Today was my first trip to Manor farm at Swilland, Ipswich. I caught nine carp (I think, will have to check my notes). It was quite nice weather, cold but with some nice sunshine. The bailiff was very friendly, and I should consider going back there, especially if I want plenty of runs from small carp.
The venue is quite remote, but not very far from Sproughton. The bailiff was very friendly, and said that the carp got to about 15lb, and responded well to bread off the top, and luncheon meat, which was handy !.
I think I will go there next week because it's easy to catch carp, even though the average size seems quite small. There was an extremely tame duck that hassled me for ages while squeeking at me in a really cute way. Luncheon meat caught most of the carp, though I had a few bigger carp (get off) later in the evening on fishy (crab) boilies, hair-rigged.
