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Fishing at Cefn Mably Sunday May 26th 2013
DIR By: Voodoo
Date: May 30, 2013, 2:36 am
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The sun was shining bright and at 7am it was already feeling
warm so i was looking forwards to a nice day at our local Carp
fishery, Cefn Mably Lakes. When we arrived there was already a
couple of people set-up at the over flow pond so we quickly
grabbed the swims we wanted and prepared for our fishing
adventure. My mother was the first one to cat6ch fish and
started the day as she meant to go on by landing a couple of
nice size mirror carp around the 3 to 4 lb. mark and Brian was
second to follow up with some larger Mirrors and a few common’s.
I had started off catching a few small Rudd and Bream and then
hooked a pretty little mirror carp around 3lb. The second i
hooked into was a huge one and when it ran it took off half way
across the pond and then snapped my line. It hen decided to put
a stronger rig on in case i came a cross it again. It must have
been a good size as the rig i was using had 15lb main line with
a 6 lb. hook line. We all continued to catch quality fish for
most of the morning and and all caught our selves a little chunk
topping with Brian’s best at around the10 – 11 lb. mark with
both myself and my mother catching close to the 9 lb. mark.
Around lunch time the swims went quiet and i wasn’t surprised as
it was starting to get very hot sat there in the sun and even
though i had put on factor 30 sunblock i was still burning on my
forearms. When the swims went quiet and i saw a couple of carp
playingaround the reeds i decided to stalk them and snuck along
the bank to place a small piece of meat soaked in halibut just
in front of them. it was a little awkward as i was squeezing
between two trees but it soon paid off as the smaller of the 3
snatched my bait and off it shot. It weighed around about 5 or
6lb so wasn’t massive but put up a geed fight. There were a lot
of families up at the lake as it was bank holiday and quite a
few with kids. Its nice to see the youngsters paying an interest
in the sport but just some times i just wish they wouldn’t run
about screaming, enough said on that one. Even though the swims
had gone quiet my mother continued to catch a few carp whilst we
stopped and had lunch.then around 3.30 – 4 pm the second feed
begun and the swims started to liven up again. With a small but
steady flow of feed i managed to get the carp competing against
each other and managed to get myself some tidy fish. My best of
the day was just before we had decided to pack up and i managed
to get my self a little 8 or 9 lb. common that gave me a right
good scrap. We all continued to catch right up to packing up
time at around 7 pm and really enjoyed our little fishing trip.
Considering i had decided to only fish the pole and left all my
other tackle at home i have to admit i had hours of fun and miss
the match fishing techniques at times. Ok i do enjoy fishing for
the larger carp and look forward to the fight of the fish and
feeling your heart in your throat but you have just as much fun
with the smaller fish and catching quantity as well as quality.
Cefn Mably lakes is a great fishery and one that i recommend any
fisherman to give a try. they have plenty of lakes to choose
from offering specimen and pleasure angling to all ages and i
for one can’t wait till my next visit and adventure…
Wet Nets & Tight Lines …..
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