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of a half decent plan was
beginning to come together; I
had two nights at my disposal
to start to execute it.
The marker float was the
first of my rods to touch
Ecton water as the float was
launched to where to carp had
been sheeting up just hours
b e f o r e, I e x p e c t e d t h e l e a d
with a mixture or particles,
pellets and boilie with a
German rig and a small 10mm
yellow wafter thrown over
the top, whilst the slightly
weedier spot was baited with
around 6 or 7 spombs worth
of bait and had a large solid
bag deployed over the top to
ensure presentation, that was
to donk down on that first
c a s t , b u t i t d i d n ’t . A l l I g o t
w a s e i t h e r, n o d r o p a t a l l o r a
half decent drop that always
returned some Canadian on
t h e m a r k e r l e a d, t h e s p o t
w a s n ’t c l e a r a l t h o u g h c e r t a i n
areas
where
just
about
f i s h a b l e, b u t r i g o p t i o n s w e r e
going to be limited for that
z o n e.
After a few hours of marker
rod work I had finally found
t h r e e s p o t s t o f i s h . Tw o
where gravel spots in 8ft
of water and the other one
w a s s l i g h t l y w e e d i e r, d e e p e r
spot where multiple fish had
s h o w n e a r l i e r t h a t m o r n i n g.
The gravel spots where baited
the banker rod in my mind
and needed to be perfect as
i t ’s t h e a r e a t h a t t h e c a r p
had been most active in that
m o r n i n g.
After the swim had settled
down and the evening began
to draw in, I knew that I had
a decent chance of a bite
on my first night on the big
lake and at 6am the following
morning? My banker rod
(the pva bag rod) absolutely
r o a r e d o f f, n o s i n g l e b l e e p s ,
n o w a r n i n g, j u s t i n s t a n t b i t e
alarm meltdown, as it powered
off at vast rate of knots, the
fish was on a mission to make
it to the safety of the islands
overhanging trees.
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