hi guys, im new to the forums so be nice haha i have just had the best days fishing in a long time today, well i had a heavy one last night and woke up feeling like death this morning(few too many i think) so i decided to go fishing and get some fresh air to help cure the hangover. for those of you who live in west yorkshire you will know we have had a heatwave for about 3 weeks now and constant sun(not complaining) but the sun had a bad effect on the fishing, now today its been overcast and a bit cooler.
ive allways had good fishing at the pontefract racecourse reservoir even though its weedy all the way across no gravel patches from what i can tell so i allways fish up in the water when im there and catch a fair few perch and rudd of a decent size but today its been perfect.
got there about 2.30pm, set up and first cast about 3pm, first cast a rudd of about 8oz then about 50 perch and the swim was fizzing with fish everytime i put maggots in the water and then it died a little (over fed it i think) so i moved further round the lake, long story short, about 10 minutes before i it gets completly dark i get a big thump on the rod(wasnt watching the float) and i hook a carp about 5lb, came off at the net, then a small tench of about 1lb then cast after that i get a perch out of about 2lb then hooked another carp and that comes off within seconds, my friend messed with the clutch on my reel -.- i left about 10.30pm because i couldnt see my float and was getting eaten alive by mosquitos(F**in vampires)
i reckon in total id had over 100 fish and a total of about 60-70lb, maybe thats just a fluke or its getting back to how it used to be on the boating lake i heard that used to be really really good only downside is ive gone through 30-40 hooks today because nearly every perch decided to swallow the hook and get it caught around its stomach so i had to cut the line. im going again in the morning and then fishing it on tuesday all day and through the night. hopefully will catch some more big fish and have some pictures to add.