SNS Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 After last year's successful day fishing with Bob Nudd (as a Christmas present for my Brother in law) I decided to repeat the gift last Christmas and the fateful day was last Thursday. Same location as last year, the amazing Decoy Lakes near Peterborough. A full English in a local cafe set us up for the day and we arrived at the lakes for 900am. We spent 20 minutes talking to the owner and showing off my Defender to many interested anglers before Bob arrived. We were set up for just after 10am using Bob's fancy kit and were to fish 'banded pellet', feeding pellets little and often. I hooked a 4lbs carp first cast and had it in the net within a couple of minutes. The light breeze and gentle sunshine made for a pleasant experience- though the 30 or so geese on the next lake did their best to noisily interrupt ! Bites came on every cast. I hit most of them. And landed most of what I hit. It was truly relentless until the rain came about 1 o clock and I had to dash to the car to grab some waterproofs. As the carp slowed down I began to catch barbel instead. And a solitary tench of about 2 lbs. My brother in law is the real angler so naturally I had to keep pointing out I was catching more. To be fair he did waste 10 mins landing a cracking 12lbs mirror carp though. Bob became concerned we were sticking too many fish in the keep nets so told us to start returning everything we caught. We gave up about 400pm as it was actually becoming a little boring (!!!) we were catching so many. We hauled in the keep nets and Bob estimated my brother in law had matched his amazing weight from last year of c150lbs of mainly carp. I then got to mine...... I had 50lbs of barbel alone. And then 150lbs of carp to 8lbs. Plus an amazing (Bob's words) F1 of about 4lbs - beautiful looking fish. 200lbs of fish is something I have just never done before (ignoring a tuna haul in Mexico years ago!). I've attached hopefully a picture of some of them. Bob was concerned I would have a stiff back / shoulder after my exploits. He was right. Lifting my wine glass in the hospitality area at the Game Fair the next day was tough. But I did it. Repeatedly. No idea how I beat this next year ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Thats a serious bag of fish..looks like you enjoyed yourself..nice one..lifes for living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Old Bobs looking tanned and relaxed. There must be some fish in that lake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 He was recently back from 6 weeks fishing in Ireland - tough life ! And yeah, there must be half a dozen or so lakes at the place and they all appear to be absolutely rammed with fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Looks like a top day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 It's the second time I've been fishing in about 15 years. So if I can catch that many it just shows how good a place it is (and Bob is a great coach obviously!!) Have a look at his website if you are interested - he writes up all the days he does like this / puts lots of photos on and I think sets out the pricing etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Great bag. What a legend that man is. (Bob that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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