Give the lake an hour before you give it a rod. No rods out. No barrow unloaded. One hour, walking and watching. You are looking for shows, bubbles, fish in the margins, and the one corner the wind is pushing into. You are checking the colour of the water. You are watching what the coots and grebes are working on. You are having a quiet word with whoever is packing up. By the end of that hour you have evidence instead of a guess. One hour of looking saves you a session of blanking. And once you start seeing a lake this way, you cannot unsee it. Send this to whoever you fish with, especially if they always set up in the same swim. #carpfishing #watercraft #carpangler #anglingtips