8 & 11.12 - Treoes lake
Entry posted by Bayleaf the Gardener in Treoes lake
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Having abandoned any further 1hr 40 minute round trips to my 'local' river which seemingly holding no fish, and my very local Port Talbot Docks mysteriously having last week closed to all further fishing, it's my usual lake again.
Friday. With the frosts a few days past now I was hoping the fish will have woken up hungry. Well, they sort of had. Got a handful of roach and bream, but in heavy rain did get a bonus 13lb 6 Common.
Monday. A chilly but often sunny day. I chose to sit on the north bank and cast to where the sun might be warming the water slightly. Certainly gloves were required where I sat in the shade, but as the temperature started to rise so the bites began. I had 22 bream, biggest 2lb 8 with four over the 2lb mark, plus two nice roach.
I also set up a pike rod as a 'sleeper', this time with a sprat, my thinking it being more like the silvers I imagine the pike eat than my usual half mackerel. Though I twitched the bait occasionally, and dripped maggots around to being in the bait fish it sat untouched. Until 2pm when the float pulled under and the line tightened. I struck and was in. It gave a good fight, remaining unseen and regularly stripping line for a good few minutes. Finally it started to fade and revealed itself - a 9lb 10 Common carp!
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