Well, I am quite impressed with myself. This is by far the earliest that I have gone fishing in years. It was a beautiful sunny day, with quite a breeze, so I decided to head for the sheltered Bromswell Lakes. There are absolutely no leaves on the trees yet, and not much sign of life under water.
Which is where my new sonar fish finder came in. Except it was a bit crap. The screen was fuzzy and it was difficult to see what was a fish. And crucially, it is a commercial fishery - we know there is going to be fish in the vicinity. But the real question is - where are the big ones ? Which this does not tell you.
I went to the usual spot at the end, and float fished, mainly because my carping reel was broken.
I only had one bite all day, and that produced an 8lb chubby and fairly short common.
So, to sum up, the good points were:
- My new carping barrow was a success and made getting to the bank much easier
- The sonar fish finder is probably not going to be much use.
- Going fishing in March it is possible to catch carp, however fishing is probably better in the mid day sun that the usual twilight witching hour, presumably because the water is at its peal temperature.
Its a shame that I never got to try out my new Wychwood Carp Rod, take a look, its pretty cool.
