BYT does the job!

This summer I focussed my attentions on a club water local to where I live in the north. Situated in South Yorkshire, the venue offers both day and night fishing, although I myself only had day-book access due to a lengthy night permit waiting list. Having landed my target fish from another water in the spring, the start of June was the ideal time to put in some effort for the two targets I wanted from the new water, known as Trigga and Trio. Both mirrors had made forty-plus in the spring, Trio having topped 42lb when it was landed in May off the top.

Knowing the fish in the venue had a liking for yeasty-type baits I put my faith in the ever-consistent BYT. Being very weedy, I spent a lot of time searching with the marker float for areas worth fishing. The weed was especially bad in most areas, covering almost 90% of the lake bed. It took some serious effort locating the areas where the carp had been rooting, as where the weed was, it was almost top to bottom in 8ft.

I started pre-baiting the areas I’d found with copious amounts of 20mm BYT and then started fishing short trips before work in early June. Immediately I got amongst the fish, landing four on my first morning. Later that week I then got lucky with Trigga in my net weighing in at 37lb 2oz. Being one of the best looking carp in Yorkshire, it was a lovely start. I backed it up with a further eight fish that week, including a nice scatter-scaled 26lb mirror.

            Due to work and family I commitments, I didn’t really get much time to keep the trips consistent during the rest of the month, July or the start of August. I was mainly fishing short evenings when the weather looked good for a bit of stalking. On one particular day I stumbled across the venue’s biggest common, hooking it straight away on a Mixer, only to lose it at the net. Gutted!

I didn’t get back to any serious static fishing until the middle of August when I heard a whisper that Trio had been out at 39lb. The weight really got me excited as I had a feeling it’s next capture could see it over the magical 40lb mark. Arriving at the start for 5am I went on to land a little un’ on my first trip back, followed by a blank the next day and then four fish the next day. The BYT was working wonders, and the next morning, with the rain lashing down all around, I finished my time on the water with a low-double and Trio amongst a mass of weed! Weighing in at a whopping 39lb 10oz, the old character had fallen to a 20mm bottom bait fished over the top of 4kg of BYT freezer baits. It was the perfect result, and proved yet again that with a good bait fished in the right spot, even with limited time on your hands it’s possible to have a result!

Crowy