In message , Colin
writes
Please could you advise me on preparing to night fish for Carp on my local
lake.
what sort of things should I be doing, should I sleep well during the day &
stay up all night etc.How do you set out your stall? what are the best time
for fish to feed?
Many thanks
Best Wishes
Colin J.



Never, ever go night fishing, or day fishing for that matter, on your
own.

Every thing gets very different and extremely scary at night, as an
experiment camp out in your back garden. It's unlikely you will get any
sleep and some of the noises you will hear will be incredibly loud and
scary. This will also enable you to test and refine your bivvy layout,
it is very easy to trip over your bag when going for a pee in the dark.

Water is dangerous stuff, add the darkness and it gets very dangerous.

For a first time go with at least one other person you trust with your
life and who has been night fishing before.

Every body in your party must be able to swim very well.

Take warm clothes, even if the day is warm it gets bloody cold at night.

Take a lot of lights, not just one little torch.

Take good quality food and drinks and a method to heat them up, a packet
of crisps at 3:00 AM will do you no good at all.

Do not try to stay awake all night, tiredness slows reactions which at
best means you lose a fish. Sleep in shifts or rely on a bite alarm to
wake you up.

Take a change of clothes and a washing kit, this will wake you up better
than anything.

Be organised, keep your gear tidy (most people I have seen end up in the
water did so because they shot out of the bivvy when the alarm went off
and tripped over a chair (or bucket or stove or Pod or etc. etc.)

Put the bivvy back from the edge of the bank, especially if you might be
a mobile sleeper.

Use common sense, if the bank looks a bit dodgy during the day it will
be twice as hazardous at night when it is wet so don't fish there.

Have a contact number you can be reached on and make sure a fully
charged mobile is available at all times.



Have fun - Night fishing is great but you must treat ALL water with
respect.


PS

There will be loads of people who don't agree with the above and have
been fishing alone for years and never had a problem etc. etc., I wonder
how many more of these people are not in a position to answer you
anymore?



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