AB has a good hit

Its been about 6 weeks since I last went fishing apart from a 4 hour after work session which I blanked so I did a 24 hours session and landed 8 carp and lost 1. after fishing this pool most of last year I learnt I wasn't getting any bites on my popups in low light so I tried using bottom baits in low light. I had the first 3 fish on a mix of pink a yellow celtic bait popups on a hinged rig then swapped to 14mm celtic bait ss bottom baits as the light faded which I had the next 4 carp on. Then about 10am after morning bite time I changed back to my hinged rig using celtic bait white popups and with in 10 minutes I had my last carp so not a bad 24 hours fishing.

 

 

 

Wednesday 19/6/13

 

I finished work early due to the weather being boiling and I wanted to use my new rods so I got down the lake at about midday.After doing a lap of the lake . I could see the fish were all over the top so I opted for a two adjustable zigs with white and black on the hook after watching them nudge my hookbait for hours. I finally nailed one which turned out to be a 16lb common was well happy as I haven't had a fish on a zig before. I got burned to a crisp so I went home not long after having the fish because it was too hot and I was very burnt. im off up the Cotswold for another go on the weekend so hopefully get amongst them

 

 

 

tight lines robby

Anthony

Only had the time for a quick overnighter so I baited up the afternoon before with a mix of celticbait ss boilies pellet and sweet corn I baited up a few areas of the pool just to make sure I had a chance of getting on a baited area. I got to the pool after work to find I had the pool to myself so I set up where I could cast to two of my baited up spots. I had a 14lb4 mirror on a 14mm ss boilie on a simple knotless knot off one of my baited up spots with a handful of ss boilie over the top.

Ian

15/5/13
A new beginning..
After nearly a year off angling on any serious level due to a severve injury and complications, im on a new water with a new challenge and venture.
'the ancient gem'
The traps are set in swim 3 over pellet,maples and chops and boilies. Rigs are long shanks hooks with about 6inz braid tied 'my style'....!!
Sadly it was a quiet night. Nothing showed and no fish on the bank. What to do next? After speaking to a few regulars staying in swim 3 was a good plan.
So breakfast done some early pictures of early mist on the water done. Rods back onto baited spots.
Also learnt more about 'the ancient gem', the stock etc, these fish dont show themselves theres probably only 30 fish to go for. Its a lake made by an iceberg, allegedly.
Have i bitten off my than i can chew?
Im not sure, but im not giving up easily. I relish the challenge........
As im sat watching the water, seeing lots of movement of fish, probably roach.and bream! Suddenly in amongst the sprouting lillies, growing faster day by day, a dark two tone launches itself head and shoulders through the pads.
So they dont show themselves then!!!
All around the pads had been baited so was happy and confident with rigs.
Then low and behold another very dark large carp jumps at back of the lillies. Ok maybe the 'newbie on the syndicate is going to be treated to one of its residents.
Solid bag of chops pellet etc straight at it........
Got my stepson in swim one, he also had nothing. He happened to be stood with me when the second fish jumped. Come on he said......
Sadly as the hours ticked by still not a bite to be had. Not a single liner i questioned myself, my rigs, my line lay, but was sure they were all fine. I knew i had to re set the traps, but where? Decided to leave one on the side of the baited spot the other rod i decided to put about 15yds off the baited area with just little stick mix and single boilie.
Before we could settle in for the night my stepson becomes unwell. After a short chat we decided to get him home.
A great 24hrs fishing even without catching, but looking forward to getting back on the bank very soon.

Robby

Friday 10th may.   I set off down to lamby lake Friday afternoon with a 48 hour session in front of me. my mate had phoned to say it was getting busy down there and to hurry up because there weren't many pegs left,but there was a free peg next to him it a bit of a boxed in swim but I didn't have no choice.I walked the brolly round first before anyone else turned up. I was speaking to the boys on the way round. and they hadn't had any so far. my mate had another 28lb simmo earlier in the day so I felt confident I would be close to the fish setting up next to him. so I set up the rods and my homemade on the one rod and one on the beast feast 14mm.The fish were crashing in the middle of the lake so I whacked them both out to the middle put about half a kilo of freebies over each rod hoping something big would come in and wipe me out along with my beast feast snowman rig or my bottom bait combi rig.. as the day went on to evening nothing happened the fish stopped showing and the rain picked up.We decided it was time to get the Indian in so I wound in and popped over the Indian for some grub.After getting refuelled the rods went back out on the spots with fresh pva stringers and hook baits. I managed to get my head down about 9 pm.   I woke up at 8 am  alarms still silent so I recast both rods and put the left hand off the spot were I had put the bait in and within an hour it was off. it turned out to be a 12lb fully scaled mirror. I was well happy I was off the mark and hadn't blanked.The rod went straight back out to the same spot but nothing happened.I recast my right hand rod close to my other rod  on the beast feast snowman  to see if I could get another one out and within a couple of hours it the alarm let out 3 beeps wen I was having a nap so I was straight up and into the fish it gave me a proper hard scrap all the way in it turned out to be a 15lb common. the rod went straight out to the same spot but nothing happened for the remainder of the session few other fish out around the lake loads of doubles and a few 20s none of the biggies though

tight lines 

Robby Lea

 Robby lea 

Friday 3rd may. I arrived at Lamby lake at 6:30 pm.There was a few anglers on the lake but plenty of pegs free. I thought I wouldn't be able to get a peg because the lake have been shut for the last month and it was open weekend. I barrowed my kit round the lake and as I  was walking round the fish were crashing out nearly all over the lake.My mate was already set up. he had been there since open day on the Tuesday he had 3 16lb mirrors since he had been there so I thought the fish were in the general area so I set up next to him in a swim called "The cat swim". No one had fished it since open day so I thought it would be a good idea to get in there and have a go. I have been pre-baiting for the last month with my homemade specials so I was hoping  it wont take long to get into the fish again. I decided to fish my homemades on both rods with 3 bait stringers and catapult a few around  the hookbaits as the night went on nothing happened. I was woken up then at 5:30 with a one toner on the delks, after a hard fighting scrap in the rain I netted my first fish of the season a 16lb common my mate was asleep and it was raining so I didn't bother waking him up for photos. I recast with a fresh stringer and some more over the top. Nothing happened for the rest of the day until 7 pm when I had two beeps on the alarm and the bobbin lifted slightly and the line tightened. I thought I got to pick the rod up so I picked the rod up and wound into it and it  felt heavy so I was very careful playing it in  after making several runs to the centre of the lake it finally gave up and I slipped the net under a nice chunk. it turned out to be a 28lb mirror called "the tank".. I was buzzing now so I quickly put another stringer on and whacked it straight back to the spot I had the mirror from but sadly nothing happened for the rest of the day or night. I was thinking the fish have moved but they were jumping and crashing all over the place. At Sunday dinnertime I was thinking of moving down the other end of lake were one of the boys was catching so I started packed down everything but the rods and left them until the boy left.. I was speaking to my mate on the next peg down and all of a sudden I could hear my reel spinning violently so I ran up to my swim and I was into another lamby carp . it didn't really fight to hard it came it quite easy it turned out to be a nice 14lb scaley mirror it was a stunner fair play.. In the end I decided to stay in the same peg id fished all weekend because I had that last fish so I set all my stuff back up. and I recast once again to the same spot with a three  bait stringer and left it overnight then 6am had another screamer on the other rod this time after a good little scrap it was in the net. it turned out to be a nice 19lb mirror , my mate had gone home and there was no 1 on my side of the lake  so I had to take a photo on the mat.   I packed up early and went home with a big smile on my face knowing that the bait is working ready for the Welsh Carp Championship in 3 weeks time.

tight lines Robby

Anthony Bryant

Anthony Bryant

I did two nights on my pool first weekend it as been open since its six week closed season so it was pretty busy all the better pegs where taken so I set up camp in a quite little corner. I had this 14lb10 mirror carp on a snowman setup using a Celtic Bait 14mm ss boilie and a small green Celtic Bait pup over a small mix of Celtic Bait pellet crushed and whole ss boilie and some crushed nuts.

Friday 19th April .

Friday couldn't come quick enough I was gagging to get the rods out me,Brian,Dai and dafydd went up to  Bradleys lake again for the second weekend in a row. It's a massive lake with a few biggies and plenty of small ones to go for but there are loads of crayfish which are a pain. Me and dadydd arrived at the lake around midday the weather was warm and a nice wind blowing. I set up in the teeth of the wind and away from most of the angling pressure. I used a choddy on the one rod with a Celtic baits ss pop up pink dumbell I sticked out half a kilo of My homemade boilies around the choddy  . On the other 2 I used My homemade scopex and coconut bottom baits that  were fished over spod mix ,consisting of hemp, boilies ,tigers  and some good old vitalin.
As the night went on nothing happened  and I woke up at 9 am boiling hot. The sun was beaming . It was a nice bit of spring sunshine for a change
Me and dafydd joined a angling club in the cotswolds on the friday so we thought we would go and do a night over on the big-pit to have a look round and get a little heads up about the place.it is 100 acres plus and this is the lake me and dafydd will be targeting this year. It's a low stock water with a few big fish in there, but finding them is going to be the hard bit. I did see a big dead pike in the shallows so could be worth a go in winter for pike. Everything is a bit quiet up there no one really tells you a lot and no one really knows how many fish are in there , nor the size of the  carp in there.   Hopefully me or dafydd will get amongst them this coming season . We have a lot of learning to do up there.
I will report back next week we are going up for a 48hr session on friday  . Tight lines robby

Had a day on baden halls middle pool not fishing for big fish average fish about 8lb. The lake was very pressured about 60 pegs and it looked like the lake was full i haven't fished like this for a long time had 8 fish out smallest 6lb 11 to biggest 10lb 3 about 60lb of fish all together and lost 2. I had 1 on a 1ft zig with celticbait pop up on. Had 1 on a stiff hinged rig with a celticbait bait pop up on.  And the rest fell to 14mm celticbait ss boilies on a simple knotless knot rig over a scattering of ss freebies here is a couple of pictures of the better ones.

First trip to Bradleys

Brian Robby & Dan 

Have a good 24 hrs on Bradley's which ended with Brian having 4 Carp Dan on a tench and Robby just missing out on a lake that has not had any fish on the bank for a long while then Brian finds the fish and has 4 4 on the bank in 3 hrs two on the Celtic Bait Pop ups and two on the Beast Feast,  the fish went to

13 lb 3 oz

14Lb dead

20Lb 9 oz

21lb 1 oz