Saturday 1st June

Saturday

Up bright and early, we were down at the marina by 6am and in the Island View swim by 7am. Water levels were very high so it was chest waders on and most of the gear left in the boat, although we were able to use our chairs which was the main thing. I really wanted the swim to show what it was capable of as I had been continually ''bigging it up'' to Dave prior to his visit. The swim is only 4ft deep at around 20 yds with a sand and rock bottom, so it was the polaris float which we decided to go with. Action started quickly and the fish fed intermittently throughout the day, final totals were:-

48 fish caught

9 over 20lbs

Biggest fish 29lb - 12ozs to Dave

Highlight of the day had to be when Dave landed a 29lbs-8ozs fish and the very next cast landed the 29-12, not bad eh.