Dutchess Lake 31-08-09 Part 2

Waggler fishing at 8ft from the bank and 20ft to my left

over a patch of Hemp, mixed pellet and sweetcorn,

with sweetcorn on the hook produced the biggest fish of the day

this Skimmer Bream of around a pound.

My grandson helped wind in this little Roach
Mixed pellet ready for use.

Sweetcorn can work well but was not at its best today

PVA bag filled with pellets and crushed boillie.
Loose boillies ready to throw on top of the rig.

The feeder rod was very poor today, producing 2 3oz skimmers,

the waggler rod was best catching around 5ld of fish, mainly small roach.

The carp rod blanked, no wonder I don't enjoy that style of fishing.

What no Carp again!

Fished Dutchess Lake again.

Two swims from last week.

This photo is looking east towards the M32.

Looking west towards the island.

Feeder rod fishing to my left

Barbel rod fishing to the right and out in front

Dutchess Lake 24-08-09

What can I say!!!!!!

Fished from 11.00 until 17.00.

Used the same rigs and baits as at Bagwood lake.

Aagghh BLANKED.

Sorry no photos.

Next trip, next week I hope.

Bagwood Lake 20-08-09

Yippee another escape Chit!

Once again went to Bagwood Lake.

My eldest son should have been but his fiance has Swine Flu??

So decided not to use my pole as usual

but used my Barble rod, a light ledger rod

and a float rod.
I managed 2 Carp

This one of 9ld 6oz

The Carp were caught using HAIR RIGED BOILLIES
This one 10ld 2oz
and this one 1/2ld plus more skimmers.
The Skimmers were caught on Sweet Corn.

Bagwood lake 06-08-09

One of the Bream caught on the pole

My grandson Kyle admiring a 3ld Tench

Good its ugly, Jet black Carp.

Russells 24ld 6oz Carp

Yep back to the fishing again.

My eldiest son said he was going to fish this lake

so I decided I would tag along.

Escape chit in hand I left home at 06.45 and headed

to the lake.

Russell had just woken up having fished threw the night.

I set up my 14.5 mtr pole and my Bardel rod. Russell gave me on of his

Carp rigs he uses and so was ready to fish.

Russell told me to fish the pole rig next to a Lilly plant 14mtrs

in front of my swim and I put the Carp rig around 20mtrs out

and 5mtrs left of the pole line.

Straight away Maggots and Casters bought the small Roach and Rudd

up in plaque proportions.

So Sweet Corn was the next bait to try and straight away

a Skimmer Bream was caught. GO THE POLE.

Next the Barble rod started nodding and a 4ld Bream was landed.

Sweet corn again the bait.

Cast it back out and again the pole float dipped and stayed down

yahoo another Bream on, this time

3LD 10OZ.

And so it continued.

Until 11.30 when the bites died out,

and the rain started.

The rain the forcasters said was not going to hit Bristol!

Don't we love the Met Office.

Russell managed 2 Carp one weighed 24ld 6oz. and some Bream.

Hope to escape again on thursday 20 August.