Wet and Wild Carp Fishing
Arriving early at a local carp fishing lake, it was blowing up a good ‘un and chucking down with rain. Should make for a quiet day on the lake. It should also make the fish easy to find. A wind like this on a mild, bet wet day, and the carp were bound to be on the far end of the wind. I got my bivvy set up in record time and pegged it down hard against the fierce wind.
A few handfuls of pellets and chopped boillies went in tight to the margins under an overhanging bush and another few went about 10 feet from the bank into a 3 foot wide channel which the carp ofte move through.
After casting out, I settled down into my bivvy, but after only a few seconds, my alarm screamed. The result after a short but spirited fight was a 9lb 4oz mirror. A nice start to the session and it was still only 7:30. The next 3 hours accounted for a further 5 mirrors culminating with a fish of 12lb 2oz. All of these fish had come from tight to the margins.
I had not had a peep from my other setup, but I was confident that there would be some movement through the channel. However, as I had returned the 12 ponder, my alarm. I scrambled over to my other rod and struck hard. I knew straight away that this was not another mirror, as they tend to be strong but slow on this water. This fish raced right across the lake in just a few seconds. It put up a great fight, but I eventually slipped my landing net under a beautiful, full-bodied, dark gold common. It weighed in at 20lb 8oz.
The rest of the day produced a further 5 high singles - all mirrors again. I was soaked through to my boxers, but happy and satisfied with a great day. Around 100lb in around 9 hours. Mind you, that was poor compared to the £300 my wife spend in just 4 hours at the sales!
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June 29th, 2007