Any Method as long as it catches

Date fished 6/5/2019
8.45am till 5.30 pm



Today was a trip with an old friend, although it's been that long since I have seen him, I asked him to bring i.d so I knew it was him!!



We decided to fish a new water called Moulton lane pond. Ellis was running late, his alarm clock must be covered in builders sheets, so I arrived on my own to the fishery. It looked good. Dips for nets, an area for parking and a big sign saying " booked for a match"
Great!!



Plan B was needed, so I called the big man, Ellis not God, and we decided on Sessay to fish The Oaks fishery.

Arriving to 10 lakes, it was time for another decision. I decided not to include Ellis in this, and plumped for Poplars.

I started with the Guru Hybrid feeder, I had bought some elastic attachments and shorter hooklinks so was keen to try it all out. I baited up and cast to the far bank. As I sat keeping an eye on the late ones arrival, my rod hooped over, I was in. I was playing the fish, whilst I waved to Ellis driving in - this had all the signs of a good day!
A lovely carp was my prize, and Ellis arrived just in time to take a pic.

The second arrived whilst Ellis was getting the rest of his kit. We were on for a bumper session!



I still had not set up the float rod. As Ellis set up, I got him sorted with a Hybrid feeder, it had been so long since he fished, he was tying loops in things and not attaching things - it was going to be interesting!
Soon we were both fishing and catching fish. You are allowed to use a keep net up till 4pm, so minus the 2 I had already caught, we were going to see what we could accumulate over the day.

We both started to catch on the float too, a few small perch, Ellis with some bream, it was non-stop action. The fish were like rockets, screaming away so powerfully. Several times we thought we had a British record Carp, only for 1 lb bullet to pop up on the line. They did not give up either, fighting till the end and nearly pulling rods in. Ellis decided to use both on the feeder as it was too difficult to concentrate on a float and catch a rod being pulled in!

It was clear that the pellet feeder was working really well. There were times when it landed in the water and was away before the rod was on the rests, there were times we were both in at once, there were times Ellis had 2 on at once!

This carried on all day. I swapped and changed with the float rod and caught steadily on that too, well nearly steadily there were times that rod was nearly pulled in too! I caught on worm, sweetcorn and maggot. We had been feeding a tight area, and the fish were definitely feeding there.

Ellis had been throwing some bread in on the surface and nothing had happened to it all day, soon a slurp noise was heard. The carp had found the bread.

Ellis switched to a surface bait set up and was soon stalking carp under a bush. After about a minute, his line tightened and he was playing a nice carp from the surface. The net was getting full and we guessed 30 fish by now were in it.

As we approached 4pm, our arms were aching and we had done well. Pulling up the net, it was a struggle to lift. 50 fish in total, the weight unknown! Answers on a postcard.

The rain then came, but it didn’t dampen our spirits, we were both now stalking carp on the top, and soon had both caught a couple like this. The rain got heavier and still the carp took bread off the top.


Some of Ellis's video footage of me floating bread fishing.

It was a great session, about 60 fish between us. It definitely gives you a boost to catch all day long, on different baits and methods. We will be sure to keep you all updated on the Guru Hybrid Feeders when we use them for Chub on the Swale, SHHHH! That’s a secret!!