Free Line 108 — September 2026 - Flipbook - Page 173
PAUL BENNETT
h o pefully entice one or two m o re . I h ad to wa i t u n t i l th e e a rly
h o urs for more action, bu t s a dly t h e we ed b e a t m e t h i s t i m e ,
a s it simply dropped off ! G rr r r! D o n’ t yo u j u s t h a te i t wh e n
t h at happens? I didn’t both e r p u t t i n g th e ro d b a ck o u t u n t i l
t h e morning.
The following day, more b ai t wa s i n t ro d u c e d , a ga i n w i th n o
f u rther action until the e a rly ho ur s o f my l as t d ay wh en my
m i ddle rod went into meltd ow n , an d a ga i n , af te r a s o l i d t u s s l e
b u t thankfully no weed th i s ti m e , a n o t he r p i e c e o f G re nv i l l e
g o ld graced my net , certai n ly b i g g er t h an t h e l a s t o n e, a n d
a t 41lb 12oz it wasn’t a b ad s ta r t to a n ew c h a p te r o n t h e
l a ke of dreams! My usual a n d eve r -fa i th f u l m u l ti -c o m b i ri g s
c o mbined with Deception A n gl i n g si z e 6 SWG h o o ks bai te d
w i th my Mainline Baits sp e ci al s d i d t he d o a ga i n … G o d , I l ove
t h is place. Well, what can I s ay, as t he l ake of d re a ms d e live rs
o n ce more for me?
On arriving at the lake of d re am s fo r an o th e r o f my fo r tn i gh t ly
s e ssions, I opted to head to t he s ha l lowe st p a rt o f t h e l a ke fo r
n o other reason apart from t he fa ct t h a t th e re wa s n o b o dy e l s e
i n this area and that I’d m an a g ed a co u p l e o f f i s h o u t o f th e
s a me area on my last trip . N ow I k n e w wh ere my s p o t s we re ,
s o it was a simple case of s t art i n g wh ere I ’d l e f t o f f . O n c e I ’ d
g o t set up, it was time to i n tro d u c e so me b a i t w i t h a n i n i t i a l
8 kg of Mainline Baits Hyb r i d a n d E s s en t i a l Ce l l b o i l i e s m i xe d
ro ughly 70/30 in various s i ze s a nd c h o p s to my c h o se n a re a
a n d keeping it topped up l i t tl e an d o f te n , wo rk i n g t h e sw i m .
The first 24 hours cam e a n d we n t wi t h n o t s o mu c h as a
l i ner, but then well into my se c o n d d ay, I re c e ive d my f i r s t
p i ck-up only to suffer the d re ad e d ho o k p u l l! G u t te d wo u l d b e
a n understatement , but tak i n g t h e p o s i t ive s f ro m a n ega t ive ,
FR E ELINE 6 3
