In reply to Post #15
Completely different story when the weed comes up / they spawn. Get over there!
Completely different story when the weed comes up / they spawn. Get over there!
In reply to Post #14
Bait and location is more important than fishing "spots" as they will be very mobile weather depending.
very true, 'my' club water is a tad ove half a mile long, a change in wind direction can have the carp on your baits or 900 yards away
I was doing ok on the club water through April, got a bit of bait in to a few spots, caught a few in the mid to upper 20s,
May has been a resounding blank ,there have been a few unavoidable factors- weather, a lot more anglers on the bank but even so I became over confident and fished like a noddy
Bait and location is more important than fishing "spots" as they will be very mobile weather depending.
very true, 'my' club water is a tad ove half a mile long, a change in wind direction can have the carp on your baits or 900 yards away
I was doing ok on the club water through April, got a bit of bait in to a few spots, caught a few in the mid to upper 20s,
May has been a resounding blank ,there have been a few unavoidable factors- weather, a lot more anglers on the bank but even so I became over confident and fished like a noddy
In reply to Post #17
I think for the bulk of the year, lakes can be quite "peggy". This time of year I think can be very wind/warmth/light dependent. I've had them on the end of northerlies in 6 degrees, and at the end of a 20 degree westerly.
I think for the bulk of the year, lakes can be quite "peggy". This time of year I think can be very wind/warmth/light dependent. I've had them on the end of northerlies in 6 degrees, and at the end of a 20 degree westerly.
In reply to Post #18
Had been informed that the carp were shoaled up on a 300 yd length of bank most of the winter, those swims ( the lake is mature but match pegged) have been very popular and there are a few that are guaranteed to have a bivvy on any/every day of the week.
Agreed, they move at the slightest breeze and change of sunlight and if there is nothing to hold them up will be 200-300-400 + yards away in no time.
Doesn't help that the length and shape of the lake means you can't see more than 1/3 of the water from any single point. So you could ( and I have ) had carp in the margins to 40-50yds out and then see nothing.
Every day has been a learning day,
Had been informed that the carp were shoaled up on a 300 yd length of bank most of the winter, those swims ( the lake is mature but match pegged) have been very popular and there are a few that are guaranteed to have a bivvy on any/every day of the week.
Agreed, they move at the slightest breeze and change of sunlight and if there is nothing to hold them up will be 200-300-400 + yards away in no time.
Doesn't help that the length and shape of the lake means you can't see more than 1/3 of the water from any single point. So you could ( and I have ) had carp in the margins to 40-50yds out and then see nothing.
Every day has been a learning day,
In reply to Post #16
I wasn't even thinking of that one mate.
I wasn't even thinking of that one mate.