It’s been a quiet few weeks for the big fish anglers of Britain, with low river levels and the usual late summer lull impacting catches. But Daniel Bouskila recently enjoyed a special dace session on a small southern river, where he landed this fish of 1lb 1oz, backed up by numerous other fish between 10 and 15oz.
Arriving around midday armed with maggots, casters and his trotting tackle, he started to feed a swim and soon saw large dace hitting his bait on the drop. Shallowing up his rig, Daniel trotted a maggot through multiple times but could see the dace darting up to his hookbait before quickly turning away.
Feeling that a more subtle presentation was required, Daniel changed to a caster and buried his hook in it, and on the first trot connected with a good fish immediately, weighing 15oz. Re-feeding, he saw other big dace taking his bait, and what followed was a spell of the best dace fishing he’s ever experienced. The 1lb 1oz fish came on his next trot, and by the time he’d ran out of maggots, Daniel had amassed a truly special bag of dace, with multiple big ‘doubles’ amongst them.
Well done Daniel!