Well I managed to reach one of those with a 3LB Perch from the local club lake .
After my last trip in which I had used groundbait , mixed with maggots and chopped worm , I had some success but I also managed to catch virtually every skimmer Bream in the lake ! So I hatched a plan to feed maggots and fish prawns . I hoped that the prawns would put off the small fish .
I had a bit of trouble ( I immediately thought of Michael Crawford then , must be my age ! Oh Betty ! ) with carp and lost a few in the lilies luckily most seemed to be fould hooked as I retrieved a few scales each time . thinking about this I may actually have hooked them fairly then the hook slipped to the scales as they fought through the lily stems ?
The small Carp above was fairly hooked and landed with no worries , but its mouth was badly damaged from previous captures . I always hate to see this and unfortunately the mouth of a Tench I caught also showed really bad damage . If the fish had been bigger I might have thought they had suffered cuts from braid whilst being played but as they were both less than 5lbs in weight it must only have been anglers poor hook removal . WHY !! we owe it to the fish to take care of them , barbless hooks work , carry artery forceps or a disgorger and use an unhooking mat please .
I was fishing with a loaded float fished one end only so that I could sink the line out of the way of the strong and blustery wind . I had hoped to fish my small pole float but the wind put paid to that .
Anyway two other perch of 2lb 8 oz and 2lb 12oz graced the net . I like the plan of fishing the prawns and next time I might feed some chopped worms and chopped prawns with some nice red worm extract liquid via a pole cup and see how that works . I also plan to use a " lively " and see if that will bring out the big one !
Some lovely perch there mate,well done.
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