I started on saturday morning with perfect weather conditions, strong winds blowing straight towards me and a dark overcast sky. At 10pm on the saturday night i had my first run, which ended up with a 17lb mirror carp on the bank, which was on a snowman rig in a solid pva bag. I also had a few tench during the night. Then as dawn breaks i have another run and land a 24lb 7oz linear mirror carp, on the same rod. After then the wind dies down and i didnt catch on the sunday night.

A few weeks ago i took my mate dom for his first proper nights carp fishing, on the avon. The first night came and dom caught a decent carp at 12lb. Morning came and we both decided to do another night, which was a good idea. As the light faded on the second night, i had a screaming run and landed a 11lb common. Then it was doms chance again, as him rod screamed of and had a hard battle with a river carp, he landed his pb carp at 14lb. then before the session finished i got a 12lb common. We were catching these on mainline cell and dynamite malt chocolate in pva bags, fished at the back bank.

This year saw me and my mate go to abbey lakes in central france, we fished fox pool for the week, with little succses this year. The week started slowly with only 2 runs on the first three nights, and still no carp in the net. we decided for a change of tactics and moved to the shallow water on the other side of the lake. On the forth night my mate landed himself a 36lb mirror carp. The rest of the week was dull with little carp coming out of the lake, no the best weeks fishing, but there is allways next year.