Well a day off today and it seemed a shame to waste it, so after dropping Maria at work it was off down to Hartleylands Farm near Cranbrook in Kent.
The object of the exercise was to try out one of the new lakes on the complex as our club have a match on there in the near future. Nick’s Lake is the largest of the three new lakes and has been stocked with small Common, Mirror and Ghost Carp between 8oz and 1.5lb, a few larger specimens up to 5lb and some good Roach and skimmers.
Acting on advice received from Vince the Bailiff, I headed to a peg with the wind blowing into it, and set up a couple of rigs to fish expanda pellet. Owing to the recent weather the water level on this lake is about a foot down which left me with about 2 feet of water at the top of the shelf, and 3 at the bottom of it.
Things were slow at the start, but after a chat with Paul (the owner) and a bit of fine tuning of rigs and feeding I was soon catching a steady stream of small stockies.
These fish are in mint condition and photo’s can’t really convey just how plump they are.
By 1pm I must have had about 40lbs, and decided to stop and spend the afternoon on Samson pond as I had never fished it before.
Samson pond has only 7 pegs and contains Carp to double figures although most are 1-3lb, lots of Tench between 12oz to 2.5lb, a good number of Roach, Skimmers, Perch and Gudgeon.
Setting up in a corner peg by the car park I set up 3 lines to rotate, a bush across at 8mtrs, the margin to the left and a bush to my right, feeding hemp and small expandas and fishing 6mm expandas on the hook.
Well from the first put in it was almost non stop. Carp to about 4lbs, Tench and Roach all getting in on the act. The Carp were a curious mix from classic golden tones to all shades, some being almost black, all being fighting fit and in great condition.
4.30pm and one last cast produced a last smashing Common, and the fish were still feeding as I packed up.
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