weekly night session, once the car was loaded and hearing stories that
the fish have started spawning on the majority of club waters taking
stock of the situation and where best for a fish during this yearly
activity. I opted for the Lymmvale a deep old sand quarry where the
water temperature would be a little lower and may not have kicked them
off spawning yet.
Arriving at the picturesque setting I notice there was no anglers on
the Beach Swim, the car was unpacked and I was on my way. The reason
I opted for Beach as it is situated in the middle of the lake so I
could see any activity in all directions.
The rods were set up one on a static bottom bait 16mm Boilies that I
was testing for Kenny@enoughcarp with a pva crushed boilie. The Other
rod was on a adjustable zig for roaming. On arrival I could see plenty
of fish cruising round the surface so the zig was adjusted to just
under the surface at about 12ft, to make casting easier I use a pva
nugget on the hook which also helps get the right presentation.
Going into to darkness all I had to show was a few bleeps on the zig
nothing materialising into a run, the bottom bait had not had as
single bleep. I reeled both rods in an rested the swim for a hour why
I changed the zig to a matching bottom bait and cooked tea. While I
rest the swim I like to keep a small about of bait both full and half
boilies going in on the baited area just so the is something to keep
them interested in.
Once the rods were back out and I was satisfied I retired to my bed,
no sooner than I started to drop off I was having lots of liners so I
knew there was fish in the area, I had my first fish at roughly 1am a
nice 8lb Mirror. The rod was back out on the spot followed by more
free offerings within half an hour I had another run which resulted in
a nice bream of about 5lb. This was followed by two further carp one
about 12lb and the best of the session of 16lb these fish all came by
3am and was a very productive couple of hours on a tricky venue. The
final fish was a Tench of around 4 ½ lb which was nice as it has been
a few years since I landed my last tinker. All fish were taken on my
IQ Combi rig.
The next day the sun was unbearable which had kicked the fish of
spawning needless to say the rods were left out and I enjoyed the
very unusual British weather.
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| 12lb |
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| 16lb |
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| 1st Tench in a while |
