Diary Entry

My First Diary Entry. Went to Bromswell Lakes for a well earned fishing trip. Lovely warm Autumn weather, but no fish ! Not a great start to my on line fishing diary. I can't try out my new app to add fish captures to a Google map of the fishing venue now. Oh well, maybe next week...As I was driving to the lake the sun suddenly came out and I got the feeling I w...

Great Day Out With Sam. Took Sam fishing today at Bromswell Lakes. We caught loads of carp in the very hot humid sunshine, and generally had fun. There was hardly any wind, and it felt very clammy. We stayed until it got dark, mainly so I could make sure I caught more fish than Sam...We set up, or rather I set up (Sam doesn't k...

First fishing trip of the year. After all the effort of developing this fishing diary, it then went freezing cold for months on end. This weekend has been the warmest in nearly six months, a wopping 8 degrees. What is happening to this countries weather ? It was bright sun shine all day long, with light w...

...a tentative run on the ledger, and was into something very heavy and slow moving. I played the fish for a few minutes, when it zoomed towards me, and because I didn't reel in fast enough, it spat out the hook with the aid of a slightly slack line. I would have cursed my luck (or rusty fishing skills) even more if I had realized at the time that this would be the one and only bite I would get all day. It was nice sitting in the sun after such a long, bitter winter, and I even got a tan, but the fishing was terrible. I'm not sure it is worth the drive for this fishery.

Rather Good Start To The Fishing Year. Today I decided to return to Marsh Farm Fishing lakes, even though it was very windy, the forecast said it would be 19c. This would be the third fishing trip of 2013 and I desperately wanted to actually catch something. I had fined down my tackle to 8lb mainline, with a 7lb low diamete...

Back To My Normal Level Of Success. Back to further my success of the other day, I returned to the same swim where I caught the biggest fish I have ever caught. While not (surprise surprise) emulating that glory, I did never the less have an enjoyable day's fishing.After a couple of hours at this swim with only skimmer bites, I decided to move to the other end of the lake, to another known hot spot, on the back of the cold wind. It looked reasonably promising, and I caught three small fish. While I was sat there, I noticed a dead fish floating on the s...

Fishing In A Cold Spring Wind. The cold wind off the sea is still blowing and I was in full winter clothing. I dream of a warm sunny day where I actually have to put sun cream on and do not have to struggle to keep warm.I'm pretty sure that the cold wind is killing the fishing, which is a shame ...

Bank Holiday Fishing Trip. I was really looking forward to today, thinking it was going to be nice and warm, but the wind was bitterly cold, and as usual I was covered from head to toe in thermal clothing.I really could do with a good trip soon. This one was boring, cold and not much fun at all. I was tired and ...

Early Bird Catches The Carp. With enormous personal sacrifice and strength of character I got up at 5.am Saturday morning to go to Bromswell Lakes, as I was due to go out to Sproughton Beer Festival in the evening, and wanted to get in a decent days fishing first.I made it to the lake at 6.45am, and because I had tied my rigs the night before, and set up the ledger rod, I was fishing within 10 minutes. Major success. The rest of the morning was an epic fail. I lost at least two carp into snags, got snapped several times, missed countless bites,...

Its Summer And The Fishing Is Easy. Today started slowly with quite a few bream, and gradually got better. There is still a cold wind which is uncomfortable to sit in, and it looks likely to taint the whole summer. The coldest winter in 50 years means that the North Sea is well below its normal temperature, meaning ea...