Targets - Tench and Roach.
Arrive 3pm. Very Sunny, warm/ hot, and humid.
On Mikes recommend, we went to the far end, were the carp could be seen cruising in packs about 6 strong, Mike reasoning that the tench etc would be there too. I disagreed.
We didn't catch, and so mike agreed to move. We had got the choice of swim wrong and ended up moving swims at 7pm to where I said originally was better.
We then had 4 carp each, and a few snotlings (yukky damn things), and just like last week, I had a 3lb 4oz tench at about 11 pm. Very nice.......But no Roach....
One of mike carp was taken off the surface on his Match float rod - that fish led him a merry dance, right through all our other rods. ONLY recommend when you have space to play!
We then sat in silence as I grumped and we re-rigged the ledger rods from the 'knitting' he created.... :-(
One thing I noticed, was that although the carp were feeding well, and they fought very well indeed, they must have expended far more energy than in colder weather, because the amount of time it took for them to recover in the margin was noticeable longer than normal.
Not exactly the great catch I had last week, but its an interesting note, that yet again, we end up catching a good bag of half decent carp, when we are targeting smaller species.
By the same token, we've come here on occasion targeting the carp and caught some big roach, and on very 'carpy' tactics too. Catching a Roach and Tench on boillies of respectable size can be quite a surprise.
This can mean two things. Fishing is totally random, or, we should rethink our heavier carp tactics.
We know from experience and knowledge gained that margin fishing is good, (especially in warm weather) , but what was also a surprise was just how close in we ended up fishing. Literally dropping the baits over the the edge growth, about 8inches out, in about 8 to 12 inches of water. As long as we stayed back, and stayed quiet, whispering our chat instead of vocalising it, we caught.
Id say that the lessons learnt were....
- Use your instinct on choice of swim. Its more powerful than you think.
- Fish in close. Don't be afraid to fish one rod stupidly close in. It'll surprise you, especially into / after dusk.
- Be quiet. I cant emphasize this enough. I'm a Very strong believer that a huge amount of blanks could have been avoided if the angler paid more attention to keeping his mouth shut, his radio off, and his footfall cautious. Banging about on the bank will only catch you unlucky or stupid fish.
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