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a n d loads of bubbli ng go i n g
o n . On several occasion s I h a d
t h em ripping the botto m up f o r
t h e pungent squid but h ad n o
b i tes, they were ver y cra f ty. I
d e cided to move the ho ok b a i t
o f f the spot and seco n d s
l a ter the Big Un rip ped o f f,
o n a tight clutch and bu r i e d
i t s elf in the pondweed so l i d
spod mix around the banks
and boilies in the margins
than “linear fisheries” The
t r e e s h a d b e e n d e c i m a t e d,
s a wn d o w n a n d l o a d s o f l i t t e r
s t r e wn a c r o s s t h e b a n k s. . . .
Te e n a g e k i d s w e r e m y f i r s t
thoughts, trees had been felled
a n d l e f t i n t h e l a k e, b i g, l o n g
t r e e s t h a t d i d n ’t n e e d c u t t i n g,
I quickly got my bo at o u t o f
t h e van and rowed out tak i n g
j u st the landing net trac i n g
t h e line an eased the lead c o r e
u p , it was still on, it th rash e d
u n controll ably soaki ng m e
a n d it was off! This was t h e
f i f th time I’d hooked h im i n 1 3
m onths and had lost ano t h e r
b a ttle, how the hel l can y o u
l o se a fish so many times, b u t
i t was jus t the nature of t h e
w eedy sna ggy lake and a h u g e
h e lping of bad luck!
The whole of August I wal k e d
t h e lake and baited hea v i l y
b u t didn’t fish. On my wal k s i t
w as embarrassingly obvi o u s
s o meone else was baiti ng t h e
l a ke. In fact, there was m o r e
giving the carp extra hiding
p l a c e s… . I f e l t e x a s p e r a t e d ! !
W h e n I e v e nt u a l l y c a u g h t u p
with them, I asked them about
t h e t r e e s w hi c h t h e y d e n i e d,
someone told them there were
about 60 carp in there !! so that
e x p l a i n s t h e b a i t i n g. T h e y t o o
had seen the Big un and asked
me how big I thought it was, I
s a i d l o w 2 0 l b, i t ’s t h e d o u b l e s
they make it look bigger
than it really is! Anyway in
c o n v e r sa t i o n i t e m e r g e d t h a t
o n e l a d wa s a t r e e s u r g e o n !
I r e s t m y ca s e ! O n a n o t h e r
o c c a si o n I w a s j u s t w al k i n g
on for the night and another
g u y wa s w a l k i n g o f f w i t h a b i g
p a r t i c l e b u c k e t , so j u st t u r n e d
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