laguna
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Bad start to the day yesterday on the lake, so after about 4 hours my mate decided to get the drop shot rig out and have a wonder around with a small rubber lure while I persisted in my chosen peg on the float rod fishing for bites.
After about an hour he came back with his prize - a 6" swan mussel. mg: Not the perch he was hoping for! Not all that unusual as these things regularly scoff at anglers bait, except this one decided to clamp itself around his lead!
How is this even possible considering he wasn't fishing static on the bottom, but casting and bouncing his rig back towards him, what made it attack his lead?
As far as I know they don't have eyes and neither his lure or lead was scented.
Anyway he eventually went back on the float and rejoined me for the last hour and we both caught a few perch and roach on maggot.... at dusk!
After about an hour he came back with his prize - a 6" swan mussel. mg: Not the perch he was hoping for! Not all that unusual as these things regularly scoff at anglers bait, except this one decided to clamp itself around his lead!
How is this even possible considering he wasn't fishing static on the bottom, but casting and bouncing his rig back towards him, what made it attack his lead?
As far as I know they don't have eyes and neither his lure or lead was scented.
Anyway he eventually went back on the float and rejoined me for the last hour and we both caught a few perch and roach on maggot.... at dusk!