Linear lumps

Hi Everyone

Welcome to the first keep it Carpy blog post. In order to start the blog in a blockbuster fashion I decided to form it following a 4 week stint on the popular Linear fisheries complex in Oxford. My course dictates I carry out a 4-week work placement in the fisheries industry so with that 3 friends and I arranged a bit of fishing with some work thrown in. Although the weather wasn't perfect, time was on our side and as the weather became more constant the catch rates increased. The most successful tactics were zig rigs and solid bag fishing and with bites few and far between a small amount of well placed bait proved to be the most successful. 

Week One

The first week began on Hardwick and Smiths pool where the stock fish had appeared to wake up from their winter slumber the earliest. On the first night I put 4 kilo of mixed particle, trout pellets, maggots and a mixed size boilies in a silty gulley at the bottom of the gravel shelf at 47 yards range. The next rod was more of a roving rod and a chance to try them out properly at range with that in mind a solid pva bag of pellets and ground bait with a small pop-up was dispatched to a range of 100 yards plus where I saw alot of fish head and shouldering. With it being the first night on Hardwick I didn't foresee action forthcoming however after 2 hours of darkness the long range rod rattled off with a nice low double common. With the long range rod whacked back out it was then the turn for the baited rod to come up trumps, a nice low double scaled mirror found the arms of my landing net at around 2 o'clock in the morning. The solid bag fished at range then rattled off again with a nice mirror of 18lb 12oz this made it three in one night and a successful start. 

With a 6.30 wake-up the spod rod came out and to keep the fish interested during the day a further 5 kilos of bait was introduced. As soon as work finished the spot was baited with a further 6 spombs to top up the area and the rigs followed. The rigs were both solid bags as I feel the presentation can't be beaten. The baited spot once again produced another fish of low doubles therefore bringing the tally to four fish. With the weather being colder a thick fog overcoming the lake it made it impossible to cast and bait up accurately this therefore put paid to the catches and the fish moved off the area. The poor weather allowed a regroup and I promptly packed up on the Friday to visit my girlfriend and the shower. 

A nice dark mirror of 18lb 12oz

Instead of going mad with all the specifics in the text I thought best to put it at the bottom. 

Hookbaits CCmoore Northern specials 12mm red

Korda Solidz PVA Bags

Sonubaits micropellets

Old Ghost Snail carp groundbait

Korda Kurv size 10's tied KD style 

Korda supernatural supple braid

Avid carp bag leads 2.5 oz

KIC Max