muftyboy

I'm going. Just need to decide where. My 1st choice is proper waterlogged.

Cheers mate. It's still early days but the main thing is that my daughter seems happier now that there's not an atmosphere in the house. Just need the weather to sort itself out so I can do a few hours fishing instead of sitting indoors mulling things over.

My missus used to hate me going fishing. Last couple of years she incouraged it. We are now getting divorced. Which means i can do more fishing 😂🐟

No mate. Straight into the willow. Luckily no rig, just the lead. I was hitting one of the lodges with my throwing stick though.

Just before Xmas I went up to my dads caravan at carlton meres. Got talking to his mate who fishes the lake regularly and he told me there was a nice spot a couple of rod lengths off the big willow on the far magin. 14.5 wraps he said. I had a proper blond moment and somehow told myself that back and forth was one wrap. You can imagine what happened when I cast out 😮

The same mate. If ever I'm night fishing and the moon is bright enough to cast a shadow I just know I'm not gonna catch. And I also get very hairy lol.

Done a 48 hour at carlton mares at the weekend. Strange old session. Low pressure warm with a nice strong wind. 1st night 4 fish came out. There were 3 of us on the lake and one came to the guy to the right of me and 3 to the guy on the left. I didn't have a bleep. Next day I put the deeper out and there were a shed load of fish showing right over my right hand rod so I decided to put a bit of bait out to try and get a reaction. The next 24 hours not a beep still so I decided to try a couple of hours on the easier lake while my bivvy dried out. Not a bleep. Went back to the bivvy and put a rod out back on the baited spot while I packed up. Rod was in maybe 30 seconds before it tore off. Not a biggie but a lovely dark mirror around the 13lb mark that saved a very frustrating blank.

Off on a perch hunt this weekend. Got 48 hours from Friday till Sunday. I'll have a carp rod out also.

Just had a little play.

Managed one more. Just a little one. Looks a bit f1 shape. About 7lb

Not at all mate. I'm gonna have a go in a bit once I've eaten.

Had another mirror this morning. Bang on 18lb. Gotta practice my self takes. 😂

I'm using 3 crushed boilies in a stick at the moment. Mainly because of the dead weed and silt.

That's the way I'm thinking at the moment. I wouldn't put a lot in anyway but there so many coots on here I don't want them diving on me. To be honest if I don't get another bite I would of been happy with the one bite but because I had a bite so quickly I don't want to miss an opportunity for a few. Brain is ticking lol.

Thanks mate. Now I have a dilemma. Do I put a bit of bait out or just stay with the singles?.

Seems like spotting that fish last time has paid off big time. Only had the rods out for half an hour after setting up in the dark. Left rod did a couple of bleeps and while I was waiting for it to go the right rod screamed off. 17lb 10oz mirror.

How much are they?.

One of my club lakes has a pole to show you where the shopping trolleys are 😂

I see Nash have brought out a spinning wheel sharpener type thingy. Looks like I could ruin a hook pretty quickly with that.

All ready getting things sorted for beggining of March. Ordered 50 kilo of particle to start. Getting waders next month so I can bait down the shallower margins effectively and place rigs by hand if I need to. Also going to order a 2nd gen thermacell for those summer evenings sitting in mosquito infested bushes.

Nice one mate. I've been here 24 hours and haven't had a beep. Just changed to zigs.

I've managed to blag the whole weekend for fishing so going to my old man's caravan at Charlton meres. Gonna be 40mph South westerly. Bring it on.

I'll be honest I almost dismissed it as a coot. There were so many coots diving in that area that at 1st that's what I thought it was, I changed my mind when I saw how much water was moved compared to the coots.

Gives me a starting point for the rest of the winter. Probably gonna do Friday or Sunday night.