Not Happening

Rushed home from work to get my gear sort myself out and got the phone call i did not want to have the lakes where full. That buggerd the plans up big style. Saturday morning found myself walking around Mk with 8 fishing it and the warm sun out i thought i would do the next best thing and bait up with a kilo and fish early Sunday morning.
The alarm went off at 4.30am and at 4.00am i was at the bankside walking round to where i had put my bait in. At 4.20 all 3 rods was out and i sat waiting for something to happen.
A lad to my left was messing about setting a camera up for self takes Funny i thought not seen him catch anything. He then went into the water and pulled a sack out witch held a 32lb mirror it was cut tail which i had last year at 30.04. After a few photos he put the fish back and it swam off he then pulled another sack out which had a 24lb mirror in it ( make your own mind up how long he had been there ) He photographed that and put it back he left soon after that at around 7.30am.
I was thinking of packing up the sun was up all though it had rained earlier which was crap really because i never took my brolly and spent most of the morning trying to keep dry under the tree's. Any way the right hand rod pulled tight and i was in nicest looking tench i have had in a few years lol.
That was it nothing to get myself worked up about When i left at about 11.00 i shot down to the far end of the lake and set up 2 rods in a couple of spot's just off the tree line only for an hour
because the coots kept picking my bait up on one rod which told me that there was no carp in the area.
And that was that. Most angler's you talk to are all saying the same thing that the water is still to cold its not had that much sun on it. With just northerly winds blowing down and any sun that has warmed the water has just gone cold at night with some morning's having a ground frost.

The sunshine has been out

As the title says's the sun has had it's hat on this weekend But sadly the carp have not been out.
Apart from one bream no carp have been caught from Mk. I fished till dusk Saturday night then got up nice and early sunday morning it looked really good for a bite they was rolling and topping i got the baits in the water quick and sat there waiting. Having a few liner's on all three rods it was a case of not if but when i was going to get a run.
A little after 6.00 am an other angler turned up and set up in the next swim by the picnic bench no problem i thought until he started to put his baits in. He had 4 casts per rod!! which just killed the swims. The fish just stopped showing and rolling and the liner's stopped as well
We did have a nice early morning vist from the local hot air balloon that looked great in the blue sky above.

Hopefully things will pick up next weekend as a trip down to welly is on the cards Which i am looking forward too

A few hours waiting

Such a nice day The sun was out and it looked like summer is here. With the sun being so strong i made the effort to go for the last few hours on Mk.
I got up there at 3.00pm and went round to see Brownie who normally makes me a cup of tea. Just as i thought when i got to him he was fast asleep again you can put money on that he will be asleep at any time of the day. And he always Say's that he has only just been asleep for five minutes ( ya right ) Sure enough i got a cuppa tea and we sat and chatted and watched the water. The only movement we saw was the diving of coots. There is a population of about 100 of them and it makes hard work trying to watch for carp rolling.

After a hour or so chatting with my fellow tea maker and not seeing a thing i decided to fish the right hand side of the top steps. All set up and rods cast to the spots the sun slowly dropping behind me i felt that nothing was going to happen for a while till last knockings. Well seems i was right darkness came and with it being a days only water at this time of the year you have to be off the water by 8.30pm
I put the rods over the back of the chair while i packed the gear away just hoping one of the rods would rip off it's a good time just into dark but that's the time you have to be off the water :(

I can't believe what a difference this year is compared to last year the winter really has made a big change to this year's fish. This time last year i had 10 fish under my belt. But to be fair this is only the second time i have fished up there. Still plenty of time the carps need more of this nice warm sun on them get them moving a lot more burning the energy and then getting on the munch

Easter Bank Holiday

Well what a weekend it's been i think we have had all the weather you can think off in one go rain,wind, and hail. Only fished for a few hours myself on a water that's not too far away which i will call Mk. It would not be fair to name the water imo.; To start with not much to report from Mk this weekend apart from a lad called tony that has been fishing up there for 18 month's and has finally opened his account with a nice 33lb mirror. Well done to him he has stuck it out threw thick and thin on there and all the hard work has paid off. Hopefully this is the kick start that was needed and it will get a bit easier for him this year. Its not the easiest day ticket water in the country with limited time ( you can only fish from dawn till dusk ) and the buggers like to go on the munch as soon as you go home.

Also this weekend has seen smithy do it again with a absolutely stunning 25lb + starburst mirror out of island lake on the wellingboroughlakes syndicate where is has been fishing for a year. Thats's 3 fish in 3 trips now so i think this year it's coming together for him. Caught on Destiny BaitsHe fished along side another mate of our's called Pete the coonnnnt who has joined the lakes this year and has yet to open his account on there. But i am sure that it will not be long for him.

Smithy's starburst 25lb mirror stunning

Things are very slow this year due to the long hard winter that we had this year sure has been cold. Still got the trip to juvigny to look forward too at the end of may. Two weeks of hauling big carp in France can't be bad.


That about raps it up for this time hopefully i will get a few hours after work on Mk some time this week and post up any pictures of capture's i have

Welcome

I have started this blog because i started a diary on a forum and enjoyed writing it . But because the forum is not going anymore i thought it would be nice to to type it all down on here about my carp fishing trips.
As you can see the date is 04/04/10 So i am starting this a bit late into the year. With the weather being so hard this winter things are a little slow to say the least.
But all is not lost as it is still very early in the year and things all though are not going as well as last year my luck is still holding out and have already bagged my new pb common at 37.08 Which was published in carptalk this week another 1st for me.

I will try and up date this blog as much as i can with what i am catching or not catching