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| Mike and Harry Fishing Again...? |
Yesterday, the rain came down by the bucketload; the M25, M40, M4 and M11 all had problems throughout the afternoon and evening, water ran as rivers down country roads and cascaded into reservoirs and lakes all over the south-east.
Yes, as you can probably tell, I am laying substantial foundations in an attempt to excuse the fact that we blanked today on out first Pike Fishing trip of the season. Whether the rain caused the lack of Esox action or the high water temperatures (53F) or the bright sunshine I have no idea but only a couple of fish were caught all day on a water that certainly holds a few decent fish including some very nice perch.
Harry and I neither saw a fish, felt a fish or smelled a fish - all day - and we tried just about everything.
Dead baiting didn't produce, neither did trolled or drifted lures. We tried the deeper dam end, the shallower sanctuary end and most points in between, hunting high and low for features that might hold fish - even jacks.
It is a sad fact that fills me with dismay, disdain and self-loathing, but not much of any of those really, that I was pleased to hear that almost everybody else had also blanked. No, I'm not really that self centred - it was just one of those days that for whatever reason know only to themselves - the fish decided to stay away.
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| Not much else to do.... |
It happens, for what it's worth I think it was the large influx of dirty water into the reservoir yesterday that affected the pike and stopped them feeding. But we'll never know will we? I suppose that's part of the fun.
Fun. Yes, I remember that.
Dave Mutton drove a long way in the rain to facilitate this event, my thanks to him and his daughter for their efforts and for an opportunity for an early season attempt at the fish.
