The first day of fishing past uneventfully, though we both had a tremendous day
relaxing, eating and chatting in the sun, sipping on that peculiar Italian treat
referred to loosely as Expresso coffee. Boy is it strong stuff – I think that
the spoon was standing up on its own in my cup by the end of the afternoon, and
I was hyper!
The carp however, were definitely not hyper, which we put down to the very high
water temperatures. I had been up each morning at dawn to watch for signs of
fish showing over the markers. So far, I had spotted nothing, so I decided to
get out there and re-position all the rods, and cover each one with a little
more bait, so I was confident each one was fishing ok.
This took about an hour and a half, and by around 7pm, all was good for the
night ahead; so we settled back to another excellent pasta supper, skilfully
prepared again by Allesandro.
Allesandro relaxing
Richard tying rigs
We all turned in around 11.30 and unfortunately,
enjoyed a peaceful night’s sleep, with no bites, despite the windy conditions.
Come dawn, I was hovering over the rods like a praying mantis about to demolish
a juicy bug, trying to spot some carp activity. Despite the calm lake, all I
spotted were a few small mullet, and bass. No sign of carp at all .
By 10am, I had to pop down the road about a km to a camp site, to use their
conveniences; and Allesandro decided to come with me to ggrtab a quick shower.
This left Heather in charge of the rods, accompanied by Richard. I wished her
good luck and off we popped.
Ten minutes later, we receive a frantic call from Richard to say that a fish has
been hooked! Heather was in, and by the time we got back, they had boated a
stunning Bolsena Common of 31.04 – a new PB Common. I was pleased as punch for
her, as it was our first (and most important) carp of this recce trip, and we
now had a better idea of how to catch them. Also, it was a PB, so happy days!
New PB Common for Heather 31.04lb
PB Common
We put the rod back out asap, after the video and pics were taken, brimming with
confidence of another fish to follow.
It is now day 3 (last day), and I am still waiting for my bite!
We had a bit of a disaster when a small inflatable took out 5 of the rods
yesterday after (Gracie), which took about 2 hours to re-sort, and after a
massive BBQ and another blank night, plus another lovely calm dawn, I am still
hovering !
Massive BBQ
I’ll let you if anything happened before we have to leave for Rome at 3pm- soon!
Let’s hope I’m lucky!
Cheers for now
Stew
