Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.79

With some renewed vigour to go fishing down the canal, well ok, I woke up early Sunday morning and after the kids got up and were overly noisy I decided that some peace down the towpath was a solution to ones predicament. 

The sun was high in the sky again so carp spotting was in order down at a section where a while ago I actually spotted a decent number of them.

After creating a fist size hole in my handing net within the first mile when the mesh had draped down and ended up jamming in my disc brake I got about the job in hand.

The stretch is usually busy because it's a nice route in to the town and this morning was no exception. Mainly bikers and walkers with the off narrowboat here and there.

There were plenty of zander snack sized fish about, and in one swim I actually saw a zander of a few pounds launch itself clear out of the water to get its breakfast. 

Those carp were nowhere to be seen though and I fish a couple of swims thick with cover to see if they were hiding there. A couple of miles ridden, nada and then on the return the same again. Those areas that did have them in resident before didn't appear to hold them any more.

By this time the sun was beating down and with the carp not showing whatsoever I decided to make haste. On the way back I bumped in to a CRT volunteer who said "it's been dredged mate, they took all the fish out".

"Oh ok thanks for that !!"

Strange because those areas that have been dredged I've caught fish recently, oh well better not let him know that, don't want to spoil his day.