phil dalts Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 On 14/10/2017 at 22:11, Highy said: All look pale...is water crystal clear ? Yes mate, very clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Had a guest session on a tricky fox pool at longfield this weekend. managed to trick one out though. I did have to go for a swim to free the line from some underwater branches mind. spr1985, B.C., chillfactor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Swim in the loosest translation ! Well in mate lovely fish Some cracking fish guys... congrats to all nigewoodcock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Had one over the weekend 👍🏼 Seems like the fishing has slowed right down but I think I've twigged on to what they are doing at the moment. 20lb 9oz cyborx, salokcinnodrog, spr1985 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Overnighter last night..... got there late afternoon, rods out sweet just on dark, didn't see much to get excited about tbf. The wind was savage, loads of rain, couldn't sleep, finally drifted off about 2 am. 02:30...... beep, beep..... tench..... if only I was allowed to swear on here..... Back to sleep for 3am. Alarm clock goes at 05:30..... pack-up in the dark and rain........ I do wonder if our love of carp angling clouds our decision making process sometimes.... That said, can't blooming wait to get back lol..... greekskii and chillfactor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 I admire your effort with the work over-nighters mate .... like i mentioned before if i was to try & do them " this time next year I would be bankrupt Rodders " yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Im thinkin of a 24hr tomorrow...dont like the look though...20-40mph winds...light rain all dat n night...but sunday overcast. Do i risk it or see what the afternoon looks like ?? The lake were meant to be goin has a good head of 20lb ghosties..🎣🎣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 34 minutes ago, Highy said: 20-40mph winds...light rain all dat n night...but sunday overcast. Awesome fish catching conditions if you can hack them bud! Getting the rods out would be a nightmare though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Dont mind settin up in any condition...just the packin up..(not in rain)..🤔🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 As I put it in another thread. Who cares if it's uncomfortable if it means you might have a better chance of catching. Im off tomorrow afternoon for the night. Gutted the rain will have passed though as it normally keeps the lake devoid of other anglers. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil dalts Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 I went yesterday, jeeeez talk about worst conditions for sitting there! 35 acre lake managed to bag one. New lake too! 10lb common but a start chaps. Bit windy for a selfie so took this and retreated back to my brolly yonny, spr1985 and chillfactor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Had this one at 19.11lb. Also lost a good fish, one of the plodding slow moving fish you just know are big, around 3am with the wind almost blowing me over! spr1985, carpmachine, yonny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 I had the rods out for an hour today whilst tidying up from the wind. the first rod was only in for 5 minutes and had this one in the net. ..., yonny and chillfactor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Lovely fish chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Gone abit quiet on here this week.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 So here I sit writing the catch report I have been hoping to write for a long time. If my page-long catch reports bore you then you're in big trouble today boys lol....... So...... as many of you know I've had a great year on my water, I started with the big common (albeit down in weight) and followed that up with a string of other bigguns. What has eluded me however is one of the real monsters. The pick of the bunch is this UTTERLY RIDICULOUS fully scaled mirror carp that I set my sights on some time ago. Showed up on Thursday with 3 nights ahead of me, ready for one last big push for something truly special. As soon as I arrived it was crystal clear where the carp were, they were showing like dolphins, and unusually the lake was quiet so I slotted in right on top of them. Result. I did not hold back on the bait, I picked an area and basically filled it in with the full intention of sitting on it for 3 days (unusual for me, I usually take the mobile approach!). Would you believe it, as soon as I put the spod down after maybe 30 minutes of spodding, two carp smashed out directly on the spot. My mind was blown at this as I normally find spodding pushes them out for 24 hrs. If I'm honest the baiting hadn't gone as well as I'd hoped.... have you ever been in that frame of mind where none of the spods go exactly where you want them too? When they all land just a few ft off the target? Well... that's what was happening. The hook baits went out great so I was hoping while not being perfect that I'd done enough. I vowed that the next day I'd get my game face on and do it better. Anyway..... those carp were out there on or near my spot all day, and as the sun went down they continued to show into the night, and I went to bed a very confident angler. You can imagine my disappointment when I woke up to my alarm clock at 06:00 without having had a beep. This was made worse when I popped my head out and saw they were still there... showing just off my baited area..... head scratching time...... The carp continued to show until about 11 am and then it slowed down. I figured that they must have been on the bait, they were everywhere.... so I decided to fill in it again. This time it went miles better, I was in robot mode, on a six-pence every time, perfect! I knew that the wind was due to pick up big time the following morning so planned to leave the rods where they were from today until home-time if I had no bites..... so I positioned them very carefully and sat back knowing there was little more I could do. Come the afternoon it became clear the carp had pushed off over to shallower water in the bright sunshine, chasing the temperatures, but I was hoping they'd be back that night, and they were.... 2nd night and I'm seeing them top near my baited spot, not quite on it, but close enough for me to go to bed a confident man. I get up at midnight and at 03:30 and continue to see the odd fish but guess what.... the alarms clock goes off at 06:00, not a beep. More head scratching. I watch the carp topping in the area knowing full well they're mugging me off. I contemplate all kinds of changes in this time until 08:30 when I get a twitchy take. It's a tench, and I curse it for springing my carefully laid trap. I unhook it in the water and let it go (I now regret this as it was massive, clearly a pb tench, but I was just too focused on these carp to appreciate it at the time, unforgivable really). I get the rod out perfectly before the big winds arrive and once more I'm happy to sit it out. The winds arrive and they're every bit as big as forecast. This makes it incredibly difficult to spot the fish. I do see a couple on the end of the wind you'd expect but once more I fully expected them to come back overnight. On my third evening the blanking is starting to get to me, I see hardly anything, I've not caught anything, it's too windy to set up in a new swim effectively and I'd not seen enough to move anyway. I won't lie, it was starting to do my head in and this time I went to bed with confidence lacking. It was a rough old night, 20 mph wind smashing down the pit, I had to get a storm pole out to give the brolly a helping hand, but eventually I drifted off. This time it wasn't the alarm clock that woke me up though, it was an almighty BOSH as an absolute brute smashed out near my baited area. Two more massive boshes had me out of the bivvy and looking. I was immediately back in carp mode and confidence was back. It was just getting light and I was confused about the alarm clock not going off until I remembered about the clocks going back. I sat up for the rest of the morning. These carp were showing just to the right of my spot which was great but sometimes 20 yards can feel like 10 miles in this situation. Worryingly all I saw directly on my spot were 3 tench pop their heads out. I was wandering up and down the bank and found myself in the next swim staring at these carp. I called my mate across the way and we were discussing a possible move when my receiver lets out a single bleep.... then another. "I'll call you back mate" I said as I casually walked towards my swim to land what was obviously another tench. However, I didn't have time to hang up, in fact all I had time to do was launch my phone in the bushes as the left hand rod went into complete meltdown. It's a 10 seconds sprint back to the swim but it seemed to go on forever with that alarm absolutely screaming all the way...... After what seemed like an age I'm into the waders and I hit it. WHALLOP..... this is no tench. I know that it's a good'n straight away, it's a plodder, using its weight, kiting slowly over my other two rods and away from the spot, so far so good. It kites maybe 60 yards to the right heading towards shallower water, I know why it's doing this, it's because that's where the weed is. I try to turn it but my efforts are fruitless and it just carries on taking line until the inevitable happens. Everything draw to a stand-still, the rod goes solid, it's weeded me up. Sigh...... I try for 5 minutes to free it but nothing is really happening. I lost a fish in very similar circumstances over the other side of the lake earlier this year and at the time I thought I'd lost a very special carp (in fact I suspected it was the big fully scaled mirror). I was now contemplating the same thing happening again and after 3 nights of blanking I just couldn't believe it. In one last effort I walked to my left along the margin in an attempt to bring it out the same way it went in and...... BANG, the rod tip slams down, I manage to pull it back, gain a yards of line, and boom, we're back in business. I give it the beans now, it's not getting in the weed again, and I walk out as far as I can to meet it. About 30 yards out the fish rolls and I see it for the first time. It's a big scaly one, so scaly that it can be one of only 3 fish. It's the wrong colour to be one of them so that narrows it down to 2... neither of which I've caught, so the legs start to go a little even though I'm assuming it's the smaller of the 2 carp I think it could be. I gain some line and it rolls again about 20 yards out. This time there is no doubting which fish it is. It's absolutely MASSIVE, covered in scales the size of saucers, and my legs go to jelly. The rod tip is knocking as I'm shaking so much and I begin to wonder if it's possible to shake a carp off the hook? The fish dives deep and huge plumes of bubbles erupt across the surface as it plows through the silt looking for weed beds to end my dreams in. I just do the only thing I can do... pump it slowly, trying to keep its head up, gaining line inch by inch. The fish eventually tires and before you know it it's on the top taking a gulp of air. The sight of this will stay with me for the rest of my life..... I don't know how big it is but it has to be the most impressive carp I've seen in my life.... it gets closer.... closer.... out goes the net.... over the cord.... jiggle it a bit as it doesn't fit...... and it's in! Out goes the shout and every angler on the pit knows exactly what the score is now! I get a cheer from the lads and I stand for a few seconds just staring down at this fish. I can't get my head round it, it's huge, bigger then anything I've ever seen in the UK by far, and stunningly beautiful to go with it. I secure the net, detach the hook-link and turn round to see the ABSOLUTE LEGEND that is Mr. @kevtaylor who'd wound in and came round to help. I was in bits at this point, a gibbering wreck, shaking, spouting rubbish, just all over the place, so I was glad I had someone with their head screwed on to help out. Only problem was Kev was just as bad as me lol.... he knows how special this fish is and he too was gibbering away.... he even had the shakes lol.... so now we have 2 gibbering wrecks to try and sort this carp out.... The next 5 minutes is spent giggling like kids, checking out this absolutely amazing carp, having a Fag to settle the nerves. We set the mat up in a little spot down the bank where the light is good, sling/scales zeroed, cameras at the ready... and fetched the star of the show; Mr carp. We lift it out together and give each other a bit of a look as we feel the weight. Looking down at it we're saying that it has to be a foot wide...... we cart it over to the mat and grab the scales. We hoist it up with the scales facing Kev and straight away I can tell from his face that it's every bit as big as we thought it might be. He doesn't want to call it as the needle is bouncing.... around the 50 lb mark! We swap sides and I check it out, he's right, it's bouncing between 49.10 and 50 lb. Now I might be greedy when it comes to catching fish but I'm not greedy when it comes to weighing them so I go with the lower option 49 lb 10 oz and the biggest smile I've ever smiled graces my boat race. We do some pics, which I have to say Kev does an absolutely FANTASTIC job of (THANK YOU MATE!!!). We take her back to the water, a couple of returner shots, and then we stand there watching a true British near-50 fully scaled mirror carp swim silently back out into the depths, absolutely blown away. An hour later I'm packed up and on my way home, mission accomplished. So basically, on the last morning of what will be my last session before winter hits, my dreams came true. I really cannot thank Kev enough for his help and I couldn't have asked for anyone more fitting to join me on that special morning, someone who really does know what that fish means..... cheers mate! Booya. greekskii, cyborx, spr1985 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 @yonny I saw your IG post earlier and was waiting for this write up! Absolutely incredible looking fish (from whats visible) and a massive well done mate!! Long may the feeling you are walking on clouds continue. yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 1 minute ago, greekskii said: Long may the feeling you are walking on clouds continue. Mate.... I've been floating ever since lol...... greekskii, kevtaylor and emmcee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtaylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Yonny - that will stay with me forever - what a special moment, special fish and two proper wallies getting well excited - I'm still a bit blown away by what I saw tbh - epic monster! I'd watched the fight from the other end of the lake and started to suspect it was a good chunk, the excited shout out sent shivers down my back, it's what we all dream about doing! Knowing it was Yonny I quickly reeled in, grabbed my waders, camera and smokes and give it the quick step round to the scene. If I'm completely honest I wouldn't have reeled in for many other people, and could possibly feel jealous, but being Yonny I know 100% he deserves this fish because he has had a fantastic year and I'm made up that it was you! Really well done mate - see you soon - glad the pics look great! phew what a relief yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 I can only hope one day I get to repay the favour mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtaylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Next pasty I get your getting a phone call lol - camera slave - where are you yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) @kevtaylor 03:30 for a tench lol..... Edited October 30, 2017 by yonny kevtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Congratulations Yonny ! . Your Catch Reports are epic , and exhausting ! . That's cool that Kev Taylor was there to share your triumph with you , it must have made it even more special ( if that's possible ) . yonny and kevtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborx Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 gift from the carp gods for ya bud im still dreaming of a 30, couldnt begin to imagine what that lunker felt like yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 I'll say it again.... YES mate!!! Cant think of any other words that would sum up how chuffed I am for you. kevtaylor and yonny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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