Hi all – I’m delighted to report my PB UK common at 37-8. I’ve been after this fish for a couple of years and as you can see from the photos it’s a truly stunning fish.
The estate lake I’m fishing is very weedy and it can be difficult to find areas to put a bait on. I’m always looking out for areas in the weed that are clearer than others, but with the weed already thick in front of me finding what I was looking for took some time. I found a couple of areas I was reaonably happy with but after 24 hours I’d not had a bite and not seen any signs of fish showing anywhere. On the second morning I was just about to cast out when a fish rolled over one of my areas. I cast to it and saw that my rig landed about 15′ short of where the fish had rolled. I reeled in, recast further this time and hey presto – I found a lovely clear spot I’d not been aware of before.
I marked up the distance on my line with pole elastic and in no time I had a bait on that spot. In this case it was a rahja spice pop up over rehydrated rahja shelf life boilies. No surprise when the next morning I had the first of three takes on that rod. The first one was the big common. I also had mirrors – a double and a twenty the following evening.
Just goes to show how important it is to keep watching for any signs that could help turn a blank into a red letter day.
Happy days, Elie G.
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