Stock and shares.....oh and a few perch too!

Yes please!

Hi all...It's been a manic week at CBS Carp Bait Specialists this week. I've rolled a huge quantity of bait and sorted out masses of website work etc. I feel great for it though and it's a relief to get the burden off my heavy shoulders.

First proper Perch of the session

We now have the pleasure in being stockists of both Katran Fishing Lines and Saber Products as well.

This has given us a massive boost to our available range and what we can now offer you guys at exceptionally good prices! So if yo get 5 mins free take a look and pick yourself up some bargains!

http://www.carpbaitspecialists.com/apps/webstore/

A stunning winter mirror

On the fishing front I've managed two lovely sessions on my local club lake this week. The first session was on my own and consisted of a brief 3 hour afternoon stint float fishing the margins for the Perch again.

I targeted a lovely overhanging dead tree root and found a spot with around six feet of water just off the rod top. I baited this up with a combo of micro pellets, prawns, betain and halibut pellet groundbait, chopped lobs and red maggots.

A real old brute!

It was tough to start off with and took around an hour and a half before I received any sort of indication of fish activity in the swim. The sun started to fade away and so did all the other anglers. This left me in piece with my target fish. I managed a couple of nice low double figure carp just before dark and a string of small perch to about 12oz. I also caught a stunning pound and a quarter Roach, which was a real joy to catch.

A lovely last fish of the day!

As the light gave up the fishing got very tough but I managed a pair of nice perch to a pound and a half and another nice low double carp.

My next session was with my good friend Bob Wilcockson who came for a day visit from his home in Newbury. We got to the lake just after 10am filled with bacon sarnies and a few cups of filter coffee!

To our amazement the place was empty apart from 2 bailiffs. A great choice of swims but the wind was ferocious again and heavy rain spelt trouble ahead. Albeit we made the most of the time we had and cracked on with swim choice and getting set up.

We decided to sit together as it gave us a good chance to chin wag the day away. Bob opted to fish a pair of carp rods to both margins of the near bank and that of the island.

Bobs first fish was a cracker!

 I on the other hand opted to float fish and chase whatever came along! My swim kicked off from the word go and I managed a really decent haul of cracking sized bream to nearly 6lbs each!

There were plenty of quality roach and some beautiful small perch to about 12oz coming to the float.

Beautiful commons made a regular appearance

Bobs quiet start soon turned around and before he knew it he was playing a stubborn hard fighting common of around 14lbs. He was elated with the fish as it was his first fish of the year after a long break away from angling.

Thankfully he seems to now have the bug back in a veracious way! Thank god! He didn't stop at the one fish though and continued to bag up all day long with 6 stunning carp with an average weight each of 10lbs+. He also managed to catch his first ever fish on the Center Pin Reel! Well done BOB!

Bob Wilcockson with a stunning winter Common!

We fished up until darkness but failed to bag any really big Perch this time...they seem to be a little elusive this season?? We had a wonderful day out together and above all, left the lake with huge smiles on our faces and the pleasure of having made a great friendship! We both look forward intensely to our next chance to fish together!