After a winter of wind and rain a brief respite in the
weather coincided with some time off. Over to the syndicate lake I go with pike
gear and dead baits. To be honest it was really too bright for any real chance
of success and I started too late. However, sometimes it’s all about being in
with a chance. Small silver fish broke the surface and I was sure that this was
caused by a pike or a perch. The bare
trees swayed in the gentle breeze and bright sun caused me to feel drowsy. Further
down the bank Pat and Tyrone were carp fishing and I was called by Pat early
afternoon to see Tyrone land a beautiful mirror carp. Maybe I should have been
carp fishing.
I moved up to the end of the lake where Pat and Tyrone were
fishing. Pat later moved to where I had been earlier as he was told, by another
member who was walking the lake with his dog, that there were carp moving down
the bottom of the lake. I sat in the swim and huddled against the strengthening
wind. Tyrone came into my swim for a chat. This was interrupted by the sound of
his bite alarm and a smaller dark common carp was soon in the back of his net.
Tyrone has put in the hours over the last few weeks so really deserved to be
rewarded with two such lovely fish.
I left late afternoon although I probably should have stayed
until dusk. I had a nice day and as I had not been fishing for weeks it was
great to be back. Next time I might even catch a fish.
