Greenridge Farm

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4lb mirror
5lb common

I had a lovely day at Greenridge Farm fishery today beautiful sunshine and lots of incident. Above is a 5lb common carp I caught toward the end of the session, below a 4lb mirror from earlier on.

Before I caught the mirror I lost a good fish when the hook came free, and after the common I again had a good fish on when the line broke near but not at the hook.

A truly beautiful day.

I spoke to one chap when I arrived who told me bluntly ' Whinwhistle's dead'.

The guy fishing next to me caught a lot of fish - he was practicing for a match on Saturday. He was using 14 and 16 hooks with carp pellets.

Ollie told me 6lb to 8lb line is fine for the top lake.

All in all a very useful day. My fish were caught on 5 maggots on a size 12 hook. I also tried corn, spam and expanding pellet. 

For the first carp I had cast long and looked up and thought 'I'm sure I had a float out there last time I looked'. The fish was making a sharp exit along the lake but I caught it just in time.

For the second I had a good strong bite in the near margin and struck it perfectly. The fish put up the strongest fight of any fish I have ever caught.

Comments

  1. Filo8 May 2021 at 08:36

    Seems like you're specialising in catching the most perfect kippers in the pond mate! Well done again!

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    1. Mike8 May 2021 at 23:50

      Cheers bro!

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    2. Unknown9 May 2021 at 02:57

      Nice bit of action Mike. Looking at that 'pea soup' water I'd try a lump of ham/ chorizo served with a slice of bread😆 But seriously I've been having good results on rivers and stillwaters using 'balanced crust' with sausage meat paste or chorizo below (think wafter/ balanced pop up on either large hook or a hair). Hope this helps. Foz

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    3. Mike12 May 2021 at 07:24

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  2. Mike12 May 2021 at 07:27

    As I meant to say - thanks for your interest Foz I'll bear that in mind.

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