Carp Fishing Broadlands

I have fished Broadland's many times and never caught a fish! I always fished the main lake, so on this occasion i decided to fish the Match lake. The day was cold and not much happened. I opted for float fishing with maggots, a perfect winter bait for carp. The carp in this lake are not massive but from 2lb to 15lb. I used the trusted method of keeping a trickle of maggots going. Whilst doing this i noticed a swirl on my lefthand side. I fired out some maggots and cast my float in the same area. The bite was almost instantaneous. after several minutes of playing the carp I landed a 4lb carp. That was the highlight of the day but at least i had broken my duck at Broadlands.

Christchurch Harbour

I went to Christchurch Harbour hoping to find that the Bass had arrived. Unfortunately the Bass had not but the Mullet were there in force. i tried several baits, bread, ragworm, sweetcorn. I even tried fishing with several types of fly on my fly rod. But it was to be a day were we drew a blank.
But it was a loverly day and i can think of worse places to spend a day.