21/11/2021
Big Well done to Team Member Steven Gregg. Who has just sent me over his last 2 catch reports from this month with one being Steven's New PB weighing in at 35lb 7oz and the Lakes Venues Biggest Fish!!
I will leave the rest to Steven and heres what he had to say...
November 1st - 5th bells mill winter Banger
After booking a little bit of contemplating what peg to book I decided to go for peg 1 due to it being a double peg and due to the fact it gave me a wider piece of water to go at, upon arrival I noticed that fish were fizzing up in about four, five different spots,
Obviously being the angler I am I wanted to drop a rod straight on them, however from what I've learnt the fish are easily spooked and I didn't want to run a risk of spooking my swim.
So I decided I would chose a completely separate spot to where I had seen them fizzing, as I sat there gazing across the lake looking for somewhere to set the traps I spotted the bubbles mid lake the airator was active I know that this would be the perfect way of spreading the scents of my bait through the whole water collom and my whole swim including the fizzing carp.
So It began unfortunately my RJL BAITS stash is running dangerously low so I had Brought some simple bread crumb from the local tackle shop and a couple pints of h**p and maggot, I then crushed around 40 boilies till they were literally powder not a grain was present, I then used the last of my nutcrunch glug from many moons ago in a bid to create a mix that would keep them coming back for morex after mixing all of these together I filled up around 15 pva bags rammed to the brim with the deadly combination, and set off on my quest for a bells mill beast,
I flicked the one rod which was equipped with a banana pop up ( RJL BAITS) and pva bag with the super mix around a rods length away from where the airator was fizzing up.
I placed the next mid lake accompanied with another jam packed solid pva bag.
I then began to hand ball some more of the mix this time into the airator in a bid to spread the scent far and wide but the rods didn't move at all unfortunately I had managed to break my alarms which were now not working and have a soaking wet bed so I was going to abort the fishing trip and leave on a blank when it finally happened, around 2.30pm I was chatting away with he owner and a couple other anglers when the red began to buzz not a screamer just a slow lift of the bobbins and a couple dings of the delk the drop back was slow, I lifted the rod gripping the spool with my forefinger and gave a little strike as I struck I new I'd made contact the rod doubled over and I was thrust into battle, the fight felt personal not irratic or spontaneous it felt planned almost asif this fish had an escape plan with deep lunges I felt my heart rate increase as the line pinged the fins of my opponent, another 10 minutes of a back and forth rug of War she rolled across the surface I instantly thought wow she looks big I felt the excitement rush over me my heart began pounding I knew it was the moment of truth sash lunged forward to scoop the almost defeated opponent but he had other ideas with a deep powerful lunge I was back in action again for another (what felt like an hour) 5-10 minute battle before she finally gave up the angry monster had finally sircome to my charm and was in the back of the net sulking in the margin,
Jon had been talking about a carp just five minutes before I hooked up stating the mirror that had gone in in May hadn't been seen since and as he looked in the net he was looking at the exact fish they were talking about all 26lb of her.
What a session it was, to have caughy this beauty in early November after the venue hadn't chucked a fish for a couple of weeks but the RJL baits doing the business even when the going is tough 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Well what can say other than I'm know the lake record holder at bells mill fishery and this is where it all began, I had been asked by a pal of mine to do a 48hour social down at bells mill fishery which we are both winter ticket holders.
Im not very clued up on the peg choices but he was fishing in peg 4 so I decided on peg three, so the social could commence, upon arriving at the lake I had a wonder down to the peg and was happy with the pot luck peg I was situated in between the two islands and a over hanging Bushes to my right and left, the whole picture screamed fish so I began doing what I know I had already pretied pva mesh bags with RJL BAITS super mix from a previous session which was going to be my tactic of choice bags and naturals (maggots) as the rules in winter are maggots only and a maximum of two pints per day, with using the mesh bags it gave me the means if discreetly getting bait on the spot without causing to much disruption to the swim, I placed one on either point of the island just a little further off, I almost instantly began to get liners so I knew the fish were there and was just a matter of time till once stumbled up with forty minutes the delk began screaming I dived towards the rod but I reached out and it dropped dead I still lifted into it in desperation but to no prevail what ever it was had done me.
I sat there devastated, confused on what had just happened investigating the rig looking for the culprit but it looked fine I still don't understand why it dropped it but it did,
I decided it was pot luck that it slipped and decided to stick to trusting the rigs I make and threw it back out reloaded with fresh bait and pva mesh bag on the same spot but as the hours began to roll past my hopes of the spot producing began to fade, so I thought I'd introduce a bit of notice and catapulted around 5 pouch fulls of dead maggots over the top of the spot and within twenty minutes the spot had come to life once again, my pal said it had dropped quiet but when I pointed out my bait he was like deffo feeding down there, but still as the hours passed still no takes but I'd drawn fish into the spot twice I was positive they'd be back.
My buddy had also realised the possibility of a blank was on the cards but I said to him I don't know about uou but Ima bang me out a monster and laughed the blank off, before I knew it was 11 o'clock at night we decided to call it a night and head to bed, after drifting off to the land of nod I heard the alarm melting off I pounced out of bed but the alarm stopped ringing and the bobbin was bsck in reset position I looked at the time which was 2.30am I couldn't belive it I looked at the sky and thought I'll sort it tomorrow looks cold out there (🙈🙈🙈)
And off to sleep I went to then be awoken by an absolute melter tearing across the lake I flew out of bed only managing to half open the door no shoes no sense of direction I just knew it was screaming I hit into the rod and it was instant power action the 10 foot compact folded in half has he made a b line for open water, I knew it was a decent fish from the sheer power he was pulling with deep long lunges jerking the tip towards the surface of the lake the battle seemed to be more extreme in the pitch black with no head torch no shoes haha but my step daughter came to my rescue and brought my light and trainers out for me a few bone shaking minutes later she cracked the surface for the first time and oh wow the scales on her back broke the surface before lunging for the depths once more I said to sash she's a big un she is the power is furnominal I knew she was as excited as I was, she broke the surface once more this time rolling over teasing me with the depth of her belly I knew she was big but I had no idea how big I began to guide her across the cord but she must of gotten spooked and splashed away in a last minute attempt of freedom but sash has been coming fishing with me for years she knows how to handle the net and dashed a double scoop encasing the beast in the back of the net I looked down and swore I knew it was big by the width of her "I've only gone and done it saj" I said her smile said it all it was all the recognition I needed, my buddy came running round to see her sin the net I said to him Ive done it mush he asked how big I reckoned "got to be a 30 bro".
I lifted the net and new it was a chunk the excitement that filled the air was to much to describe even the neighbours had awoken to the commotion,
we dropped her on the scales which rolled straight round to 35lb 7oz I couldn't belive it a new personal best mirror for me to then find out from the owner of bells mill it was a new lake record I couldn't belive my luck the ultimate red letter session for me down at bells mill what a trip 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
What can I say even when the going is tough the RJL BAITS produce roll on the next adventure🎣🎣🎣
