Rob Shanks has been getting amongst them again, taking advantage of last week’s mild spell he caught a couple of lovely looking mid 20 mirrors:
“With some warm weather forecast, I decided to book a bit of time off to get a few nights fishing in. A couple of the target fish I’m chasing this year have a habit of getting caught in early March and it just seemed the ideal opportunity to have a few days on the bank.
I picked an area with a bit of form but after a few days it was obvious I wasn’t on the fish, the area was fairly so I followed a hunch and decided a move was in order. The days had been mild but the nights extremely cold so with a few wetter and warmer nights forecast I decided to follow the wind. I was quickly rewarded with a nice leathery 25.06 mirror and 24hrs later a lovely 25.08 linear.
Both the fish were taken on Sticky Baits White Chocolate pop-ups fished on ESP Chod Rigs over a light scattering of vortex 16mm boilies”
Chod Rigs are one of the best methods of presenting Pop-ups over weedy, silty lake beds with lots of detritus (chod) on the bottom. For more information on ESP’s Ready Tied Chod Rigs, click here.
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