Pit Life .............

It's been afew weeks since my last post , I've been busy  with work as i have stepped up to a managerial postion.As for the fishing ....i;ve still managed to get two nights a week down on pit 6 and with my cousin from uo north down he planned to do the 48 with me.so first thing tuesday morning we loadded up the car and took rhe short trip down the A1 to the pits.As we got to pit6 the wind was smashing the A1 bank , it was a warm one  and after afew head popped out infront of the the "little point " i was soon casting the marker out and settled for a spot at 70 yrds choddie and procreeded to put 20 spods out and cast two baits out on the money and the third was sent out with a white kipper pop op three rod lenghs off the baited spot . just two hours later the pop up rod was away an resulted in a fast battle to the net and the only fish of the session 26lb common,as the wind turn the fish followed.

As am running out of time now i will continue this post in the next few days.As i say am very busy with work at the moment ....jimmy

Pit 6

With a new target in mind it was off  down the A1 to south muskham pits for my first session on pit 6. The fish rattling on my mind is a pair of commons that sit around the upper 30's bracket awesome looking pair.
 I met up with couple of guys who have fished the pit for afew year and picked there brains about the venue,after a chat and walk around to one corner where the wind was due to turn into.The area looked good and with a warm wind forecast the next day i decided to drop in that area.the marker went out found a clearish spot around 70rds and place 2 rods on it and spodded a mixture of seed and kipper boilers  over the the spot.

24 hr had past the wind had changed and was banging stright on it my swim,the fish started showing at about 150yrds  and slowly moved there way over the spots.Ben in the next swim had manged three doubles.I decide to put abit more bait out via the spod due to the amount of fish in the swim and over the baited area, The rods went back with freash baits and ahour later i got my first pick up.When i hit into it i felt afew  bumps and then dropped the fish too a hook pull ....gutterd.The night then set in and so did the wind.It was one hell of a windy night but just as i got my head down  the middle rod went into melt down ,waders on and it was down to the rods the fish didn't feel big but none the less i had to concentrate on landing this one ,a quick bettle and a scoop with the net reveiled a 14.9 common and first fish of the campagne.

14.9

25.2

As soon had i'd landed the first fish the left hander was away after getting a soaking  and blown all over the bank i land another common at 25.2 .With the moon up in the sky and shinning bright as day  i spodded out  anothe 5-8  kg of seeds and kipper as the spod land there were fish bashing out in the ring the spod was creating it looked pukka for another fish or two.

Just as light broke the left rod was off again and was rewarded with another double at 19.2.As the session came to a close i was well happy with me first 48hour on pit 6 and can't wait to get back on there and get my teeth into it ,hopefully soon I  will come across the big girls ut tight lines for now .

19.2

Jimmy

Getting amongst them on the new bait and a special day for a friend !

Since my last post ive being amongst the fish landing three fish to 30.2 all falling to the new bait ive been using from assassin %age,these fish came from a two day session on the old lake at manton and a confidance boost if i can be truthful. My first fish of the session was a repete catch of the old big linear and at a very nice 28.2  after spawning it was a slow take in the night around 2am,after along battle i steered the fish over the net cord ,first fish pukka!I then went too land another 22 mirror around two hours later i was well buzzed the bait had only going in afew days before and they got there heads down on it stright away ,both fish fell to the bottom bait rig ive been using with confidance in all my fishing just as late but that was about to change when it result in a couple of dogdy pick ups and a hook pull.I decide to use the same style rig and just change the hook pattern from the wide gape to a size 8 longshank x .

Hours then past and i'd not seen a fish for at least 4 hours ,it was then anhour before dark a big lump rolled in the next swim so i decided to move swims in the dark and manged to drop acouple of baits around the area were id seen the fish roll ,It was just 3 hours until i received a slow take .As i pick the rod up i knew i was it was a lump ploding left to right in the moon light ,drawing the fish towards the net,on the mat and then the scales went round to 30.2 so i  poped it into the retainer until first light  ,

As the sun came up the shots were take and the fish turned out to be incribable Pinscale an awesome looker and a rae vist to the bank first time over 30, well happy with this result .The bait and the change of hook creatated a batter hook hold and that has boosted my confidance that my hook chocie. 

PINSCALE 30.2

JUST A MENTION

Well done to my mate rich who landed an new PB and lake recored 45.2 (arnie) comes after 15 blanks and his sixth fish of the season ,he managed to get that run of a liftime.

A BIG WELL DONE MATE

First Post

Tuesday saw me drive down cleethorpes and meet the lads of assassin baits and got to check out the baits and afew out the new range which i can say are going to be big catch baits full of the the wright ingrediants , after a brew and a good chat with the lads , i grabed 4kg of  %age and made my way  down manton for 2 nights were i was chasing fish that didn't want to no , moving swims three times to try an trick one on but all i resulted in was a 38lb catfish at half 3 wednesday morning. so its back down monday to try again hopfully they will get on the new bait .....keep you posted

tight lines