During the week of wind and rain I made four trips to the estate for short sessions of an hour or less armed with no more than a lure rod, net and bag. all blank visits with two fish hooked and lost.
With the looming prospect of a total ban on angling I made another trip today with the usual kit. First cast and a few taps......interesting, cast into the same spot and nothing....that was until i was about to lift the lure clear of the water when a perch made an almighty lunge for the lure, clutch screamed, this was a goodun, landed a few moments later and a personal best on lures of 2lb 6ozs.
Another followed moments later, a few ozs lighter.
over the next twenty minutes I hooked a further three but only landed one, all a lot smaller.
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Changed the shad for a crayfish type of lure, comicly named by Korum as a Reggie. A weedless setup so was surprised to get snagged, after a few seconds the snag was moving and an even greater surprise when the fish launched out of the water like an exocet missile. An eel on a lure?? an unwanted pb too at just under 3lb.
and that was it, a frantic 45 minutes when the preds switched on. Makes me wonder why after four blanks I should suddenly get this kind of action, plummeting temperature, rise in air pressure? who knows.
I had the lake to myself and no visitors in the grounds, peaceful, well not quite, the crows were making a helluva racket.
The estate is at its most stunning this time of year.
The estate closes on December 1st, fingers crossed i get to fish it a few time more.
