As it is now April and spring is finally here i thought id better try and catch up with a bit of fishing. Ive done a bit here and there but no real effort has been put in over the winter, its just been too harsh. i did 48 hours on the lodges frozen solid in December needless to say that resulted in a blank however since then I've had a day on the lodges, a day at Taylor's and a days trout fishing which resulted in a couple of nice rainbows and a superb brownie of about 2 lbs.

Ive had two fish from the lodges so far this year a pike and a decent crucian. things are on the up =)

Its now 19/5/10 and I've been fishing my head off! I've had my first carp from the lodges, at 13lb a perfect old common caught stalking with an eight foot rod and bread flake was a cracking way to start. A couple of weeks ago my farther and myself took Alan, my dads friend from work as a guest up to the northern water. Alan despite his many years had never caught a big fish. He's a pleasure fisherman who's had some cracking coarse fish up to about 4lb! the day went disastrous (as it always does when you take a guest) with me catching six and my dad bagging one. So tea time arrived and i persuaded the two oldies to up sticks and move. What an evening we ALL had! Alan ran away with the title for best come back in years finally having landed more carp than me and my dad by home time. Whats more his ten carp weighed in at a combined weight of around 90lb! And so the three musketeers made the long journey home feeling satisfied that a memorable day had been had by all.

Last weekend myself and Dave headed back up to the northern water for the weekend and I'm pleased to report that we both had a superb trip landing around 80 fish apiece! I'm even happier to announce that i caught my second twenty pounder. A mirror of 21lb 6oz. Which gave possibly one of the most nerve racking fights Ive ever had.

That's it now I'm in full swing and desperate for more big carp, Ive been baiting the lodges all week with a view to fish over a bed of boilies for the weekend. i shall keep up to date.

Tight lines

nige