First carp, and I get two on the same day.

Hendore · #1 05-23-2010, 03:49 AM

After ariving at the lake at around 14:30 with the sun beaming on my back, Planning to fish for tench I was quick to plum the depths of an area filled with lillies roughly 12ft out.Baited up with a few pieces of sweetcorn, using a size 16 on 3.4lb line I put my float just a few inches away from the lillies.

I had a few knocks and nibbles, for a while my eyes didn't blink as I was concentrating on the float so hard then all of a sudden it dropped quicker than I've ever seen before. From the moment I struck I knew what I had hooked wasn't just a small roach or rudd, the fish swam away from the lilles and towards the middle of the lake. After letting the fish tire itself out, I slowly began to bring it in without putting to much strain on the light line.

It was my first common carp, altough it wasn't double figures, it did take me a while to calm down after getting so excited. Unfortunately I didn't come armed with scales, at a guess I would say anywhere between 3lb - 4lb. With a fresh piece of sweetcorn I was off again. After an hour or so, in came another, altough roughly half the size of the first, it still put up a decent struggle.

The time turned 19:00 and it was time to pack up, I would of stayed all night if I had the chance, I had a great few hours and didn't only catch my first carp, I caught my second to ;)