05/02/2024
First outing in a while and was great to catch up with me good mate Tony Wilkinson. Today took us on West Sooty and for me Peg 15 opposite the car park.
Very slow start quite a few knocks but no takes was starting to get a bit worried so decided to take a walk over onto Big Max just to see if anyone else was catching and they were.
Went back to me peg and made a few changes bait wise put on a 8mm Orange Wafter by Dynamite Baits and used a 28g Guru Hybrid Feeder within 10mins tip wrapped round with my first carp of the day a beautiful 11lb 11oz Mirror then Tony gets stuck into a 12lb 6oz Common within 10 minutes and literally me tip wrapped around and nearly took off me rest to amazement after playing it for 15mins eventually getting it into me landing was an absolute munter of a Mirror weighing in at 18lb 7oz and a New PB for me. Another carp graced me net to just under 10lb. All in all a great days fishing was had by all and all caught on the Hybrid feeder. All ready looking forward to Saturday’s Rover at Old Hough!!🎣🎣🎣🎣
18/11/2023
Just popped out for a few bits and bump into this guy none other than Andy May, top guy 🎣🎣
22/10/2023
Well yesterday didn’t go to plan as expected, so road trip to Lloyds Meadow in Mouldsworth only to get there to find where I wanted to fish the banks were underwater due to the floods and deemed to dangerous to fish, so plan was a phone call to Mel at Old Hough Fishery in Middlewich which changed the day completely.
Having spoken to Mel he said there was a few pegs on West Sooty which was the Big Specimen lake where the Carp and Catfish start at 10lb upwards and boy the place never failed me.
So peg 15 was home for the day kept nice and simple 10ft Bomb Rod 8lb main line to a 9lb 15inc hook length size 14 Hook on a Band pinging out 8mm Pellets constantly to the bar within 20mins boom tip wraps round with a double figure Carp on so out of match mode trying to bully it out and risk losing took me it and eventually got it in, had no scales but as a guess I’d say 14lb Mirror and a lovely looking well maintained specimen not a mark on it and it’s lips in tip top condition as were the rest I examined on the bank with my wet carp mate underneath. Next take just took me across the lake and then pulled out after that with constant pinging pellets in 6 more Carp graced my landing net 2 in the region of 18lb and the rest ranging from 12lb upwards.
Overall an amazing day in the end with great advice off Mel and was lovely to catch up with him and Leonie
22/10/2023