Another Dave
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Well it's nearly time for my annual fishing trip to a day ticket water with my old fishing mate from back in the day. We will be fishing the 'silvers' lake at Fennes, Essex. The owners tell me they have taken most of the carp out of this lake so I'm really looking forward to doing some classic pleasure fishing with light line this year.
This has been booked for next Wednesday and looking at the forecast we are expecting the hottest day of the year so far, up to 27C. Fishing wisdom has it that these are NOT good conditions for a lot of species, especially perch, one of my favourites. What about tench and crucians? I'm sure that as a youth these species would feed in a heatwave. The fish in my garden pond go crazy for food on a hot day, so why is it such an issue 'in the wild'?
Sorry for the unfocussed questions, I suppose what I really want is some encouragement and hopefully some tips leading to a catch worth regaling here. Pleasure fishing on a hot day then, over to you.
This has been booked for next Wednesday and looking at the forecast we are expecting the hottest day of the year so far, up to 27C. Fishing wisdom has it that these are NOT good conditions for a lot of species, especially perch, one of my favourites. What about tench and crucians? I'm sure that as a youth these species would feed in a heatwave. The fish in my garden pond go crazy for food on a hot day, so why is it such an issue 'in the wild'?
Sorry for the unfocussed questions, I suppose what I really want is some encouragement and hopefully some tips leading to a catch worth regaling here. Pleasure fishing on a hot day then, over to you.