Steve Handley
Active member
Last season I joined Nottingham Anglers Association who have some excellent stretches on the Middle Trent, but the main reason was to fish a water called Thurlby lake south of Lincoln. Now I was thinking, a big gravel pit like this, hardly ever fished, must contain some big tench, roach and bream.
So far I've never had a bite, not a twitch, not a sausage. Fished the float in the margins, feeder at distance, used maggots, bread, corn, boiles, meat etc. Nothing! Not even seen a fish top on the surface or in the margins except for pike, which I've seen during their spawning rituals, and I know people have caught some big pike out of there. Even the NAA book says that there are only pike in the lake. Is this possible? Pike without silverfish to prey on!!!!
Fished it again the other day. Guess what. BLANKED again!
Could it be that there are other fish in the lake and it's just that I'm a right blanker!
So far I've never had a bite, not a twitch, not a sausage. Fished the float in the margins, feeder at distance, used maggots, bread, corn, boiles, meat etc. Nothing! Not even seen a fish top on the surface or in the margins except for pike, which I've seen during their spawning rituals, and I know people have caught some big pike out of there. Even the NAA book says that there are only pike in the lake. Is this possible? Pike without silverfish to prey on!!!!
Fished it again the other day. Guess what. BLANKED again!
Could it be that there are other fish in the lake and it's just that I'm a right blanker!