasing the aforementioned carp I decided to give the cheese a try on the grounds that things couldn't get any worse. Thirty minutes later the float went and I was into what turned out to be another carp of 8 lb. My first on cheese!
I felt I was on a winner so I stayed on the cheese and twenty two minutes later I bagged another carp, this one came in at 5 lb.
Another thirty minutes later and was into another one. This one though was a bit smaller, It came in at 4 lb.
At 17:50 the cheese worked again. This time it turned out to be my best fish of the day, a 9 lb specimen.
I decided to pack up at 18:21 after I landed a bream with a liking for the cheese.
So a bad day turned into a good day thanks to some help from another club member. If you are reading this, thanks very much. Eight fish in the day.
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