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View and comment: The Big One
Having fished hard for almost a month in the shallows swim I had got to know the fish movements pretty well.

This acumulation of knowledge was put to good use when the prevailing weather conditions pushed the fish into my swim.
I knew from the past weeks of experiences that the carp were avoiding the 'spots' and feeding deep in the weed beds.
I had seen this many times before on plenty of other lakes over the years and so knew what to do.

Bags were made up with 3 ounce inline leads and short 4 inch Snakebite gold combie rigs, I call it 'The Bomb'.
The idea being that you 'drop' your bait onto the exact spot the carp is feeding in.
No matter how heavy the weed, 'The Bomb' should always 'drop' through to the fish.

They can be real suckers for this method....

....when it all comes good of course:)

From: TheCarpCatcher
View and comment: Floppy Tail
It was around 4.15 am when I awoke to the dawn chorus and looked out of my bivvy across lake 3.
Looking down I leaned over and popped the already primed kettle onto the stove.

Some time later I was sitting there in the bivvy door with a steaming cupper in one hand and a sizzling frying pan full of bacon in the other.

The optimum moment for a 'run' had been reached, with my hands full and my mind somewhere else the left-hand rod was off!

Remarkably I managed to put everything down without spilling it.
At first I thought I might have a big tench on because although it felt heavy, it was coming in far to quick to be a carp, surley?

Once it was in the margin it began to plod around and with a slap of it's floppy tail on the surface I soon realised that it definatly was not a tench!

For a full five minutes the carp kept it's head down and circled around and around the margins, however it eventually tired enough for me to slip it into the net.

Whilst on the mat the carp was excreting my bait out which is always a good sign that there 'on it'.

I have to say I was well pleased with this fish because my stratagy and thinking as well as all my hard work had paid off.

Pukka.

Floppy Tail - From: TheCarpCatcher From: bozwell-carpmaster
View and comment: 9lb 6oz common
saw this common swimming around by the side of lillys so i baited up that part and put out a rod ! BoOoOoM it done the job perfect !

From: bozwell-carpmaster
View and comment: 9lb 6oz common
saw this common swimming around by the side of lillys so i baited up that part and put out a rod ! BoOoOoM it done the job perfect !

9lb 6oz common - From: bozwell-carpmaster

From: kevtaylor
View and comment: Another last gasp fish - in fact I was walking back to the car
Leaving the lake I spotted some lovely fish under the scum and dying pads, well I had to get a rod out and have 5 mins, in fact my daughter even agreed that you've 'gotta have a quick go for em'.

I lowered a single bottom bait into the small hole where 6 upper 20's and a 30 were hanging about. I had to wait for them to leave to get the rod in but it was away within minutes with this 14.2 mirror. Not one of the ones I wanted but still very welcome and I left happy having saved a blank. It was a hard day in the heat.

A big reminder to me to re-locate and move with them, maybe only fishing for them when I find them like that. If I'm going to have some more of these bigger fish I think they are probably the first ones to leave an area and head off somewhere new due to changes in conditions and temperature. I had seen the bigger fish move out of the long bay late morning and lost them so looking back I should have packed up then and gone to try and re-find them much sooner, instead of continuing for the few carp that remained. Maybe next time I'll crack another of the good-uns if conditions are similar (SW wind and warm). In fact if it happens again like that I should be able to beat them to the new location - thats if they go to the same place.

Had spent the night on a different fishery 20 mins drive away and moved to the club lake at 6:30 so I was knackered - I only night fished coz my daughter really wanted to - I'm only interested in the day only stalking style at the moment.

Another last gasp fish - in fa... - From: kevtaylor From: freeliner
View and comment: Long Island
16lb ish on a very sunny october's day. Had 3 or 4 fish just like this one the same day. Went back the next day with HEAVY rain and had a 24lb common.

From: freeliner
View and comment: Long Island
16lb ish on a very sunny october's day. Had 3 or 4 fish just like this one the same day. Went back the next day with HEAVY rain and had a 24lb common.

Long Island - From: freeliner From: iowangler
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heron - From: iowangler From: jonnycrowe
View and comment: only a 14lb
what can i say, middle of the night,screaming run, only small but still a fish and a bend in the rod.

From: jonnycrowe
View and comment: only a 14lb
what can i say, middle of the night,screaming run, only small but still a fish and a bend in the rod.

only a 14lb - From: jonnycrowe From: jonnycrowe
View and comment: 25.8 long common
took this pic as the carp was about to leave

25.8 long common - From: jonnycrowe From: jonnycrowe
View and comment: only a little 1
only a small fish but thought it was a nice looking fish and was worth a look, stocky looking, will probably be a good fish in a few years, gave me hell thou.

From: jonnycrowe
View and comment: only a little 1
only a small fish but thought it was a nice looking fish and was worth a look, stocky looking, will probably be a good fish in a few years, gave me hell thou.

only a little 1 - From: jonnycrowe

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View and comment: caught at the same time!!!
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View and comment: PB Common
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