Carp Catchers Blog

I finally managed to get on Elson’s for a 48 hour session last week, upon turning up to the lake I found it to be pretty empty and after a couple of laps I decided on a swim between Elson’s and Mallard as this is where I’d seen fish the previous evening. I got the rods out and settled down for the night to be woken up at 4.15 by a Tench on the far margin rod which was baited with Mainline Baits Fusion Freezer Boilies  unfortunately I lost it. About 6.30 I received an absolute screamer on my right hand rod which was placed over on the far margin with a cut down flouro pop up, after 5 minutes the fish looked like it was going to make it round a snag to my right so I was preparing to jump in after it when it all went slack, on inspection of my rig it turned to be a straightened ESP hook that lost me the fish, Gutted! I reeled in the other two rods and went for a walk round the lake and to put some more bait over the far margin fusion rod, when I got the hole in the bushes I spotted a lot of bubbles coming up over the spot so I climbed the small tree that lent out over the margin. I sat in the tree for a good half an hour watching for any fish when out of the blue a mid double common swam into the area and proceeded to pick off a few of my bottom baits before disappearing again. This was enough for me and I got back to my rods to get them back out. After putting a few baits out with the throwing stick to briefly clear the areas after seeing fish present I got the rods back out. About lunchtime I received a stuttery take on the far margin fusion rod again and this time I banked the culprit, a nice 5lb Tench. The rest of the afternoon there was fish cruising across my swim but were obviously not interested in feeding. The next night produced nothing but a few liners on the fusion rod, the same followed the next day up to about 12 o’clock when I banked my 2nd Tench of the session followed by 2 more during the afternoon, all averaging between 5-6lb. I can’t seem to fail in catching Tench on Elson’s! Although the loss of a reasonable fish was a bit disheartening during the session I’ve learnt a little bit more about Elson’s and its residents, at least I know most my rigs are working and I’m finding the right spots for fish to feed on its just a case of getting the carp interested.

David

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