The Local Pit

Id not had the chance to do much fishing over the past few months so when the chance arrived i was on it, a quick overnighter on a local water. Conditions for that night were not perfect but never the less i thought i could nick a bite or too off a few old spots. On arrival the car park was empty and so was the lake so in to my old peg i went, whilst setting up the bailiff turned up and after chatting for 10 min id gathered that not many had been fishing the lake over winter and out of the few that had none had caught anything. Nevertheless i went through the routine of casting to the spot at the side of a big overhanging willow tree and clipping up, i would be fishing over Soar Tackles new Roasted Nut Mix, the fish just cant get enough of this stuff and the second rod would be cast tight to the opposite bank with the Dark Fish boillie also from Soar Tackle. A boillie i have  great confidence in. Being as i arrived late it was just getting dark before i got both rigs on the spot's, within minutes the rod on the over hanging willow dropped back about an inch then screamed of which took me by surprise after what the bailiff had said i wasn't expecting anything. After a 10 min battle she gave up and started to wallow under the tip and Matt netted her for me, she was not the biggest in the lake but to say no one had caught anything over the past few months i was more than happy with this Mirror.  

A fair few hours passed by before  we had any more action, when at three am my margin rod took off with a small Common, after slipping it back i got the rod back on the spot and climbed back in my sleeping bag. The rest of the night past with out anymore action but to nab two off the lake that wasn't fishing to well gave me that buzz and i new it would not be long before i was back again........