Knotts Lake, Friday 29th April 2011

Not much to report I’m afraid. Same swim, same method and similar conditions, maybe more overcast and slightly lower air/water temps than Wednesday but not too much difference and certainly not a rapid change.

I fished from 11:00am to 6:00pm with just one line bite and I think that was caused by a shoal of small rudd which spent the day doing circuits in my swim. Some carp were caught by other anglers but no reports of any tench. I’m wondering whether the recent hot spell fooled them into thinking it was time to chow down, perhaps the colder days this week made them look at the calender. Whatever the reason I’m undeterred and will try again over the bank holiday weekend, my first tench campaign has gone really well so you won’t find me complaining about the inevitable blanks.

A nice pic, nicer had it been a family of ducks;