Fishing Friday

Norfolkboy · #1 09-11-2006, 02:46 PM

Went out fishing with my old man friday to a local lake. Just fancied getting him back into the swing of things as he hasn't been since early this year, so the decision was made to just fish for anything basically. Maggots and worm for bait and see what comes along.

The lake is very picturesque and holds some nice swims.

To our left:

To our right:

Our swim:

Baited up a little with maggots and chopped worm and set the gear up. Fish were topping all over so I felt we were in for a hectic session.

I wasn't wrong and as soon as the floats were in the water, they were back out with a fish on the hook. My dad managed 3 new species in perch, ide and bream. He also caught 2 lovely crucians which put up a great scrap on light gear in the clear water:

We had some lovely perch as well as crucians, roach, rudd, skimmers, ide and baby carp.

The fish were either caught on feeder or float.

There were plenty of carp cruising too, so had a quick go with floaters, I hit a perfect cast right next to the lillies and felt something would be along soon. About 3 seconds later a big swirl around the mixer and strike! The fish was on, but not for long as the hook popped back at me after a short fight.

We both had a great day with loads of fish, lovely weather and we also had the luxury of being the only anglers on the lake.

Lovely!