It had been a fortnight since I was last at the lake. Christine and I have been off on our travels around the Mediterranean on the cruise ship Oceana and had seen many wonderful sights - including the amazing Krka National Park near Split in Croatia. The most wonderfully pure, crystal clear waters I have seen anywhere in the world. Made some of the lakes I have fished seem nothing more than toxic, putrid puddles. Anyway. I couldn’t wait to get back to my fishing and I took this opportunity to fish Another MKF Gold Ticket Venue to try and winkle out one of its big commons. First job, up The Climbing Tree to assess the weed situation. I was horrified to see weed stems of at least eight feet tall almost up to the surface: I think this stuff is called Curly Pondweed; whatever it’s called, it’s dreadful stuff and not the sort of ‘jungle’ you would want to be casting a bait into. I immediately abandoned all thoughts of fishing this, may favourite spot under the tree and plu