ouchthathurt
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- Joined
- May 15, 2021
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- Location
- Hastings East Sussex
- Favourite Fishing
- Shore
Having managed to slink off work early, I shot home and grabbed the carp gear, a few kg of my home made boilies and threw it all into the boot of the car, off out the traps like a greyhound and off through Rye to get to my favourite lake. Having cut through town, I went to take the back roads to find they were closed for roadworks so I had to take the diversion! This added about 15min to a 30min journey, so by the time I was cutting through the country roads I was itching to get there, it’s a fairly small venue and swims were at a premium. In my haste, I rather heavily clipped the curb at about 25mph, with that a warning light on the dash came on! “Airbag failure” lol! I got to the lake and shot round to my favourite swim, quickly set up and fired out three rods to a gravel patch about 60yrds out. With that, the home was erected and I sat back to enjoy the peace and quiet. Within the hour, I had a screaming take, which after a spirited fight, produced an 18lb common. Soon after, I had a double take, one was a 5lb eel!! ???he was promptly returned, the other was a 23lb 3oz common so I gathered the photographers, lifted the sling onto the mat, unveiled her in all her majesty, held her up for the first pic… when she decided enough was enough and she leapt out of my arms and into the pond, unphotographed… our combined laughter soon rang out over the East Sussex countryside… so no pics of that one! The rest of the night passed uneventfully, so I went home happy.