2Nd Fish This Year

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Hey All.

Well after getting the bug back I got the rods out for a few hours on Monday, only had two hours twenty minutes and managed a 16.2 common. At 11.01am, one minute after I was sposed to have packed up and be homeward bound to get back for the nipper, I had a fish on! Naughty naughty, but these things happen

 

Problem was, I hooked it reeling in, so I knew it was a foul hooked. And being the only action I`d seen from the whole lake since arriving, I played it ever so gently, feeling like John wilson, 20 sets of eyes watching...

After about 5 minutes I got her in the net and didnt mention the foul hook too loudly, a fish is a fish, especially if no one is catching.

 

Yesterday went very similar. Got there for 10.30 with the lake much less rammed and jumped in the same swim as monday.

Around 11.30am the rapidly warming sun burnt all the cloud off and pushed the fish up to just below the surface. I the decided to change the bottom baited rod to a zig rig, same as the other rod. One was fished at 4ft and the other 5ft, bit of red foam on one, black foam the other.

The fish were there... Shame most of them were sunbathing. Then around 1.30pm the left rod rattled off, my first proper screaming run. The guy in the next swim commented that I was on my rod before the alarm went off, to which I replied, yeah I`m a bit rusty After a short fight she was mine. She didnt feel that big coming in especially compared to a tail hooked 16+.

As my cousin lifted the net out the water I could see it was a 20.

I gave her a weigh and it came in at 21.8. Happy days. Out came the nikon, I gave my cousin a quick lesson.. No battery. Ffs. Dodgy camera phone job again... Ended up getting off at 4pm with just the one in the bag, but it was one more than everyone else The 21.8...

 

[toby63 1,236]

nice common pal

[bobcullen79 1,495]

They are mostly commons in this pond, fast growing types and a handful of mirrors, two grassies and a couple of koi. He nets it most years and takes out all the small stuff. He reckons theres nothing smaller than 15lb in there. So you can see why its popular. Funny though cos Ive fished it 15 years and cos the new lads dont recognise me they think I`m new to the lake and give me "tips"

[northern lad 2,292]

Cracking fish Bob All the sweeter as no one else was catching

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Cracking fish Bob All the sweeter as no one else was catching

yeah you know it mate. Its also more sour when it comes off... You can hear them all loving it. Best just to keep calm and catch another

[northern lad 2,292]

Was on Pennine trout fishery years ago Bob,no one catching,in desperation I dropped down to a 1lb tippet and a tiny buzzer,got a take first cast,to say I played the fish gingerly is an understatement,people were watching,and some came round for a nose (theres twenties in this place,and obviously I was connected to one ) any way 10 mins later the "monster" surfaced,all 3lb of it the shame of it,cue quiet mumbling and my crowd gone...

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Always the way.

[dytkos 17,784]

Good stuff mate, in the words of your mate with the 49 "good fish" lol

 

Cheers, D.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Good stuff mate, in the words of your mate with the 49 "good fish" lol

 

Cheers, D.

Couldnt produce in the match though could he

[dytkos 17,784]

 

Good stuff mate, in the words of your mate with the 49 "good fish" lol

Cheers, D.

 

Couldnt produce in the match though could he

Phil your boots lol

 

Cheers, D.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

 

 

Good stuff mate, in the words of your mate with the 49 "good fish" lol

Cheers, D.

Couldnt produce in the match though could he

Phil your boots lol

 

Cheers, D.

 

Phil couldnt fill a carrier bag that day

[sussex 5,777]

Nice fish , its still special when their over twenty ..

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Nice fish , its still special when their over twenty ..

Oh yeah definitely. Theres just something more special when your on your own, under no pressure and in a nice, wild tranquil place. Its a million miles away from a commercial fish. Big, old, slow grown English fish are where its at. This one was around the same weight, but probably 30+ years older and much more satisfying to catch.

[squab 2,875]

summer on its way be nice to take a few of the top now,nice fish mate atb

[bobcullen79 1,495]

summer on its way be nice to take a few of the top now,nice fish mate atb

Yeah they are taking off the top down here. I walked the dogs past a small commercial pool the other day, just as a lad and his dad were going. Bread everywhere, so in goes all their surplus bread as well and home they went...

By the time I had my little walk, lapped a field or two, the carp were up and slurping. The carp knew the crack as they were all feeding on the drifted bread, everywhere but where they were fishing.