After my successful summer sessions on Pingles pool i felt a winter campaign when the carps weights and condition would be higher was a must do.
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Over the years I have often seen the shy reclusive Muntjac deer whilst out fishing. Fleeting glimpse's into what seemed a very quite and private existence.
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My second dawn on Abbey lake and i am woken yet again with a common snaffling my carefully presented Peaches & Cream snowman. Once the fish got onto my side of the deep channel out in front of me it decided it wanted to go back over.
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The Glorious 16th is still a date with a lot of significance to me and no less so on this day as it marks my 30th year as a carper. June 16th 1980 was where it all began for me with a little 3lb common from Todds pit just up the road from...
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Its been several weeks since i have been able to get out fishing but i manage to finally get the time for a three dayer on Abbey lake. This is one of my favourite lakes even though i will admit i still have not really got to grips with it. Having mostly fished gravel pits the...
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I had been fishing The Spot in the south east corner of the lake for a while and had a few good fish along the way. I knew too that some of the carp I had seen were much bigger than the ones i had so far caught. It’s always nice to get the...
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Effort = Success! I read that in a fishing magazine many years ago and it still holds true today I’m sure. Although I had caught a number of nice fish from The Pack I felt I had not caught as many of the bigger ones as I deserved for the amount of effort put in. However...
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Lake #3 at The Woolpack is a very special lake and each corner of the lake is different. Lenny’s Bay in the south west corner where the ‘Bar swim’ is. The ‘Snag swim’ in the south-east corner with it’s big yellow patch created by carp and carp anglers alike. Willow bay in the north east...
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I had spent five years getting to know lake 3 and in that time i had caught most of the residents that had graced other anglers nets. However i still felt that i had missed out on some of the bigger residents. A few fish were known to go over thirty pounds and it...
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Winter was upon us without the usual autumnal low pressure systems giving us those wonderful high winds and racing grey Sky's. With high pressure and constant sunshine sport had died on Pingles pool and getting a bite had been very tough indeed.
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Autumn had spread itself across Fenland bringing with it racing grey sky's and winds that blew and howled at the earth like a hounddog in the moonlight. Conditions were perfect and my optimism from the previous day had already been rewarded at dawn with the Black Eyed Common. I had seen carp rolling at long...
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After last weeks amazing session i was really looking forward to getting back to the pool. Conditions were different from the previous weeks late August heatwave, high winds and rain were being pushed by a huge cyclone coming from the west.
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