Double trouble doubled!

I was happy to get out this morning, its been along time that Ive dragged myself out of bed to fish the morning and sitting there watching the first light hit the water reminded me of just why I fish.
Strange morning for the Ford lake fish, Normally ill see them topping and basking in the morning sun, But this morning the lake was still.
I had it in my mind that I was going to fish an old swim that normally gave up a few good fish, My problem with the spot was that I had to climb down and overgrown bank and once this climb was made, The rest of the day would be spent standing in two feet of water!.
Once I made the decision I went to work setting up with eyes always on the water for fish.

Ford lake family fish-in

Private Carp lake in Michigan

Quick trip carp fishing & a fully scalled mirror

back to the Detroit river pt 1

Slow hot day carp fishing

Video test

Return To Ford lake Michigan

Like father like son

3 hours carp fishing at Ford Lake

Blanking on the Detroit river Michigan USA

How to tie a simple carp fishing hair rig

More Detroit river carping - The Michigan Sportsman Forums

More Detroit river carping - The Michigan Sportsman Forums

May 1st on the Detroit river carp fishing

A day on the Detroit river part 2 of 2

A Day on the river part 1 of 2

I have to say that I was hoping for more from today, fishing was hard and im not sure why that would be.
A fun part of fishing is trying to learn a new water, But river fishing is so new to me and im finding it hard to work this one out.

Back on the Detroit river April 23rd

Detroit River Carp Fishing Blog April 22

Cold Front Carp Fishing blog

Carp fishing blog lake Erie

Sorry

When i first started this I planned on updating as much as I could.
Ive got to say that ive been bad in doing this and I "must try harder"

That said ive been out afew times as the weather has been getting better and better hear in Michigan, And ive been working on video blogs which ive been uploading to youtube.

Ill go ahead today and get the videos on here and try to be better updating this Blog

The video

In the net

Well I'm happy to report that me and John indeed out out to the lake and I'm happier to report that we both got into a fish!.
Not huge monsters, both fish where under 12lb, But as the water temp has been so low it was lucky (or maybe skill) that we got any fish.

I know one thing, its sure nice to get your first fish under your belt 11lb.2oz

Best made plans of mice and men

Im still hoping to get out fishing today, But the wife was up most of last night with a cough and cold and as I type this she is taking a nap leaving me to look after my 2 yearold (my son is already at school)
I did talk to a friend of mine who is dead keen on getting out fishing with me too, As much as I love fishing alone its still a nice change to have someone to take photos of my prizes and to do some filming if im lucky to hook int o some fish today.
So I await to the wife to wake and for the call from John to let me know if he has to work or not.

The lake

So now that the Ice has left I'm going to try my luck in this bay tomorrow, I see little point in being there at first light as I know the water is still cold (two weeks ago I could have walked across it)
I feel this part of the lake holds some carp throughout winter.

Wish me luck.

I was happy to find that all the ice has melted on one of my favorite early spring lakes, The water is still cold and I saw no fish moving,But I'm sure I'm going to be out there to see if I can get my first fish of the year in the coming days.

Bait Bait Everywhere

Seems to be somewhat of a strange year as far as bait goes, I sold some old alarms to a bait maker at the start of this year and done a deal for some boilies, Now I have to say that I don't fish boilies much, I just never seem to catch on them on the waters that I fish.
But new waters for me this year and I know some of them are boilie waters, So thought it would be well worth to have some on hand, So i was happy to see 8lbs of 20mm turn up last week, After that deal I had a call about testing some new boilies that are going to get in to the USA sometime over the next few weeks, It seems ill be getting 25lb of them to test!
After this I was get ask to test some tiger nuts, Now tiger nuts are to my mind the best carp bait ever, weeding out the small ones and I'm looking forward to testing the new tigers and ill update this blog about my finding on them.

Home away from home

With the weather above freezing and my old friend the sun melting the last of the snow I thought ill take the bivvy outside and see how it all goes together.

Now all I need is a bed chair, But for the price they are I may have to wait until mid summer for that!.

New rods

The Chub Outkast was the first in a line of a new generation of Chub carp rods. These are built using all the latest in-house technology and also utilise the most up-to-date carbon processes never available before in rods of this price range. Designed to cover all aspects of carp fishing, the rods are available in four test curves from 2.5lb to 3.5lb. They feature lovely slim, lightweight yet extremely powerful performance driven blanks, which give a very minimal but modern look. The Outkast features five double legged SIC guides and tip ring, screw lock reel seat and abbreviated handle with a Japanese shrink-wrap butt grip, plus carbon line clip. During testing the Outkast exceeded all expectations revealing a smooth progressive action but with plenty of power for long casting, achieving some phenomenal distances yet still retaining a superb playing action capable of handling big fish. So confident are we on the performance of these rods that they come with a Worldwide Extended Warranty, also a first for rods in this price range.