Syndicate 25.08.13

A few days before my 34th birthday I had been invited to fish the syndicate lake again (thanks Scott). We arrived at the lake around 5.30pm, the lake had been closed for a few days due to an air show on the adjacent field, due to the planes taking off & landing so close to the lake Scott thought it be wise to close it for a few days. We pulled up slightly early and managed to catch a few of the planes landing. After watching them for half an hour or so they all took off into the sky and we were free to start fishing!
First of all we took a walk around the lake to see if we could see any signs of fish movement/feeding and unusually for this lake we couldn't see any clear signs. I once again decided to hit the same spot, which wasn't a bad thing I think too many anglers fish the same spot a couple of times and after not hitting into anything big they decide not to fish there again this however is not the case for me.
It was 8pm before anything happened, Lee's rod screamed off and after a 15 minute battle (which we have become accustomed to on this lake) the first fish was on the bank a cracking 17lb 10 common.

Once again the nut spod mix had worked. After a few quick photos and slipping it back we decided to get some food down us. It was 10.30pm before any more action, again Lee's rod went screaming off but unfortunately it snagged him up in some weed and the hook pulled. After that it was time for us to get our heads down and hopefully be woken up by the bite alarms.
Morning came with no action over night but knowing the swim was generally good for a bite I decided to pull my rods in check my rigs and put a fresh lot of bait out on all 3 spots. After chucking back out it was time for breakfast, like always Lee had brought a fee pounds of sausage meat with him for us to have a hearty breakfast to keep us going through the day. The morning and early afternoon passed with no action until 3:30pm when I had a drop back on the left hand rod(nut mix) I lifted into it whilst walking backwards and reeling at the same time to take up the slack,with in seconds I could tell it was no carp but a snotty bream,not what we wanted but at least I knew my rigs were working. After slipping it back I decided to put 2 rods on that spot ,one on the new boilies I'm testing and the other one would stay on the pop-up corn. After re-casting I put 10 more spods over the top and about 50 or so boillies. With the conditions not being very good with a cold north-easterly howling down the lake it was early evening before the next take,the new boilie's had done the trick.I could tell instantly that this was a better fish,it dragged me all over the lake even picking up my other line which could of been a problem but lee came to lend a hand, 20 min later I had my biggest fish of the lake to date,a cracking looking common at 17lb 8 needless to say I was over the moon after a few pics

I slipped her back,I took a few minutes to calm down and gather my thoughts then went though my routine of walking all 3 rods out to my mark,clipping up putting new rigs on and getting them back on the spots with more bait over the top. Although I was confident of another bite nothing happened till 6:30 the following morning when I had a take but lost it in the weed(gutted). Later that morning we were just sitting down to eat breakfast when the new boilie rod screamed off,10 min later my second fish of the set was on the bank a stunning mirror.

After slipping it back I went back to get my breakfast,which the Mrs had eaten most of(thanks Kelly).
Shortly after that it was time to leave,the wind had picked up and we were out off bait but it will not be long before I'm back,the hunt for a big girl continues!!!