This week Claire and i returned to bobs lake to see how much stock was left after falling foul to an otter and a mink! on our first visit it was proper sunny and the fish were circling together and pairing up,obviously getting ready for some fishy loving!
This was a very welcome sight as there was still some good size fish present.it was quite a spectacle watching them circling in the shallows and crashing in the margins.we wandered for a few minutes when i saw a solitary common looking quite sorry for its self so i offered it some crust only to see it wafting its pecs trying to find the bait to then suck it in,and strip line from my little 300 reel like a torpedo!! proper scrapper!
Once finally landed ,as Claire lifted it for a pic it dropped a huge stream of eggs onto the mat ,so we returned her asap and washed the mat off in the lake and headed for home..........leaving them to it,there's a time and a place and this wasn't it......
Three days later we returned to a very still and lifeless pond and there wasn't a sign of life,i stood on the bank like an overweight heron looking for any movement in the reeds and pads,as i panned left a shape caught my eye and i instantly flicked a lump of crust at it,only for it to be taken upon landing and a good scrap broke out,i played it away from the small lilies and netted my prize only to find some mink damage to its Rh pec,this damage didn't affect its ability to fight though and we took some pics and returned her to swim amongst her own kind.
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