UK PB 4 DC

~ Disaster Caster Winkles Out A Day Ticket Twenty ~

Yesterday (12th August) we returned to our Canterbury base from a 48hr session at local Kent day ticket venue.  We’d arrived there midday on Tuesday (a new moon) full of anticipation for what lay ahead, even though neither of us had fished the lake before.  It drizzled quite heavily as we scuttled back and forth from the car with our mountain of gear, to a double swim that looked very promising.  All around the point of our pitch carp were obviously feeding very heavily, if all the bubbling and fizzing was any indication?

With one of my already made up rods I flicked out a single partially frozen boilie to the biggest patch of bubbles about four rod lengths out, while I set up the rest of my now wet kit.  After an hour and twenty-five minutes I wasn’t entirely surprised to see the line tighten and the rod tip lurch down violently to herald a take.  After an epic battle of some ten minutes or so I had the fish; a nice looking mirror around the twenty pound mark, circling in front of me.  Just when I thought I’d got him beaten the hook pulled!  I was really gutted over losing that one as I had a really good look at him as it flanked just out of reach the waiting net, and it would’ve without doubt been a UK PB mirror for me.

At 6pm DC opened his account with a common of 14lb 4oz from his margin rod.  This was quickly followed by another one of 14lb from the same spot, and possibly with the same bait knowing DC’s lazy fisherman practices?

At 9.30pm the same rod was away again for the third time!  DC had to come over to my bivvy to wake me up for a photo, I’d only been dozing a little and up until that point was unaware of any commotion with the fish.  Which as it turned out was not only a looker, but was a new UK PB for him for a common.  It really was a fine deep bodied specimen, and the flash photo really doesn’t do it justice.  After this fish it was obvious I needed to rethink my tactics for the following day, seeing I still hadn’t had any further action on my side of the point, despite spotting plenty of fish moving in and out of the little island bay that I was casting rod to.

Day two started off better for me when the island bay bait was picked up causing a massive drop-back.  The powerful (probably a little too powerful) 3.5 t.c rod soon had the mid-double common tamed and in the net to save me from a blank.  Regrettably though this was the last action I’d see, as soon after the lake got very busy with every available swim being filled with noisy anglers.

Directly opposite to me a pair of clowns set up camp and began mashing the water with floats, leads and boilies… terrific!  Immediately I had to reel in my LH rod as one of these Muppets cast over my line. Then to add insult to injury he began baiting up heavily with boilies about two metres from where my RH hookbait was positioned… simply fantastic!  But I guess that is the sort of moronic behavour commonly found on busy commercial venues like this.  Not being used to fishing places like these I’m still finding it hard to come to grips with.  It just amazes me how much noise people make, smashing the shit out of bivvy pegs and generally clattering around as they set up camp!

At 9am DC’s LH margin rod was away yet again, this time with a plump mirror of 18lb 12oz. This fish came as a surprise to us both as it was not long after there was a lot of disturbance in the swim next to him from a young bloke setting up.  But more so from from the deafening din we’d all endured from some inconsiderate twat mowining the grass within a few feet of the backs of both our bivvies.  Even though were camped close to each other DC couldn’t here me screaming “HOWS THE SERENITY?” at him above the cacophony of the mower!  Pretty naff really considering you are paying big quids to fish their water, don’t you think???

Happy hippo hunting

Niblet

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