Re: Pretty Lake, Stanstead Abbotts
Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 3:28 pm
I was with you in spirit last night David, I did say that Pretty Lake can be hit and miss. You will be rewarded with a decent catch on a future visit I am sure, hopefully not next to the chap with the mountain of gear. I will keep in touch and we will hopefully fish together in a few weeks.Corneybury wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 11:55 pm So another visit to this ‘pretty lake’, this time in the evening. Tried bread and sweetcorn (alternating), float fished on bottom over lilypads. Lots of knocks, twitches and float raising, surrounded by bubbles. Net result, one six inch roach. Bloke next to me had bream to 3lb, tench and one nice carp. Oh well...
On the plus side (for me), he had about two tons of tackle which he had stored on a giant luggage trolley type affair at his swim. This is not my idea of fishing - I have a rod bag and a small tackle box cum seat. I asked him what he was using and got the monosyllabic reply ‘meat’. He did not seem to want to elucidate on this sage advice, so I left him and his giant tackle mountain to go home and lick my wounds.
Memo to self, must bring ‘meat’ next time - steak?, leg of lamb?, burger?
. Bloke next to me had bream to 3lb, tench and one nice carp. Oh well...