Dont you just love them football shaped carp! Get back on CF, at least you`ve a chance of a B`ton fish :@)

Belated diary update:
This weblog saves writing into my own diaries, which I have done for 11 years, basically, it's worthless info so I'm binning them.
If I'm going to fish, then I'll go, wind direction/comfort dictates what lake or swim.
Keeping it simple;
Weds. pm 21/06/2006 , a quick overnighter between work (fishing approx 8pm to 6am)on HAWKSTONE PARK (hawk lake), which has now re-opened after a 2 month close-season.Result, 2 bream.

Fri pm/sat am, 23/06/2006 a change from carping, sort of, I went on a Cheshire mere, with 2 carp rods out, I set up a float rod, caught tench of 5.06 and 5.09. A ggod night's sleep unsued without a bleep, and at 8am I returned to the float rod and had another 7 tench to 7.06..well pleased.
Went back sunday morning and had another 7 tench of 4 to 6 lbs.

Weds, 28/06/2006
another quick overnighter on hawk lake. A match was on, Ifished a swim with carp in front of me for 2 hours, no takes. Moved swims after the match, result; 4 carp, all commons of 22+,. 24+, 26.06 and 26.10. Last fish was hooked at 5.50 am, my alarm was set for 6.00. Thanks fishy.
I would love to have stayed longer, but unfortunately must work.

Fri day pm/sat am 30/06/2006
I returned to the same swim on hawk, as on would. Just had to wait for the pole angler to vacate the swim first. Result; 22.10, 24.02, 18+, all commons, and like the fish caught 2 days earlier, were all very long thin fish, unlike most commons I've had in the past from here. fish were caught at 12.30,2, and 2.30 am. Stuck it it until 11.00 and went home.
More time, less fish,typical.
Saw my first game of soccer in years, and at 7pm went for a walk around "the cotton fields" got as far as the 1'st swim and went back to my car for basic tackle items. Several fish were showing, always there on hot summer days. Yes, I hooked one, I waded into the thick weed to land it, pulled it and about 10lbs of weed to the net, then lost the hookhold. Still, so close........


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ps, I saw Leg-end twice on Saturday, he was can-less both times
what's the world coming to?

04/07/2006

Back on hawk again for an overnighter.
Too hot to sleep in bed, that's my excuse anyway.
Only two caught, both mid- 20 commons, again, landed between 5 and 6 am this morning.
That'll do nicely.




Nothing can beat the scenery of hawk lake an hour after sunrise, it's impossible to see the water for the bubbles caused by feeding fish.GORGEOUS!

Well done ian nice to see you havin a few out of the otter pen ,what condition are these fish in you are havin,my mate had a couple of 20y commons out the other week and they were both mint.Heard a rumer that one of them furry creatures was seen dead on a road nearby...

BIT-BASHING SUCKS AS WELL.
Thursday night I went after work intending to float fish from 6.30 to 8.30pm only. In 2 hours I expected to catch at least 30 small carp and a few roach.
After a biteless 1'st hour I moved swims to a gap in lily pads, had a carp of approx. 2.5 lbs and lost 3 or 4 more, fished for 3 hours in total.
What's going on? Match on the lake on Sunday, I suppose I'll fish that cr@p as well.

Friday, fished approx 9pm to 10am Saturday, 07/07/2006 to 08/07/2006 on hawk lake again.....blanked.
Oh! well, fishing is now back to normal.

[Match on the lake on Sunday, I suppose I'll fish that [Email]cr@p[/Email] as well.]

Yep, okay, so I caught 3 times more fish than the others, but thier's were bigger, putting me in 4'th place.

Mon. 10/07/2006
Went to a weedy water(cm) after work for 2 or 3 hours, just for the sake of it.
11.04 common in 1'st half hour. Sorted.
Easy fish,Dave.

get away with your self.... my time will come... got a 30+ common waitin for me!

Was that little un off the top mate? (listen to me "little un"..i would be happy with one half that size! )

dave

Dave

We need to get back in amongst that weed & stop messing about on t'other waters........What do you think about Friday night?

Decisions, decisions...............

Hope to bump into you sometime Manager



Allan

Off the botty, Dave.
Front rod rest only, rods at 45degrees to keep the line off the weed, 7 bait stringer, same as last week.

The weed isn't quite so bad now (ahem!). No more of that horrible "buffalo snot" on the surface.
Take your waders and fish close in.

I'll be there Friday night probably, only for an hour or three though.
Tenching on bad***** this Saturday.