The club I am a member of has a lake that has some good carp as well as catfish in it, so yesterday when the rain had eased to mere drizzle I headed off to do a night there. I had done a morning session on Friday and blanked but had heard it fishes better at night. On arrival I had a chat with a guy that was just leaving. He said he had blanked, and had done the previous 5 times he had fished it, as well as saying no one was catching. Still, I had a drive round the lake stopping at all the empty swims, spotted a carp close in at one swim so headed back to the cat, grabbed a single rod and net/sling etc and went back. It had gone, fished the spot for a short while but decided to continue looking for a swim for the night. Didn't see any other fish showing so chose a swim and set up a couple of rods. It was wet and grey but I was keeping largely dry under my brolly.
Then the thought that I could be sat here in the rain with nothing to show for it, when the other club lake is 20 mins drive away. So I packed up and headed there.
I was going to be lazy and fish one of the first swims you come to as I had everything but the kitchen sink, but a quick walk round to the far bank revealed a jacuzzi. Got the fishing stuff, leaving bivvy and bedchair, and went and got some rods out expecting instant action. Which didn't come so set up camp for the night.
The first fish came just after midnight, followed by a couple more into early morning. When the sun came up the heat was on! The lake seemed to go quiet and I saw some fish cruising on the top so started trickling in the Chum biscuits. They weren't really feeding but every now and then would take a bait so thought I might be able to mug one. Tried a fake dog biscuit, then cut it down, then tried a bit of foam. Had a few failed takes and plenty of mouthing of the controller float but the fact they weren't really feeding was the problem.
I kept one rod on the bottom tight in the corner margins, where I had had the carp from and at some point lost one that got me into a snag. Rig all retrieved so all good.
I spent a bit of time fishing with centrepin and Avon rod to see if I could get any nice silver action of a bonus tench or carp with no joy until I switched to a worm and fake maggot to hold it on. No prizes for guessing what tool that.
I'd decided to pack off about 2, but just before noticed some nice carp were cruising again, and at times were confidently taking a dog biscuit as they did... I'd kept trickling them in all day. So thought there is no hard chucking the Rod out for one last try. 2 nice fish went up for the same bait and my final fish was on in classic floater fishing fashion. A good fight saw me land my biggest ever carp off the top and a great end to the session.
TL/DR... I Caught some fish
Oh yeah, I also had new rods and reels so was nice to get them some action. BTW didn't take a pic of the bream or really small common as self takes are a pain!
8lb11 common
Dawn
6lb13
Worm eating perch
16lb7