I went and had two or three hours at Vale End, Albury yesterday afternoon. The banks of the small Lake are very muddy, as they have dredged the lake and the banks have been churned up my the heavy machinery and it only reopened on Wednesday. I had no luck on this one and went to the far end of the big lake, which is even bigger now as they have incorporated the very small lake at the far end into the main one. There was also a lot of ice on it and only at that far end was it clear.
I first tried a buzzer, I had tied, but nothing, then one one my Terry's Terrors, again nothing. But the moment I changed to Brown Minkie, first cast a tug and I struck too soon. I recast over the same spot and the fish was on. About 2½LBs. I flattened the barb and two more casts and I had another one in the net. I know it shouldn't be done here but it was released back. I cast out in the opposite direction and got a tug. A couple of casts later a third was on and in the net and that went back as well. I went back to the small lake with the Minkie and got a couple of tugs but no takes. I got one more later on but nothing else, by this time it was starting to become dusk and I left there about 6.
