After a slow trip last time I got
down to the new reservoir, my chosen venue for the winter, the lake is
incredibly deep and full of fish with a few lumps in there as well.
I have always wanted to fish the
grand union canal, so if all fails this will become my last resort. After a
tiring Monday morning planning to get up early and fish till late, I failed to
wake up, what an idiot! That morning I received a phone call and got invited to
a local lake to fish for pike, which I have never caught before. Myself and Big
Rich from college set off to the tackle shop and got some dead bait and
proceeded to the lake. We arrived at around 3:00pm, I flicked a mackerel dead
bait down the margin but this rod didn't produce, unfortunately. I then under
armed it a bit further off the bank and the rod eventually tore off like a
carp, I was into my first pike, 9lb 6oz, not massive but a lovely fish for my
first Pike!
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| What a Creature, All 9lb 6oz of Her! |
Anyway, onto this session. It is
lovely and bright outside so chod rigs and flouro baits are cast out whilst I set
up my gear. I have all the amenities out on the stand and begin to tie up some
bags, and trim down a few popups. In the bag mix I’m using something new, NV-R
Stick Mix, Hemp Attack S-S (fine ground hemp), C2-R pellet and some Gremlin
pellet to get the fish rooting around. This is tied up in a small stick, an
easy mouthful for any Carp. I have had countless fish from high stocked waters
on a similar mix but in solid bags! Could that approach be enrolled? The chod
is left on the left rod, and the stick mix with a trimmed down white chocolate
flouro popup is dispatched on the right rod, the rods are out!
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| The Awesome V-Cloud! |
An hour or so later, the left
bobbin springs up and settles down. I lifted into it and the fish bangs its
head once and came off, I fear I may have done the wrong thing! The rod is soon
dispatched back out to where I had it before. The right rod is sat motionless for
the whole time, another bag is threaded on with a good soaking in the Velocity
Baits V-Cloud glug, I have caught a lot of fish on the range of V-Clouds
especially Roach and Bream when feeder fishing on the quiver tip!The fish are getting more active,
topping left front and centre, one lad has had one opposite me; let’s hope they
will swing round my way! With a few hours of no action and after that occurrence
on the choddy, I have recast the rods and packed down the gear so I only have
my rods and a net out on the stand. The fish are still crashing but nothing has
taken my bait as of yet.
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| My Favored Winter Hook-baits! |
The weather has become over cast
and still remains quite warm. The wind had picked up but it’s just a light
northerly breeze pushing across the lake. Both rods are incredibly slack as I believe
fishing slack lines are the way forward. I am expecting a bait delivery of
boilies and dumbells which I shall have with me on my next session to try and
get the fish a bit more active. If all pans out I shall hopefully be doing a
night over the next couple of weeks, a night on the reservoir will hopefully
increase my chances of a better bite.
The light levels have dropped
since earlier on today but it hasn't stopped the fish poking their heads out on
the spots. The lake is still a bit busy with the odd angler slowly packing up
but I’m aiming to stay on the lake until 5:00pm, just hope we’re not busy at
work!
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| My Preferred Choddy Hook. |
Just as I came off the phone,
things finally started to unfold, the choddy let out a flurry of beeps and the
bobbin settled down to the original position. The fish are still in the area; I
had been waiting a couple of hours and watching the rods this is looking ever
so promising. Eventually that rod screamed off minutes later, a short lived
fight because of the sheer drop in water temperature I am sat cradling a
beautiful Autumn coloured 12lb 10oz Common on the choddy! The pressure is now
off from bagging my first fish from the new lake.
I would love to stay the rest of
the evening but it is getting dark very gradually, so I’m packing down and
setting off home in the next 20 minutes or so. A short while after that fish
they are back on the ball so I couldn’t help but put the rod back out again. The
fish are back in numbers over my rods once again. It’s looking pukka for
another bite! The fish stayed active but unfortunately I couldn't trip another
one up before I decided to reel in and make tracks home.
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| Here She is in All Her Autumn Glory - 12lb 10oz. |
I have really enjoyed this
session so I packed the barrow and made my way home, first fish from the lake C’MON!
This week I’m busy with college for the rest of the week and out at the weekend
so we’ll see where the weather takes me over the next couple of weeks. Thank you
for reading I hope to be back very soon!
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