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Built like Mike Tyson
I did four sessions this week on Cawcutts lake. Monday's 10:00 am start saw me walking around with the minimum of kit and a single rod for a few hours, more in the way of getting to know the place again than anything else.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays sessions were spent getting to know one particular swim where I had ... read more
I did four sessions this week on Cawcutts lake. Monday's 10:00 am start saw me walking around with the minimum of kit and a single rod for a few hours, more in the way of getting to know the place aga... read more
I did four sessions this week on Cawcutts lake. Monday's 10:00 am start saw me walking around with the minimum of kit and a single rod for a... read more
Cawcutts Lake pictures
It was first stocked with carp back in the late 1980's by the club that held the lease. Many of the fish died off but the ones that remained grew to good proportions reaching high twenties within ten years. Then in 2016 it was taken over by Embryo angling and restocked, three years later in 2019 I secured a ticket.... read more
It was first stocked with carp back in the late 1980's by the club that held the lease. Many of the fish died off but the ones that remained grew to good proportions reaching high twenties within ten ... read more
It was first stocked with carp back in the late 1980's by the club that held the lease. Many of the fish died off but the ones that remained... read more
First fish
It was 15 years ago when I last fished this lake and back then I also caught a 20lb+ common so I guess it's apt that my first fish on my return should also be another 20lb+ common.
Right now I'm fishing short day/stalking sessions before or after work which is enabling me to get around the lake and in just a few sessions I... read more
It was 15 years ago when I last fished this lake and back then I also caught a 20lb+ common so I guess it's apt that my first fish on my return should also be another 20lb+ common.
Right now I'm fish... read more
It was 15 years ago when I last fished this lake and back then I also caught a 20lb+ common so I guess it's apt that my first fish on my ret... read more
Living the Dream part Nineteen
There's nothing like finding somewhere where you can fish in relative peace & quiet and just get on with doing your own thing. Where the carp are not so pressured that they stop behaving naturally. Where you can study them in their environment feeding on your bait and moving around the lake.
It's my last session on this lo... read more
There's nothing like finding somewhere where you can fish in relative peace & quiet and just get on with doing your own thing. Where the carp are not so pressured that they stop behaving naturally. Wh... read more
There's nothing like finding somewhere where you can fish in relative peace & quiet and just get on with doing your own thing. Where the car... read more
All my birthdays
My sessions on the Great Ouse river are mostly short 6-8 hour affairs where I usually concentrate on just one swim. All the work like finding the actual areas/spots and sussing them out has been done before hand so when I move into a swim all I have to do is fish. Same as when I fished the river Cam I spend more time lookin... read more
My sessions on the Great Ouse river are mostly short 6-8 hour affairs where I usually concentrate on just one swim. All the work like finding the actual areas/spots and sussing them out has been done ... read more
My sessions on the Great Ouse river are mostly short 6-8 hour affairs where I usually concentrate on just one swim. All the work like findin... read more
Worth every single journey
The previous four sessions on the ouse were spent in bright sunshine and high temperatures, not the best conditions for carp fishing as we all know. On a river finding the carp can be hard enough but with temperatures so high and floaters being a difficult tactic (they just float down river to be picked off by the gulls) op... read more
The previous four sessions on the ouse were spent in bright sunshine and high temperatures, not the best conditions for carp fishing as we all know. On a river finding the carp can be hard enough but ... read more
The previous four sessions on the ouse were spent in bright sunshine and high temperatures, not the best conditions for carp fishing as we a... read more
River Great Ouse Pictures
It's been an ambition of mine to fish the river Great ouse for carp for many years now but with one thing and another I never managed to get around to it. But then a casual conversation with a mate in a local tackle shop in the spring of 2019 sparked my interest again. There was no mention of fish or locations it was all ab... read more
It's been an ambition of mine to fish the river Great ouse for carp for many years now but with one thing and another I never managed to get around to it. But then a casual conversation with a mate in... read more
It's been an ambition of mine to fish the river Great ouse for carp for many years now but with one thing and another I never managed to get... read more
Living the Dream part Eighteen
It's monday and I'm back down the pool for another morning session.
This time I drive past the morning swim and head straight round to the back of the lake. With the sun getting up high in the sky I expect the carp to arrive around 10-11 AM so plenty of time to get myself sorted in time and put on the kettle.... read more
It's monday and I'm back down the pool for another morning session.
This time I drive past the morning swim and head straight round to the back of the lake. With the sun getting up high in the sky I ... read more
It's monday and I'm back down the pool for another morning session.
This time I drive past the morning swim and head straight round to the ... read more
A rare riverbeast
Of all the fish I have caught from a river this has to be up there with the best. I've managed a number of fully-scaled carp since I started in 1980 but never one from a river. I know that mirrors exist having had many from the river Cam. Over the decades of flooding plenty have escaped from the lakes along the Ouse valley ... read more
Of all the fish I have caught from a river this has to be up there with the best. I've managed a number of fully-scaled carp since I started in 1980 but never one from a river. I know that mirrors exi... read more
Of all the fish I have caught from a river this has to be up there with the best. I've managed a number of fully-scaled carp since I started... read more
That bit in between
I think it's got to be one of the most exciting things in fishing, hearing your alarm go off whilst fishing a river. Even more so perhaps when you get it in the net, but that bit in between, that's the bit that leaves you breathless. It all means so much, it's no wonder it gets the emotions going and the heart racing.
This... read more
I think it's got to be one of the most exciting things in fishing, hearing your alarm go off whilst fishing a river. Even more so perhaps when you get it in the net, but that bit in between, that's th... read more
I think it's got to be one of the most exciting things in fishing, hearing your alarm go off whilst fishing a river. Even more so perhaps wh... read more
Rolling & Breaching Carp
This is a carp breaching for the second time over about three feet of water late October 2018. What's interesting about it is on this lake, that's all I have ever seen them do, I honestly don't think I have ever seen them roll. Rolling usual occurs over deeper water than this and the reason is because when a carp rolls what... read more
This is a carp breaching for the second time over about three feet of water late October 2018. What's interesting about it is on this lake, that's all I have ever seen them do, I honestly don't think ... read more
This is a carp breaching for the second time over about three feet of water late October 2018. What's interesting about it is on this lake, ... read more
Living the Dream part Seventeen
It's friday, two days after my last session and the plan is to return to the pool for a session lasting the whole day.
The lads that arrived on Wednesday will most likely still be settled in and leaving later so I should have the place to myself by the afternoon with a chance of an early morning bite on the cards.
However... read more
It's friday, two days after my last session and the plan is to return to the pool for a session lasting the whole day.
The lads that arrived on Wednesday will most likely still be settled in and leav... read more
It's friday, two days after my last session and the plan is to return to the pool for a session lasting the whole day.
The lads that arrive... read more
An unstoppable force
When you fish the river Great Ouse this is what you can expect, hard fighting beasts.
Wild as you like they roam freely but, they do have their habits.
I've now finished my third week fishing the Great Ouse river and in that time I've concentrated on two areas and kept my eye on one other. The distance between them is man... read more
When you fish the river Great Ouse this is what you can expect, hard fighting beasts.
Wild as you like they roam freely but, they do have their habits.
I've now finished my third week fishing the Gr... read more
When you fish the river Great Ouse this is what you can expect, hard fighting beasts.
Wild as you like they roam freely but, they do have t... read more
Putting in a lot of bait
How a Rudd can get hooked squarely in the bottom lip on a size 8 chod and an 18mm Crazy Nut boilie I'll never know, but it did. So do the bream although not the skimmers thankfully. The other culprit for taking my baits is Tench, which is a bit of a surprise on a river to be honest. I expected the Bream, but I've had just a... read more
How a Rudd can get hooked squarely in the bottom lip on a size 8 chod and an 18mm Crazy Nut boilie I'll never know, but it did. So do the bream although not the skimmers thankfully. The other culprit ... read more
How a Rudd can get hooked squarely in the bottom lip on a size 8 chod and an 18mm Crazy Nut boilie I'll never know, but it did. So do the br... read more
All fins and anger
I didn't manage to get out on the first day of the river season as I was at work but I was out on the second. I'd spent the previous week looking for places to start and this seemed a likely spot.
I was due up at 4AM but I couldn't sleep past 3:30AM and so I got up and just went fishing I was that excited by it all. I love... read more
I didn't manage to get out on the first day of the river season as I was at work but I was out on the second. I'd spent the previous week looking for places to start and this seemed a likely spot.
I ... read more
I didn't manage to get out on the first day of the river season as I was at work but I was out on the second. I'd spent the previous week lo... read more