Bradshaw hall Fishery 12-6-22

 So today saw a march with crescent angling club on lake 6.I drew peg 2 , nice peg as I had an island in front and a nice gap for the tip.Plan off attack was the bomb and pellet and slow sinking feeder.I also was going to use a jigga float on the pole at 11metres . I started of on bomb and pellet , in the first hour I managed one carp and a lost carp .The weather was windy or sunny ,nice chop on the water .At 11am I decided I was going to abandon the tip rods and try the jigga float .

I started catching straight away with a bream then a roach then a steady amount of carp. I was really enjoying catching shallow , working the jigga up and down and catching at depths of 2ft to 6 inches . All off a sudden all hell broke lose and Alan in the next peg had lost 4 sections of his pole, Alan went in and nearly got it, I had a couple of casts to try and retrieve it , then someone else tried as it was out of range , it sank .

Alan swimming back to his peg, I felt gutted for him .

I was catching steady all day and building a good weight , I lost about 8 carp in total along the way .As the afternoon progressed I was catching steady . In the last 15 minutes I caught 5 carp, as all out was shouted the heavens opened and it poured down , didn’t see that coming .

1st Darren 116-4

2nd Me 64-5

3rd Mike 51-4 

Eddie managed a great net too with 28-12.

A really enjoyable day, some great weights and the jigga was exciting .

Till the next time , river season start in a few days , need to get the gear ready .Tight Lines.

Bradshaw Hall Fisheries 5-6-22

 Well today I had a match with crescent angling on Lake 3.I drew peg 6 and was happy as it was an open water peg so I could fish the tip.Two rods made up, pellet feeder and bomb rod .8mm Ringers Pellet on the band .The weather was wet for the first couple of hours .The carp were jumping clear of the water a lot due to they have spawned .I had what I thought was a decent couple of hours , 9 Carp and a Tench .

My swim , I was casting around half way with plenty of bites , few times had fish on then off, probably F1,s.By 1-30 I wasn’t catching as many but casting more if I’d had no indications on the tip.

By the time it got to 3 o’clock it had dried up and the fish had moved towards the island , I switched to bomb and pellet feeding 8mm pellets .I caught 6 more carp and lost two and it was all out .

1st Darren 59lb

2nd Mark 44lb

3rd Alan 39lb

4th Me 34 lb 4 

It was a good match really enjoyed the change of surroundings .

Every year on Lake 3 Breaking Surface have a Memorial match for Lee Martin a lovely chap and most recently Dangerous Dave as we called him , both sadly missed , Dave was a character .

Till the next time , stay safe .

Reservoir carp

 Well if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been I’m having a campaign on a 36 acre Resovoir for carp.I’ve wanted to do this for a while as I love waters like these always have, that big expanse of water and what lurks beneath . I’m on my 5th Plank at the moment fishing various parts of the lake trying to find carp with no sightings it’s been difficult but I’m enjoying it whatever the session long or short .I started of in a bay that joins the narrow part of the lake where it joins the larger side ,it’s a fairly long walk and I’m travelling as light as possible .I’m hoping as we get going into summer I can find them ,I’m rather impatient sat behind bite alarms for a long length of time .Where the narrow part meets the bend of the lake really appeals to me and keeps dragging me back , my last session was on the main lake .Chris has joined me on a couple of occasions .I’m hoping to get back up soon and get the marker float out and discover all the depths , that’s my next session to try to unlock the res .

This was from my first session , lovely bay where the main lake meets the narrow arm .

I’m on a match tmos , so till the next time ,Stay safe .