Still at it..

I've been plugging away at the Tinca stocks pretty much since april, and for what i had hoped would have been a great spring - turned into being one of the worst for me targeting Tench. Its been a difficult one, the Carp Anglers are still picking up the odd fish on 20mm boilies, which makes me wonder why the fish can resist a concoction of casters and maggots! The effect of the cold winter has dramatically effected the weed growth, and that in turn has turned the usual crystal clear water murky. The weather has also been up and down - which is where I place my blame. I have tried everything, even boilies but it doesnt seem to be alternating the catch returns too much.

I've stuck to my guns on the whole, and perceived with the usual groundbait and maggot feeder attack that I favour. I did cut down on the amount of feed I fed, and also taped up the feeders to slow down the maggot flow, so I could leave them out for over an hour, instead of recasting every 20mins or so.

I have been catching though overall, inbetween a couple of blanks and the eels i've had a few big 8's and a couple of 9's to 9.10 this season. The double has evaded me so far, and it looks like they are spawning any day yet, but I will continue to target them for another few weeks yet, because the water has thrown some biggun's up during the heat of summer. Who knows - they might get their heads down soon!

I have another water that I am looking forward to fishing, it has big eels, Tench and Carp, so i'm going to spool up my new Shimano 10,000 Xtea's with some 12lb Catana, and see what comes along. Fingers Crossed!