We arrived mid morning around 10am, and quickly set up our two rods each, one out on the bite alarm and one free-lining a single floating dog biscuit. As usual we fished from our usual spot, down in the far right corner of the specimen 'Lilly Lake', on pegs 16 and 17. Both James and I were using similar rigs and baits on the bite alarm, only differing in our choice of boilies. James went for a solitary white scopex boilie on a hair rig, with a piece of corn, whereas I decided to go for two yellow pineapple boilies.
The weather was very unkind to us, with heavy persistent rain throughout the morning, with the rare period of calm overcast conditions. Due to this inclement and windy weather, we were having no luck on the fish front. After lunch conditions improved slightly, and around 2pm we got our first fish, with myself and James both pulling in a small Carp (approx 6lb) and a decent Chubb (1lb) respectively. These were both caught off the bite alarms, ledgering in the edge of the nearby reed and lilies.
Following our first two fish, around 2:30pm, conditions continued to improve, with the wind dying down and leaving us with excellent free-lining conditions. Following visiting a couple of times now and trying a number of different dog biscuits, the biscuits we now use appear to be incredibly successful, causing a large number of fish to turn and feed on our biscuits. We had approximately 10/15 fish feeding across our two pegs, with a number of decent sized heads popping up and taking our bait. At just before 3pm I managed to hook a beauty, I could tell from the initial pull, and the amount of line screaming off my reel, that it was not the usual 8lb Carp we usually catch at Aston, and was in fact one of the many larger fish in the specimen lake. After a good fight of around 4-5 minutes, I managed to land this beautiful 17lb 5 Common Carp, with not a scale damaged. Fantastically, this was a new PB for me, smashing my previous best by over 2lb!
(As you can see, we didn't manage to avoid the rain!)
Unbelievably, under an hour later, James managed to catch himself a personal best as well! James' fish initially didn't put up much of a fight, leading James to think it was only a 'tiddler', however after seeing the bank, the fish shot off, pulling a good length of line from James' reel with it. After a well fought battle, I stuck out the landing net and managed to land the beauty and get it onto the unhooking mat. We dug out the scales once more, and this lovely Mirror weighed just over 16lb 7, a new PB for James, beating his previous best caught down in Dorset.
As you can see from the pictures, two very happy fishermen, and two beautiful fish!
I have recently spoken to some fellow fishermen who were setting up just a few pegs further up from our usual spot, and told them of our conquests and said I would definitely recommend fishing Peg 17 and said I was packing away and would happily vacate it for them as they set up. I have since been informed that throughout their 24 hour session, the pair of them caught 4 carp over 12lb and totalled 14 fish over the period. James and I wouldn't be able to comment on Aston Park as a whole, as we have always fished on the specimen Lilly lake, however judging by this lake, there is an excellent chance of catching, with a large number of very big fish present, all in great condition.
As previously mentioned, we would highly, highly recommend dog biscuits, 90% of our Carp have been caught on our chosen chicken dog biscuits, and even a large Chubb last time out.
Stay tuned for more updates and posts, we are currently in the process of planning a night fish, with a number of possible destinations in the pipeline!
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