Well today was a bit of a bonus as it wasn’t planned till Thursday night when Maria came home and told me that she had to work on Sunday.
Opening the curtains I was faced with a heavy frost & fog, not what the doctor ordered after the nice weather that we have had down south for the last week.
Anyway, nothing ventured nothing gained so they say, so after a quick spot of breakfast I loaded the gear into the car and set off for Elphicks Lakes,about an hours drive away.
On arrival at the lakes I was taken aback to find that the “LAKES FULL” sign was up, especially as the complex boasts 200 pegs spread over 5 lakes.
Popping into the fishing lodge the owner confirmed this, saying that he was amazed himself, citing the great weather as the probable cause.
Time then for Plan B, so jumping back into the car it was off to Frant lakes, to try and find a swim.
Opening the curtains I was faced with a heavy frost & fog, not what the doctor ordered after the nice weather that we have had down south for the last week.
Anyway, nothing ventured nothing gained so they say, so after a quick spot of breakfast I loaded the gear into the car and set off for Elphicks Lakes,about an hours drive away.
On arrival at the lakes I was taken aback to find that the “LAKES FULL” sign was up, especially as the complex boasts 200 pegs spread over 5 lakes.
Popping into the fishing lodge the owner confirmed this, saying that he was amazed himself, citing the great weather as the probable cause.
Time then for Plan B, so jumping back into the car it was off to Frant lakes, to try and find a swim.
With 6 general lakes and a couple of specimen ones plus numerous small ponds dotted around the complex, there had to be a peg somewhere that I could fish.
Sure enough, although the complex was again busy, there were a few swims vacant on No6, the silver fish only lake, that would do for me.
This lake is horseshoe shaped and I picked the narrower arm as it is only about 3 feet deep, and I reasoned that the sun which had burnt of the fog would warm this up a lot quicker than the other arm which is much deeper and shielded by mature trees.
Sure enough, although the complex was again busy, there were a few swims vacant on No6, the silver fish only lake, that would do for me.
This lake is horseshoe shaped and I picked the narrower arm as it is only about 3 feet deep, and I reasoned that the sun which had burnt of the fog would warm this up a lot quicker than the other arm which is much deeper and shielded by mature trees.
Now this lake is supposed to hold a good head of Bream up to about 5lbs along with Roach, Rudd, Tench and some cracking Perch. So I just set up 2 rigs on tops rigged with 6 elastic comprising of Preston series B floats (4×12)on ·08 to ·06 with a Preston PR21 in size 20 to finish things off. One set at dead depth (3ft) and the other about half depth.
The baits would be alternated between red maggot, sweetcorn and expander pellet over a bed of micro pellets.
The baits would be alternated between red maggot, sweetcorn and expander pellet over a bed of micro pellets.
Starting off by cupping in a small pot of micro’s and fishing a single red maggot, a steady run of small Roach & Skimmers were soon coming to hand. Changing to an Expander on the hook to try and find some of their larger cousins brought a lull for a couple of minutes , then the float buried and yards of elastic came streaming from the pole and a good 10 minutes later the culprit was revealed as none other than a Mirror Carp of about 5lbs.
Well for the rest of the day the pattern continued, a few small Roach and skimmers with the odd better skimmer to about 2lbs, and then another Carp that didn’t know it shouldn’t be there would put in an appearance. All in all I ended up with 9 Carp from the silver fish lake, all Mirrors.
A cracking session even if it wasn’t quite what I expected.
Well for the rest of the day the pattern continued, a few small Roach and skimmers with the odd better skimmer to about 2lbs, and then another Carp that didn’t know it shouldn’t be there would put in an appearance. All in all I ended up with 9 Carp from the silver fish lake, all Mirrors.
A cracking session even if it wasn’t quite what I expected.
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