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Mark Mann · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

Here you go laddie!!!!

NOSEY WIFE · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

rav what a result hun well done buddy cracking pis and write up

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rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

cheers mark. ill try and get the pic of the other side sorted tomoz, but im off now to bed. i need a good nights sleep. thanks for the kind words people, means alot.

Ghost · Silver Member Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 950

stunning fish and write up Rav,

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richchappy · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:56 am Post subject:

love that pic of the leather, bet you cant wait to get out there again, gonna be a hell of a season for you if you carry on
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bl4cky · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject:

it was a top result rav mate. see you down there in a week or so to put the world to rights again lol. daffi

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rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

about time i updated this i think,

done 5 more nights on carthagena since the start to no avail, well i did loose one in the weed unfortunatley. o well, but i did qualify for the finals of the club carp match, we struggled all weekend, my mate wasnt fishing the most productive spot correctley so i kinda took control of the situation and nicked a fish and also got my mate in on the action aswell and he had one. the place fish badly, alot of good anglers on there really struggled so im chuffed to have gotton through. the fish were taken on a ucn enzyme boilie tipped with a bit of cork to balance it out nicely. fished over a bed of maggots and boilie.

and to say the tactics work, went back there for an overnighter on monday and took 4 more of the smaller fish. bring on the finals i say.

no pics but im off on monday for a sesh so i might get lucky.

tight lines

rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

on a long sesh at the minute. been there since monday, had 3 bite. lost a small common at the net, nailed an absolute beaut and also lost another lump at the net, a certain 30+er, i recognised it as soon as i saw it. will tell you the whole story when i get back.

craftycarper · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject:

Well in Rav

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teynham_carp_angler · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

nice fish

M8

cracking write up too

once again nice one

Mark T-C-A

rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

yet another fish to the ucn enzyme.
26.04
will do a full write up soon, very busy at the mo.

02jlloyd · Zone Addict Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 640

awesome rav

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Mark Mann · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject:

rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

the story of the last fish.

after another 10 blank nights on the lake, i was well and truly banging my head against a brick wall, things were not going my way , i was struggleing and everyone one knew it. sooo frustrating when the fish are all over you but you cant buy a bite. just one of those things i suppose, but anyway, i planned another long session, and i had a different plan of attack. i arrived and found that the swim i had the plans for was free, i tried it out and blanked for another 2 nights, i didnt put much bait out myself, and it wasnt working. i had a ganders round the lake and on arrival to the entrance end, known as pump house bay i found a stack of big fish. and i mean big fish, i saw a huge common which i later found out was one of my main target fish. there in the area and the swim is free, no second thoughts, i was straight in there. i got set up quickly after a few beers with the lads a swim down who was celebrating a new pb. got the rods out by about 9pm. both out on a silt spot at around 30 yards.

early on i had a tench, rod back out and at about 3am it ripped off again, i lifted into what was clearly an angry fish, it stormed up and down a few times before coming up for the net, in the light of my torch i saw a small common on the end then the hook pulled. bit of a gutter but it wasnt one of the big ones so i rest assured that they were still out there. i rest the swim for the day, went round and saw one of my mates daffi, i saw he had his waders so i asked to borrow them, then marched round to my opposite margin, on arrival i was amazed at what i was seeing. see, round that side is a fallen tree, it goes about 20 yards out into the lake, its surrounded by snags and reeds but when you get to the end you can see out across the whole bay. well there was no need to look across the whole bay because right under the end of the tree was 5 big fish, the mint common which is one im after, tango (another big common) and when im talking big these are fish that have done 37,38's, and 3 other very big clean flanked mirrors. certainly 30+ fish. i ran back round to my plot and grabbed my bag of bait, which consisted of crushed ucn enzyme boilies and hemp, pretty simple but i really did not have a clue what i was in for. back out on the tree again i started to put the bait out. i put the best part of 3k out, 10 mins later the fish were back, absolutley troughing. i could not believ it, i have found a spot here i thought.

so later that night i got a bait over there, this is real hard work, it involves casting into the far snags, walking round, finding the lead, tieing your rig on, baiting the spot then dropping the rig out, all whilst standing on a skinny fallen tree. well i got it out eventually, hookbait was a simple trimmed down ucn boilie, tipped off with a bit of cork to balance it all out pukka. i got back round, got my other rod out, as usual a trimmed tiger on the other rod balanced out pukka with a bit of cork, and by 8pm i had my first take off of the spot, funny thing is it wasnt one of the fish i had seen there, it turned out to be the escape artist.(pictured above) and at 26lb this fish is one true stunner, never ever seen scales so big on any fish.

the folowing day i was back round baiting and baiting, i was on that tree for hours, but by the end of it i had the fish almost taking on the drop. i have never ever seen anything like it, and these fish are as hard as it comes, really old fish that have seen it all. well the next morning there was a bit of drama, i had my rod out bang on, of course it went, well it was weeded badly, i kept the pressure on and eventually it started to move, with the weedbed, i got it all the way back and i knew all along there was going to be a problem, i got it back and netted the weed thinking the fish was in it, dropped my rod, but it then appeard that my leadcore leader was looped over my net and the fish was sitting in the reeds a foot infront of me, i saw what fish it was and immediatly paniked, one of the big mirrors i had been feeding. it looked huge, i threw the weed out my net and went about scoooping the fish up, it bolted of and straightned my hook because my rod was still on the floor. i was well and truly gutted. i went on to loose a further 2 fish the following night because of the weed, and before i knew it the week was over.

rigwise, as always i kept it all simple, bit of shrink over the eye of the hook, and a bit 3/4 of the was down the shank. hookbait, on one rod a trimmed down ucn enzyme boilie with a bit of cork and on the other a trimmed down tiger with a bit of cork. and im getting takes on both.

so back home looking at the situation i still cannot believe it, the fish just dropped there guard soo badly, i got through 21k of bait in a week. and im not one for piling it in but thats alot for me.. i will be back for more.

rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

well, since then i have done another 4 nights, for nothing unfortunatly, on both occasions there was someone fishing in the swim where it all happened last time, buts that where the fish were and tbh, i couldnt get close to them, i was just sat waiting in the bottleneck part of the lake waiting for the fish to come through. the one day they come through i got wipped out by the tufties. bleeding things, but im baiting another swim and have seen a few fish over it so next plan of attack might well be in there. off tonight for a few days on the syndicate then a social on brooke lake. cant wait, will be nice to have a change of scenery

Mrmoo · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:33 am Post subject:

Tell em about ya 28lber then mate,one of ya targets,come on,i wanna see this fish,and well done Rav

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Mac · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:59 am Post subject:

Great write up Rav

Unlucky on losing the fish mate

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rav · Zone Addict Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 774

well that fish that i lost at the net, bagged it on thursday night.
to say im chuffed is an understatement.
head like a horse, a good 3 1/2 foot long, fighting machine, of a proper old stunning mirror. well spawned out at 28.08 but im not fussed. its one i really did want from there. it fell to a single enzyme boilie topped of with a bit of cork at 60 yards to a firm clear area in the silt.
dobin, 28.08

to be fair though, the pic has made it look a bit washed out, but the memories are all i need.

Mark Mann · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

good on ya lad i'll be over in the next few weeks!!! save a few for me!!!

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