I would soon get a take and landed a massive common! I was over the moon and super excited by the way I actually caught it. Ten minutes later the fish were feeding on my spot. I made sure to step back a few yards and to fish a slack line. I cast four yards from the bank in front of me and spread two handfuls of pellets over the top. It was very shallow and I was worried to spook the fish with the impact of the lead hitting the water, so made some changes.Ĭonsequently, I decided to take off the lead and the leader, replacing with a 1-in PVA stick – just enough weight. Having walked for 20 minutes, I finally realised that the area was full of snags and that only a 7 to 8 metre corridor wide from the bank was possibly fishable. I was off with only one rod and a landing net to the other end of the lake hiking through a thick, wooded forest. I still decided to try my luck using a technique I love because of the sensation and pleasure that it brings – stalking! After this time, the fish would go back to their shelter, which was totally unfishable. We would catch fish every night, but for some reason only between midnight and 6am. For the first 48 hours, we admired the fish jumping and enjoying the sunrays at the other end of the lake in the snags. We had only 3 nights left and we were heading for a lake in the centre of France. Very powerful fish indeed, which granted me the opportunity to test my tackle and which gave me lots of pleasure. On every venue I go to, I will land commons between 15lb and 27lb, which are typical on this river. Judging from my previous experiences, I know that if you don’t get a bite during the first 10 hours of fishing or you only land small carp, you will rarely find bigger ones, which is what I was targeting. I will often fish 6 swims during my 5 nights on the river. As I love an adventure, I decided to spend time on one of the big French rivers called the Rhône, along with a friend of mine recently.
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