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a freelined worm and single
caster, but I reeled in and I
dragged in quite a bit of weed,
I knew this would be an issue
with presenting a bait even as
light as a worm on, I had to
think fast and all I could gather
is to use a buoyant caster slid
onto the hook but just to the
hook point was just poking out
so when I struck into a fish the
caster would slide round the
shank, and the buoyant caster
would just lift the hook point
above the weed. I casted back
out and within a minute or two
the un-sunken line started to
pull under creating ripples
on the surface, I struck firmly
and found the fish swimming
straight towards me then
darting straight towards the
rope in hopes of getting to
safety. A back and forth fight
eventually led to me catching
another lin with potato peel
scales, and the most perfect fan
tail, and being just over 20lbs.
I had another two stockys one
being a 3lbs common which
had been poked by a heron, and
a carp I would catch another
4 times in the next couple
sessions, and the other carp
being another small mirror.
A Different Approach:
With joining a new bait
company just after catching the
scattered lin, I was wanting to
test out some of the products
and being able to start doing
nights on the lake I would not
be doing my usual stalking
with freelined worms. I had
two nights ahead of me and
had two types of boilies with
me (one fishy and one spicy)
along with some small pellets
called the edge pellet. In my
baiting approach was also lots
of corn and chopped worm as to
keep with the natural approach
that had been working for me.
Finding a swim with a couple
fish in a fed quite heavy and
put about 3kg on each spot
as the Rudd will clear most of
the bait (corn and edge pellet)
from the spots. I was using
yellow pop ups as to match
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