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f r om the pizz peg and the f i r s t
p o int if so mebody beat m e t o
t h e pads swim. However t h e
p a ds was not a popular p e g,
a s the name suggests it h a d
a l ot of lily pads in fro nt o f i t
w hich put a lot of peo ple o f f
a s it looked difficult to l a n d
f i s h from but if you slip p e d
i n to the margins i n y o u r
later became the Nash bling
l i q u i d i t s ti l l i s t o d a y t h e b e s t
liquid I have ever used. I used
to make two big buckets of
the stuff up and keep shaking
it up for days until the pellets
w e re
v i r tu al l y
mush
the
r e s p o n se o f f t h e f i s h t o t h i s
m i x w a s u n b e l i e v a b l e. I t w a s
like they could not swim past
w aders, the water virtu a l l y
c a me to the top of th em. B u t
i f you waded further ou t i t
s h allowed up so yo u co u l d
p l ay the fish from beyond t h e
p a ds making it perfect to l a n d
f i s h. I got everything mar k e d
o u t from the bank from th e 3
s wims mentioned there wa s
n o marker sticks back t h e n
I j ust hid tent pegs in e a c h
s wim and lay my rig near o n e
a n d walk my rod out to t h e
n e xt and clip up to achi eve t h e
r e quired distance. Bai t w i s e
I was using a bait call ed t h e
m i ller mix from Na sh ba i t i t
w as squid all-season flavo u r e d
w i th maple and had hal i b u t
p e llets soaked in L030 t h a t
i t . W h e n f i sh i n g I w o u l d b a i t
j u st e n o u g h t o g e t a b i t e a n d
when leaving put a full bucket
i n . O n e o f t h e N a s h l a d s Cl i v e
h a d st a r t e d F i s h i n g K i n g y a n d
w a n t e d to te a m u p a n d u s e t h e
same bait however he wanted
t o u s e c ru sh e d p e a n u t p a r t i c l e
a s h e h a d g r e a t r e su l t s u s i n g
i t o n th e g r a n g e f i s h e r y. I
told him about the L030, but
h e wa s n ’t c o n v i n c e d s o w e
decided to put a marker float
to the spot. He would fish his
p e a n u t p a r t i c l e o n e si d e, a n d
I w o u l d f i sh my m i x t h e o t h e r.
Whichever was best is what
w e wo u l d b e u s e. H e h a d a 1 6 l b
common on the first night. I
had 7 fish including the patch
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