

By recasting every 15 minutes, regardless of whether I was getting bites or not I often got an instant take, just after the rig had landed, sometimes bringing the feeder with the groundbait still on it! By 10.10am I had landed 7 carp, one being a decent mirror putting up a very good scrap!
After about 11.30 the bright sun started to kill the sport slightly, however with consistent casting and baiting it slowly started to pick back up again until a group of 5 anglers arrived and decided to all sit in the surrounding swims to me when the rest of the lake was free. I have never understood why anglers do this? After about half an hour of people casting within a few metres of my rig I moved to a different swim which I knew well. The 1st fish from the swim came very quickly and by 12.30 I had banked 11 carp.
As I sat there in the afternoon I noticed quite a lot of roach skipping in and out of the water where they were being chased by perch in a few different likely looking perch spots. I have made notes of where I saw this so in a couple of months time I know of a few good spots for my perch fishing. It is amazing how much you can learn about a venue by just sitting and watching.
In the afternoon the wind started to pick up making it hard to see the float in the choppy water, however the beauty of the polaris float is you can simply let out a bit of line and the float will sit higher out of the water making it easier to see. The fish kept coming in throughout the rest of the afternoon until 3pm when I had to pack up and I had managed to land 20 carp. If only I was allowed to use a keepnet!
I asked other anglers what they had caught on my way back, a few had blanked, but most had caught just a few carp. This shows that the tactics and bait not only worked, but also out-fished other methods. The beauty of the polaris float is it allows you to fish any rod you like, and fish a feeder with more sensitive bite indication.
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Tight lines... Michael Wickens