 It was 7 o'clock in the morning but I just wondered maybe before the river gets hit by boats or anything else the fish might be a little bit more proactive. At the end of that last session I was just getting paid by Jack Pike again. So on the right hand rod I have put another large pellet on and on the left hand rod I've put a cast out to the opposite bank. I normally don't put casts to it because they're not a boat traffic but I thought I'd give it a whirl this morning, just fishing lob one. Pluck on my left rod tip or was that a signet? Or baby swan as they say in Weymouth. Well I'm into a fish, it's not big but I expect it's a chub and that's from the opposite bank, doesn't surprise me. It's nice to get a bend in the rod. Banking, just thought I was going to do it. Good grief. In the net, open. What a pleasant surprise that's really cheered me up because it's not a chub. It's better than that. I'm so glad I didn't just stick with pellet because I wouldn't have caught that otherwise. Pricking fish for the brissel, I think I must pressure this for these stretch cans. For sure that's a bad fish. Chub maybe? Another unexpected visitor. I thought it was weird how those worms got hit as soon as it landed. Yeah hooks falling out in the net, there we go. There's one barbell session that's turned up to be a predator fest. That's cool. A lot of worm on the side. A side eight hook is it? Yeah he's nicked the line just there. One more cast. So maybe I'm not going to weigh it, I'm not going to measure it. This has been too good a morning. This is turning out to be a red letter morning. Another thumping take. This is fighting harder. If it is perch it's considerably bigger than the other two. I've got a feeling it's probably a chub. That's you cacking it. The pike's going to take off whatever I've got on the end of the line. Absolute cracker. It must be something like that really cold night last night. I've already discovered that there's loads of roach in here. And it's brilliant to see fish like this in the Bristol Avon. Such a plump and healthy looking fish. Look at that. And this place gets absolutely thrashing. So these fish they're not stupid, they know how to hide away. Good for you. That presents me with a real dilemma. Do I want to share this on social media? Not really.