| MARK HODSON | |
But it wasn’t long before he was into carp fishing, a particular facet of angling that he’s much preferred ever since. Dave absorbs all the information he can about his favourite species, dissects it, and then uses it to carve his own somewhat unique path to catch Britain’s most popular species. He is more competent than most at all methods for catching carp and like most specialists he prefers to catch the biggest fish, but enjoys the smaller ones along the way. |
Dispelling the myths of winter carping – second sessionNow it starts getting harder. The clocks have gone back so it’s properly dark when I set up, and still dark when I pack up. Add to that it’s raining and I’m trying to think of an excuse not to go! But then I remember it’s Halloween, so not wanting to be pestered by kids all night I decide to go! Totally opposite weather to a week ago, gone are the clear skies and low temperatures replaced by drizzle and 15deg (or so the car says).
Surprisingly for mid week this time of year, when I get there I find that there are already quite a few people down, so head to the far end of the lake for a quick scout around and find my favoured spot is still free. So it’s up with the brolly, chuck the gear under to keep it out of the drizzle and get the rods out. I notice one of the guys opposite (about 120yds or so) has a bait boat heading towards me, it goes off to the right hand margin – not a problem as it’s away from where the fish are (LOL!) but he’s crossing at least two people’s swims and encroaching on mine. Why he didn’t just fish my swim I’ll never know. still, that’s the joy of day ticket lakes! End tackle was the same as last week, but I’ve shortened down the hooklengths to about 7″. I manage to get two rods out before the first rod is away with a high single – blank averted by the first fish on B5! I get the rod back out leaving the fish in the net as you never know how long feeding spells can last, but I get the feeling that it’ll be a good night.
It’s a couple of hours before the next ‘take’. I hit the pop-up rod as the bobbin gets to the top, but there’s nothing there, so I get the rod back on the spot. A couple of minutes later, I get a lift on the middle rod that drops back down; maybe there’s a line trailer out there. It’s then all quiet till just after midnight, when I get fairly constant action, another four takes on the B5, and one to the Hi-Nu-Val with the best two fish going around 15lb. So… so far, plenty of takes, just waiting for the bigger fish to start making an appearance… At 6am the alarm goes off – wakeup call unfortunately – and it’s time to get packed up, thankfully its stopped raining! If I can get back in the same swim next time, I’ll put the pop-up rod on the B5’s spot, see if that makes a difference. I scatter around about 3kg of bait as I know its bang on the area I want to keep it going in to, and no-ones awake to see it going in. See you next time! Scores On The Doors……
NEXT – Session 3
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