Well, from being told two days prior to our trip that the lakes occupants were in a feeding frenzy, it soon turned into the complete opposite! On arrival I was welcomed with the harsh reality that no fish had graced the bank during the night, not a great confidence booster! Still very much determined we both lugged all our gear to our chosen swims, set up our bivvies and got about the job of marking out some decent spots to present our baits. It wasn't long before a guy a couple of swims down was asking if I could come take a picture of a fish he had just landed; this turned out to be a 20lb 8oz Mirror, closely followed by a 22lb 8oz PB Mirror and then a 10lb 8oz PB Tench! An awesome result, hats off to him!

Our results were not quite as impressive however, no sooner had this brief feeding spree started it ended. All the fish soon came to the surface due to the warm weather. Although I was supposedly Bream and Tench fishing, I can never resist a chance at stalking Carp off of the surface. My first attempt went to plan as a decent mirror sucked in my fake mixer right in the margins, but this came adrift at the point of netting. I then redeemed myself with a near 14lb Mirror on light line tactics and bait banded mixer in open water. Unfortunately there won't be a picture of this one as my attempts to get a picture with it in the water were foiled when it jumped and slapped me in the face, only for it to be un-ceremoniously released back into the lake! The rest of the session went by without much activity, but I did manage a couple more Carp to 12lb with Paul also catching the only Bream we heard of during our stay; this one weighed about 6lb and did really raise the question as to why the larger ones weren't feeding. Perhaps they were getting ready to spawn, who knows? One thing I do know however is that I must be due a good session soon!