So, this weekend i was working but i worked just saturday yesturday, so today i went down to Border Fisheries for a 4 hours i got there at 12pm and stayed until 4pm, the lake was full and hardly any pegs left but i managed to get one right around the otherside of the lake, for my short session i just took the basics a rod, reel, seat, umbrella and bait. So i settled on peg 20 with a big bay in front of me, all the guys around me were shooting out pellet wagglers as this is the no.1 tactic on this lake and and the match lake, but i chose to go for the feeder approach because all, the bait they were firing in was eventually going to the bed of the lake so i took advantage of this. . Anyway i set up a basic rig reel line was 6lb Power Steel, today i was using one of the best little inventions ever, the drennan feeder bead and swivel anti tangel system, the best i have used. and a short hook length of 6lb stroft line to a size 16 Maver MT4 barbless hook with a pellet band in the hair rig as pellet would be the main attack also a small drennan grippa feeder 15g. my rig below,
I bought a sidewinder aswell today £5.99 and wanted to know what they are like and if you are thinking about getting one, then get one they are great, keeps you one step ahead of the fish
So my bait today, well just a few micro pellets soaked in water and a good soaking of CV Breamax, with the guys next to me picking off the chub and a few carp, i thought i would have a good chance, so put a 6mm pellet in the band and filled the feeder with micros and slung it out into the bay within 10 seconds the tip went round and i was in to a roach about 1lb nice fish, slung it out and i was waiting for 30 mins until a carp ripped off not big about 2lb but a nice fish, by now it was 2.30pm and my fellow anglers were catching roach and rudd not many carp, but my swim was like a jacuzzi electric but i waited and another carp was in the net about 5lb nice fish, so i put another feeder load out with a 8mm pellet in the band this time and waited with 15 mins gone i didnt think it was going to go until the rod nearly shot of the rest, i grabbed it but the carp had snapped the hook link off big fish, i reeled in and tied on another hook by now i had 4 carp and a roach and it was 3pm, most of the anglers around me were packing up, so i tried something different i made some paste up using the micros with the breamax on and so i had a gold ball size hook bait and cast it out into the fizzing bay, and within 5 seconds the sidewinder went around and a carp of 6lb was in the net very nice fishthe next fish snapped me again so i tied on a bigger hook a 14 with the same setup and paste covered hookbait and cast it out the carp kept coming one after another, the other anglers had packed up and gone but an older guy sat on the next peg to me and fished the pole down the edge and caught two carp when i had 6 in the same space of time, at the end of the day i finished at 4pm with 11 carp and 1 roach on a breamax paste covered pellet. and i enjoyed the short trip will do this again!!!
My Bait
Regards
Michael
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