Ray Roberts
Well-known member
How do you take a blank or a poor day’s fishing?
When I was younger I hated blanking with a passion but now I am not only retired but have a far larger range of waters at my disposal, not so much. This was brought to mind recently when I set out to catch some decent perch on the lure. None of the waters has a great pedigree for large perch, though one was supposed to have produced a three plus a few years ago. I fished four waters in two trips, the rather bleak results were one very tentative bite one very decent fish hooked, that may have been a carp, which slipped the hook and no fish. I took the whole thing fairly stoically, well for me anyway. The way I looked at it is that I could have fished our tench and crucian pond and bagged up. Alternatively, one of the waters I fished was fishing its socks off for carp. I could’ve fished there and succeeded, but I persevered. I believe I fished as well as I could and don’t honestly think I could have fished any better and that was enough not to become disheartened. If you are pioneering new waters and techniques you have to accept that it will be hard at times. Tomorrow is another day and when I ultimately succeed it will be all the sweeter.
When I was younger I hated blanking with a passion but now I am not only retired but have a far larger range of waters at my disposal, not so much. This was brought to mind recently when I set out to catch some decent perch on the lure. None of the waters has a great pedigree for large perch, though one was supposed to have produced a three plus a few years ago. I fished four waters in two trips, the rather bleak results were one very tentative bite one very decent fish hooked, that may have been a carp, which slipped the hook and no fish. I took the whole thing fairly stoically, well for me anyway. The way I looked at it is that I could have fished our tench and crucian pond and bagged up. Alternatively, one of the waters I fished was fishing its socks off for carp. I could’ve fished there and succeeded, but I persevered. I believe I fished as well as I could and don’t honestly think I could have fished any better and that was enough not to become disheartened. If you are pioneering new waters and techniques you have to accept that it will be hard at times. Tomorrow is another day and when I ultimately succeed it will be all the sweeter.