Blakey's Fishing Blog

Whilst as on Vacation this week and the decorating completed with the weather set fair, I took the opportunity to have 1/2 days pleasure / test fish.

I set up on Peg 18 as Pegs 25 and 15 already taken. This is the 1st time I will have ledgered fished since coming back from France some two months ago. I set up a ledger on a reduce France set up of triggalink/ultralsilk combo to size 8 with a frozen combo of 7/8 K1G and 1/8 Scopex pop up and 1 oz lead placed under the tree of the East Side of the Island. Chucked half of dozen freebies around it.

I set up on the Pole to the weed to the right hand side fishing maggot over pellet. Had some small Roach 7 perch to start with then tried Tares - nothing at all - tried this several times during the day in several locations but no Joy - replaced the boilies 3 times during the day on the ledger - when to 1 & 1/2 K1G boilies at 6pm after a pick up and small run.

Swapped the pole for Feeder with in line Middy Method feeder to mid position Right of Island and bank- Only one bite during the day - a lovely 3lb Tench.

Swapped back to the Pole /Light rig that used earlier - 2lb Line to Size 18. Tried various baits - Sweet corn, Tares, Worm , Maggot, Paste, Pellet. When went to the latter and used 6mm Sonu

Halibut Pellets had a 4lb Bream ( new PB on this Lake and best caught on the Pole). Then two drops later had a sail way bite as Mr Carp decided he liked the Halibuts as well. Pole tip under the water but no way was I going to hang on to this one - It snapped my 2lb Hook link on the 2nd run.

I beefed up the Rig and put on the bully Boy with 18-20 Elastic but no big bites at all.

Had a Run on the Ledger - Lifted in a small Black carp but dropped the hook after 5 secs.

Decide that was enough - it had been a long hot dry day on not that successful in trail terms apart for the 6mm Halibut pellets - I might try them next in next Weds match.