Had a trip out to fish the Wednesday open at cob house on wyatt's pool. The pool had been fishing really well down the one end and 2 ton + bags have been had, in late December this is not bad at all. I drew peg 22 which was end peg but put me in the middle of the pool. I was happy with this at the draw but my mood would soon change.
I set up a load of lines in order to find the fish. I set up a line at 8m in front of me just at the bottom of the slope. It then levelled off but only to just under 4ft of water from 8m all the way to 16m. I set another line at 12.5m and then at 14.5m if the fish were backing off. I wanted to fish pellet on these line and thought of frugally feeding 4mm pellet with a 4mm expander. I set 2 rigs up for 8m, one a light rig; a 0.1g Hillbilly Billybob float to 0.13 with a 0.11 hooklength to a 18 hook fished on white hydro elastic. The heavier rig was a 0.2g Billybob on 0.13 hooklength to a size 16 to grey hydro.
My long lines were set on 0.2g Billybobs and featured the same line, elastic and hook sizes as above. To start I potted 15 4mm pellets on 8m line and the same at 13m. Fishing over these lines for the first hour and half with a mixture of expander, dead red krilled mags, live reds and JPZ resulted in not a bite. Elsewhere people were catching fish. I had to work something out.
I went to 14.5m at '10 o'clock' from my main lines and fed a small nugget of EFG 130 with 10 dead reds. I then went over this with 3 dead reds on a size 18 B911 F1 hook. I managed to latch into 10 carp between 11:30 and 13:00 which were all around 2lb 8oz and 3lb, slightly bigger than the average for the pool. Just after 13:00 this line went dead and 3 skimmers on the bounce proved this.
I was really stuck and I had completely ruined my pellet lines by over feeding 4mm pellets on this line. I saw some fish topping in mrgins on far side of the pool and had fed this line at 13:00. I went down the edge with a Sconezone Jubleez 0.2g on 0.17mm to a 0.15mm hook length to a 16 b911 matched to 12-20 retro elastic. 3 lumps came from this line which were all between 6lb and 7lb 8oz. This bumped my weight up but I was still way behind, I tippped back around 30lb-35lb. I was frustrated with what I had done.
SO........ what have I learnt;
I set up a load of lines in order to find the fish. I set up a line at 8m in front of me just at the bottom of the slope. It then levelled off but only to just under 4ft of water from 8m all the way to 16m. I set another line at 12.5m and then at 14.5m if the fish were backing off. I wanted to fish pellet on these line and thought of frugally feeding 4mm pellet with a 4mm expander. I set 2 rigs up for 8m, one a light rig; a 0.1g Hillbilly Billybob float to 0.13 with a 0.11 hooklength to a 18 hook fished on white hydro elastic. The heavier rig was a 0.2g Billybob on 0.13 hooklength to a size 16 to grey hydro.
My long lines were set on 0.2g Billybobs and featured the same line, elastic and hook sizes as above. To start I potted 15 4mm pellets on 8m line and the same at 13m. Fishing over these lines for the first hour and half with a mixture of expander, dead red krilled mags, live reds and JPZ resulted in not a bite. Elsewhere people were catching fish. I had to work something out.
I went to 14.5m at '10 o'clock' from my main lines and fed a small nugget of EFG 130 with 10 dead reds. I then went over this with 3 dead reds on a size 18 B911 F1 hook. I managed to latch into 10 carp between 11:30 and 13:00 which were all around 2lb 8oz and 3lb, slightly bigger than the average for the pool. Just after 13:00 this line went dead and 3 skimmers on the bounce proved this.
I was really stuck and I had completely ruined my pellet lines by over feeding 4mm pellets on this line. I saw some fish topping in mrgins on far side of the pool and had fed this line at 13:00. I went down the edge with a Sconezone Jubleez 0.2g on 0.17mm to a 0.15mm hook length to a 16 b911 matched to 12-20 retro elastic. 3 lumps came from this line which were all between 6lb and 7lb 8oz. This bumped my weight up but I was still way behind, I tippped back around 30lb-35lb. I was frustrated with what I had done.
SO........ what have I learnt;
- smaller feed particals - micros or 3mm are a must
- really start with small amounts of bait and increase it if necessary
- DO YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN VISITING A FISHERY YOU HAVEN'T FISHED IN A WHILE!!!
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