Secret Spots

I  was back on my local water last night and ran into my old mate Kev, whilst talking about this and that he told me about his secret spot which was very close to Cliffs that I caught off last week. I ended up back in the same peg with a rod down the left margin to Cliffs secret spot and a bait down the right hand margin to Kevs spot which was tight into the bank and only a few yards from the rods and to say I was sceptical is a large under statement. A third rod was cast about 25 yards straight out.
As the evening went on I had a few small stock carp around 3 or 4 pound and some small tench and my optimism for a decent fish was starting to slide. Shortly after dark and with me sitting well back my right hand rod roared off and after a dogged fight I was relieved to slip the net under an 18lb 4oz common, a critically balanced snowman accounted for its downfall.
With time ticking on I decided to give it another 20 minutes before I packed up, to save time I flicked the same bait back onto Kevs spot expecting any further runs to  come from one of the other undisturbed baited areas. 15 minutes later the same rod flew off again and after a slightly shorter fight I had a 19lb 4oz common in the net.
Since restocking last year all the fish are down in weight by a few pounds.

 18lb 4oz

19lb 4oz