How did you get on?

[thecrow]

Yesterday was spent as the guest of a friend on what is a commercial but season ticket only.



Not all commercials are holes in the ground

The target was crucians but it wasn't to be, my friend had put me into a swim that usually produces them but I finished with 23 skimmers all unhooked in the water without being touched 2 roach of about 12ozs and a solitary fi of a couple of pounds.

 

[barbelboi]

What a traumatic day Graham..................

 

[thecrow]

Each bite was like it was part of some sort of angling aversion therapy, it worked though I wont be fishing that swim again, produces crucians my ar$£

 

[Pete Shears]

Misty start at the reservoir this morning and barely a ripple on the surface,eight white egrets stalking the margins,around 130+ canada & grey lag geese,kingfishers,a lone lapwing performing aerobatics over the shallows and a group of dunlin on the mudflats. As for the fishing - one bite= one skimmer of about a pound but a beautiful morning to out and about.

 

[flightliner]

An interesting afternoon, walked a mile of bank on a local river then shot up to a large dam not far away as a previous "looksee" told me there might be a big perch around as scattering fry were showing to often to ignore.
So, armed with my lite fox lure rod I found a suitable looking corner with a marginal weedbed and began casting in the 9 am to 3pm mode. Second retrieve and a seven inch perch hits the Heddon tiny tad offering, a good start.
Two more casts and another small "hit" produces the smallest ever pike I can remember taking on a lure, all eight inches of it that I couldnt help taking a foto of (Binke has it) , perfection in miniature.
Another perch and one lost about the same size and I'm off looking for more further along the bank.
last cast before moving and some three feet from the rod end and the water explodes with a pike charging thro some surface weed intent on eating the plastic offering, not big, some three or for lbs but the take more than made up for the lack of size, exhilerating stuff!.
Another move and another heart stopping take from an equally aggresive snapper and I have to cut things short.
Pretty sure there will be a big perch or two soon tho.
I'll be back for more when I can.

 

[binka]

Two more casts and another small "hit" produces the smallest ever pike I can remember taking on a lure, all eight inches of it that I couldnt help taking a foto of (Binke has it) , perfection in miniature.

And here is Mick's gargantuan leviathan...



A true, attitude equipped, monster in the making

I bet he didn't tell you that it went on to devour his arm before working its way through his sarnies...

 

[tigger]

I had a few hours trotting on a small river today, did ok hooking up with some chunky perch up to about a pound, some average dace, small chub to about a pound and a couple of those Hyde again. The hyde where superb looking fish that really pulled back for their size which was only about a pound or so. I had pike harassing my fish as I brought them in and I think I lost a nice perch to one even though I tried to keep them away from the pike.
I only fished the one swim because of an injury and i'm certain if i'd been as mobile as normal and mooched along from swim to swim I would have had much better results. I only took one pic of a hyde but i've just looked at it and it's just it's blurred tail and my foot LOL so thought better of keeping it.

 

[Graham Elliott 1]

On the Severn near Tewkesbury.

Sunbathing on a low slightly coloured river.

Determined to try and catch my first Zander. After an hour the rod top nodded and a firm strike met resistance. Left then right keeping deep then a 5lb pike leapt clear of the water!!!

Feeder out on the other rod and 2 taps in the next 4 hours.
Finally a proper bite and after a dogged fight a 7lb brim wallowed under the rod tip. Luckily I could reach down and unhook it in the water.
Odd bites came to the feeder but in the confined swim they would have to hook themselves.

I decided to take the weight off the half roach zander ledger and let it drift back to the inside ledge. It nodded after half an hour and........
A Zander nicely hooked in the scissors.
My first....about 2lb. Job done. Happy albeit a baby.

Mind wandering to roach now.

 

[maggot_dangler]

I had a few hours trotting on a small river today, did ok hooking up with some chunky perch up to about a pound, some average dace, small chub to about a pound and a couple of those Hyde again. The hyde where superb looking fish that really pulled back for their size which was only about a pound or so. I had pike harassing my fish as I brought them in and I think I lost a nice perch to one even though I tried to keep them away from the pike.
I only fished the one swim because of an injury and i'm certain if i'd been as mobile as normal and mooched along from swim to swim I would have had much better results. I only took one pic of a hyde but i've just looked at it and it's just it's blurred tail and my foot LOL so thought better of keeping it.

Hi tigger

WTFlip is a HYDE or am i missing some hidden acronym or similar one thing it aint a TLA ..

Cheers

PG ...

 

[robtherake]

Hi tigger

WTFlip is a HYDE or am i missing some hidden acronym or similar one thing it aint a TLA ..

Cheers

PG ...

Gotta be an ide, guv. That's 'ow it reads to me.

 

[tigger]

Gotta be an ide, guv. That's 'ow it reads to me.

Rob's the man , he knew what I meant .

 

[neil1970]

A couple of days ago I got to the river before light, and managed a Jack and a couple of Chub on a plug. I had to switch to a grub to make the treble on the way home.






Five species in an hour and a half today.
Perch, chub, minnow and two new ones; bringing the freshwater 'lure' caught tally up to ten.

 

[devon stalker]

well i managed to get out again on tuesday ! same water as last time .
i started by putting in a couple of areas of mixed particles "maze,tic peas, green peas,maples ,tares ,chick peas and black eyed beans" and fished one rod with chick pea on a bolt rig with a small pva stick on the hook length over one area and a method feeder over the other with a double black eyed bean alternated with maze and chick pea in the hope of a tench!,i had a screaming run on the feeder around 11-30 but did not connect !
i baited another area with boilies and i fished a snowman on a bolt rig over that,, weather was good and overcast to start with but then turned into blazing sunshine just after lunch time (it was forecast to be rain coming in then until around 6pm ish) untill the rain finally arrived around 4-30,and had another run around 6-30 on the boillie again dropped after about 6-8 feet ,gutted to say the least !, i had a run last time out on the boillie but put it down to a linner as it seemed slow but it was about 6' !!!! ,though tuesday there was no doubt it was a run . now im starting to wonder about the first dropped run! im fishing over light weed and a small amount of silk weed !!!, its a hard water and i no where near expected to get runs yet but i am wondering about the dropped runs .
ANY comments on the reasons for the aborted runs ??? rigs are basic, on the inline about 6" hook length of soft braid and anti tangle tube and a small pva stick or bagged and hair rigged hook bait and the other rig is a normal lead clip 8" flurocarbon hook length and again small stick mix and hair rigged bait !
one thing that is consistent is it FEELS RIGHT BEING OUT AGAIN AFTER ALL THIS TIME and its getting better and more comfortable each time i get out getting set up and sorted !

 

[binka]

I stuck to my guns today and despite the river rising unexpectedly overnight I resisted the urge and went with the original plan which was to fish a local lake.

Nothing fancy and it was always going to be hard in sweltering conditions so I ditched the original plan to fish a waggler at the foot of the marginal shelf in favour of the dibber at the top of it, might as well make things easy for myself.

Lots of bits, small perch and roach up to about 8oz on the maggot and the bites at times barely flickered a dotted down 4 x no.10 dibber with single maggot on a size 20 hook to a pound and a half bottom.

I had around four dozen fish all in with a bonus roach/bream hybrid of around 3lbs so I can at least like the roach half of the fish.

Eh that’s an idea...

If I’ve had a roach bream hybrid of 3lbs can I split the difference and say I had a pound and a half roach?

With nothing out of the ordinary in the way of a fish I thought you might like a nice view of the lake instead…





Heavy rain forecast tomorrow so a barbel session for sure over the weekend... :w

By the way everything you see in the way of greenery there is, believe it or not, an old pit spoil heap!

 

[john step]

Just back from 4 days on the Swale. Stayed on a campsite. Sods law..sunny weather until this morning when it * issed down whilst taking down tent.

Met Sam Vimes and had a masterclass at trotting waters that to me at first sight appeared more suited to white water canoeing! He even let me have a waggle with his 15 ft Acolite and Hardy pin.

Caught everything included salmon parr except the grayling hoped for. Never mind had a great time on a picturesque little river mostly devoid of other anglers and finished up with decent chub and barbel.

What a nice part of the country. Thanks Sam.

 

[edsurf]

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Had some nice Roach out of Throop today . was a bit tricky with the wind , but nice to be on the bank.

 

[Chefster]

Hello there NvS practice open today at TBF,55 on it over Jennies,Canal,and Club pools,i drew out Canal 5,half decent draw,but tightly pegged..
Started on the top kit and pellet,for a couple of F1,s and a mirror,soon switched to the "Jigga",banded maggot down the track.feeding heavy,to draw the fish...ended up with 45 F1,s ,1 mirror,1 common,2 barbel and a few bits,for 99-13-0,and 2nd overall
Winner came from Canal peg 10,Alex Harper with 111-0-0.....3rd came from Club pool with 86lb..Im back there on monday for the open..tight lines,Gazza

 

[peter crabtree]

I'll be up your way tomorrow Gaz .

On the boardwalk ..

 

[Chefster]

I'll be up your way tomorrow Gaz .

On the boardwalk ..

Clattercote mate??

 

[flightliner]

Up early to fish this morning bu the heavy rain had me holding back, finally I decided that I didnt want to fish a method feeder again, not today anyway so hastily rearranged my gear and drove a few miles to fish for some roach that I saw the other day.
Not very productive in the first hour, one lost fish and another that was sadly not as big as the ones witnessed the other day so a move was in order.
A slight improvement if the reward for three hours serious trotting that included four roach, three small chub a bleak and one minnow could be viewed as such.
No matter, it was still enjoyable, a welcome break, one that I will return to next month.