What a difference a few days make. Arrived at 8.30am to find no wind and a flat calm lake. Decided to fish the dam wall, set rods up same as on Monday and cast them out.
An hour went by without a bite, plenty of small taps on the tips which I put down to roach pulling on the pellet.
Another hour went by, at last a steady pull round, resulted in a skimmer about 1/2lb.
The wind started to pick up a little bit but it was blowing east, coming across the lake from slightly behind me but not strong enough to cause any ripple.
I now knew this was going to be a hard days fishing, the only thing moving was the pike, several of them working the edge of the reeds and out in front of me.
Decided to call it a day at 2pm as there was not a lot happening, ended up with 5 bream and the skimmer.
Will have to go back again soon as Blikling closes to fishing on the 27th Feb and doesn't reopen till the 25th June.
Think I will take the pike gear as well with me next time at least if the bream aren't playing I can try the pike lol.
A 22lb 1oz common from Taswood
A 22lb 1oz common from Taswood
Friday 18 February 2011
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Next Session
Am heading to Blickling again tomorrow for another bream session. Hopefully will be as successful as Mondays trip.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Blickling Hall Estate Lake
Arrived at around 9am to find a gentle south westerly wind blowing straight up the lake so decided to set up facing the wind. I set up my 2 quivertips both the same with a 21gram inline method feeder to a size12 wide gape barbless to 3lb line. I decided to put a hair rig on one rod.
Was using 6mm trout pellet & 3mm green betaine pellet mixed and scorched on feeders and 6mm s-pellet on hook and hair.
Cast my lines out about 30yards and clipped them both up.
First few cast went without a bite, after about an hour I got my first bream of the day, the usual size of around the 4lb mark. Moulded more pellet on feeder and cast out again.
Another 30mins went by without a bite, the wind however was now starting to pick up and creating a good ripple on the water. Then round went the tip, strike and into another bream. Bites came pretty steadily after that and I stayed right up to around 3pm. Got a bit manic at times with two rods pulling round at once but persevered and was glad I did.
I ended the day with my best bream haul in ages, grand total of 27 bream all between 4 - 5lb.
There were a few others fishing but 1 other person managed to catch, he was one of the season ticket holders and he struggled, only managing 6 bream and coule of roach.
Shall look forward to my next venture now.
Was using 6mm trout pellet & 3mm green betaine pellet mixed and scorched on feeders and 6mm s-pellet on hook and hair.
Cast my lines out about 30yards and clipped them both up.
First few cast went without a bite, after about an hour I got my first bream of the day, the usual size of around the 4lb mark. Moulded more pellet on feeder and cast out again.
Another 30mins went by without a bite, the wind however was now starting to pick up and creating a good ripple on the water. Then round went the tip, strike and into another bream. Bites came pretty steadily after that and I stayed right up to around 3pm. Got a bit manic at times with two rods pulling round at once but persevered and was glad I did.
I ended the day with my best bream haul in ages, grand total of 27 bream all between 4 - 5lb.
There were a few others fishing but 1 other person managed to catch, he was one of the season ticket holders and he struggled, only managing 6 bream and coule of roach.
Shall look forward to my next venture now.
Sunday 13 February 2011
1ST entry
Am heading for a days quiver tipping at Blickling tomorrow, should hopefully land a few decent bream.
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