NAA Stillwater - Thatcham

2000 - 0900

Mild and overcast with showery rain at dawn.

1 carp 12lb 14oz, 3 perch and err that's it!

Annual crucian hunt gets off to an inauspicious start and whilst they can be picky at the best of times at least we had some 'easy' carp to go at to keep us amused if they didn't come out to play - at least that was the plan. What wasn't in the script was the carp being as choosy as the crus. We saw loads of them swimming on the surface - chasing each other in a 'shall we shan't we' pre spawning ritual - and when they did decide to look in it was to snaffle a morsel of bait set up for a crucian - cue long fight on lightish tackle. Still, Paul and I had a reasonable amount of kip - and in the end Paul ended up with at least half a dozen by eventually getting them interested in a pellet waggler approach - having spent over an hour catapaulting pellets out.... adding to the 3 in caught on his crucian gear.

Only common of the night (IIRC!)

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