jules007 Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 Went to local lake yesterday just for afternoon managed one carp just an 8lb 40z, lovely scaly mirror, jesus i really am looking like an "old codger" these days crusian, salokcinnodrog and kevtaylor 2 1 Quote
crusian Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 5 hours ago, jules007 said: Went to local lake yesterday just for afternoon managed one carp just an 8lb 40z, lovely scaly mirror, jesus i really am looking like an "old codger" these days Aren't a lot of us now showing our age , Jules , except Elmo of course who just gets more adonis like 😁 . elmoputney and jules007 1 1 Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted Monday at 10:23 Report Posted Monday at 10:23 I can trouble this month's Catch report, with a 26lb mirror this morning on a 12mm Monster Crab pop-up on my reverse combi rig kevtaylor, buzzbomb, jules007 and 2 others 5 Quote
crusian Posted Monday at 12:36 Report Posted Monday at 12:36 2 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said: I can trouble this month's Catch report, with a 26lb mirror this morning on a 12mm Monster Crab pop-up on my reverse combi rig It's lovely to see you smiling in the top 'photo , Nick . You usually seem to be grimacing in pain from the effort of lifting your catch due to your bad back . 😃 salokcinnodrog and jules007 1 1 Quote
jules007 Posted Monday at 18:00 Author Report Posted Monday at 18:00 Nice Fish Nick, well in mate, by eck we are both looking old these days salokcinnodrog 1 Quote
yonny Posted Tuesday at 09:56 Report Posted Tuesday at 09:56 I have a few to upload but file size will be a problem so may have to do it over a couple days. Lets start with the smaller ones. crusian, commonly, jules007 and 2 others 5 Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted Tuesday at 12:42 Report Posted Tuesday at 12:42 2 hours ago, yonny said: I have a few to upload but file size will be a problem so may have to do it over a couple days. Lets start with the smaller ones. I may be able to merge posts for you if it limits it due to picture size elmoputney, jules007 and yonny 3 Quote
yonny Posted Tuesday at 15:13 Report Posted Tuesday at 15:13 How bizarre.... no sooner had I posted those kippers above, when I see Korda put up some shots on FB. There are two swims in these shots - one is the swim I caught these fish from, the other is the one next door! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cnf8bRY43/ Quote
elmoputney Posted Tuesday at 18:45 Report Posted Tuesday at 18:45 3 hours ago, yonny said: How bizarre.... no sooner had I posted those kippers above, when I see Korda put up some shots on FB. There are two swims in these shots - one is the swim I caught these fish from, the other is the one next door! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cnf8bRY43/ Was he sheeping you up for emptying the place? yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted yesterday at 06:36 Report Posted yesterday at 06:36 (edited) OK so earlier this year I decided to drop my ticket on my syndicate lake in the Fens. I've enjoyed it there and done ok, but it really doesn't suit the handful of overnighters per year that I normally get to fish, and it works out too expensive when I simply don't get the time to be there. I decided to sign off with a few nights to bag one of the special ones. When I say special, I mean it.... a handful of old big mirrors with scattered scales and little melted heart shaped tails, and a couple of bigger commons. They share this little pit with a mixed bag of carp that have been stocked since the turn of the century. Even the stockies, as can be seen in my previous post, are a bit special with plenty of lookers to go for. The trip started as well as it possibly could, but we'll come to that later. For now, the next fish I want to show you lot is one of the bigger stockies, certainly destined to become one of the A-Team at some point. This fella came at first light after my 2nd night off a little spot that's only fishable at this time of year.... by June it'll be covered in weed. I discovered this spot a couple of years ago and it's done me a fish for the last 2 years. Obviously, I needed a rod on it. Nothing special required here, a short cast with a nice smelly pop up on a hinge. Job done. I actually caught this one last year so it's a repeat but I'm not complaining. It was 2lb up in weight so doing well. If it carries on like that it'll be a real biggun in a few years. So, this fish was the last of the session, caught on the afternoon of my 3rd day. There's a tiny spot right into the edge of some reeds, maybe a foot wide, about 40 yards to my right. It's not far but the small size of the spot makes it a tricky cast. If you go a foot left or right, you're in the reeds and lost your tackle. If you're a foot too far it's the same deal. If you're a foot short, you're in thick silk weed. To make matters worse it's in quite a quiet, shallow little corner so every failed or aborted cast just scares the carp and sets you back for an unspecified period. You really need to be hitting it in one or two attempts otherwise the spot is done for the session. The spot itself is awesome though. One of those spots that when you get it right, you just know it's going to go. Both the stockies I posted on Tuesday came off this spot, and it's done me fish in the last couple of years too. Again, it can only be fished in Spring, as by June the whole corner looks like a football pitch. Completely unfishable. Now throughout this session I was plagued by tench. I don't know how many I caught but I do know the lack of sleep was getting to me. When you're fishing such small spots the last thing you need is a tinca ruining your traps every couple of hours or worse, wiping the other rods out which are also on tiny spots. This rod had been tenched in the night and due to the nature of the spot it's the only one I wouldn't bother recasting in the dark. At first light I had popped it back out and hit it first attempt so I knew we were looking good for the day. So it proved as, despite a cloudy day (you really need some nice sunshine to get the carp in the reeds), the rod went around 5pm. You can tell when it's a good'n because the smaller ones dive straight into the reeds or the lilies that sit nearby, shaking their heads and scooting around all over the place. It's mayhem. On this occasion however it just pulled up, tip bent round, and stayed there. Steady pressure and walking backwards got him out and maintaining that pressure managed to get him past the lilies, through the weedbeds, and into the net. It's one of the originals and the second biggest common the pit currently contains. The colours on it speak for themselves and it's a really nice carp. This was to be my last fish before home. But, there was one more kipper at the start of the session that I'll come back to. Before the trip, I'd said to myself that I'd walk away happy if I can just catch one of the big mirrors. I did walk away happy, and to top it off it was through some of the best and most exciting angling I can ever recall. More on that tomorrow. Edited yesterday at 06:39 by yonny crusian, jules007, buzzbomb and 4 others 7 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 22 hours ago Report Posted 22 hours ago 4 hours ago, yonny said: OK so earlier this year I decided to drop my ticket on my syndicate lake in the Fens. I've enjoyed it there and done ok, but it really doesn't suit the handful of overnighters per year that I normally get to fish, and it works out too expensive when I simply don't get the time to be there. I decided to sign off with a few nights to bag one of the special ones. When I say special, I mean it.... a handful of old big mirrors with scattered scales and little melted heart shaped tails, and a couple of bigger commons. They share this little pit with a mixed bag of carp that have been stocked since the turn of the century. Even the stockies, as can be seen in my previous post, are a bit special with plenty of lookers to go for. The trip started as well as it possibly could, but we'll come to that later. For now, the next fish I want to show you lot is one of the bigger stockies, certainly destined to become one of the A-Team at some point. This fella came at first light after my 2nd night off a little spot that's only fishable at this time of year.... by June it'll be covered in weed. I discovered this spot a couple of years ago and it's done me a fish for the last 2 years. Obviously, I needed a rod on it. Nothing special required here, a short cast with a nice smelly pop up on a hinge. Job done. I actually caught this one last year so it's a repeat but I'm not complaining. It was 2lb up in weight so doing well. If it carries on like that it'll be a real biggun in a few years. How it's done!!! well in big man ♥️ yonny and jules007 1 1 Quote
Golden Paws Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago Great write up Yonny. Does the venue allow bait boats? I know that you're not a fan but it would make fishing a spot like that so much easier and by wrapping, you can always get it back on the spot, even after dark with the aid of the boats lights or a torch. I was a bit sceptical of boats at first but it's a case of it can't beat 'em, join 'em! One of my favourite venues has plenty of overhanging trees on the islands and it would be suicide to cast close to them. I'm sure that some venues quietly encourage the use of boats as they don't want to have to go out and remove trailing tackle that can cause a hazard to other wildlife. Quote
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