Ugh! why does it always rain on me :)

[poledark]

Snug as a bug under the brolly...out of the wind...and a hailstorm starts.

 

Alarm screams..........I,m gonna get wet..............

 

What a mess...

 

 

21lbs of angry fish, didn't like being bullied into the net..pretty fish though

 

Can't wait to get back for more :)

 

Den

Edited September 26, 2007 by poledark

[goosequill]

That was worth getting wet for though, wasn't it??!!

 

Superb looking fish - was it a complete leather carp?

[Guest Jan V]

won't be raining here, Den. We've forgotten what the stuff is.

[poledark]

Cheers Jan..

 

Goose, yes it was, lovely yellow blending to deep orange down by tail area, and a rainbow like sheen on the flanks. Pity about the hail, I would have got a better pic for the record

 

What I didn't put in first post, is that I was fishing to the rushes in the background and had clipped up................................you can guess where I am going can't you ................................................ Forgot to unclip........................

 

 

By the way, the pole sticking out behind me is for the kingfisher to land on

 

Den

[trevor2003]

Cheers Jan..

 

Goose, yes it was, lovely yellow blending to deep orange down by tail area, and a rainbow like sheen on the flanks. Pity about the hail, I would have got a better pic for the record

 

What I didn't put in first post, is that I was fishing to the rushes in the background and had clipped up................................you can guess where I am going can't you ................................................ Forgot to unclip........................

By the way, the pole sticking out behind me is for the kingfisher to land on

 

Den

 

Nice fish and pic Den, where was it you was fishing, anywhere near Canterbury?? looks a nice mature lake,I have been looking around the area for some nice quiet spots, since I moved down from Essex.

[poledark]

Nice and mature....actually was two heavily overgrown and silted lakes. Dug out and made into one 12 acre lake 5 years ago.

 

Maturing well, all the reeds and willows planted around the lake are growing well, allders as well, and gradually all the swims are becoming "private"

 

No mud, all swims gravelled and level, car parks within 200 yards or so.

 

Well stocked with fish from 6lbs up to 26lbs, but some of thse have topped 30lbs (I have had three of them )

 

There is also some evidence that there was a successful spawning the first year, as a group of 3 to 4 lb fish showed up last year.

 

Has a reputation as a runs water, mainly by those who don't fish it Like all gravel pits, it switches on and off, the thrre in the net fish were caught there, he ended the session (48 hours) with 12 up to 28+. The guy who followed him in for 48 blanked, so did the next one (and he is no mug)

 

Others on the lake also blanked, except me I lost one and landed one, and yesterday had 4 (biggest in pic)

 

I won't divulge any secrets, but don't bother with boilies

 

Mid Kent Fisheries, Loggies lake, but check out there website

 

Den

[trevor2003]

Thanks for that Den

[carphead100]

Lovely Fish Den!!! I'm still waiting for my first double so I wouldn't mind getting wet for that one!!

 

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