I started off fishing the waggler with the usually reliable corn, meat and worm but struggled for bites, maggot brought more bites and a couple of small Roach but with the increasing breeze andsurface flow making life a little difficult I decided to switch to the maggot feeder and fish as close to the island as I dared. By now the sun was shining and though the Carp were showing in the water they weren't really feeding, it was then we found out from another angler that this lake had recently hosted two matches, that would certainly explain our struggles!
The bites kept coming on maggot and caster with the result being a handful or Roach plus the biggest Gudgeon I've ever seen in my life so I decided to stick with it. With about an hour to go just when I was convinced that was my lot I had a monster bite on double caster and after a cracking fight in which I feared my size 16 hook would pull my mate from work slipped the net under a dumpy 9lb Mirror Carp that was almost as deep as it was long.
My friend was less lucky, he managed a few Roach and Perch on ledgered maggot and caster but it seemed the action was few and far between today with only a handful of Carp caught on the lake all day. Not a bad day though especially with the sunshine and the fact this was the first time I've been on the bank in over a month.
