A Double Up Resulting in My Target Fish and Another Cracker...

I got to the water late yesterday after work and immediately there were signs of the carp and catfish spawning. I put the rods out on the chosen spots both hookbaits being the cell pop-ups. Using my throwing stick I baited up each rod with a handful of boilies.

Morning arrived in a flash with me having no takes and Ryan managing the only fish of the evening which was a 16lb 6oz common on Dynamite Monster Tigernut boilie.

6AM and a bait change for myself with each rod being a Monster Tigernut boilie tipped off with a yellow artificial maize and with another handful of boilies using the trusty throwing stick.

7AM and my right alarm signals a screaming take, a short fight ensued and later netting my target fish which was a fully-scaled mirror. The fish is down on weight as a result of spawning and is usually a low thirty.

As we netted the fully-scaled my left rod screamed off and this fish seemed a lot more lively than the previous one. A lovely golden heavily plated mirror graced the net to complete my double-up.

Target fish at 26lb 5oz

17lb 8oz Mirror

Lunch Time Surprise

After deciding to go and have a quick look at the water during lunch, to my surprise I found them under a tree and spawning hard and fast....
Hoping tonight they'll get their heads down for a bit of CELL.....