Beautiful scenes for the first fishing trip of the season.

There are many folk who are apposed to fishing and I do get the point(no pun intended). But fishing doesn't always have to be about catching fish and it is one of the most primitive things to do in life. Human-Being catches fish...Simple and pretty natural, even for most vegetarians.

The way I choose to fish is now classed as a sport, but that phase is sooo misleading. My 3 fishing pals are certainly not here to compete, well not seriously. Banter is always good, but we celebrate a catch on any rod and we just aim to catch the next 'BIG-FISH'

I am proud to say that I am the current holder of the Big-Carp record and it stands at a whopping 28.5Lbs!

Here take a look

This monster was caught about 5-years ago, at Skegness, UK and still holds the record. We have since gone onto trying to catch larger Catfish, as they tend to grow up to be much much bigger. Hopefully this year I will get to go to a place named Wisbeck, also in the UK and this fishery stock incredibly large Catfish, some approaching 150Llb!!!!

"We're gonna need a bigger boat"

For the first session of the season, it was just me and my best-bud and we chose to night-fish a local pond at a place called Hemmington. There are 4 or 5 lakes and we chose to night-fish at the specimen lake. As I told my friend on the night, "If I am going to be woken up in the middle of the night, I want it to be for something bigger than a Cornish Pastie"

In the end the lake was a bust and we left empty handed around 10:00am the next morning. However the attempt was not totally fruitless, as I did manage to get this spectacular picture in the morning.

We had planned to do this as the lake next-door is teeming with average sized carp. Also, the day was set to be a very hot one and the other lake is great for fishing with bread, on-top of the water. This is a very active way to fish and sharp reflexes are key to landing a fish on this type of bait.

Unfortunately for me, I have the reactions of a stoner and with good reason too. Along with catching fish, eating junk, drinking beer and generally having a laugh, we also partake in smoking some quality Ganja. Strawberry Kush, to be precise. Mmmmm Strawberries....

After a great session fishing on the new lake, we both managed to bag a few fishies. My friend is a master at fishing with bread and I don't mind admitting that. I was very pleased with the accuracy of my casting, so I did have some positives to take away from the experience, plus a sore head and sunburn.

Unlike myself, Tony's casting wasn't as accurate on the day, but I got the feeling he preffered the big fish, over a good cast any day(lol. And I said we weren't competitive...)

Fetching it back again...

All in all, we had a great trip and can't wait for the next one. Next time we will have my Poppa-Bear along with us and the team will be at full strength. Obviously, my dad does not partake in all of the rituals, but he is a cool dude and just does his own thing(Cider & Cooking).

Until then, I will leave you with a few random pics from the weekend trip.

Peace to you and yours.

All fish in this post were given counseling and a free meal before they were returned to the water.

Homemade Boilies and they were a success! This is gonna save us a fortune!!

But what will Tony choose...?

Home for the night

Morning mist on the lake

Time to go home...

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