August Catch reports

[salokcinnodrog]

Grief, another month gone and we are into August already 

[kevtaylor]

One out the syndi Sunday morning 1st fish in 4 weekends, came after a change of presentation 👍

[yonny]

Size of its head @kevtaylor..... that'll be a  big'n at some point. Fantastic proportions too. Lovely carp.

[kevtaylor]

8 hours ago, yonny said:

Size of its head @kevtaylor..... that'll be a  big'n at some point. Fantastic proportions too. Lovely carp.

Thanks mate, yeah it has got a big head - should have done self takes with the camera but a mate was there. 🤷‍♂️

Could be Dinton, VS or home grown

[jh92]

22lb 15oz from the canal👌

Its been a good crack these last couple weeks, cutting out swims, raking spots, prebaiting from paddle boards 🤣

Here's 3 of the Carp from last months hit

This is my best one at 24lb

 

really please with these ones as well tho 👌

 

got the bug for it big time at the moment, I did a quick over nighter last night but unfortunately no carp, only tench and bream 🤣

[kevtaylor]

7 minutes ago, jh92 said:

22lb 15oz from the canal👌

Its been a good crack these last couple weeks, cutting out swims, raking spots, prebaiting from paddle boards 🤣

Here's 3 of the Carp from last months hit

This is my best one at 24lb

 

really please with these ones as well tho 👌

 

got the bug for it big time at the moment, I did a quick over nighter last night but unfortunately no carp, only tench and bream 🤣

Mega fish - well done 😎  Great to not see otter damage for a change 👌

[elmoputney]

Finally got out and caught one this weekend. Got to the lake Saturday lunchtime to find only one other on. Had a look around in the island half of the lake and as usual found a few mooching about. It was really weedy everywhere so I continued walking, looking at the bigger end of the lake I just thought it looked good, whilst it was still very weedy.

I got the plumbing rod out to look for a spot I used to know. It still existed a bit but was a lot smaller. Did quite a lot of leading about and didn't find a lot else so raked a spot close in for a 3rd rod, one mountain of weed later it was done, flicked in a load of pellets to let the Rudd go to work, I stuck a rig on it straight away but a couple of hours and it had stunk out my pineapple pop up. Continued baiting it and left it for the morning.

2 rods went out to the bank of pads and weed onto a plateau baited with a good few spombs of boilie and pellet mix and just chucked the 3rd onto another clear spot I had found in the other side margin.

 

Nothing much happened until I was asleep and about 2am I had a series of beeps and line was being taken so I hit it and instantly it was weeded up, it came in like a big ball of weed for a while when it got free of that went nuts and found another weedbed, this continued for a while and I just kept trying to gain line, until it got to the weed In front of the swim I tried and failed to get it round the side and it locked me up solid. In the end my only hope was putting the rod down. Luckily after a vape I picked it up and it came free I ended up landing it and a free ball of weed. 

Couldn't find my tripod, or water bucket, and my intervalometer batteries were dead so had to find some more of those. Luckily I could use a picnic bench that was in the swim as a tripod. Not the greatest photo but at 3am it was the best I could manage. 

31lb 3oz of hard earnt carp. I also lost one to my line parting (happened straight away off a drop back) , caught a massive rudd on a size 4 pop up I had a couple of what I thought were liners because my raked spot was fizzing, sadly no takes because of the Rudd, and I also had a pretty big tench with weed ball also on a pop up.bith slipped back because I needed a nap, The trig hammer XT got a big test and passed with flying colours. 

I had a little nap and came home a happy but tired and achey man. 

These were the biscuit of the week in my world, they came alive when you dunked them. And pink what's not to love. 

 

[yonny]

Fantastic result Elmo. Great fish!

[salokcinnodrog]

12 hours ago, elmoputney said:

Finally got out and caught one this weekend. Got to the lake Saturday lunchtime to find only one other on. Had a look around in the island half of the lake and as usual found a few mooching about. It was really weedy everywhere so I continued walking, looking at the bigger end of the lake I just thought it looked good, whilst it was still very weedy.

I got the plumbing rod out to look for a spot I used to know. It still existed a bit but was a lot smaller. Did quite a lot of leading about and didn't find a lot else so raked a spot close in for a 3rd rod, one mountain of weed later it was done, flicked in a load of pellets to let the Rudd go to work, I stuck a rig on it straight away but a couple of hours and it had stunk out my pineapple pop up. Continued baiting it and left it for the morning.

2 rods went out to the bank of pads and weed onto a plateau baited with a good few spombs of boilie and pellet mix and just chucked the 3rd onto another clear spot I had found in the other side margin.

 

Nothing much happened until I was asleep and about 2am I had a series of beeps and line was being taken so I hit it and instantly it was weeded up, it came in like a big ball of weed for a while when it got free of that went nuts and found another weedbed, this continued for a while and I just kept trying to gain line, until it got to the weed In front of the swim I tried and failed to get it round the side and it locked me up solid. In the end my only hope was putting the rod down. Luckily after a vape I picked it up and it came free I ended up landing it and a free ball of weed. 

Couldn't find my tripod, or water bucket, and my intervalometer batteries were dead so had to find some more of those. Luckily I could use a picnic bench that was in the swim as a tripod. Not the greatest photo but at 3am it was the best I could manage. 

31lb 3oz of hard earnt carp. I also lost one to my line parting (happened straight away off a drop back) , caught a massive rudd on a size 4 pop up I had a couple of what I thought were liners because my raked spot was fizzing, sadly no takes because of the Rudd, and I also had a pretty big tench with weed ball also on a pop up.bith slipped back because I needed a nap, The trig hammer XT got a big test and passed with flying colours. 

I had a little nap and came home a happy but tired and achey man. 

These were the biscuit of the week in my world, they came alive when you dunked them. And pink what's not to love. 

 

Not sure about the biscuits but that is a heck of a fish, proper result.

[elmoputney]

3 hours ago, yonny said:

Fantastic result Elmo. Great fish!

Thanks, was pleased with this one because it came from an area of the lake that had always beaten me for some reason. Something to build on now. 

 

1 hour ago, salokcinnodrog said:

Not sure about the biscuits but that is a heck of a fish, proper result.

Thanks I enjoyed both and the pack of custard doughnuts. I was proper lazy with food this week, brioche rolls, burgers at night, bacon in the morning, biscuits and doughnuts 🤣

[salokcinnodrog]

47 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

Thanks I enjoyed both and the pack of custard doughnuts. I was proper lazy with food this week, brioche rolls, burgers at night, bacon in the morning, biscuits and doughnuts

Custard doughnuts, one of my sweet treats. I do try to avoid 'junk' food, but I do have a sweet tooth.

My fishing lunch is frequently smoked bacon sandwiches or bacon rolls, with a proper dinner. It was from a Tim Paisley book, and Rod Hutchinson advice to do a  'production meal' at night. It takes time up, and obviously is healthy. I feed Sky from 17.00 onwards, her stomach has a clock timer, so after I have fed her and given her a 'pee walk', a hundred metre wander up the bank, I get my dinner sorted. I do try to do the healthy option, which is actually easier in winter and cooler temperatures than hot summers unless I go buy fresh meat or fish every day. 

I try to make the biscuits, jam tarts, doughnuts or whatever as my evening dessert.