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After
landing a new PB common off the surface a couple of
weeks ago, I really fancied trying to land another
biggie to the same tactics. I knew there was still a
very large Mirror to be had, as well as another few
decent back up fish. After walking the ressie for a
while, continuously catapulting in mixers, I finally
got a small group of carp feeding in a quiet bay.
This small group of Carp however, soon more than
doubled in size and I soon got a very good look at
just how many Carp were in the water, and it was
just one bay! As I continued to feed, I could
clearly make out some very large fish cruising well
below the surface feeders. before long though, one
or two of these began to show some interest, and
after a good hour of feeding I made my cast to a
good Mirror.
No
sooner had my artificial mixer hit the water, a mid
double Mirror shot out of no where and proceeded to
pretty much hook itself! After a decent scrap that
saw every fish in the swim disappear in a matter of
seconds, I netted a Mirror at just over 14lb. It was
a stunning looking fish, but certainly not the one I
was after!
After
this disturbance the floater fishing dried up. I had
brought a couple of ledger rods with me just in
case, so I baited with sweetcorn on both rods and
baited two spots with hemp and a little corn. About
an hour later a one toner signalled a bad little ghostie of just over 10lb, with almost immediately
after that a similar sized Mirror to the other rod.
The
day had been fun, although it won't be long before
I'm back to catch one of the larger specimens! |
