Back on the syndicate for a two night session and conditions
are again poor. The usual walk round turned up nothing so it was to a spot I
have already fished where am sure I could pick a couple from. The first rod was
to on a raked spot which has seen bait for last two weeks but only been fished
for a few hours. On this spot a put 5 kilo of Nut Particle from Soar Tackle. I
will be using a Stiff Hinged rig on this spot with a Credence Fruit Spice
Pop-up. The other two rods were both fished with Bottom Baits and Soft coated
braids from Vardis.
The spot for these rods were right in front of a big tree on
the opposite margin. I already have markers for the distance on this spot so it
was quick and easy getting the rigs on the spots. The rods are only a rod
length apart 70 yards away with a good scattering of Marukyu Credence Krill
feast boilies in sizes 14mm and 18mm. I will be using an 18mm glugged boilie on
one and an 18mm topped with half a 14mm Pop-up. By three I was all set up and
settled down but it was an uneventful evening and night for that matter. The
first take came at seven in the morning off the Nut Particle; it started as a
one bleep then just melted. I was up like a shot to the rod and bent into what
felt like a good fish. The fish kited to my left instantly and weeded me up.
Luckily it broke free soon after and carried on kiting to the left right across
the lake to my margin, I had managed to gain enough line to be able to walk a
little down the bank and stop the fish heading into the reeds. After a good
battle in the margin I finally had a lovely Common in the net.
I thought I was going
to be to a few more but the day passed with nothing, another quite night so a
move was on the cards until one of the boilie rods ripped off. A few minutes
into the battle and the hook pulled. It didn’t feel like a big fish but still I
was not best pleased. I had to stay put now there had been no sign of fish
anywhere else but a couple of shows over the bait. A couple of hours later and
the other boilie rod was off this time I lost it in the weed but again it
didn’t feel like a big fish. That was the last of the action for this session
but I will be back soon, I did put a little more bait on the spots before I
left. If I return in a few days and again cant find them I will at least know
there has been some bait in the spots. Till next time then…..
This is my end season video its been a great season even with all the bad weather. I look forward to the new season and hope the weather is a little kinder.
Please use this link if the video wont play........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wayI9-_uVIs
A hard over nighter on the bank. I had a walk round the lake
as you should always do when you arrive; you never know what you might spot. On
this occasion to my surprise I found no signs of fish moving about. It was not
feeling good for a bite the pressure was going to be rising throughout the day,
conditions were not good. I decided to fish a spot I have been on before as
there is nothing showing, if they start showing else where I will move on them.
The last time I fished this peg about a week ago I put some marks in the hedge
to mark the distance for the clip. All I had to do was walk the rods out to the
marks clip up and am on the spot. Super accurate and proper simple.
With all three rods clipped up to the spot I started putting
a little bait. I only baited lightly as the conditions where not great and I
didn’t think they would be getting their heads down in the night. Two rods will
be over one spot with Marukyu Credence Krill Feast boilies in 14mm and 18mm.
One of the rods will be fishing with a special Krill Feast Hook Bait and the
other will have a Krill Bottom Bait topped with half a Credence Krill Pop-up. The
third rod will be fished over a small amount of Nut Particle Mix from Soar
Tackle; over this I will fish a Credence Fruit Spice Pop-up. The next five
hours passed with nothing happening or seeing any fish in the swim or even this
end of the lake. There had been three top at the other end of the lake in this
time. I had around an hour till dark so I had to make a choice quick should i
stick it out on the bait or do a move to the other end of the lake. I moved and
within 45 minutes I was sat back with a coffee. A couple more crashed on the
top before I got my head down for the night. I was awoken at first light by a
couple of bleeps, as I got out the bag to have a look it screamed off. I bent
into a hard fighting fish that was determined to stuff me in the tree to my
right. Finally the fish was safely in the net and resting while I got the gear
sorted. A very welcome double Mirror almost a Leather the only scales were on
the wrist of its tale.
Another lovely fish to fall the Credence Krill Feast. The
move paid off in the end but that was the only take I got this session it never
felt good from the off so to come away with one I was chuffed. Till the next
time…..
It’s Tuesday and the car is loaded and me and Colin are off
for a two night session. This session is
mainly to try out a new particle mix from Soar Tackle. We arrived at the lake
around two in the afternoon, with just a couple of old boys fishing for Tench. There
were a few Carp on the top so the first thing out the car was the floater rod.
I set up with just hook to line to stalk one out the side on the good old
bread, 10 minutes later and I have a Common on the end, stunning little one
with white tips on the tail and fins. Great
start to the session but it was time to get the gear out of the car and try bag
a bigger one.
The peg I chose has a
big tree on the opposite bank to my right. This is going to have two rods on it;
there is a lovely silt area just in front of the tree between all the weeds.
That’s the first two rods sorted, the third rod is to be fished in the margin
on my bank but 60 yards down on a clear gravel area in front of a big tree. The
rigs for the two rods in front of the tree will be a stiff hinged rig and a simple
coated braid bottom bait rig. For the rod in the margin I am going to start
with another stiff hinged rig, bait wise will be a glugged boilie on one with a
pop-up on the other cast to the far side in front of the tree with a big bed of
Marukyu Credence Krill Feast boilies in sizes 14mm and 18mm. The margin rod
will be baited with a nut particle mix from Soar Tackle; this mix was made with
a standard particle mix with crushed Peanut and Tigers. I will start fishing
this with a pop-up.
The
first fish off the bottom fell to Colin who was also using the same baits, a
nice little mirror fell to a double piece of corn over the nut mix. The next
bite didn’t come until first light and was to be off my margin rod a little Common
taking a pop-up over the nut mix. So far so good on the new mix. A couple of hours later my bottom bait rod
tightened up with a few bleeps, I picked the rod up thinking it was a missed
bite but half way across the lake I felt a small bit of resistance, maybe I just
caught some weed on the retrieve but to my surprise there was a roach on the
end. It turned out to be a nice one at 1lb 6oz, this tried to take a 18mm Krill
Feast boilie and had a size 6 Vardis gripper hook in its bottom lip. I must say
I was a bit gutted I had caught this because it was a lovely roach and to drag
it in on a 3lb test rod was certainly not good for it. The next three fish came
off Colin's rods all falling to the corn over the nut mix. All three were only
small ones but still very pretty fish.
I
was in 2 minds to change from pop-up boilie to corn with Colin having the last
3 but they are the small ones of the lake, I stuck with it and had another run
on the margin rod shortly after which unfortunately resulted in a hook pull. A
few hours with not a lot happening the next run was from my bottom bait rod,
another small Common, although these fish were only singles and low doubles
they scrapped like mad every time so its was still great fun.
After
this capture I decided to have a little change on one of the rods fishing over
the boilies, I changed the pop-up rig over to the same rig on the other rod. Instead
of using the Krill Feast boilies I used the Marukyu Credence Fruit Spice in 18mm
with a small bag of crushed ones. All the freebies have been Krill Feast over
this spot so I would be interesting to see if a complete opposite boilie can get
a bite.
The
light was starting to fade before anymore action came, Colin having four more
singles through the night last one at four in the morning. I had a very quiet
night until just before eight in the morning, one of the bottom bait rods was
off this one being the biggest so far, a lovely upper double Common falling to
the Fruit Spice boilie.
Making the change over to a Fruit Spice boilie payed off and
i was confident it would go again. The rig I was using was made solely of
Vardis tackle products, the hook link was Skin Line, soft in moss green, this
is a lovely coated hook link which is still very soft much Iike a supple Fluorocarbon . I only stripped enough coating for the hair and knot less knot,
to a size 6 Gripper hook.
It
was a quiet day until just after four and I was in with another off the Krill Feast
boilie, only a small mirror this time. I was just slipping her back in and
Colins boilie rod was off with his best of the session for him a lovely Common,
we nearly had a brace on the bank. Things went quiet again but I had noticed a
couple of big Carp to my right on the top, I grabbed the stalking rod and free
lined a piece of bread right on the spot. After 30 seconds two Mirrors came up
for it, one was a big Mirror pushing 30lb, but the small one a low double took
the bait. This one weeded me up time after time but with a little help from
Colin it was in the net, the last one of the trip. Although we didn’t bag a big
one we had a far bit of action from a lake which is no runs water, I will be
returning very soon to try put some of the bigger fish on the bank.
