On the 17th
March 2012 I set off for one of my last sessions on my syndicate, as
I have decided to join a new lake from the 1st of April.
I got to the lake to
find nobody else fishing, with pick of the swims I took a walk round
in search for some fish and after about 20 minutes or so I found
approximately 10 fish in the corner of a small weedy bay. I then went
about setting up my two rods slightly away from the chosen swim so I
didn’t spook the fish, the rods were loaded with a 14mm G-Nut
Dumbbell and a 14mm Crustacean Boilie, added to these were small mesh
PVA bags filled with Celtic Baits high quality pellets.
My first rod was cast
at around 20 yards to a hard gravel spot, I then placed 10 freebees
around the hook bait and pellets. My second rod was placed no further
than 1 yard off of the bank to a small silty spot in between some
weed. I lowered the bait in about a metre away from 3 fish, slackened
the line off and placed the rod on the rests.
5 minutes later the rod
1 yard from the bank was tearing off, I lifted into a hefty weight
and commenced battle with an angry carp.
After a long fight the
fish was slipped over the drawstring into the net. I then weighed the
fish and took a few photos before releasing the pristine common back
into the water.
18lb 8oz Common caught
on a 14mm G-Nut Dumbbell
The rod was then placed
back on the spot with a few free baits spread around the silty area.
No longer than ten
minutes later my right hand alarm was screaming for some attention, I
lifted into the fish and endured a long slow fight, after a little
while the fish was staring at the spreader block having been beaten
and scooped into the net.
18lb 8oz Mirror caught
on a 14mm G-Nut Dumbbell
By now the fish had
moved out of the corner of the bay due to all the commotion, I
decided to up sticks and move to the other end of the bay to try and
snare one as they exited the area. The bay and the main body of the
lake are split in two by a large gravel bar, I decided to fish one
rod in the shallower water on one side of the bar, then the other rod
was positioned on the other side of the bar in the deeper water.
After half an hour of
watching fish cross over the bar and out of the bay I was beginning
to think something wasn’t right, all my doubts were soon erased
when my right hand swinger pulled tight to the rod and line began
ripping from the spool, after a short spirited fight a small common
was in the net, I then weighed the common, took a couple of snaps and
slipped her home.
12lb Common caught on a
14mm Crustaceans Boilie
After the third fish it
was time to pack up and head off home, despite the poor weather I
managed a few fish with the help of Celtic Baits top quality
products, its safe to say I was one happy angler!
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