Well, started my new job last week! Finally working in a nice environment at last and not being treated like a piece of shit like the last 10 years!
It's so nice to be working for a company with morals and to finally have some form of job security, something I've not had for many years.
I feel like a bit of a spare part at present as I'm gently learning the processes and procedures but as each day goes by I feel like I'm starting to pick stuff up.
So, the weekend arrived and I have to confess to feeling a little worn out as the days are a lot longer than I've been used to. Saturday was spent laying in bed being lazy watching Netflix and eating crap.....just what the 'doctor' ordered....
Then Sunday afternoon I decided I'd head down to my local urban water for a few hours to see if I could pester a carp into taking a bait. I arrived just after 1.30pm to find just 2 other lads fishing and after a little chat I got the gear out the van and settled in a spot that's done a few bites for me this time of year before. 2 Rods were set up with a meter of rig tubing, safety hybrid lead clip and a 2.5oz lead. The rig itself being a spinner rig with a size four curve shank and one of our new Nutty Bait wafters on each rod.
I then poled these out to the far marginal shelf with just a handful of broken baits and about 4 whole ones in the cup. It was about 2 hours before I had any action and the left hand rod was first to go with a nice steady run. The fish scrapped hard to the net and a beautiful dark little common was the first of the day. My next chance came about 40 minutes later on the same rod but this time the fish kited along the far margin and picked up a trailing line that was hanging from a tree opposite.
Annoyingly the idiot that had over cast had then pulled for a break and it had clearly snapped at the reel, leaving around 50 yards trailing into the water with a 3oz lead on! This got wrapped around my line and eventually cut me off.
I took the other rod out and had a cast around to see if I could trap the trailing line. After about 6 casts I tethered up and began pulling the line to hand. I recovered the whole lot thankfully but it cost me a much bigger fish.
After the casting round, I was a little worried I'd disturbed the swim too much for another bite but to be honest I shouldn't have worried as about half an hour later the right hand rod was away with a much better fish on. The fish kited hard to my right into a small bay of snags but a little side strain saw her free and in open water again. A good scrap ensued before finally sinking the net under another very nice common of 19lb 2oz.
I rebaited the rig and put it back out onto the spot with the pole and small helping of Nutty Bait boilies in 15mm. Again it didn't take long before action commenced and the right hand rod was away with yet another common of 16lb 15oz.
It was turning into a reasonably good afternoons fishing after all! My final fish came around 7.15pm to the left hand rod and yet another nice scale perfect common of 14lb 14oz graced the net. I did a little filming for the team and got some great footage with even a small carp jumping clear of the water and even captured the moment I had a screaming run as well! I've added a link to one of the videos featured on our YouTube channel below. I then headed for the hills of home as It was an early start on Monday morning in work. I don't think I'll get out much now till around the end of next week due to work commitments and late finishes.
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