John Frankland
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Picture the scene; the small bay in front of you is three feet deep has a flat calm surface. Evening is drawing in and light levels have dimmed. Sparadic patched of bubbles emanating from the silty bottom begin to break the surface in discreet patches. These bubble patches increase in number and frequency as more fish join in. Before long the whole bay is a seething cauldron of bubbles. You can imagine the path of the unseen fish as bubbles appear in lines, one burst after another. Carp (all over 20lbs) begin to break the surface all over the bay; rising vertically before crashing down noisily. They are not feeding over any bait that you have put in. You suspect they may be preoccupied on naturals, maybe bloodworm. You are casting a float fished bunch of red maggots to patches of bubbles. The float is surrounded by bubbling fish, you know the bait is on the bottom. The bubbling continues furiously for 90 minutes and you don't get a single bite. It is all very exciting and ultimately very frustrating. Why couldn't you tempt these feeding fish. What was happening underwater? What would you have done to get a bite?