Alderwood.....outfished again by the Carp Guru

A mid week day off , so a perfect chance to try again for a big perch . Taking the advice of a living legend when it comes to perch ,( Gary) , we agreed that Alderwood pond might be a good option . it has a great reputation with fish to 5lbs , and Gaz has had them to nearly 4lbs from here .

Now Gary is a master when it comes to these small commercial type fisheries and outscores all comers , so much so that it gets embarassing fishing with him as he " bags up " . I wont give up all of his secrets but one of them is the now infamous " Ringers " white shellfish boily . Using this Gary has landed more specimen Perch than anyone I know . His list of 3lbers is long and from a varied selection of waters too .

So not being one to follow fashion ( queue the Kinks ) I took the following : ( I would have included some nice prawns in my bait tray but forgot to take them ! doh !)

 

I also wanted to try out the " long" rod , so my plan was to fish a pole float on my 17ft Preston Innovations float rod presenting a worm section and red maggot combo , while feeding via  a pole cup with red maggots and small pellets soaked in the dreadful  red peril . Sounds great so what perch could resist ?
Perfect bait presentation via the pole cup .

 

Oh and by the way tucked into my bait bucket .....yes you have guessed !

Well true to form Gaz caught 4 carp ( 4 more than everyone else on the lake !) and a raft of decent roach on the ubiquitous white boily and the little red interloper ( I will keep that one hushed up Gaz don't panic !)

 

Well ...I managed a few decent roach and rudd but no Perch . Oh and yes I did swap at the end and went onto the white boily approach which resulted in my float diving about like a thing possessed but no positive takes .

The pole float might not be the best option for next time  as I was plagued with dips and bobs on the float with no result . Next time I will follow Gaz the Carp guru and go with what ever he does as it obviously works .

Outfished by the master !

But sometimes its just nice being there .....fishing is  a good excuse for getting out,  and just being there !