Luckily things began to pick up in the evening, with a screaming run on the bolt rig under the tree of the island, to the right hand side (see map). After a good scrap I had landed a 14 and a half pounder.
Shortly after I had a smaller, but angrier carp on the float, but it got off at the last minute. Gutting. Last thing, I got another large carp, about 13lb, from the usual spot by the up turned boat.