Good Morning Everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed your firework parties last night and everything went well and safely. They don’t seem to have such a celebration in Spain, but then they have enough fiesta’s to keep them happy! I have caught two more carp. The first was caught whilst I was cooking my dinner at 10pm last night and was a mid-double common. I unhooked it in the water’s edge, released him quickly, and returned to my dinner of chicken and potatoes! I actually cooked double portions of everything, as I can then use what I don’t eat the following day saving on gas and preparation. Speaking of gas, my gas fridge is so effective, my frozen chicken breasts I bought with me, are still in fact frozen. My model is made by Dometic and cost about 140 Euros.
The sun shining on Charley - my lucky mascot!
The second carp arrived at 5am this morning. This time an 18lb common was responsible. I recast the rod, topped it up with more spombs of boilies, and returned to my sleeping bag. Interestingly enough, both of these carp came from the rod that was yet to produce, and the second one was obviously after my clipped-up recast in the dark, showing the effectiveness of a night-time marker and a line-clip on your reel.
All of my fish have come at different times so there is no pattern emerging as of yet. I am only into my fourth day and I have another seven nights to go. That number could increase, depending on whether I think another night might benefit me, and if my food rations last that long!
I have no carp pictures to show you today so instead I have taken lots of shots of my bivvy set-up. Basically to show you all how I am functioning during this session. The colossus is a great bivvy, huge in size and space, and the large porch really is a great benefit to have. The inner door can be left open during rain, as it is only the porch entrance that gets wet and that’s no big deal. I am super prepared for this session and the longer it goes on, the more I am enjoying it. I know I am waiting for a big fish to give me the chance I came for. The fish I have caught to date, all five of them, are welcome, but not what I am here for. It wouldn’t surprise me if a mirror carp shows up soon, so watch this space.
I haven’t touched my rods at all and I am leaving them all till about 4pm when they will all be reeled in, checked, and recast, followed up by baiting up effectively. I may slightly decrease the amount of bait I am putting in tonight to see if it actually increases my catch rate.
Did you find Flash yesterday!
I have another ‘spot the dog’ photo today, and slightly harder than yesterday’s one. Did you find Flash in yesterday’s picture? If you scroll over the picture and double-click, it will enlarge to make him easier to find!
Sunday's Spot The Dog Puzzle!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I hope you like my selection of photos I have taken for you to look at.
Sunday is big-breakfast day!
My huge home for the session - Trakker's Colossus bivvy.
It's bigger than my SUV!
The cooking side of the porch.
The tackle/bait side of the porch.
Plenty of spare clothes and my personal item bivvy table.
Flash sleeps on an old Trakker Armo unhooking mat.
Or anywhere for that matter!
Original Peachskin sleeping bag cover protecting my Peachskin bag underneath. Both old, both well used, but very much loved for warmth and comfort.
The all important chair!
The back of my truck is great for storing wet items, rubbish etc...
This ariel means I can get 3G for my internet, without it I only get Edge which is a slower connection.
A white USB cable for the internet and a 240v power cable for my laptop. Both are fed into my bivvy.
A 12v-240v invertor working off a leisure battery to power/charge my laptop.
Fingers crossed for a couple of lovely carp shots in tomorrow’s posts.
Cheers
Jake & Flash.
