FLOATER FISHING LESSON FOR GARY

Aaron Williams and Darren Allain fished last Sunday day time and caught an incredible number of fish between them. When I arrived, with my new camera, Darren was busy playing one of his fish, a pretty little common, seen here.

Once the fish was returned I enquired how many the duo had caught. They had lost count at 25 fish, incredible!!! they caught 3 while I was there.

Now I think I know what I am doing with the floater gear but when someone looses count how many fish they have caught in a day I'm all eyes and ears, so I stayed long enough to do some spying!!

These two really impressed me with their seagull trick which was to put some floaters out with a throwing stick. This seemed to send the gulls out further, out of the way long enough to catch the next fish, very crafty that. Even just waving the throwing stick side to side had the same effect. Until I saw it I wouldn't of believed it would work. They had also come prepared with enough floaters to feed the ducks of, which is a trick I know, although on Sunday the ducks were not a problem but still exceptional angling to come prepared.

To keep catching throughout their session they had to keep changing their hook baits, alternating from pellet banded pellets to pop-ups and other little rig and bait changes.

Taking it in turns to feed or catch the next fish also kept the fish going without the pressure of lines constantly in the swim. In fact there just didn't seem to be any hurry to keep even one rod out, which let the fish get more confident so the take was quicker. As I've said these two anglers were very impressive. Even when they had a take there was no panicking, simply letting the fish hook them selves, really casual!!

All I can say is well fished and thanks for the lesson. Cheers Darren and Aaron.

There was a lot of fish caught from Saturday to Sunday this week, approximately 30-40 fish as well as what Darren and Aaron caught. It seems they have had enough of spawning now and have been feeding up a bit. I just came back from the lakes tonight and saw several feeding fish working out in the margins on the syndicate bank, the stock pond bank and of course in the shallows. There was also a lot of fish cruising about in the open water which would of definitely been catchable on the floaters.

It still surprises me that there is hardly anyone fishing mid week. There is loads of time to catch a few in the evenings this time of year, and the mornings are plenty light enough even for an early pack up to get to work on time. I know there is a lot of good opportunities to catch plenty of fish mid week but not many people take advantage of it. Shame really!!!

Any way, that's it for now, look forward to seeing more and more fish caught now they are back on it!!

Gary

Aaron with the carp he was playing earlier