We arrived at around 5pm Monday, had a quick drive round the lakes and spoke to a taxi driver who said he fished the back lake all winter and faired quiet well, so we opted to fish the far bank of the back lake.. Got all the rods set up and baited up with pva bags and ground bait, plenty of fish topping, wind was spot on with a slight breeze.
I opted to fish 3 rods (bought two licence this year after my mate got caught fishing 3 rods), snowman rig, popup and a standard boilie was the hook bait..
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So rods setup it was time to set up camp for the night, out come the fox royale bivvy (cracking bivvy I must admit), got the bed etc all setup, all gear put in bivvy so I didn't have to mess about later, so was all set for an evening to chill
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Just as I had everything sorted the bloke fishing the other side of the pond had a run which resulted in a carp of 13lb, seemed promising!
We got the BBQ out and realised we had no sauce or booze, so I nipped to shop and got the essentials, just as I got to the shop my mate rang saying he had a nice fish on but got off, he was a bit upset cause he said the power of it was immense and it would of beat his pb carp of 14lb, anyway back to the complex and we started the BBQ..
Sirloin steak (english and hung for 20 days), chicken and sausages were on the menu!
We sat and had a laugh all night whilst getting p**sed but no more runs so was time to go to bed!.. Was windy as hell all night and the wind kept knocking the alarms off..
Morning come and no more fish, so we packed up and went onto the other lake.
We baited up and within a couple of hours my mate had a couple of runs, the next cast he had a run which managed to land.. To our surprise it was a 2.5lb brown trout, must of got in when the Rivers flooded the complex last autumn..
I got a bit bored so I got the sauce out and thought I would a go at being an artist..
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What you think? Next piccaso possibly?? (after my fun I did clean it up lol)
Around 4pm I had my first run of the session but my drag was to loose and couldn't keep the tension on so it got off! Wounded...
Packed up around 6pm and headed home.. I think the venue is still struggling to recover from the floods, I dread to think how many carp he lost during the floods cause all 3 lakes joined onto the river for at least a week or so.. Either way I enjoyed my fishing trip..
Next venue: the willows @ oaks
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Monday 8 April 2013
My Pike Season - Finally Over
Its finally over, after a hard season i feel happy as i finally have a new PB of 12.13lb and managed to bank 6 doubles and 24 pike under 10lb... the weather didnt help us at all, one day it would be sunny then the next snowing, but me and my mate persisted and although we had a few blanks we did have a good season.
The one i will remember the most is when we fished cundall lodge! managed my first double figure pike there but managed to get stuck in the mud near the river bank and had to be pulled out by the farmer with his tractor, then the time after that we got half way home and my alternator went! the joys of cars..
We tried a lot of new venues and learnt a fair bit about them even if we did blank at a few of them.. This year has been one big learning curve and i feel we are ready to tackle next year much better ;)
The last Piking trip was yesterday and we went to selby 3 lakes, we got there for about 7:30am and was all set up for around 8am, i opted to fish 2 running leads and a sliding float, around 8:30 i had my first run and went to hit it and nothing there! so casted it in the same spot and about half hour later i had a run again! MISSED IT!!... from fishing selby before i knew the pike are very wary so i chopped the bait in half (trout) to get better coverage with the trebles, so i casted it to the same spot and within 15mins i had another run! this time i managed to hit it and it resulted in a small pike around 3lb
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The day was passing and no movement on the water except the cormrants! so i ended up having a little snooze waiting for the alarms to scream but nothing!
It got to around 4PM and i thought fuck it im gonna move to the other side of the lake, so i upped sticks and went to the corner peg and there was bait fish rolling on the top!
I put fresh bait on and casted out the rods and within 30 mins i had a run.. but MISSED IT, got a bit excited and hit it to early! doh.....
An hour passed and still no runs, so fresh bait was needed, so i put a fresh Bluey tail end of and casted it around 1.5 rod lengths out and waiting 20mins or so before my rod went screaming off, this time i left it a bit longer and hit it and felt a nice fish, the new fox warrior rod i got really did me proud, handled the fish with ease and i felt in control at all times, something i didnt really get with the diawa black widows...
Anyway managed to get it in after a short scrap, i wasnt convinced it was a double and gary thought the same til he tried lifting it out! he thought it was around 13-14lb, i also thought the same... we got the trebles out and put it in the weigh sling and it tipped the scales at 12.07lb! although not a PB i was well happy with it being such a hard day.
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That was the last fish of the day although Gary had a few knocks on the float they just werent taking his bait.. we ended up leaving around 8pm, i left rather pleased as it was a nice fish to end the season! roll on next season but til then the carp/tench/barbel are screaming my name ;)
The one i will remember the most is when we fished cundall lodge! managed my first double figure pike there but managed to get stuck in the mud near the river bank and had to be pulled out by the farmer with his tractor, then the time after that we got half way home and my alternator went! the joys of cars..
We tried a lot of new venues and learnt a fair bit about them even if we did blank at a few of them.. This year has been one big learning curve and i feel we are ready to tackle next year much better ;)
The last Piking trip was yesterday and we went to selby 3 lakes, we got there for about 7:30am and was all set up for around 8am, i opted to fish 2 running leads and a sliding float, around 8:30 i had my first run and went to hit it and nothing there! so casted it in the same spot and about half hour later i had a run again! MISSED IT!!... from fishing selby before i knew the pike are very wary so i chopped the bait in half (trout) to get better coverage with the trebles, so i casted it to the same spot and within 15mins i had another run! this time i managed to hit it and it resulted in a small pike around 3lb
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The day was passing and no movement on the water except the cormrants! so i ended up having a little snooze waiting for the alarms to scream but nothing!
It got to around 4PM and i thought fuck it im gonna move to the other side of the lake, so i upped sticks and went to the corner peg and there was bait fish rolling on the top!
I put fresh bait on and casted out the rods and within 30 mins i had a run.. but MISSED IT, got a bit excited and hit it to early! doh.....
An hour passed and still no runs, so fresh bait was needed, so i put a fresh Bluey tail end of and casted it around 1.5 rod lengths out and waiting 20mins or so before my rod went screaming off, this time i left it a bit longer and hit it and felt a nice fish, the new fox warrior rod i got really did me proud, handled the fish with ease and i felt in control at all times, something i didnt really get with the diawa black widows...
Anyway managed to get it in after a short scrap, i wasnt convinced it was a double and gary thought the same til he tried lifting it out! he thought it was around 13-14lb, i also thought the same... we got the trebles out and put it in the weigh sling and it tipped the scales at 12.07lb! although not a PB i was well happy with it being such a hard day.
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That was the last fish of the day although Gary had a few knocks on the float they just werent taking his bait.. we ended up leaving around 8pm, i left rather pleased as it was a nice fish to end the season! roll on next season but til then the carp/tench/barbel are screaming my name ;)
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