Productive short session...

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I managed to get a short session in on a new still water today and it proved to be reasonably productive.

Having fished the water only once before taking an 8lb pike I thought I'd give it another go as I had a few hours to spare.

I started fishing in a small bay that produced a couple of hits on the lure the previous visit. I float-legered a small dead bait just a few feet out on the edge of some reeds and proceeded to have a go with the lure gear.

After about 30 minutes the float went and I pulled into a small jack of around 2lb. Maybe not the monster I was after but my first fish from this water on dead bait tactics so I was encouraged.

Having had no action on the lure rod I decided to set up another dead bait rod and placed a bait in a swim to my left, again, just a few feet out by the edge of some reeds.

After 10 minutes the newly placed bait was away stripping line off the free-spool, alarm bleeping away. The float was moving fairly rapidly away from the bank so without hesitation I hit into the fish which this time felt a little more substantial.

After a few short runs I chinned out a lovely fish of around the 8lb mark - admittedly it does look bigger in the picture but it felt around that weight.

The final fish of the short session came to one of my new lures, the Savage Gear 4Play 'Jack' which was hit by a small but lively fish of around 3lbs.

I tried a few more swims with the lure gear then headed off home.

 The Savage Gear 4play Jack lure (no longer in service - lost to a snag!)

This is turning out to be a fairly productive new water with the potential for some bigger fish, it's just a shame I didn't get chance to fish it over the winter months.