Well as the title says this is a bit of a catch up from
the last couple of weeks, after the Todber Christmas match a few things have
happened that have not been for the better but I have managed to get out on the
bank quite a lot (when the wife has been at work!!)
I started on a trip along the K&A canal chasing carp and trying to become a video blogger, I had now decided to concentrae on some pounds in the town itself as it is walking distance from my house, thus saving time and fuel. The first trip saw me sat on a likely looking swim with an overhanging tree.
The carp had other ideas and it was a blank with nothing
seen or heard but I learnt a bit about the day to day life on that stretch of
canal so was ready for the next time.
Travelling light was the key as it was a 25 minute walk.
My next trip out was on Christmas day to take the wife
for a walk and to do a cheeky pre-bait on a few spots, it was a nice walk with plenty to
see.
I was back down the canal a couple of days later to fish
over the pre-baited spots and I managed to get 3 bites and loose all three even
after diving in to try and free one of the carp from the snag it was wrapped
around. I will say at this point thanks to the lady who was trying not to laugh too much as I froze in the 4 degrees water, it is NOT reccomended that you just jump in to a canal to free a fish, I thought I may have a chance of getting it un looped from the snag it was in but I was wrong and it could have gone pear shaped very quickly. Anyway it was the lowest I have felt in a long time to have finnally found the fish just to loose 3 and
the weather decided to try and cheer me up by snowing at dusk, it failed.
I was out again a few days later this time with Jim on a
trip to Todber manor, we had decided to fish Wadmill so I could chuck a couple
of carp rods out and hopefully get a bite whilst he fished the pole, we didn’t however count on the
weather.
We decided to fish even with the ice and Jim managed to
put a few small fish together fishing maggot on the pole, I tried everything I
could but didn’t feel as though I was anywhere near where the carp would
be.
In hindsight I should have smashed a
channel out into the middle of the lake as soon as we got there and then gone
for a walk smashing more ice with the breaker to try and get the fish moving
around. Might have worked?? (might also have annoyed a few people!!)
It was a nice day out with good company all the same, Jim
was soon bagging with the best of them and I managed to get a go on his box and show him how to catch
quicker (and avoid another blank).
Next stop was back up to Shearwater with Daz and Ben,
they were setting up on the dam wall as I arrived and even after I asked if we
could go to where I thought would be better for the carp we ended up sitting on
the wall. I was a bit perturbed as I had packed my longer range carp gear with
me and a quick marker up in front gave me depths of 23-25 feet. I decided that zigs would be the way to go
and set up a couple of Zig floats, I spodded out some cloudy groundbait with a
little bit of food at 60yds but only managed a couple of bream and hybrids on
them.
Daz and Ben both managed to catch a few bream and I even
bumped into Rob Hughes as he was drop shotting for perch, it was another good
day with plenty of banter…well mostly me moaning about being sat on the dam
wall but never mind.
This takes me up to my latest trip which saw me going up
to a new complex of club lakes looking for some very special carp, I fished for
about 24 hours on one of the lakes for one liner and a few bubbling fish and I
took a tour of the others.
It looks good and I cannot wait to get back up there
especially since I learnt far more walking around the lakes talking to people
rather than sitting behind motionless bobbins.
Until the next time my last 3 solo carp trips can all be
found at this link:
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