THE JUGGLING GAME
Being a mum to five beautiful kids, means myself and Lloyd find it hard to get out on the bank for long sessions sometimes. So quite often we find our self-taking it in turns, to go on short sessions to get our fishing fix. Longer sessions take a bit more planning. We often find our self-doing these solo.
Long or short sessions can both work out and be productive, once you get to know the lake you are planning on fishing. You can put your knowledge into action; does the lake respond well to prebaiting, but then you have to hope someone else won't be fishing over your hard-earned money when you go back to put your plan into action. Or are you planning on fishing a big pit with a low stock of fish... then for this I would say it's not a good idea to do a short session on these types of waters, as they need more planning and preparation. Although that does not mean to say you won't catch, you may get lucky!
My preferred type of lake for a short session is a small sized lake with plenty of features to aim for, somewhere I can walk around and target fish I can see, this is called stalking. When stalking it's best to travel light so you are mobile and can move freely, with ease on to showing fish.
Quite often when travelling light, all I will take is a large beanie matt, a small amount of terminal tackle, my boilie bag for bait, this also doubles up as storage for my terminal tackle, bite alarms, and a catapult. Once all packed this is easy to chuck over my shoulder, the beanie matt also doubles up as storage as when folded in half I can fit my net, landing pole, retainer and weigh sling down the middle, I always wear a pair of polarised sunglasses as well, whatever the weather this helps take the glare off the water, which allows me to see more clearly and spot things I would miss without them.
Whilst on short sessions a lot of walking and looking can be involved, finding features and fish is a must to be successful, I will quite often find fish sitting around snags or feeding on silt or gravel patches. If you commit bait to an area dont just sit back and wait, and hope the bait will bring them into you, be prepared to move on to fish. Stay mobile, as sitting on bait does not always pay off, it can quite often lead to a blank on a short session out on the bank.
Shorter rods and smaller reels can help with casting to spots in smaller and tighter swims. It can quite often give you an edge over anglers that are unable to fish these swims if they are using heavier tackle. When all that I have spoken about is put into practice the results can well outweigh the effort put into snaring one of these beauties.
Mid double from a short session couple of nights ago. As RBA said, "my smile say's it all".
I do love a beautiful paddle look at them coluors.
A mid double mirror from back in March taken on a session.
Every one has there own ways of fishing these are the methods I have learned and find work for me, There are no set in stone rules to carp fishing. At the end of the day they do what they want and some days can be harder than other days.
Tight/Slack lines and WET NETS speak soon.
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