Todber manor 3/2/2007 Mithrandir's perspective

[mithrandir]

I had planned to go to Todber and fish Wadmill lake with Twiddler and Warmit63. We met up on a frosty morning at 8 am only to

find that Wadmill lake had been drained and would not be fishable for at least 3 weeks, so a quick change and we decided to

fish Whitepost lake, one of the smaller match lakes.



A view of the lake



The sun was out and and the frost was melting nicely as we set up, we had the lake to ourselves so Steve fished the narrow

end, Claudia fished the middle lagoon and I fished the wide end.

I was using my french kit for the first time so was on big pit reels on 15lb line and 3 lb test curve rods!!! Well over the

top for this small match lake.

I fished 10mm pineapple boilies with a cage feeder of ground bait on one rod, and maggots on a maggot feeder on the other.

At around 11-30 I was treated to a run on the boilie rod and reeled in this little 4lb Mirror Carp



About noon I had another take on the boilie rod and for the points out came this Common Carp



I had a little action on the maggot rod and hooked into what I think was a bream, the line just kept going slack until I

struck it, then it shot off like a train, managed to cross my other line and as I fumbled about it spat the hook, was a fair

size as it put a good bend in the rod but losing a fish always makes it bigger!!


Things went a bit quiet but I did manage two more carp


This mirror with a nice line of scales a bit like a linear carp, this came in on the maggots.



And to close the account another 4lb mirror


After a short nap I was awakened by my bite alarm, still dozy I reeled in but nothing there, just a large ring of ripples

where my bait had been cast.

The wind had dropped to nothing and I could see bubbles like tench were feeding just in front of me so I spent the last hour

slack line legering for the tench, had a few tentative takes but none connected.

So happy with the nice new rods and reels and having had a good day with good company we set off home for a chinese and a

beer.

Mike

[Greenheart]

Great report & pics Mike. Wish I could have been there instead of working in the garden under the watchful eye of her who must be obeyed... I hope you made a note of the underwater features in Wadmill lake for future reference? How did Claudia & Steve get on?

[Flatfish]

Well done MIke & co sounds like a great days fishing , just wait intill you hook into a few over france your new rods well bend then

Justin

[mithrandir]

Originally Posted by Greenheart

Great report & pics Mike. Wish I could have been there instead of working in the garden under the watchful eye of her who must be obeyed... I hope you made a note of the underwater features in Wadmill lake for future reference? How did Claudia & Steve get on?

Ian I did not even visit the lake, shame would have been nice to check it out.

Claudia and Steve are doing their own reports, we decided that was the best way as I was way up the other end of the lake from them and missed large chunks of what they did.

Well done on the Gardening Ian, duty done, lets hope fishing passes are in order for that. Have you got a good venue for next weekend as Wadmill is out of action?

Mike

[Greenheart]

I,m tempted by the Speciemen lake at Todber. Carp & Cats.....

Got to road test my new Brolly too

[mithrandir]

Might be worth phoning the day before to make sure it is not booked up, especially as Wadmill is closed

[pingu]

nice one mike

hope that heavy gear coped with the 4lbers ok

still to test mine in real earnest

[baitmaster]

good report mike and nice to see you broken the rods and reels in nicely

tightlines
kevin