The alarm went off for my hubby to start his shift at work, but Iwas already awake. I wasn’t setting off till 7am but I got upwide-eyed and bushy-tailed. My son David, who is 14, also got upearly as I was letting him take a sneaky day off school to come withme. I made him some breakfast although he didn’t want any, and toldhim if he didn’t eat he wasn’t coming.`
Anyway, the people that we went with arrived and all three carsset off. I was like a kid at Xmas; I couldn’t wait to get to ourvenue of Turner’s Pool, near Macclesfield in Cheshire. Well, 15 minsfrom the lake and my son went a horrible white colour and said theinevitable words “Mmummmmmmmmm, I’m gonna be sick!” So I told him tostick his head out of the window and – wallop! He was sick the allover the windscreen of the old guy who was following me.
I told my son if he felt ill when we got there he would have tosleep in the car. I wasn’t going back (awwwwwww, i know, bad mum). Hekept saying it was my fault for making him eat breakfast. Anyway, hewas fine for the rest of the day but we had to wash two cars beforewe started fishing. I thought, “what a start to the day.”
I got set up and relaxed in my chair, ready for a good day ahead.Three hours later I caught my very first ever common carp. I wasusing Chum Mixer as my bait, using a bait-band and bubble float. Ittook me a while to get him in and when I did I was literallygobsmacked. Wow, I thought, I bet this weighs about 20lb! It didn’t,of course, it weighed 8lb 9oz but I was so pleased I didn’t care if Ididn’t catch again all day. I’d done what i wanted to do and that wascatch a carp.
Then I caught another carp, but this time it was a mirror, whichwas a beautiful looking fish that weighed 6lb, and when i was havingmy picture taken with it the carp decided to start dancing about andI nearly dropped it so many times (as you can see i was giggling:o).
One of the old guys who came with us caught a good sized carp andwhen he was landing it he fell in the pond! It was just so funny thatwe all laughed all day about that. Then the same guy hooked a duckand ended up having to get the disgorger out on the poor duck. So allin all we had a funny and very exciting, fantastic day.
The next thing I knew the heavens opened and everyone got theirbrollies out. Except me that is. I haven’t got one yet, so after 10minutes the old farmer Bill asked if i wanted to borrow one. “I’msure i have one in the shed,” he said, “but i think the mice havebeen at it.”
Bloody hell, it looked like the sheep had been at it! There wereholes all round it. I got more wet under that than stood in the pond.I looked like Mary Poppins, everyone on the lake thought it washilarious. Ah well, not to worry.
Then my son caught his first carp so he was really pleased withhimself. At the end of the day I landed another mirror carp weighing4lb 9oz, so I was an extremely happy, even though wet throughfisherwoman :o)!
I can’t wait now to go somewhere else for a day and go carpingagain.
TURNER’S POOL
Swythamley
Rushton Spencer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
Telephone 01260 227225
The cost for a day ticket was £6 adult and £3 childrenand you can fish dawn till dusk.
I recommend the lake to anyone looking for carp. BUT, take a goodbrolly :o).
