Planning and patience pays off!
Andy was one
angler that was interested in catching his first zander and although
we had talked about getting out earlier to Old Bury Hill I prolonged
our visit for as long as possible as I wanted him to have the best
chance of catching.
Along came the
final night, June 14th the day we had pencilled in the
diary and with no room to reschedule the day due to the weather
arrived in what can only be described as far from ideal conditions,
high pressure and a cloudless blue sky which saw temperatures rising
to a sun-tanning 17 degrees. Another factor that I was well aware of
was that this trip would coincide with a full moon, an element that I
have written about before as the kiss of death when zander are
concerned. Praying for an overcast day went unnoticed with the
fishing god yet a quick check on the mobile showed that light cloud
would drift in come dusk, so once again the fingers crossed.
My favoured area
was taken and not being a lover of the first few swims along the long
bank we headed halfway along the grassy bank, an area that produced
well at the same time of year when I was producing a video for Online
Fishing. It was also an area that the wind was pushing into and we
both agreed that our watercraft senses pointed us in this direction.
Casting out
sardine sections we waited maybe forty minutes before recasting and
it was a bait positioned close in that produced a strange take that
was missed, the culprit assumed to be an over enthusiastic bream, yet
as it was only 3pm it was a confidence booster for ‘The Witching
Hour’ dusk. Repositioning a bait saw a better bite which produced a
small jack then soon afterwards another run saw Andy lose a big fish,
probably a carp. We decided to move to the left, into a couple of
swims that had earlier seen a couple of anglers catching plenty of
bream in a hope that all the action would have a few predators
looking for a meal and as darkness descended the bobbins started to
twitch before a steady take saw Andy bent into a good fish that I
assumed was a carp, yet the head shaking transmitted down the blank
told us different. After what I call a ‘jelly-leg’ moment Andy
had the fish on the surface and their she lay a massive zander.
Lifting the sling the digitals settled at 11lb 6oz and once again OBH
delivers the goods for another customer.
It was the start
of a short spell of activity that saw another zed of around 5lb taken
plus a bream and a small pike plus a few aborted and missed takes,
however the 9pm wind in time came around far too quickly yet were we
complaining.
Anyone that fancies a go at fishing Old
Bury Hill later on in the year needs to either get in touch now and
put their name down or keep an eye on this website as spaces will
once again be limited.
Predator season starts October 1st
2014.
www.buryhillfisheries.co.uk
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