BUSY BANK HOLIDAY FISHING

Crowded lake, few spare pegs, pressured fifish - not a problem for Matthew Perring, who landed 6 carp and 3 catfifish in a productive session.

BUSY BANK HOLIDAY

I arrived at a very busy day-ticket lake on a bank Öúèà`>fifi ‹iiéiò` Ãú wò` what I expected; only a few spare pegs were left on the lake. So, a walk around èúúéàò} vú¿ √à}ò√ úv w√Ö ‹>√ out of the question. Luckily, I managed to get a spot where a new wind was blowing directly into where I was going Ãú w√Ö∞ ú‹ ÃÖi è>éi bed is just silt, not many depth variations and very few snags or underwater features. So, without the aid of my Deeper, I `iVà`i` Ãú w√Ö >à {x fifi>¿`√∞

HEMP AND MAGGOTS DO THE TRICK

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EYES UNDER THE WATER

ú‹ ÃÖi w√Ö àò ÃÖà√ è>éi àò my experience are easy to spook Vúòw`iòà and >ò` I wanted ´¿iúVV’´ài`them before I threw my baited hooks in. I decided that I would now cast my Deeper sonar out over the bait I had put in to see if they ‹i¿i vii`àò} >ò` Ãú wò` ú’à ¿ú’}Öèfifi Öú‹ ì>òfifi w√Ö were there. The data the Deeper returned to my phone was very interesting. à √Öú‹i` √i¤i¿>è è>¿}i w√Ö feeding over the bait, but it also showed a shoal of √àè¤i¿ w√Ö Ö>ò}àò} >Lú’à in the area and obviously waiting for another spomb of maggots. Unusually for me, I ended ’´ èú√àò} ìfifi w¿√à vi‹ takes. But with a change of rig and hook pattern I was soon into the action. iò`i` ’´ ‹àÃÖ ô w√Ö àò ÃúÃ>è] » V>¿´ >ò` OEOE V>Ãw√Ö∞ I packed away at 10am the following morning and left the lake with a very big smile and some great photos.

Matthew Perring – Deeper Pro Member