This year I took a lot more time walking and watching than I normally would on any lake I have fished. After a couple of months I worked out where the fish like to "live" and the patrol route they would use to access the main body of water. I found an unfavoured, unfished, swim and located a presentable area that the fish would have to pass. The baiting began in May and I decided to go in heavy to help remove the silkweed on the near side of the feature. The spot was just big enough for two rods to begin but it grew over the following months.
I baited for 6 weeks and by mid June I decided the time was right to start fishing the area, luckily I had managed to keep everything real quiet and no-one had noticed what I had been doing. The weed in the swim was savage between the bank and the spot so tips up, strong braid and tight lines were needed. Being a weekend angler made things difficult due to the lake being busy and people would drop into the swim as a last resort but luckily no-one caught from the area to my knowledge as most anglers would fish the more obvious areas of the swim.
I started getting to the lake as early as possible on a Friday to be sure I would get into the swim and get rigs on the spot as early as possible in the evening to intercept the fish moving back into their "home". The fish were confident eating on the spot and I took full advantage catching a few small commons on the first couple of sessions. As time went on the fish got larger and I managed a few of the sought after ones such as, the original common which I caught twice in 3 weeks at 45lb 6oz & 46lb 5oz. The Leney which was stocked in the 1950s, C Scale, and a rare one known as the one pec common. These were backed up by a number of smaller but equally rewarding captures.
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