Saturday 28 June 2014

Down On The Farm 5


With the local river still full of weed and an unappealing colour I decided to head down to Marsh Farm to see if the crucian carp wanted to play - and I'm glad I did!

I spent the morning on Richardson (match lake) where it was a bite a cast, landing 4 tench to 2lb, lots of skimmers and little roach, 2 perch and my target; three crucians to just over a pound.

The problem was the small roach, they would smash the maggots up on the drop leaving a dodgy looking bait for the target species - even so I found it difficult to drag myself away...


The afternoon saw me heading over to Harris (specimen lake) and a rain storm had driven everyone home, I had the pick of the place. It took a while to build a swim, but when one tench arrived - they all did!

The action was so thick and fast I totally lost track of how many tench I caught (I only caught tench). The smallest was over 3lb, with most of them over 4lb, the biggest went 5lb 2oz, top photo - new personal best - got my five pounder!

The biggest female went 4lb 15oz, below. It's hard to work out a weight for the afternoon (I only weighed the two that I thought might scrape over 5lb), but it wouldn't surprise me if it was over 100lb... What an afternoon's fishing!


I'll be back... Very soon...

6 comments:

  1. Great fishing. Well done on some nice tench sir.

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    1. Cheers Paulo's, need a day like that once in a while!

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  2. Top fishing who needs Barbel ! Roger

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    1. Thanks... But I still need a barbel or two... Or at least 10 this summer. Fingers crossed for some better conditions.

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  3. Nice Tench there. Off to Bury Hill for some of the same on 12th July.

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    1. Cheers. Good luck on Bury Hill, while you're there can you let the zander know I'll be up to see them in October - we missed each other last time - thanks.

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