A Nice Day In The Countryside

Had a lovely day on the side of a local pit listening to the noises of the countryside. Crows cackling, tractors rattling down the lane, jets roaring overhead.

I'd been informed that the jacks were active earlier in the week, pestering a couple of friends fishing for silvers. They certainly weren't today. I fished six swims from dawn till dusk with all the usual dead bait methods and baits and never had a thing, not a run, nowt. A lure angler that popped down for a couple of hours had a similar experience.

 








I think the problem here is the low water levels, causing the pike to change their patrol routes or even the direction they patrol. My friends had noted that they were having to fish a couple of metres further out then usual to get bites, even though there is little or no change in depth.