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hours. Finding the zone was
my opportunity to get a bite as
it was a place where the carp
w h e r e h a p p y t o f e e d, a w a y
from the angling pressure of
the roadside bank.
I b e g r u d g i n g l y, l e f t t h a t
swim and continued my
morning walk around the big
l a k e. I p o k e d m y h e a d i n t o
still in the zone but they
were also kindly showing me
where they wanted to feed
sending plumes of bubbles to
the surface around 20 yards
off one of the islands.
It was around a 400-yard
barrow to the swim to cover
that piece of water but I
knew that those carp would
every nook and cranny along
the way looking for carp but
d i d n ’t r e a l l y s e e a n y c a r p j u s t
t h e o d d Te n c h , w h i c h i s n ’t
really a surprise considering
how many Carp that I had
found up the other end of the
l a k e. T h e p l a n w a s s i m p l e,
d r i v e h o m e, p r e p a r e a l l t h e
t a c k l e, s e t t h e a l a r m f o r 4 a m
and get down that pit as fast
a s m y c a r c a n g e t m e t h e r e.
The
following
m o r n i n g,
around 6 am I arrived at the
c o m p l e x a b s o l u t e l y b u z z i n g.
Driving to end of the big lake
to confirm that the fish that
were there the previous day
where still relaxed and angler
f r e e. N o t o n l y w h e r e t h e f i s h
probably be back the following
morning to continue taking
advantage of whatever food
source it was that they have
found. Having nearly suffered
mutiple
cardiac
arrests
whilst pushing my barrow
through the painfully long
summer grass whilst fighting
off three million horse flies,
I had finally made it to my
chosen swim. A swim where
t h e c a r p f e l t s a f e t o f e e d,
free from danger and I could
see around 40% of the lakes
surface meaning If the fish
decided to move and show
in other areas, I had half
a chance of spotting them
b e f o r e a n y o n e e l s e. T h e s t a r t
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