How I got into Fishing

Hi guys and girls as I said in my last blog I am going to tell you a little about how I got into fishing, especially carp fishing.

I started fishing when I was about 11 lugging all my tackle on my push bike down to the river about 5 miles away. Getting a little spinning rod out and searching for pike with some friends definitely brings back memories. Then we decided to start fishing lakes so off we went again on our push bikes with a rod, reel, a few weights, hooks and floats. First off we were catching small fish like roach, rud and tench which at the time I didn't mind catching at all, after all they were fish. Then sadly the group split up and the fishing dwindled down from every weekend to once in a blue moon. This ended up with me selling my fishing gear and I totally went off the sport.

A few years later when I was about 15 a friend of the family took me out fishing for carp on a little lake close to my village called Tilly's pit. I was sat there with a pint of maggots flicking a few over my float, then bang! The float shot under so I struck the rod. The line started screaming off the reel, I gradually gained line back and the fish came to the surface. I was ecstatic to see it was a little mirror carp. My friend was showing me how to play the fish nice and gentle and let the fish do the work. As it started to tire  my friend slipped the net under and it was in! My first carp I had caught! I was buzzing at this point. My friend pulled it out of the water and there it was in all its glory a little mirror carp only weighing a few lbs but from that moment on all I wanted to go in search of was a bigger carp.

After that session I saved and saved. I vividly remember bugging my father to take me to the tackle shop so I could buy all my new fishing tackle. Since then I've expanded and upgraded my fishing tackle and continue to do so.

Thanks for reading, tight lines.

Start Of My Blogs

Hello guys and girls my name is Jake Bannister. I have recently started a Facebook page called Lincolnshire Fishing Association where I share pictures, my experiences and where I will tell you guys about my trips out when I go carp fishing. A friend has suggested that I should start my own blog so here I am :) I'm still new to this but I will try my best to keep all you guys informed about my trips out, rigs, bait, water selection, etc etc etc.

I would be grateful for feedback from everyone reading this blog, as I can adjust to what everyone would like to see. This can be from your own experiences, stories, tips and tricks that you use, or great locations that you really want to suggest to others. Please let me know, and I am more than happy to take on board whatever you suggest.

Any questions that you may have, please don't be afraid to contact me through e-mail, through the official Lincolnshire Fishing Association Facebook page, or even on here as a comment because I would love to answer them!

In my next post I hope to talk a little bit more about myself and how I got into carp fishing. I will also talk about the way I do things, but honestly I don't think that I am a better angler than anyone else, I just have my own thoughts and ways of doing things. At the end of the day, I am still learning just like you guys, and I just want to share my learning experience with everyone else.

Thanks for reading, tight lines.