Well, I remembered the camera this time!

The weather was perfect but the day started slowly. Apparently there had been a match on the Sunday and a lot of bait was thrown in, leaving the fish rather full.

I fished the same swim as on the 19th.

Takes were poor around the lake and I think I did as well as, if not better than most people. I employed free lining throughout the day but varied both bait and approach to get results: some bottom fishing and some floating bait.

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While I didn't match the biggest fish of my earlier visit numbers were up (all fish were weighed).

Tench (2lb 4oz) - bread flake [08.30]
Mirror (7lb 10oz) - floating crust [10.30]
Mirror (5lb 8oz) - luncheon meat [11.00]
Fish lost - hook hold failed
Common (4lb 12oz) - floating crust [12.15]
Common (5lb 8oz) - floating crust [13.30]
Mirror (6lb 4oz) - floating crust [14.15]
Leather (6lb 4oz) - floating biscuit [16.10]
Mirror (5lb 8oz) - floating biscuit [16.40]
Mirror (6lb 12oz) - luncheon meat [17.05]
Mirror (6lb 6oz) - luncheon meat [17.45]
Leather (5lb 4oz) - bread flake [18.50]
Mirror (4lb 14oz) - bread flake [19.20]
Mirror (5lb 4oz) - bread flake [19.40]

The largest fish (7lb 10oz) was actually foul-hooked in the tail. I'm not sure whether this happened on the strike, or whether it freed the hook when it went into the reeds and became foul-hooked as it swam off; the take (off the surface) appeared clean. The 6lb 4oz Mirror taken on biscuit was also foul-hooked, this time in the pectoral fin. Again it was off the top, so it might be that in both cases I actually missed the take and hooked them as they shied away. To end the day I was broken by a large fish hooked in the margins. It tried to run into the reeds and I tried to stop it; unsuccessfully!