As seems to be the way in recent weeks a beautiful morning gave way to a somewhat breezier and overcast afternoon and as we unloaded our tackle as the lakes it was obvious from the waves on the top lake that we would have to seek shelter on the bottom lake.
With very few anglers on the lake we had plenty of choice so we headed for the far end where dad chose to fish the corner peg (furthest peg from the car park) which was probably the most sheltered peg on the lake and I opted for the same peg I fished on our last visit.
I don't really like to return to the same swim time after time particularly on a fishery I'm trying to learn more about but this particular peg fitted the bill for the type of approach I had in mind.
Sitting on the platform there is about 2ft of water at your feet, to your right is a bed of dwarf lillies and to your left is open water, in front the bottom shelves off steeply to a good 15ft.
I tackled up with a Shimano Solstace tip rod and Baitrunner reel, 8lb Maxima and a 6lb bottom, a size 14 hook tied with a knotless knot completed the outfit.
The plan was simple enough, by changing between two different sizes of bomb I would fish at two distances. One swim was at about thirty yards in the deep water and was fed quite heavily with sweetcorn in the hope of attracting some bream, the other swim was close in off the end of the lily bed in shallower water and was fed quite sparingly.
Starting at 30 yards proved a little slow so I gave it another couple of pouches of corn and left it to settle, meanwhile I clipped on the small lead and dropped in on the margin swim.
Shortly the tip went round in a take no prisoners kind of a way and a carp was on, typically the fish initially bolted away from the pressure towards the centre of the lake and was soon under control but then the hook pulled out, great!
Next cast resulted in a tench of about 2lb who failed to bolt for the centre of the lake instead choosing to do his fighting in the centre of the lily bed, great again!
With the tench landed and the near swim disturbed I fed next to the lillies, clipped on the larger bomb and went back out at 30 yards.
After a couple of line bites I had a real one and a decent bream was soon in the net, a pale looking fish of about 4lb, this fish was quickly followed by a three pounder.
Next I was back to the inside swim and I didn't have to wait long before another carp was making his bid for freedom forty yards out, this time the fight went my way without too many concerns and a fish of 10lb+ was on the mat, one of the commons.
Try as I might, after the carp I struggled for bites on both lines and went on to catch just one more tench, dads story was almost the exact opposite.
Dad's swim in the corner of the lake was very calm and sheltered, he had trees extending out into the lake to his right and open water to his left, his set up was very similar to mine and he started by fishing quite close in towards the trees with the option of fishing the open water later on.
While I was catching my fish in the first half of the afternoon dad was sitting biteless, just as the action drew to a close for me dads swim came to life.
Glancing over my shoulder at my fishing position further round the lake I saw dad applying side strain to a good fish so I took a jog round to help with the netting, when I arrived the fish, a double, was close in but fighting well. During a short powerful run from the fish the clutch on the reel seemed to jam resulting in the hooklength breaking near the hook, real bad luck as the fish was very nearly beaten.
Undeterred dad, by now fishing the open water, went on to catch a 3lb bream soon after and then just before we left a common of about 5lb which went some way to making up for the big one he lost.
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