commonly Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 So the bread paid off. My eldest son & I, had a few fish off the top. Great fun. At one point it was like a jacuzzi in front of us. Biggest was about an 8lb common. No pics as not permitted I'm afraid. Also learnt that this venue, might not be the one for serious overnighters, due to the amount of little ones. kevtaylor, jules007, elmoputney and 2 others 5 Quote
Golden Paws Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 My local park lake seems to be full of cricket bat commons when the sun shines hard and they are on top sunbathing. But by fishing on the bottom, I'm rarely troubled by them and the mid teen mirrors seem to be dominant. It might be worth a go, just don't do it if you are on a work overnighter! commonly, crusian and kevtaylor 3 Quote
commonly Posted May 2 Author Report Posted May 2 Just popped to another little lake nearby. My son had a nice little common, before we got washed out. Stalking around is great fun, love it kevtaylor, Golden Paws, salokcinnodrog and 1 other 4 Quote
commonly Posted May 4 Author Report Posted May 4 A few hours with my youngest boy this afternoon, resulted in a little common and few grass carp to 15lb. Happy days salokcinnodrog, crusian, yonny and 1 other 4 Quote
Golden Paws Posted May 7 Report Posted May 7 Did an afternoon on my local park. After a slow start and by baiting little and often, managed to build up 2 spots and finished with 9 fish with two 18's and a 20-8 Common. kevtaylor, yonny and crusian 3 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 Not my catches, but my boys! He’s getting to grips with the local park lake 32lb 2oz mirror (new pb) 30lb 1oz mirror - a double take and 2 30s on the bank! one proud (and envious!) father! Golden Paws, yonny, commonly and 3 others 6 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 He’s had another! 38lb 2oz common, equals his common PB kevtaylor, crusian, Golden Paws and 4 others 7 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 And another… 14lb yonny, salokcinnodrog and kevtaylor 3 Quote
yonny Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 On 09/05/2026 at 15:00, ouchthathurt said: one proud (and envious!) father! What a session. Well done to the lad. Yesterday I went for a walk around a water on which I have a ticket starting in June. It's an awesome place, nearly 90 acres of water in a massive nature reserve/SSSI/SPA. A proper big pit with everything that you could hope to see..... bays, islands, snaggy margins, massive sheets of water that go on forever, a really impressive place. I actually fished this water ~25 years ago when I was completely out of my depth. I caught one carp, to this day one of the best I've caught. Would you believe it..... I walked into the swim I caught from all those years ago, and there were loads of gulls diving on a huge hatch. I persuaded the Mrs and kids to stop for 5 mins so I could check it out. Straight away I spotted the carp popping there heads out feeding on this hatch, well within casting distance too. All that water and I found them straight away. Couldn't believe it. Law of the sod dictates I'll not find another chance like that once my ticket starts but it certainly got the blood flowing ready for June! Paul S, ouchthathurt, greekskii and 4 others 7 Quote
yonny Posted 49 minutes ago Report Posted 49 minutes ago Quick night on the local day ticket on Friday. Managed to get on them easily enough but a bit disappointed to just catch the one. I put a bucket of bait out about 30 yards in front of me and got continuous liners on it from about 9pm until 3am. Bizarrely, the only rod to go was the one chucked under the bush in the near margin. I can only assume my hinges were not the one..... should have put bottom baits out. Still, better than a blank and a very pretty little patchy common. I'll not get out again until the end of June which is a killer. Golden Paws 1 Quote
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