as i sat on the edge of my bedchair i saw a carp roll 80 yards away.
if anything it just confirmed my suspicions that i spent the night in the wrong swim!
i sat and watched the spot for another hour before packing up and moving the short distance to my new swim.
i had witnessed a jacuzzi going on underneath an overhanging branch. easily missed without bino's.
after they stopped feeding i deposited 3 kilos of bait (enzyme and pellet) to the branch with the aid of a boilie rocket. they had been spawning recently, and what better way to replenish there energy then with a bed of good bait.
i tackled up my rods, all with heavy leads and bottom baits as it was a fair chuck to this branch, and with a savage undertow i needed to be sure my rigs would stay put through the afternoon and into the following day.
if anything picked up my bait i wanted to be sure i knew about it.
the left rod was slung about ten yards to the left of the baited patch as a stringer between some weedbeds.
the middle rod was put onto the smooth silt patch where i'd put the bait. definatly fed on recently.
the right hand rod was again, ten yards off the patch, to the right, but further back just behind a bar. that really was a struggle to reach!
confidence was sky high, and this was rewarded at first light the following morning when a ripping take had me running to the middle rod barefoot.
after playing the fish for a fewe minutes i became aware of the feeding carp over my remaining rods!
another take was imminent, and as the right hand rods bobbin pulled tight, pinged from the clip and started screaming i could do nothing but call for help and play the first carp in!
first carp in the net, second rod! but the fish was long gone.
i still packed up a happy chappy with a 22lb mirror to my name.
(i photoshopped the background of the lake which is why the background is blurry)
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