So much for doing more fishing this year, if anything I've actually done less, summer has come and gone and when I have managed to get out the fishing generally has been very poor.

Other than a week at the Labyrinth in France I haven't done any Carp fishing. Record rainfall the week prior to our visit caused the lake level to rise at almost an inch an hour which meant for a very tough week. It wasn't until the fourth day after I had moved swims and the lake level had stopped rising that everyone started to catch. I went on to finish the week with a double, two twenties and two thirties including two thirty pound Commons, not big fish for France but my first ever thirty pound Common and an enjoyable week nether the less.

 

38 lb 8 oz - Common Carp (France)

 

35 lb 0 oz - Common Carp (France)

29 lb 12 oz - Mirror Carp (France)

 



23 lb 4 oz - Mirror Carp (France)

In terms of sea fishing I've only done a couple of trips shore fishing and most of those turned into tiddler bashing as the bigger fish eluded me, looking back I really was spoilt last year with all those big Hounds, Rays and Cod I managed to catch. I fished at Samphire Hoe for the first time and can't wait to go back there as I caught a nice haul of Pollack on the float, nothing over a pound in weight but good fun on light gear and the first time I've caught sea fish on the float.

Nothing much to report on the boat fishing front with the only notable catch being this Bream.

 

Black Bream - 2 lb 0oz (Kingsmere Rocks)

 

I've recently invested in some LRF gear so I can't wait to give that a go targeting all the mini species and tiddlers around the coast and I'm still optimistic about catching my first ever Bass and Sole before winter arrives.