FIRST TIME AT BLUEBELL AND IT’S A 44-POUNDER!
Huge common falls to early-morning margin tactics
ADEBUT trip to Bluebell Lakes yielded this 44lb common from the margins for Stephen Green.
Setting up on Kingfisher at the popular Northants day-ticket complex, Stephen went “up close and personal” in the edge.
He said: “I was itching with excitement, fishing a new venue and not knowing anything about the place.
“I had a walk round and decided on fishing Point Two, which gave me a lot of water.
“I got some great advice chatting with venue regular Gary Dennis about the carp in the lake. I found some clear areas in the thick weed but nothing much happened over the first two nights.
“Fish had been jumping in the darkness, and they needed to be investigated.
“On Wednesday morning I climbed a few trees and found a group of fish really flanking in shallow water.
“This is my sort of fishing – up close and personal, setting my traps and keeping quiet, watching how they feed. Nothing happened the first night so I redid the rods... time to sit back and be patient.
“At 7.30am on Friday away went the middle rod off the spot where I had seen them flanking.
“I didn’t hang around too long to get it in the net and I saw my prize in the shape of a new UK pb 44lb common. Two hours later I unfortunately dropped one coming from the same area.”