Lure Fishing : Hooked again! About time too…
So after a long lay off of around 4 weeks i managed to pick up the lure rod and bag and get out on sunday morning with my good mate Jon. We spent nearly 4 hours roving the river throwing all my fav lures onto my favourite most productive spots… with not a single chase or take! Nothing was happening… barely any movement at all on the river after the rainfall, even the quiet areas that are just off the flow were dead silent. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be! Still it was good to get back out there…
We decided we just needed to catch a few fish, so thought we’d walk over to a lake i know where i always used to get one or two Perch in the evening after work. Arrived there and it looked as good as ever, out of the wind and in shadow… this little cut off from the main lake looked ideal. So i put on a small red spotted spinner and dabbled it in… within two mins the perch were chasing in a pack and going mad. So mad that Jon and I decided to take it in turns catching. Managed 10 takes between us landing 8 of them. Would have been 9 but a lurking monster perch launched into one of them and it came off. Bare in mind normally this spot would produce two maybe three fish and then go dead, this was the best day yet. None of the fish touched a pound but after having a blank on the river it was awesome to catch this many in such a small amount of time.
This tiny inlet on a local lake is one of my fav Perch catching spots and after seeing this hidden monster poke its head out of the reeds i think i’ll be there again very soon!
