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1st June (!)


Chris Plumb

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NAA stillwater Widmead and Thatcham

 

0400 - 1200.

 

Overcast, still and mild - temps around 17/18ºC

 

1 carp, 11lb 5oz.

 

1st EVER close season session - oooo I feel a little bit dirty! :rolleyes: Don't intend to make a habit of it but I had some time owed to me which if I didn't take by next week (and as ½ the office we already off, next week was out) I would lose. So I thought I'd join Paul on one of his 'free Fridays'. 1st part of the morning was purely reconnaissance, OK I did have a bait in the water but after 5 hours looking at a stationary float I was packed up in a flash when Paul suggested we move and try and get a carp or two off the top from a pit where they shouldn't be - and relocate them to where they should - work that clearly comes under the heading of 'Close Season Preparation! (In case you're wondering the club have a Section 30 for this that runs to the end of Oct).

 

Sure enough the carp were clearly patrolling the surface layers and catching them looked a doddle - especially as I had a fish pretty much first cast and Paul had a hook straightened with his first cast. Alas I didn't get another take - though Paul did go on to winkle out a couple of commons (mine was a mirror) of 5lb+ and 6lb+.

 

All in all a good excuse to be out!

 

I really didn't want my photo taken...

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But Paul was determined to gather the evidence...

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Paul had a 9½lber from Dixons.

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Fish-on !

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Fish on the bank.

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Paul gets all arty (Again!)

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First Rusty, now you guys, catching the carp that shouldn't be. It must mean there are quite a few carp in there. Presumably people have transferred them from Willows. What on earth is the point?

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Some got in during the floods of 2007 but some - like the mirror I had today have clearly come from Willows more recently.

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I guess at least a dozen still remaining where they shouldn't be, which are going to get much harder to catch as their bretheren are re-homed.

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Aha Mr Plumb, about time! You can now put your name down for the 2013 Wingham event with a clear conscience (you'd be daft not to). The carp I caught from Alders were very easy, I only had to get the bread in their vicinity and they'd take it. The fish in Willows were much more cautious, they'd mouth the bread until it sank and then leave it alone.

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