bigkipper, on the bank........

Mac · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

Nice one Kips..........chuffed for ya

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bigkipper · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

cheer`s fella`s

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richchappy · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

nice fish mate, and great milestone... now for the 50th
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bigkipper · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

FEELING AT HOME.

well after the success of my first trip back on the canal, i new it would not be long before i ventured back to pit my wit`s against`s these magnificent canal fish. and with Luke not deterred after his first blank night on the canal we made are plan`s.

Luke talked about baiting a couple of swim`s for us to concentrate on, but i told him that i have tried this before and it didn't bring me any extra fish, just a bigger hole in my pocket. i went on to explain that we are fishing for one bite a sesh and that big beds of bait were not the way to go, trap`s baited with just enough bait for one fish was all that was needed.

three bait stringer`s and thirty bait`s around each rig was the order of the day. it`s the same tactic that caught my 40th carp from the canal and one that has accounted for a fare number of all the other`s that Ive banked.

the bait was going to be my home made tiger and maple this is what had worked on that first sesh back so this is what i would stick to.
3kg was rolled on Wednesday night enough for us to put a little out on Thursday evening and leaving enough for us to fish with on Friday and Saturday night.

worked dragged on Friday and i couldn't wait to get on the canal, 6.30pm and Luke arrive`s at mine and the gear`s soon in his car. i say my good bye`s to NW and the kid`s and we are on our way. a two mile drive and we pull in to the car park. gear loaded on our back`s and we make the short walk to our chosen swim`s... i fished the same swim as last Saturday and Luke moved to my right for this night. two of my bait`s were to placed as tight to the far margin wall as i could get them and the third rod would be fished tight to the bank that we were fishing. Luke`s swim had some nice feature`s a barge mored opposite and a jetty. one rod on the jetty for him and one either side of the barge.

with the light starting to fade i wondered if i would bag another carp, and to be honest a blank was on the card`s, a couple of beer`s were cracked open and more than a few fag`s smoked, 10pm and it`s time to retire for the night as i closed my eye`s i did hope that Luke would get in to one.

11.55pm and I'm woken by a twitchy take on me left hand rod, bloody snotty`s i thought as i climbed out of me bag. in second`s i was next to the rod but the bobbin had stooped moving, i could hear a voice in my head screaming HIT IT!!!!!!!! so i did......... fish on..... a steady battle commenced and i wasn't sure what the culprit was, it was certainly pulling hard and taking a bit of line. this couldn't be another carp surely.

ten yard`s out and deep swirls are seen in the moon light,a steady pressure is kept on her and she`s in the net, thank god for that. on the mat and head light on. what a stunner i thought as the light reflected back of the flank`s of a pristine canal liner. on the scale`s and she`s 13.8....but what a fish and my second in two over night session`s.

Luke finished the night with another blank, but was still keen to do Saturday night.

Saturday night was very quiet and i didn't have so much as a bleep and nor did Luke, but that`s just the way it goes on the canal with so much water they could be any where, i know the spot`s but that`s not to say I'm going to be on fish.......but I'm feeling at home once more on the canal and i cant wait for the next sesh.

sacked for the night and photoed at first light.
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Mac · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

Clonking stuff me 'ol mucka

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CHADDY321 · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject:

Well done BK..... cracking looking fish that fella

carpmanjay · Gold Member Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1147

Well done BK!!

at this rate it wont be long until you hit into one of the biggies!!

you are making this canal fishing look easy!

Onions · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

what a beauty

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NOSEY WIFE · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

your doing good bk since you didnt really want to go back to the canal

good write up and stunning fish

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bigkipper · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

having fun......

well i haven't been dangling for a while, a problem with the car has put paid to that. so when me mate luke offered to take me and NW to a lake of are chose to do a bit of carping, well the offer was to good to pass up.

NW hasn't been out on the bank since march and i know she was relay looking forward to it as i was. baby sitter sorted for the kid`s and enough bait rolled for the day. a trip on Saturday morning to me local farm supplies to get some pellet and we are sorted.

it wasn't going to be an early start as the baby sitter was not arriving until 10am. gear sorted on Saturday night and bait out of the freezer. Sunday morning and were raring to go, luke arrives at 9.30am and the gear is soon in the car. the baby sitter is running behind and will be a little late, but that`s alright there`s no rush.

finally we are on are way..... the water we are fishing is 7 acer`s and stuffed with carp of all size`s most of which are single`s but there is a few double and a couple of 20`s. the idea though is to have fun and get a bend in the rod`s. as we pull in to the car park it is clear to see that it`s busy....very busy there`s a match on and one bank is rammed with angler`s as we walk we realize that the other bank is much the same and filled with day ticket fisherman.

as we round the bend we see that the bay at the far end is free so without going any further we turn back to get the tackle. back at are swim`s for the day the task of setting up the rod`s begin`s. bait on and the first cast is made. rod`s in place and it`s time to see how NW is getting on.

time`s ticking on and nether of us has had a fish, there`s sign`s of fish spawning so this could be the reason. with that me middle rod is away and i pull in to a fish, a couple of thumps and it`s off. grrrrrrrrrr. rod back out and time for a fag. half an hour pass`s and the bobbin on the left hand rod pull`s up tight.....fish on...... this one`s soon in the net and a cracking little mirror is soon unhooked and returned. a couple more carp later and it all goes very quiet. NW is still to catch but i know it want be long before she`s in to one.

well she did get in to one and another one but i will let her tell you about them.

time was running out as luke was coming back to pick us up at 6pm. the last hour was frantic as the carp found the bait on the bar and the bobbin`s just kept on dancing. i finished the day with nine carp landed and one lost, nothing big but all great fun.

and that`s what it`s all about fun fun fun, we both had a cracking day and it was great to be back on the bank and get a few fish out.

this is the sort of fish that make for fun day`s fishing.

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carfty carper no15 · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

nice one and a good write up

wuzy · Active Member Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 238

Well in fella, your on a roll now

Mac · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:54 am Post subject:

carpmanjay · Gold Member Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1147

well done BK nice write up too.

carpmanjay · Gold Member Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1147

And i bet you enjoyed that free takeaway lol

bigkipper · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

yep i sure did

meat feast pizza with garlic mushrooms

had the day off work today so went fishing, catch report coming soon.

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you lucky sod!!!!!!

bigkipper · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

day off.......

well i had a day off work today and i had planed to fish last night and today.......

i had booked myself in for 24 hour`s on one of me local water, a phone call to NW to get some bait out of the freezer for me and I'm all set. by the time i get home from work it`s lashing down and getting heaver by the minute. GREAT this place fish`s it`s head off in the rain and there`s only one swim i want peg one, this swim control`s the water from the inlet pipe and when it`s raining hard the carp really love to get in there in there number`s.

i was told on the phone by phil the owner of the lake that there was another angler fishing the night, so i was hoping that he would be in one of the other swim`s but just encase he was in peg one then there`s only one other i would fish and that would be peg 6, this is opposite swim one and has a rather large plato out in front of it.

I'm at the lake by 7pm and the carper fishing the night is in the swim i was after.... not to worry i think to myself peg 6 will do me. first thing`s first and thats to get the stealth up so i have somewhere dry to put my gear. the rain is coming down by the bucket load and i know a change of clothes is on the card`s. stealth out of the bag and I'm screwing in the storm pole`s when mister i own the whole lake cos i was here first pipe`s up and say`s you cant fish there Ive got a bait on the plato cripes!

well I'm socked to the skin battling with me brolly and am not responding how this so called carper would like me to. to cut a long story short i lost my rag and went on a right one. with plenty of abusive language. i phoned phil and told him what was going on. he said he would have a word with him as the plato belong`s to peg 6. but it was to late i did not want to fish now, i was shaking with anger and if i stayed, there would be a carper floating face down in the lake by morning. so i left and went home...

i woke up this morning and thought that i was not going to let that idiot spoil my day off so the gear was back in the car and i was on my way to our club lake. Ive got my work cut out as this lake has a no boilies no particle no pellet and only half a kilo of bait per angler rule and to top it all off it`s one rod only

a quick walk round and there`s no sign of carp. so a swim is picked on past capture`s. it`s clear to me within a couple of hour`s that Ive made the wrong chose. as Ive seen two carp bosh out at the other end, so it`s gear on the barrow and a move for me. set up in my new pitch i can see a few carpy shape`s under the surface, a plan start`s to form as i lightly scatter some corn next to the pad`s. a stalking rod is soon set up and a rod for bottom bait`s also. I'm going to keep feeding corn in small amounts and then every hour give it a go for an hour. that will give me a chance to see if i can get one off the top.

there`s a couple of good carp on the far bank taking what appears to be tiny yellow leave`s cripes!

so a couple of grain`s of pop up corn are placed on the hook. net and mat are soon in hand and as i make the short walk to the other side, as i approach i can see one of the carp clearly...it`s a big fat common and it look`s like it`s well up for it, i sneak in to position and flick my offering to a small patch of pad`s.

with that my phone ring`s it` NW seeing how I'm getting on, I'm in the middle of stalking a clonking common i tell her. all of a sudden a dirty great pair of lip`s come out of the water and suck down my fake corn. before i can react the corn is rejected and the two carp that were there disappear.. boohoo

back at my swim with my tail between my leg`s it`s time to give the bottom bait a go for an hour, and wait for my next chance on the floater`s. well that chance did not come as the wind picked up and made it impossible to spot um. a couple more likely looking spot`s were primed with corn and would be checked regularly. kettle on and time for a fag. it`s almost 1pm and my rod on the pad`s is away, well i wish it was away but instead the carp made a beeline for the center of the Lilly`s before i could get a hand on the rod. the pad`s put up a right good scrap and i manèged to get at least six of um out but no carp

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time to check me other spot`s. there`s a carp feeding on one of them so it`s back to get me rod and net, a small pva bag is slipped on to the hook and lowered in to position (light blue touch paper and stand well back). no sooner is the rod in the rest and I'm thinking of my next move when it`s away.... FISH ON..... I'm not messing around with this one and it`s in the net before it know`s what`s going on. the scales tell me that it`s a little over 8lb not massive but it`s a start... pic taken and she`s slipped back.

back at me swim i replace the rod back on the pad`s and put the kettle on. before i can put the sugar in me cup a screaming delkim grab`s my attention. on it in a flash and carp number two is on it`s way to the net, a little bigger this one at just over 9lb. i couldn't buy a bite after that and it was nearly time to pack up. last thing to put away is me rod and a good job to as a funny take result`s in a last minute crusian of 2lb 8oz.. get in there.

some pic`s

the lake

the swim

the fish

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Mac · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:10 am Post subject:

Fantastic write up BK

Not sure I would have been so patient with Mr carper on your 1st night Mwraahaha

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Rooney!!! · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Well in Si...

Especially pleased for ya on those canal captures bud... It's so rewarding when you know there's not many in there eh?

What a cracker that linear is... cripes!

Brilliant write ups mate... Should be doin some college work but had to stop and read the lot... Makes me wish I could get out there

, but reading your reports is definitely the next best thing... Cheers mate...

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