Well a very exciting year ahead for me. My ticket on Linch hill starts in a few weeks and I couldn’t be more excited. The last 12 months have been a bit of a wash out fishing wise and I haven’t really got my teeth sunk into the waters I have been fishing. Had a few nice fish but on the whole rather dissapointing. The prospect of catching some of the country’s best carp from one of the best waters is something I have wanted for a long time. My fishing is about to take on a new chapter.
What’s everybody else’s plans for 2024?
Really looking forward to seeing how your season plays out on Linch Hill mate, exciting times ahead indeed.
Personally I'm moving on to pastures new this year, picked up tickets for a couple of syndicates much closer to both work and home which should enable me to spend more time on the banks than traveling. With only being able to do 12 to 14 hour Friday overnighters the more time I can spend at the water has to be a bonus and increase my opportunities.
My main ticket is a Reservoir of approx. 70 acres with a reasonable head of fish to upper 30, this will be the water that gets most of my time thrown at it, I'll certainly be doing all of my Friday nights on there. You can only fish the swims on the south bank and two swims on the North bank which means a lot of the Reservoir is inaccessible, lot of safe areas for the fish to push in to, so should prove an interesting challenge.
The other ticket is a smaller 3 acre farm irrigation lake which isn't as carpy looking as the reservoir but has some stunning scaley mirrors and chunky commons to low 30's and is only 15 mins from work or home being slap bang in the middle of my commute. I'm intending to spend my Wednesday evening sessions on there with the hope of doing a few midweek overnighters with it being so close to work as I can be packed up by 6am and at work before 6:30.
Like you Mark, I'd come into 2024 feeling a bit flat about where I was going with my fishing but having both of these tickets come up when I wasn't expecting either has really got my head back in the game.
Roll on April and the start of both new tickets.