Carp-Talk - 25 March 2015

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RICH SEEDS

bait until it got dark because I knew

the birds would terrorise me. Still,

even though there was just a few

Spombs of boilies, I had around 20

of them diving all over me. At times

like this I have to just look away,

because it really can drive you

insane.

 ere was a coot diving down,

picking up my hookbait and making

my alarm beep.  is carried on for

around  ve minutes. As I sat there

watching the irritating little black

ball of  u , I could make out a carp

cruising behind the spot. I jokingly

thought to myself how great it

would be if the carp would just take

my hookbait o this little thief.

 en, my rod gave a very positive

few beeps and the line pulled up

tight. In one very quick motion, the

coot legged it and the spool began

to spin. It was indeed the carp that I

had seen at the back of the spot.

Amazingly, it turned out to be a new

PB common and my  rst forty from

the Lake at 40¼lb – what an

amazing feeling.

We got the pictures done and I

recast the rod, followed by some

more bait. No more than 20

minutes later I landed a cracking

35lb common on the same rod. It

dried up after that, but I wasn’t

complaining – what an amazing

little burst of action.

 e following week I was quite

keen to get back into the same area

and I managed to do so. I got the

rods back on to the spot, then sat

back and watched the Lake.  e

wind was fairly strong and I couldn’t

really see any  sh.  en there was a

slight break in the weather and I

could make out half a dozen  sh

milling around the shallow area that

I was  shing to. It didn’t take long

for my  rst bite, which resulted in a

cracking mirror just shy of 36lb.

 at was the only  sh of the

session, but what an amazing  sh it

was.

By now the Lake was getting

very busy, but I kept on plugging

away. I  shed the following week in

a popular swim known as Windy

Point. Despite  nding some lovely

little areas, I didn’t get a bite that

night. I woke a bit despondent the

following morning and left the rods

where they were until I saw

something show. I could make out a

bit of activity slightly further out,

so I had a quick check with the lead

to see what was out there and then

cast a couple of bags to the spot. A

few Spombs of 20mm Vor-Tex

me straight away and I ended up

having to wade out to retrieve the

 sh. At  rst glance I didn’t think it

was very big, but once I started

peeling the weed away, I began to

realise how big it was. I reached for

my net and quickly scooped up a

large ball of weed and what turned

out to be a 42lb 6oz common!

followed and I sat back for

the afternoon. Eventually

it rattled o , but it weeded

A great end to another

great year – 42lb 6oz of

Farriers common

34lb common

After three seasons

and over 120 carp

landed, Rich managed

to catch his  rst

Farriers forty, a PB

common at 40¼lb

One of the Lake’s big

mirrors caught from the

side of a shallow mound

while there were coots

diving all over it

When the  sh became a

little more tricky to

catch, Rich began to

use dumbbells and it

worked really well

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