‘Moroccan Sunset’ 31lb 12oz and ‘Happy Daze’ 29lb 10oz. Tuesday was the day for Darren as well when his 20ft zig rattled off twice in the space of 2 hours landing 2 of the lovely scaley mirrors that reside in the lake. Good adaptive angling though lads and thanks for a really enjoyable week!ĭarren Walter got one of his top 3 swims and found himself in Bobs Beach for the week, Deciding to fish at 23 wraps towards The Alamo, he also found himself seeing the fish showing directly in front of him but they were just not up for feeding on the deck this week. Belgian beers followed and many happy memories made that evening, the boys were absolutely BUZZING! Now the mission was to try and get one off the bottom, keeping the bait going in for the rest of the week the boys tried their utmost but alas it wasn’t to happen on this visit. Joris’ biggest was a mirror named ‘Scratches’ which weighed in at 47lb 12oz. Glenn’s biggest was an absolute banger of a common called ‘Goldeneye’ which spun the scales round to a healthy 45lb 14oz. Quickly unhooking the fish and getting the rod back out as soon as possible meant they were able to keep getting bites almost as soon as the rod was back out in the water. Carpy carnage can be the only way to describe the next 90 minutes as the guys landed 5 fish and lost 1 really decent fish (there was no stopping it, the sheer power of it, was definitely a goodun). After a quick zig tying clinic the boys had plumbed the depth of the spot where they were showing and decided to fish 50cm below the surface. I took a ride round after dinner on Tuesday and suggested they each pull one rod in and switch over to a zig as the amount of fish in front of them was unbelievable. The fish were clearly up in the top layers mooching in the sunshine. The lads had fish showing over them from day one but could not get a pick up. Deciding to fish as a team at 25 wraps the boys baited heavily with The Boilie Service boilies in various sizes, baiting up with 7-8kg a day with the throwing stick. Coming out high in the draw they managed to get in the Alamo and double up for the week, this was what they were hoping for the whole drive down so they were very happy when it became a reality. Next up is the Belgian duo of Glenn Sporckand Joris Peeters. When they decide to drop down for a munch, can you afford to not have any bait there? On this occasion they didn’t but I always think keeping the bait going in even if the fish are up in the water during the day will help. Steve continued baiting his spots consistently throughout the week in the hope that the fish would get their heads down. The pick of the bunch was ‘Humpy’ at 41lb 14oz. Steve managed 4 more fish during the week from various depths between 18 and 22 ft with black foam being the winning colour. After this the fish seemed to move up in the layers for the rest of the week and Steve utilised his single zig rod well, recasting to showing fish which were in an area of 30-35 Wraps towards Big Southerly. The mirror picked up a multi rig fished over the baited spot. Steve baited the area with 3kg of mixed hemp and boilie per day. Things started off quickly for Steve, landing a 39lb 4oz mirror on Sunday morning, fishing the crooked tree to the left of Stink at 27 Rod Lengths. Steve Reeves was upset when he didn’t get to fish Baxters again but he was happy plotting up in Alcatraz for the week.
The weather changed come Thursday with low pressure and rain the order of play, everybody hoped that this would get the carps heads down for the last couple of nights. A good week here on the Main Lake with a few fish being landed and lots of laughs and memories to take away! The week started off with glorious sunshine for the first few days and this meant that the carp were spending a lot of time in the upper layers of the lake.