Weather looked good, so off to the lake again.

Another beautiful September day; warm, bright but with a nuisance breeze that made free-lining tricky. See the early morning picture in the full report.

Fished the same place as on the 7th. Very slow! Nobody seemed to be catching. Got a 10lb fish just before lunch but it was foul-hooked in the pectoral fin. Missed a few tentative bites on the surface, but fish weren't feeding convincingly.

Things however picked up around 4.30 in the afternoon when the carp that had been 'cruising' all day started taking on the surface. They were feeding a fair way out and this made free-lining difficult; but fish were caught.

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Summary

Leather (10lb 0oz) - legered bread [11.10]
Mirror (6lb 5oz) - floating bread [16.20]
Mirror (8lb 0oz) - floating crust [17.00]
Common (7lb 10oz) - floating bread [17.30]
Common (6lb 13oz) - floating bread [17.45]
Mirror (13lb 0oz) - floating crust [18.15]

All fish were again taken on my light carp rod with 8lb line.

The last fish was the best, but after one not so good photo it escaped the weigh bag while I was resetting the camera, and slid down the bank to freedom.