Fishing With Floyd
These blogs are based around Lloyd's and my fishing experiences, but we can not forget to mention we like to get the whole family involved. Our son Floyd has really taken to the sport, he has even joined a carp team JK angling youth team. He is really happy to be part of the team he loves getting out and fishing for carp and every time he goes he learns a little more about the sport. Floyd is developing his skills more and more each time he comes fishing with one of us.
Floyd had been going on at me and his dad for a few days to get out fishing, so Sunday after dinner his dad took him for an evening session over our local lake. Lloyd didn't take any rods he was just there to keep an eye on Floyd and keep him company. They got to the lake that was quite busy, Floyd decided he wanted to fish to the right-hand side of one of the islands, a couple of foot from some snags. He decided he wanted to fish his second rod under a willow close in, He dropped the lead and rig just under the willow tree in the margin and scattered about 30 boilies around the area, to try and tempt the weary carp into feeding. He fired some bait with his catapult over the first rod, he put about six pouches off bait over the island rod near the snags.
Floyd sat back and watched the water. It was not long before he noticed some fizzing, coming from the area of the snags near the island, where one of his rigs was sitting. A trap ready to go off.
He patiently sat waiting for his trap to go off. About an hour or so past by with the odd liner setting off the bite alarm here and there, with each time this happened Floyd jumped at the rod in hope that his trap had been set. Before long the bite alarm went off, this was no liner this was the reel thing. A carp had taken the bait and now was snared to Floyd's rig, Floyd jumped forward to his rod and grabbed it as the tip bent over, he pulled up into the carp, the 2.75 lbs rod arched with a battle curve he was into a fish. He slowly walked back up the bank to bring the fish away from the snags, Floyd now had the carp were he wanted it, out in safe water he used the back whined on the reel and the flexibility of the rod to tame and wear the carp out. Once he could see the carp was beaten he slowly pulled it over the net, With the help of his dad they broke the landing net down and took the carp over to the already wet unhooking mat. Floyd was over the moon with his catch as you can see by the picture above.
After taking a few pictures, Floyd applied some fish care to the hook hold, he then sent the carp on its way back. He then returned home with his dad, asking if I would take him next time, so I have promised that one day after school I will take Floyd to see if we can manage a quick bite or two.
Talk soon until then
Wet Nets
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