3rd May - Berkshire Stillwater

After catching that lovely 26lber, a fish I now realise was one of the known ones called Starburst, I was due to go for a night out with my mates. Naturally that all ended in the debauch it always does and of course I was hanging out of my *** the next day. Only one thing for it then... The gear was still in the motor so I nipped over to Berkshire with the idea of flicking a couple of rods out in the easier lake next door to the one I normally target before falling asleep in the sun on my unhooking mat.

I'd scattered some sesame oil glazed baits around a couple of spots before getting the rods re-rigged and it really didn't take long for the fish to find it. By the time both rods were ready to go, though granted it took longer than usual due to my state, both spots were fizzing away and the surface had a fine slick over it. To cut a long story short, I fished for around 3/3.5 hours and didn't get any of the sleep I'd hope for because I received 7 takes over that time, landing 6 of them. All were commons which was hardly surprising as the lake only contains a very small handful of mirrors. The biggest went 19.4.

The last of the 6 took it down so far I had to reach for the forceps...