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. elmoputney, kevtaylor, salokcinnodrog 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! kevtaylor, commonly and crusian 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 salokcinnodrog, kevtaylor, Golden Paws 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 crusian, yonny, salokcinnodrog 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. crusian, kevtaylor and yonny 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! elmoputney, commonly, yonny and 3 others 6 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 He’s had another! 38lb 2oz common, equals his common PB crusian, salokcinnodrog, Paul S and 4 others 7 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted May 9 Report Posted May 9 And another… 14lb kevtaylor, salokcinnodrog and yonny 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! crusian, elmoputney, ouchthathurt and 5 others 8 Quote
yonny Posted yesterday at 06:18 Report Posted yesterday at 06:18 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. ouchthathurt, commonly, salokcinnodrog and 2 others 4 1 Quote
Golden Paws Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago Another afternoon on my local park lake and 8 fish up to 18-4 chalked up. It's not the most difficult lake in the world but it's nice to have a confidence boost to compensate for a run of blanks on other waters. I was sending the boat out to the far bank tree line with a combination of boilies, pellets and crumb and topping up every hour and the fish certainly responded to the bait. I did chuck a little bit of crumb in the margins to see how it descended through the water column as I was worried it might be spreading out too far. A few hours later I saw a fish over the bait and it dropped down on it with it's tail waggling clear of the water as it mopped it up. Needless to say, my confidence on adding it to my baiting up has gone through the roof! crusian 1 Quote
crusian Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago On 18/05/2026 at 07:18, yonny said: 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. Cup half full , Yonny . You know that the Carp are going to start spawning soon ( in some places they have already had a go ) , and then they will need a rest to recover . So you are selflessly waiting until the end of June before you fish next . 😁 yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted 56 minutes ago Report Posted 56 minutes ago 14 minutes ago, crusian said: So you are selflessly waiting until the end of June before you fish next . Exactly..... I'm a hero really 😁 crusian 1 Quote
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