Fishing for Nothing In the Cold

It was forecast a cold weekend in Bulgaria, but most of us had fogotten what cold was as winter was such a long time ago. We have had a hot or very warm six or seven months and it was with that in mind we decided to go fishing for a few hours.

The journey to the next village of Ovchi Kladinets, which means sheep well was our destination as we were told that there was good fishing in this village. It lies 7 km west of our farmhouse in Skalitsa, but as we were to find out that was only half the trip.

We had been given instructions on how to get to this reservoir which was meant to hold very large carp. Although the place is technically in Ovchi Kladinets there was a further 4 or 5 km to travel over rough ground to reach the fishing area.

After reaching the village we turned onto the initially stone track which is designed for horse and car not ladas and made out way, slowly and carefully. With pot holed and subsidence ridden tracks it was an exciting route to take in this wild area of Bulgaria.

Fishing for Nothing In the Cold3 or 4 km later we entered into a deeply wooded area and followed this through, it was magical ovoiding trees as we made out way to the sight of a little clearing about another kilometre on. As this was reached we could see this massive expanse of water and wandered how many people knew of this place. It would be hard if not impossible to reach after rain as the track to the reservoir would be a mud pit and the rises and fall of the tracks far too steep to negotiate for any motor driven vehicle; even tractors would find this hard to reach on this track with rain.

Fishing for Nothing In the ColdWe had arrived as the car was parked right next to a sandy shore with much wildlife around from the floral and fauna kingdom. We still had to walk a little way beyond some rocks that sttod in the way of the 'beach' type shoreline. It was while waliing through swamped brush that most of the thistly seeds decided to come with us as we swept past! Removing these was a very painful process without gloves and we were without gloves!

Fishing for Nothing In the ColdThe fishing postion setup and we cast our lines and waited. There was a strong wind coming off the water, often whipping up a little wave or two, so repositioning out lines was frequently done with the floats wandering quickly out of place. It was hard work as the first half and hour wnet by and no bites made. It was now cold as the wind was consistently blowing in this open position we had taken up. All the time in our heads were the thought of just one big fish for dinner tonight on the barbecue, the cold was a minor inconvenience with this in mind.

Fishing for Nothing In the ColdWe endured another hour or so and still not one bite was made. The cold now was becoming unbearable as we shivered our way through each regular casting; time and time again we had the same result; Nothing!

Finally, the fanstastic views, the massive variety of waterfowl that shared our environment and our love of fishing was no match for the cold. We packed up and made out way back to the windcheating inners of the Lada. That was a lovely moment when we sat down out of the wind, but not before another rich picking of thistle type seeds off out trouser and socks (ouch!)

Fishing for Nothing In the ColdThe journey across the open countriside track was enjoyed to the full in the warmth of the car as we all relaxed knowing that there was a wood burner and rakia waiting for us at home to warm us up even further, but no barbecued fish today.

I must add that this is the first time I have been fishing in Bulgaria where I ended up with absolutely nothing!





8 comments:

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  2. Martin, oh the joys of fishing, running nose, freezing hands and an empty keep net. Here the locals do not use a rod and line they just wade into the water and set up nets...very unsporting in my opinion!

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  3. nice place I want to go there heheheheh I wish I could go there soon

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  4. And just think, when I went fishing in Kansas, I caught a huge carp and didn't keep it. I was hoping for some bass, which I didn't catch. Carp fishing in the states is considered a sport, not too many eat them.

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  5. My Hubby got me a fishing license last winter... and I am looking forward to get a new license again. The fishing you did there is not as bad as ICE-FISHING here in Maine. We went fishing all weekends of winter and caught nothing but junk fish. Hubby caught a couple of trout but he is the "catch and release" fisherman and he doesn't eat fish... he just love to fish. hahahaha.

    btw, i came to drop my EC too.

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  7. we have come to love playing with that seed that got stuck to your pants. the kids specially loves to play throw with it and would laugh and giggle when it sticks to your clothes. It itches though but its all good fun..

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