Day 17 - 30th May 25

Not much to report

First job today was to stock-up on casters from Zunnebeld. After that I headed back to the same peg on the Ijssel where I had success yesterday.

The same two guys were there that I saw yesterday. He had stepped up his pole float from 30g to 70g! They said it had not been fishing as good today. By the end of their session they had 4kg and 4.5kg.

I tried all the same tactics as yesterday and even tried halibut pellet today (in case Barbel were about). However, I was only able to catch small fish on worm, caster etc. Skimmers and Ide made up most of the catch with a single Roach and a Bream of about 3lb. I ended up with 8lb 13oz.

I also had a visit from the Lancashire lads (Colin & Steve). They had fished Wijde Aa in a double-peg. One had 16 Bream and the other struggled for a bite. Their main takeaway was that it was like a swimming pool with many people out on the lake both swimming and wind-surfing due to the weather being nicer today. I had planned a float fishing day on there tomorrow but the weather forecast is even better and it's a Saturday so perhaps not the best day to fish it.

Before the wind picked up (late afternoon) it was reminiscent of my childhood. Sitting at the side of the river and hearing a cuckoo - we don't hear those much in my part of the UK now :-( I tried to capture it on video, it was much louder in real life but the camera picked up other birds. You can still hear it but its quiet.

Still, I have just had 3 excellent days back-to-back so I cannot complain. Just 3 fishing days left - fingers crossed I can have more memorable days.