24 hour carp session

[dogga 1]

decided to go out for a 24 hour session on a local lake i have never fished before .weather forecast looked ok so off i went.when i got down to the lake there was a couple of lads fishing who had done nothing for a couple of days and both said it hadnt been fishing very well for a while not particularly what i wanted to hear! well anyway after watching a lot of fish cruising around just below the surface i decided on an area where they seemed to be turning and going back down the lake .i spodded out 2 kg of pellets and hemp and put my pop ups out over the top to a couple of features hoping the fish would drop onto the bait .

the owner came down for a visit and inspired me full of confidence for the session by telling me there had only been one fish out in 3 weeks the fish had been trying to spawn but had not quite managed it but they were still going through the motions and not really feeding.

sat watching the water for the rest of the afternoon but no activity came to any of the rods !decided on a re bait at 5 ish with another planned just before it got dark so fresh baits on and re casted to same area.At around 7 i watched a decent fish head and shoulder out of the water right over one of my baits so i was off the chair and stood over the rods praying for one to go.!sure enough at 7 30 one of the rods roared off resulting in a nice fight with a mirror of 16 lb 4 oz in lovely condition .

recast out again at 9 then due to the rain decided to get a little shut eye .managed abotu 3 hours when the same rod again gave a couple of blleps followed by a big drop back .i was on it in a flash in just my socks (as in no shoes not naked !)in the pissing down rain .this on fought well but eventually i won the arguement with a 18 lb 4oz mirror gracing my net .with another fish under my belt i retired to the bivvy again but was again woken by the buzzer screaming this time to a lovely 5 lb tench.with another 2 tench by morning i was really happy especially when the lake owner came down with a knowing grin on his face and said "not had owt then?" he was quite shocked when i said what i had caught and just walked off muttering to himself(he has been fishing it regularly and not caught i since found out)

all in all i thorouhgly enjoyed it .pictures are not the best as they are on the phone but thought i would share anyway

[dogga 1]

18lb 4 oz

[noddy10 411]

canny fish bud. wohat you catchem on?

[AIRGUNNER 1]

Great read Dogga and great fish cant beat the odd tench. Those mirrors are certainly old warriors liking that first one especially with the golden colouring on it.

 

Nice one fella keep them lines tight and them reports coming.

[moley 115]

well here one for you two , whats the best knot for tying braid to a leadcore line , or to mono ? cheers

[dogga 1]

to leadcore should say on the lead core package and its hard to explain but ill try put the leadcore needle through the wall of the leadcore and out of the end (put it through roughly 1 -1.5 cm from th end)then pull your braid through then with your braid form a loop against the leadcore.wind the braid through the loop and round the leadcore at the same time about 4 or 5 times then pull tight and you should have done it .the braid should go in the end of the leadcore ,come out the side then have a knot round the leadcore stopping it going back through..braid to mono is lay the mono next to the braid make the same sort of loop as previosly in the braid and do th 4 turns again and pull nearly tight but not quite then do the same with the mono but only do 2 turns .you should then have 2 knots a little bit apart .wet the line and slowly pull either end and they should slide together .use a bit of rig glue for added security.hope the explanation is easy to understand mate .good luck

[mole catcher 1]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

[dogga 1]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

would that not form to large a knot to be streamlined for casting if going for long distances?

[mole catcher 1]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

would that not form to large a knot to be streamlined for casting if going for long distances?

 

you can pull both loops that form the figure8 as tight as you like so you can even have it so theres no loop at all

[moley 115]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

would that not form to large a knot to be streamlined for casting if going for long distances?

 

tried the loop to loop method molecatcher , and don,t like it ,thanks anyway

 

will give these other knots a try a home , thanks dogga

[mole catcher 1]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

would that not form to large a knot to be streamlined for casting if going for long distances?

 

tried the loop to loop method molecatcher , and don,t like it ,thanks anyway

 

will give these other knots a try a home , thanks dogga

 

its not your conventianal loop to loop moley, back splice are a lot neater

[moley 115]

back splice a loop in both the braid and the lead core to form two loops much like a figure8. same as a back splice on the running lines of a long net

would that not form to large a knot to be streamlined for casting if going for long distances?

 

tried the loop to loop method molecatcher , and don,t like it ,thanks anyway

 

will give these other knots a try a home , thanks dogga

 

its not your conventianal loop to loop moley, back splice are a lot neater

 

looks like i need to do a google serch , cheers