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A rare opportunity to fish on a Sunday, so thought I'd do something different and went for a last piking session of the season.

I'm very drawn to Dixon's Mere; it's quiet, underfished, and has no crays or (on the few occasions I've fished it) any nuisance waterfowl. On the other hand, there's no otter fencing or much in the way of recent catch reports, so I'm not sure what's in there.

Fished the east bank, spending half an hour in each of 8 swims, reading that if pike are present, they'll have a bite pretty quickly. I did get a run at swim 2 that came off at the net, not a big fish, but certainly over 5lbs, but nothing went near my mackerel after that. Though it was suitably overcast, there was a fair east breeze that made it feel uncomfortably cold. I returned to swim 1 for the last hour and stuck a worm on a float hoping for one or two of the perch I've caught there before. No such luck, but as the wind started to whip the surface of even this sheltered swim, I lost sight of the float. Turned out there was a fish on the end, a 3lb 2 pike. Oh well, wasn't quite the day I'd hoped for, but I'll certainly be coming back to look for other stuff.

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Peterjg

Mainly carp, and from what I've seen I would guess that there are about 100 in there.  Some roach, tench, crucians and bream and pike.  The silver fish (for me) are a struggle to catch, they are easier in Dobsons and Knotts.  The water in Dixons and Collins is slow to colour up each year (compared to Dobsons and Knotts) and this effects the fishing.

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Bayleaf the Gardener

Wow! 100 carp! I wonder why it is so underfished. Peter, I'm the editor of the NAA's new quarterly newsletter (available at Thatcham Angling and on the website (see www.newburyaa.org.uk/images/Newsletter/NAA_Winter_newsletter.pdf).

I wonder if you'd feel able to write a piece about your experiences at Dixons for the next issue? Maybe how long you've fished it, what works for you and what doesn't, best fish, effects of the water colour etc etc. It doesn't have to be Shakespeare, or even Isaac Walton, but so little is available to new members is so limited about the venue I'm sure it would be really appreciated. Please let me know. I'm on the NAA Forum as Bayleaf if you'd prefer to talk 'off-line'. Cheers, Peter. 

Martin

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