Carp fishing off the surface

[chrisjpainter]

With the weather so hot and the local club having a lake 10 mins walk from the house, I thought I'd have a bash at some of their carp off the surface with my partner's dad. He armed with the classic bread crust, me with my home made dog biscuit type things. It was pretty warm, but the fish still seemed to take, albeit really fussily. He had a couple and I had one before he had to go to clean his bike or some such lame excuse, although I suspected he may have just seen the forecast for the afternoon... I fished on and had a couple more. Then the heavens opened, so I set a bait rod up and watched the rain drip through the hole in my umbrella. A couple of tench and bream came along, but not much else. Fun while it lasted on a tiny, one acre lake

 

Edited August 15, 2021 by chrisjpainter

[Houseplant]

Always exciting to catch fish off the surface/sight fish. 

[Walker570]

Nothing winds you up more than seeing that big hole appear and your breadcrust dissappear down it.  Great self restraint needed not to strike too early.   Some nice fish there.

[mel b3]

That's a cracking way to spend a few hours Chris 👍. 

[Zapp]

This type of fishing is great fun.  I used to get some thumping Ouse chub early season with freelined bread.