FROZEN AT CHRISTMAS!!

Today saw Claire and myself with a few spare hours so we decided to do a bit of perch fishing,so off we set at 6.45 this morning flask in hand armed with a few meager prawns that survived boxing day and a selection of clothes!

We arrived at our location to find loads of people bivvied up and proper frosty,the car temp sensor read +0.5 degrees this morning so it was cold to say the least.

After finding a likely spot that had produced for us before we set about teaching a king prawn to swim and after around 45 Min's the small float bobbed in typical perch fashion and the first stripey of the day was soon on the mat! hooray worth venturing out for.I'm not saying it was cold but the net froze to the mat whilst unhooking our prize,proper cold but as I've always said you cant catch them sat at home.........not unless your playing sega bass fishing ! lol

These fish are great fun on light gear,light lure rod and tiny reel 4lb line.really takes some beating to be honest.absolutely love fishing like this.

After this first capture the bites were very slow,  i wandered around trying different areas but to no avail, so after a brew i placed the bait back on the spot which had produced the first fish,about 45 Min's later we had a very similar bite and an almost identical fish graced the bank.by now it was getting silly cold so we opted for another brew to warm us through then headed back to the car for the journey home,poor Claire was frozen!

not massive but very welcome on a cold winters day all the same.cant wait to take Aaron with us next time we go.