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| A Sight That May Become a Regular Occurance. |
First Night on the New Lake!
This is the first of many blogs on the new lake as described in a previous blog, I have learnt from my first mistake and not getting on the bank last week when we had that spell of real overcast weather which I'd say was
good for a bite, that's an error of my own.
This is my first session and from speaking to an old member I have been given the lowdown on where the fish visit and how to approach it. I have taken those points into account but I am approaching it in my own way.
I will be using a multitude of rigs that I would usually use, hair rigs, combi rigs and helicopter rigs. I am also adopting chods into that as well, with the possibility of solid bags.
When I go to a new lake I always walk around for an hour or so to find some fish or to drop into likely looking swims that I like the look of. The lake isn't very big so it will take me no time at all to walk around and have a look, also taking into account where I have seen signs of fish when I went up to have a look around a few weeks ago.
Onto the session:-
I aimed to get to the lake at around lunch time, have a walk around, put some bait in and get everything sorted for the evening. The 25 minute drive is definitely worth it for the stamp of fish I have swimming around in the four acre lake in front of me.
The fish in here may be fish that are easily spooked so light baiting strategies until I know what I can do when they are on the feed.
Just quickly I am going to run you through the components of my chod rigs and how I tie them up:-
● Size 6 Nash Fang Twister
● ESP Stiff Rigger
● Ring Swivel
● Rig Ring
● Putty
To tie up my preferred version of the chod rig, I take around 7 inches of stiff rigger and a Fang Twister hook. I begin to tie a 12 turn knotless knot, I then leave around 3 inches and tie a ring swivel on with a loop knot, I use 2 pulla tools, one on the hook and one threaded throughout the loop and steam it straight. This removes the kinks and defects out of the rig. I then bend the hooklink to my favoured "aggressive curve" and slowly tease the rig so it's sitting flush(so the shank of the hook sits parallel with the swivel.
I then thread on a rig ring onto the D of the rig and blob down the tag to hold the rig ring on the D of the rig. I then tie on my preferred hookbait, I use small pop ups around 14mm and drill them out and insert a piece of cork into the bait. That is the way I prefer to tie my chods.
I have been watching the Internet a bit more recently with a few decent fish from around 17lb to 31lb being caught around the lake. This is my incentive to get on and fish the lake!
I pull up at the gate and begin to walk round to discover where anglers are fishing and also to see if I can find a swim where there are fish present. I will be carrying a bag of air dried boilies with me so that if I find a swim I can put some bait in and hopefully get a quick bite early on in the session.
I finally found a swim at the bottom end of the lake after a quick wander round. There was only myself and another angler who was going to be on for 2 nights.
I am quick to get the rods out. One rod is on the described chod rig, and the other one is on a combi rig over a bed of the Velocity Baits RE-AKT boilies. The day was really slow and nothing showing on the spots. At 18:00 I swapped the chod rig for a hinged soft rig. The reason I call it that is because I tie on a soft boom as I'm not a fan of the stiff boom. I use an AK-4R popup cored out 3/4 of the way to insert an 8mm cork stick to keep it buoyant.
This presentation allows the bait to sink really slowly and makes it incredibly sensitive. I put a small piece of putty on the boom to make sure it's not sitting up and laying flush against the bottom.
I'll be using the same tactics, bait and rigs on every session on this lake unless I feel that a change is necessary.
After a quick cup of tea and a chat with Steve the bailiff, I reposition my left rod a bit tighter to the far margin just before the bay. A fluorocarbon rig with a soft hair tied onto the bend of the hook with a pineapple popup with an AA shot to help it sink. These pop ups are incredibly buoyant and sink slowly.
The night was unproductive. I saw 6 fish crash out on different spot throughout the night. The fish were on me but they weren't where I wanted them. Maybe I should have put a zig rig on with a piece of black foam as zigs in the right place are a killer in the dark! Who says they’re just for daytime fishing?
Next time i’ll be back with the same strategy and bait although next time I won't put all my eggs into one basket and use a different bait as well. Follow me on twitter - @Rosst93 and like my Facebook page for more updates -
I will be using a multitude of rigs that I would usually use, hair rigs, combi rigs and helicopter rigs. I am also adopting chods into that as well, with the possibility of solid bags.
When I go to a new lake I always walk around for an hour or so to find some fish or to drop into likely looking swims that I like the look of. The lake isn't very big so it will take me no time at all to walk around and have a look, also taking into account where I have seen signs of fish when I went up to have a look around a few weeks ago.
Onto the session:-
I aimed to get to the lake at around lunch time, have a walk around, put some bait in and get everything sorted for the evening. The 25 minute drive is definitely worth it for the stamp of fish I have swimming around in the four acre lake in front of me.
The fish in here may be fish that are easily spooked so light baiting strategies until I know what I can do when they are on the feed.
Just quickly I am going to run you through the components of my chod rigs and how I tie them up:-
● Size 6 Nash Fang Twister
● ESP Stiff Rigger
● Ring Swivel
● Rig Ring
● Putty
To tie up my preferred version of the chod rig, I take around 7 inches of stiff rigger and a Fang Twister hook. I begin to tie a 12 turn knotless knot, I then leave around 3 inches and tie a ring swivel on with a loop knot, I use 2 pulla tools, one on the hook and one threaded throughout the loop and steam it straight. This removes the kinks and defects out of the rig. I then bend the hooklink to my favoured "aggressive curve" and slowly tease the rig so it's sitting flush(so the shank of the hook sits parallel with the swivel.
I then thread on a rig ring onto the D of the rig and blob down the tag to hold the rig ring on the D of the rig. I then tie on my preferred hookbait, I use small pop ups around 14mm and drill them out and insert a piece of cork into the bait. That is the way I prefer to tie my chods.
I have been watching the Internet a bit more recently with a few decent fish from around 17lb to 31lb being caught around the lake. This is my incentive to get on and fish the lake!
I pull up at the gate and begin to walk round to discover where anglers are fishing and also to see if I can find a swim where there are fish present. I will be carrying a bag of air dried boilies with me so that if I find a swim I can put some bait in and hopefully get a quick bite early on in the session.
I finally found a swim at the bottom end of the lake after a quick wander round. There was only myself and another angler who was going to be on for 2 nights.
I am quick to get the rods out. One rod is on the described chod rig, and the other one is on a combi rig over a bed of the Velocity Baits RE-AKT boilies. The day was really slow and nothing showing on the spots. At 18:00 I swapped the chod rig for a hinged soft rig. The reason I call it that is because I tie on a soft boom as I'm not a fan of the stiff boom. I use an AK-4R popup cored out 3/4 of the way to insert an 8mm cork stick to keep it buoyant.
This presentation allows the bait to sink really slowly and makes it incredibly sensitive. I put a small piece of putty on the boom to make sure it's not sitting up and laying flush against the bottom.
I'll be using the same tactics, bait and rigs on every session on this lake unless I feel that a change is necessary.
After a quick cup of tea and a chat with Steve the bailiff, I reposition my left rod a bit tighter to the far margin just before the bay. A fluorocarbon rig with a soft hair tied onto the bend of the hook with a pineapple popup with an AA shot to help it sink. These pop ups are incredibly buoyant and sink slowly.
The night was unproductive. I saw 6 fish crash out on different spot throughout the night. The fish were on me but they weren't where I wanted them. Maybe I should have put a zig rig on with a piece of black foam as zigs in the right place are a killer in the dark! Who says they’re just for daytime fishing?
Next time i’ll be back with the same strategy and bait although next time I won't put all my eggs into one basket and use a different bait as well. Follow me on twitter - @Rosst93 and like my Facebook page for more updates -
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