First trip of the year

Its become a bit of a tradition for me to score a big fat blank on my first trip of the year, a trend which barely improves as the year continues! This year I'm proud to say I once again maintained the trend.
As ussual I missed the end of the season and just when I was looking forward to an afternooon on the river. With the time available and having to fit around work it was a toss up between an afternoon at Hackets Lane, a comercial fishery outside of Nottingham, or Beeston canal for an afternoon roving with a pike rod. In the end I opted for the pike option but in the back of my mind I had a feeling I'd made the wrong choice.
I set up a pike rod with a simple sliding float and a dead bait, fishing likely looking spots for 20 to 30 minutes. Sure enough the float refused to move and I spent the hours wishing I'd tried my hand at Hackets Lane.
I've got some time off work coming and I've planned in a days fishing. we'll see!