The right lake for me ?

[Neil G]

Take notes of your fishing and when you blank, you may be able to piece together a pattern and learn from it etc.

 

Also, as suggested, moving swims helps....I'll move swims every 30mins if I have to, can't stay still!

[bluerinse]

Hi Dan

 

Welcome to Anglers Net forum, I can see you are 11 years Old; it seems you have an ambition to catch a 10lb Carp, Well in itself that’s not a bad ambition.

 

I would though like to let you into some secrets about Fishing. If you really enjoy it it will be your hobby (passion) for life.

There is more to fishing than catching fish; you will perhaps appreciate this more as you get older. Fisher men get to go places most people don’t even know exist.

You get to see all sorts of wildlife many people will never see.

You get to spend a lot of time outdoors, which is a good thing.

 

All fish types are worth catching, some people think roach are one of the hardest fish to catch and a big roach is a rare fish, anything over 1lb is considered a good fish and will praise a fisherman who was clever enough to catch it.

You can fish in many different styles, but one style you must learn is float fishing, once you have learnt this style you can learn many more.

 

Catching fish is not just about throwing the right bait into the right lake its about leaning to understand how fish live, were they like to go, what they are eating in the lake or river naturally, when they like to eat, how deep the water is in different areas and at what time of the day /year they are likely to be in different depths of water. This and many more thing are called water craft, this has to be learnt.

There are a lot of man made lakes which have a lot of fish in them, more than would be if they were wild, these are called commercial lakes, in these lakes its easier to catch fish, normally Carp, as there are more fish than would be naturally and not enough natural food so they are hungry quite a lot, so angler baits are taken more often. These are good places to fish but can become a bit boring after a while. Later on you will realise a lot of the fun of fishing is working out how to catch a fish that is not easy to catch; it’s sort of like a challenge. This sort of fishing is more rewarding in self satisfaction, as when you do catch a fish you know you had to figure it all out for yourself and were smarter than the fish.

 

I really hope you enjoy your fishing, I hope you get your 10lb Carp and I hope you go onto appreciate all aspects of fishing and the reward of catching all types of fish big or small, here are some photos of fish I caught last night , some small some big but all were very welcome.

 

Cheers Richard

 

small rude great color

 

8lb carp with some green scales!

 

baby carp (first I have ever caught)

 

baby tench, very nice fish

Edited May 14, 2008 by bluerinse