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With the big pit covered in a giant weedberg on the end of the wind where I wanted to be, I decided to pop to the local day ticket for my monthly session. I experienced all the highs and lows associated with such places - plenty of carpy activity but got casted over, spombed at, hemmed in...... but all's well that ends well. Caught a few with these being the prettiest.
The linear is typical of the stock of this water, but the other one is a true leather. Quite a rarity nowadays.

 

I've met some great people on the bank but also some I'll be glad never to meet again. Here are some examples of "That Guy";
You've found a spot, got the rods out and the bivvy is up. Time to relax with a cup of tea and then it starts. Tap, tap, tap........tap, tap, tap.... tap, tap, tap. Worse, you know the idiot has about 11 more pegs to get in! You struggled to push yours in the hard ground with a bit of sweat and a few choice words but did it confident that the fish wouldn't be aware of your presence. Anyone owning a bivvy mallet should have it inserted blunt end first!
It was 2 in the morning. It was during one of the recent heatwaves and all the bivvy sides were up. A blinding light hits you and a car rumbles past on the gravel track. Everyone has an emergency ever now and again so you let it go. Ten minutes later it comes back and parks again. I know the portaloo is 200 yards away and despite what you think, your Tesla does make a racket!
A bloke was fishing on the opposite side with his missus and 2 kids. They had a BBQ at dinner time. No problem. Then the 2 kids get out a football and kick it all around the lake!
I was fishing one rod about a rod length out near some rushes. All of the sudden, there is a huge splash right where I was fishing. I thought it must have been a fish. Twenty minutes later another splash and I saw the lead go in! I walked a good 25 yards to the next swim and had a few words with the bloke!
A couple of kids were fishing near the dam. Doof. The lead went in. Five minutes later another doof. Every five minutes another doof as they cast repeatedly for hours. Yes, I blanked.
A noisy bloke was on the other side, Regularly you would hear him tell his dog to lie down. Luckily after dark it all went quiet. Then at 2:30a.m., he started chatting to his mate in the next swim. I could hear every word, despite him being 100 yards away!
 

Blanket weed is my only issue, or should I say was...
I stopped feeding them about a week ago, it took a few days but they started feeding on it, but not enough to stop it spreading.
So i ordered 15 trap door snails.
They have been in 48 hrs and I can already see the pond getting clearer.
Water quality is better than what comes out the tap

Came through the latest heat wave fine. All the koi are happy and feeding really well, it's amazing what that extra air has done. I've been upping the food this past week and the fish are loving it. We now have a prolonged period of 25-28C which is absolutely no problem so it's time to put some weight on.

I went to club lake early morning today, had a few mid doubles close in under an overhanging tree, and one mid water too.
By 12 o'clock was far too hot so packed up but enjoyed the fishing.
Just a small thing tho, my Atts remote packed up mid session, tried to replace it with a Duracell AA rechargeable battery, blooming thing is actually slightly larger than a normal one so didn't fit!!☹️
Didn't stop me having a good day tho 👍
Take care in this heat all.

With such a beautiful setting who needs to catch anything , it would only disturb the tranquility .
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I went to club lake today, was gonna stay most of day but packed up about 1pm it was too hot and no bites and no sign of fish, i got sunburnt last week and when i felt the sun starting to rake over the coals thats when i left, gonna leave the fishing till things cool down a bit

No, there aren't any bream in there. I've had similar occurrences on another lake that contains some large catfish and they frequently smash people up and due to bad practices by anglers, they  are frequently trailing tackle including leads and you get all 3 rods register a bite but then drop off a second later.

As I'm not allowed to fish my local lake, I thought I would stop by to see what's happening. As expected, there's people using it as a swimming pool/somewhere to go paddle boarding/sunbathing.
I bought an aquarium thermometer off amazon just so I know what the water temperature is. I was shocked to find the surface water between 26.1C and 26.3C. Hopefully the temps are going to start dropping soon. That can't be good for the fish.

Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first . 
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As expected, my trip was a grueller and I packed up Sunday morning despite having paid until 6 in the evening.  I couldn't believe how warm the water was when I washed my hands in the lake.
There were a few fish crashing about early morning but they didn't seen interested in feeding. I should have had a good nights sleep but both nights I think that one fish was trailing tackle as I had numerous lifts on the bobbin before settling again, despite using backleads.

Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first . 
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Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first . 
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Depends on how badly you want to catch ‘em  lol
sometimes life’s too short.
 

Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .
From a Grey / Ginger 
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Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .
From a Grey / Ginger 
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I was out Sunday early and had a good result whilst it was overcast (see July Catch Reports), but ibthink that was very much down to local conditions.
The club shut all fishing as of 11pm last night die to hugh water temps and their concern over DO, so I can't fish my preferred venue.
I'm not sure I would go out locally right now. Its 30 outside as I write this and forecast up to 33/34 later today and throughout the week. Just unpacking the car, getting to the swim and setting up can be very unpleasant in this weather.

Don't guess.....
Treat it like any other session and try to find the carp.
If you can't find them, I'd start on the end of the wind but be ready to move on any sighting. Imo deep water is not the one in high temps but hey.... I've seen them show up in the oddest of places at the oddest times of year!
20C+ is bad for oxygen but good for digestion/feeding.... but digestion uses lots of oxygen (lol). Swings and roundabouts mate. All you can do is find them and fish for them.

I've got a 48 hour session booked for this weekend that I paid for last year and not particularly looking forward to it. Luckily that lake that I'm going to has quite good night form and early mornings also are pretty good but then not expecting anything until the following evening.
On my park lake a few days ago, I was catching a few in very shallow water. I didn't actually plumb it but the time lag between opening the hopper on the boat and the lead smacking down was minimal, I reckon it was probably on about 2 foot but it was under the far bank trees. The lake is a dammed stream and I've been catching at the top end when the effect of the oxygenated water flowing in is at it's greatest.