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b e tween two low lying w e e d
b e ds, around 7ft in diam e t e r
a n d a rod length out. Altho u g h
I could see the spo t it w a s
c l oudy and the next mi nu t e a
s t unning dark mirro r dri f te d
i n to view (A lump as wel l ) .
I slowly moved back f r o m
t h e edge and quietly we n t
a b out setting up, ju st be f o r e
I did that though I did sn e a k
b a ck down to the edge a n d
i n troduce a handful of mi x e d
b r oken up boilies, thi s wo u l d
b e the first time the l ake h a d
s e en the bait. It was i mpor t a n t
n o t to scare anything off, so I
w as putting 1 boilie ou t a t a
t i me with no real accurac y a s
I d id not want it to l oo k li k e a
b a ited spot. Just wanted i t t o
l o ok like someone had chu c k e d
a couple of baits in after t h e i r
s e ssion if that makes sens e.
Approximately 20 min u t e s
h a d passed, and I was re a d y
t o put both rigs out, I deci d e d
t o put the reed rod in po si t i o n
f i r st and just as I pl aced t h e
r i g with the boat Steven m y
b r o th e r t u rn e d u p a s h e w a s
also doing the night. I was
bringing the boat back when
h e a p p e a r e d b e h i n d m e.
How you doing?
Ye a h , n o t b a d I r e p l i e d a n d
told him that I had fish feeding
a rod length out, Happy days
he replied and said I am going
for a walk round.
A s h e wa l k e d o f f a l o n g t h e
b o t to m b a n k , I g r a b b e d t h e
second rod that was already
t o g o , n o th i n g h a d c h a n g e d I
was still using my normal solid
b a g w i t h b o il i e c r u m b m i x e d
with pellet accompanied with
5 or 6 whole boilies. I walked
d o wn o n t o t h e c r e a k y o l d
p l a tf o r m a n d l o w e r e d m y s e l f
d o wn o n t o m y k n e e s I j u s t
w a n t e d t o g et a s m u c h o f m e
o u t th e sk y l i n e a s p o s s i bl e.
After a bit of oohing and
ahhhhing I made it to the
e d g e a n d v e r y sl o w l y l o w e r e d
t h e b a g o n t o t h e sp o t . B y
n o w t h e w a t e r c l a r i t y w a s so
bad all I could feel for was the
solid bag hitting the lakebed.
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