I got up at the crack of 7am and headed straight to the lake before even having a coffee. It was warm, bright and sticky even at that time, so I was not too optimistic. I headed to the swim with the square bay at the back of the lake, where I had seen, previously the night before, a giant (5 foot) swirl of water disturbed by some monster of a carp.
But nothing happening. I again used the stalking approach, and eventually ended up on the large open lake that I have never fished before. I dropped a bait in about 2 feet from some reeds in the margin, and eventually got a hard fighting 8lb carp. I continued until lunchtime, had a few tentative bites, but caught nothing else.
I returned for an evening session after having a sleep at the tent, but nothing happened at all for hours. What the hell has happened to the fish ? Where are they ?
