Dave and I both set up our poles to fish at around 11mtrs which offered a comfortable 4½-5ft of water. Feed wise Dave elected to cup in hemp while I adopted a loose feed approach with pellet, maggot and a few grains of corn.
Almost straight away small Chub found our baits taking them on the drop, so a quick delve into my winder tray found a margin dibber rig more suited to Carp that was added to a top kit with green dual core (6-10) And I soon had some more small Chub on double maggot fished 2ft deep.
What we really wanted was to get amongst the better fish so back onto the bottom rigs and Dave soon had something a little better pulling back, which resulted in……
………….A Goldie for Dave.
Soon we were getting amongst the Skimmers and small Tinca’s while still attracting a few Chub, Most of my Tench were of the usual green variety but occasionally one of the Goldies would put in an appearance to brighten things up for me too.
Around noon Simon (The Monk) and his good lady appeared for a chat, and while we chatted away Simon decided to have a go with my gear…
Well he may have bred every fish in the lakes, but they obviously decided that being netted by him once was enough, so shut up shop and refused to bite for him.
Throughout the morning a few of the larger Carp had been cruising around, in fact earlier one had cruised past Dave’s feet in the margins and despite Dave hanging a bait in front of it, it had carried on its merry way.
Well as Dave and I stood chatting, having said farewell to Simon, one cruised into the margin of my peg, I threw a few grains of corn in front of it and it went straight down for them. Grabbing my up in the water rig and hooking a grain of corn on I dropped it in only to see the Carp suck it in straight away. STRIKE and it’s on and it’s then I remembered that it’s only a light elastic. Thankfully it was more of a plodder than a turbo nutter and 5 mins later Dave is doing the honours with the net.
It looked to have a little bit of damage so rather than weigh it I slipped it straight back, as we both agreed that it was probably a scraper double.
Throughout the morning a few of the larger Carp had been cruising around, in fact earlier one had cruised past Dave’s feet in the margins and despite Dave hanging a bait in front of it, it had carried on its merry way.
Well as Dave and I stood chatting, having said farewell to Simon, one cruised into the margin of my peg, I threw a few grains of corn in front of it and it went straight down for them. Grabbing my up in the water rig and hooking a grain of corn on I dropped it in only to see the Carp suck it in straight away. STRIKE and it’s on and it’s then I remembered that it’s only a light elastic. Thankfully it was more of a plodder than a turbo nutter and 5 mins later Dave is doing the honours with the net.
It looked to have a little bit of damage so rather than weigh it I slipped it straight back, as we both agreed that it was probably a scraper double.
The afternoon wore on and I stuck to corn for hook bait and feed. I managed another 5 small carp in amongst the Tench and Chub that kept coming at regular intervals.
Typical Puma stockie.
while Dave managed a few more Goldies and Skimmers among the ever present Chub.
4pm saw us call it a day as a cool wind sprung up. All in all a most enjoyable day in good company, with things looking good for the Southern Friendly MD’s match in May.
4pm saw us call it a day as a cool wind sprung up. All in all a most enjoyable day in good company, with things looking good for the Southern Friendly MD’s match in May.
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