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peter crabtree
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Silvers only do today at Clattercote reservior near Banbury.
Low level and just a tinge of colour rippled by an East wind it looked like it would be a struggle...
Ten minutes in and the angler next to me landed an 8oz roach which fuelled my confidence no end. Soon I was getting twitches and pulls on my tip and the roach were feeding out in 15/18' deep water about 35yds out. Cage feeder and groundbait to small worm tipped with dead red was doing the business.
After 5 hours I'd had a few but 4lb:7 of perch, roach and a couple of skimmers was not enough to frame in my section. As it turned out the other two sections struggled badly with some blanks...
I think the top weight was 12lb 8.
21 fished...
Low level and just a tinge of colour rippled by an East wind it looked like it would be a struggle...
Ten minutes in and the angler next to me landed an 8oz roach which fuelled my confidence no end. Soon I was getting twitches and pulls on my tip and the roach were feeding out in 15/18' deep water about 35yds out. Cage feeder and groundbait to small worm tipped with dead red was doing the business.
After 5 hours I'd had a few but 4lb:7 of perch, roach and a couple of skimmers was not enough to frame in my section. As it turned out the other two sections struggled badly with some blanks...
I think the top weight was 12lb 8.
21 fished...
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The Runner
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Fished club match on Slough Arm at Langley Boats- my first time on the bank since mid August and first time on canal since March. And it showed- very rusty and should have done better than I did.
Canal so clear that can see the bottom all the way across and still lots of blanket weed. Drew about 150 yards past the gate (first peg was 50 yards past it, see later) and set up three pole rigs, all with longer line than usual due to the clear water, two with green gama 24 to .06 and one with a 22 to .08 as well as 3BB waggler with 24 GG to .07.
Expecting a very slow start but straight in on punch down the track and picked up a couple of little rudd immediately. Didn't last and after an hour it was six fish each for myself and Ian next peg to my right with nobody else catching at all. Came in next to inside weed on worm and had a few tiny perch but that dried up and back out on pinkie for one more rudd. but nothing on waggler Half time and it was me 15 Ian 19 and Brian three along with ten but with a couple of netters.
Next hour out of the blue started getting a few ounce to 2 ounce rudd on wag and pinkie but they wouldn't settle anywhere and had to chase them all over the swim to keep odd fish coming as they were running away from any feed. Knew that they wouldn't last (the rudd here never do) so plundered them while they were there and sure enough after an hour or so they disappeared completely. Was probably winning it at this point but then Dave on the end peg started getting a few decent skimmers and Ian suddenly started getting small roach one a chuck on punch. Had only four fish in the last two hours, including a couple of half decent roach on big maggot but well adrift in the end.
Weighed 3-7-8 for 4th, Ian winning it with 7-8 (128 fish) and Dave's little run of skimmers going 7-1, with 3-9 third.
Odd dividing lines between the fish. Very good canal angler on my left only had 4oz and only a few ounces either side of the third placed weight.
And just to add , as I said, we pegged it all past the gate as the section before has been poor lately. A couple of the strugglers went for a walk back mid-match and for the fifty yards before the gate could have walked across on the big skimmers and roach of all sizes up to way over the pound. Hey ho....
Canal so clear that can see the bottom all the way across and still lots of blanket weed. Drew about 150 yards past the gate (first peg was 50 yards past it, see later) and set up three pole rigs, all with longer line than usual due to the clear water, two with green gama 24 to .06 and one with a 22 to .08 as well as 3BB waggler with 24 GG to .07.
Expecting a very slow start but straight in on punch down the track and picked up a couple of little rudd immediately. Didn't last and after an hour it was six fish each for myself and Ian next peg to my right with nobody else catching at all. Came in next to inside weed on worm and had a few tiny perch but that dried up and back out on pinkie for one more rudd. but nothing on waggler Half time and it was me 15 Ian 19 and Brian three along with ten but with a couple of netters.
Next hour out of the blue started getting a few ounce to 2 ounce rudd on wag and pinkie but they wouldn't settle anywhere and had to chase them all over the swim to keep odd fish coming as they were running away from any feed. Knew that they wouldn't last (the rudd here never do) so plundered them while they were there and sure enough after an hour or so they disappeared completely. Was probably winning it at this point but then Dave on the end peg started getting a few decent skimmers and Ian suddenly started getting small roach one a chuck on punch. Had only four fish in the last two hours, including a couple of half decent roach on big maggot but well adrift in the end.
Weighed 3-7-8 for 4th, Ian winning it with 7-8 (128 fish) and Dave's little run of skimmers going 7-1, with 3-9 third.
Odd dividing lines between the fish. Very good canal angler on my left only had 4oz and only a few ounces either side of the third placed weight.
And just to add , as I said, we pegged it all past the gate as the section before has been poor lately. A couple of the strugglers went for a walk back mid-match and for the fifty yards before the gate could have walked across on the big skimmers and roach of all sizes up to way over the pound. Hey ho....
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robtherake
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I spent a few hours trying to tempt the bigger roach at the pool this evening - they were topping all over the place. Loose-fed caster with triple maggot hookbait turned out to be the winning combination, fished on a fine wire 16 about four feet deep in 15ft of water, although I was kicking myself for leaving the bread behind when a big bit of flake may have been just what the better roach wanted.
I ended up with 20 or so fish up to about 10 oz, with most around the 6-8oz bracket. A very pleasant session, even though the big girls decided not to play.
I ended up with 20 or so fish up to about 10 oz, with most around the 6-8oz bracket. A very pleasant session, even though the big girls decided not to play.
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The day didn't start too well! On arrival at the river I found I'd failed to pick up the landing net, and padded sling. I must have spent 3/4 minutes staring into the boot, wishing the net to appear, but it didn't?mg:
The round trip in the morning mist, took another hour before I got set up (with the bloody net) dropping some bait into the swim. It was a cooler day, but at about 10 degrees, nice in wool underwear and a thick fleece. Fishing trousers have come on a long way in recent years, mine are warm and come nicely up your back, keeping me really snug.:wh
The mist had now lifted off the river, causing the river surface to take on a diamond shine, but would mean a small stick float would be difficult to see. The swim (a new one to me) was about 7' deep, so I plumbed up carefully and set a small Harrell speci waggler 3ssg just over depth.
Id been feeding hemp and maggots since arrival, so now it was time to take some tea, a sausage roll and just to relax and calm down. It's so easy to rush this moment when it should be the time all that anticipation, and tension leaves the body, and the hunter in you comes to the fore.
During the first hour I feed maybe a pint of maggots and one of hemp every cast. Stopping only to take more tea, and another sausage roll. (they are small ones?) Then suddenly the float had gone, and I found myself playing a decent fish that moved towards the middle of the river.
Fishing only a 4.4lb bottom I took my time and finally after 5 minutes a nice 8lb barbel lay on the mat (yes, the one I'd left at home on the first trip!) ready for a quick picture. Within the next half hour I landed another of just under ten pounds, and then lost a fish after a very strange fight. It had moved to the middle of the river then, ran back towards me faster than I could rewind the centrepin.
Despite stepping up the feed during the afternoon, I didn't take anymore fish. Honestly I felt a little dissapointed in not putting a bag together, but really had no right to be as I'd had a cracking day. As the sun faded it got colder so I packed saving the last sausage roll and mouthful of tea for the trip back home.
Pictures on My Dipping Float
mg:The round trip in the morning mist, took another hour before I got set up (with the bloody net) dropping some bait into the swim. It was a cooler day, but at about 10 degrees, nice in wool underwear and a thick fleece. Fishing trousers have come on a long way in recent years, mine are warm and come nicely up your back, keeping me really snug.:wh
The mist had now lifted off the river, causing the river surface to take on a diamond shine, but would mean a small stick float would be difficult to see. The swim (a new one to me) was about 7' deep, so I plumbed up carefully and set a small Harrell speci waggler 3ssg just over depth.
Id been feeding hemp and maggots since arrival, so now it was time to take some tea, a sausage roll and just to relax and calm down. It's so easy to rush this moment when it should be the time all that anticipation, and tension leaves the body, and the hunter in you comes to the fore.
During the first hour I feed maybe a pint of maggots and one of hemp every cast. Stopping only to take more tea, and another sausage roll. (they are small ones?) Then suddenly the float had gone, and I found myself playing a decent fish that moved towards the middle of the river.
Fishing only a 4.4lb bottom I took my time and finally after 5 minutes a nice 8lb barbel lay on the mat (yes, the one I'd left at home on the first trip!) ready for a quick picture. Within the next half hour I landed another of just under ten pounds, and then lost a fish after a very strange fight. It had moved to the middle of the river then, ran back towards me faster than I could rewind the centrepin.
Despite stepping up the feed during the afternoon, I didn't take anymore fish. Honestly I felt a little dissapointed in not putting a bag together, but really had no right to be as I'd had a cracking day. As the sun faded it got colder so I packed saving the last sausage roll and mouthful of tea for the trip back home.
Pictures on My Dipping Float
Tee-Cee
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A real man is one who takes success and failure in equal measure...........Well, that has applied to me these past few days....
Yesterday I arrived at my water and quickly hurried past the scene of Friday's failure when I became a carp fisherman for the day and went home fishless. Oh yes, I could see the blighters moving around in my swim and I could even see some gliding past my floating baits only to take free offerings 6" away. Back and forth they roamed for a good 3hours, albeit in 20 minute spells, with the occasional slurp just to rub salt into the wound.........
Okay thought I, no carp, but the roach will play ball today as I increased my pace. As it turned out I rushed along for very little with leaves playing a major part in the loss of several fish. For 6 hours graft I managed to land four fish to 10ozs..
Today was all change as I settled into a very nice swim with a misty rain to keep me honest. Misty was replaced by heavy after an hour or so, but it remained what could be a construed as 'a good day' for reasonable roach....I went all out with hemp on a 20 hook with sprinkles of same from the little bag resting on my lap. Nothing for 20 minutes then two fish one after the other, both around 8ozs. A quiet spell suggested a change to tares ( on a new type of hook!) but this resulted in bag of tares slung in the bag as I went back to hemp of the large variety of hemp using the same 14 hook and very good it was too as a half dozen fish followed with one around the pound mark.
Altogether, a very nice morning as the rain eased, and one that had 2lb roach written all over it. Just a pity those little beauties don't read....................
A day off tomorrow when stock of the seed will be replenished at my local tackle shop and the gear checked for the lasting damp of today.......Which reminds me I need to move my brolly from the wife's shed before she hoicks it out and slings in on the grass. As if she would....
Roll on Thursday!!!
ps Todays' swim was only fishable in the rain because last week I took with me to the lake (last week) an old 'Brace & Bit' from yesteryear and managed to drill a brolly size hole in the rock hard ground. Tried everything else but this did the job! ( It didn't do too much for the bit, though!!!)
Yesterday I arrived at my water and quickly hurried past the scene of Friday's failure when I became a carp fisherman for the day and went home fishless. Oh yes, I could see the blighters moving around in my swim and I could even see some gliding past my floating baits only to take free offerings 6" away. Back and forth they roamed for a good 3hours, albeit in 20 minute spells, with the occasional slurp just to rub salt into the wound.........
Okay thought I, no carp, but the roach will play ball today as I increased my pace. As it turned out I rushed along for very little with leaves playing a major part in the loss of several fish. For 6 hours graft I managed to land four fish to 10ozs..
Today was all change as I settled into a very nice swim with a misty rain to keep me honest. Misty was replaced by heavy after an hour or so, but it remained what could be a construed as 'a good day' for reasonable roach....I went all out with hemp on a 20 hook with sprinkles of same from the little bag resting on my lap. Nothing for 20 minutes then two fish one after the other, both around 8ozs. A quiet spell suggested a change to tares ( on a new type of hook!) but this resulted in bag of tares slung in the bag as I went back to hemp of the large variety of hemp using the same 14 hook and very good it was too as a half dozen fish followed with one around the pound mark.
Altogether, a very nice morning as the rain eased, and one that had 2lb roach written all over it. Just a pity those little beauties don't read....................
A day off tomorrow when stock of the seed will be replenished at my local tackle shop and the gear checked for the lasting damp of today.......Which reminds me I need to move my brolly from the wife's shed before she hoicks it out and slings in on the grass. As if she would....
Roll on Thursday!!!
ps Todays' swim was only fishable in the rain because last week I took with me to the lake (last week) an old 'Brace & Bit' from yesteryear and managed to drill a brolly size hole in the rock hard ground. Tried everything else but this did the job! ( It didn't do too much for the bit, though!!!)
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That's it, I'm waving the white flag, for a month or two I'd guess. I've been so looking forward to my first full Autumn/Winter river fishing, but my local river, the Stour running through Canterbury is so low and so clear with a severe lack of H2O it's proving all but impossible to catch fish. Just finding them is hard enough but when I do they just aren't interested, worm, bread, maggot, cheesepaste, fruit I've tried them all.
When the season opened I did at least have a few perch, chublets and annoying eels, but now? zilch, zero, blankety blank. So, back to my perch lake on Thursday and see if I can get on the leaderboard.
Anyone know of decent river fishing down here in the Southeast at the moment?
When the season opened I did at least have a few perch, chublets and annoying eels, but now? zilch, zero, blankety blank. So, back to my perch lake on Thursday and see if I can get on the leaderboard.
Anyone know of decent river fishing down here in the Southeast at the moment?
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Ray Daywalker Clarke
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Went down to the LIF on sunday with ten others.
Down stream breeze, very low and crystal clear, ton of weed, and leaves all over the water.
It fished it's head off. I couldn't tell you how many Grayling I had, but 4 of the lads who had never caught a Grayling before all had 30 plus.
Lots of Trout, and 10 Sea Trout also, one lad had three of them.
A few chub also caught. Right at last knockings i had a Skippy, yes the Eels turned up. That was it for me, I spent the last 10 minutes trying to find Skippy, as I am sure he had sneaked up to the fishery and put one of his Eels just down river of me
Great day out, lots of small Grayling caught to start with, but as the day went on the fish got bigger, that seemed to be the same for everyone.
Also saw a Ghost carp on the surface, first time i have seen them here, but had heard there were a few Carp in the venue.
Not one Roach caught, and nobody saw any. It was that clear you could see the bottom even in some of the swims 10 foot deep. Not a Roach in sight.
Down stream breeze, very low and crystal clear, ton of weed, and leaves all over the water.
It fished it's head off. I couldn't tell you how many Grayling I had, but 4 of the lads who had never caught a Grayling before all had 30 plus.
Lots of Trout, and 10 Sea Trout also, one lad had three of them.
A few chub also caught. Right at last knockings i had a Skippy, yes the Eels turned up. That was it for me, I spent the last 10 minutes trying to find Skippy, as I am sure he had sneaked up to the fishery and put one of his Eels just down river of me
Great day out, lots of small Grayling caught to start with, but as the day went on the fish got bigger, that seemed to be the same for everyone.
Also saw a Ghost carp on the surface, first time i have seen them here, but had heard there were a few Carp in the venue.
Not one Roach caught, and nobody saw any. It was that clear you could see the bottom even in some of the swims 10 foot deep. Not a Roach in sight.
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See ? It's him they follow around not me. I was up a bleeding ladder 100 miles away so I'm not taking the rap for this.
Chefster
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Open at TBF today on High and Top pools,due to big turnout,ive drawn peg 46 on High,17m wide,and 8ft deep down the track-great
Ive opted to fish a safe/lazy? match,fishing top 5,in front in 5ft of water,and 2+1,at an angle to the right,and a top kit down the edge,its been steady,fished pellet all day,fed tiny amounts of micros and a few 4mm......finished with 58 F1,s for 70-14-0,which saw me chip-shopped(battered both sides)..80-0-0 to my right,and 74-11-0 to my left,but in fairness,both those anglers have worked twice as hard as me,fishing 17m,double shipping,and all over there pegs...119lb won it,Ivan(the Terrible) Mills from flyer 15,Barry Duggan,2nd with 107lb,Steve(the Maggot) Johnson 3rd with 90lb,the weights either side of me were 4th and 5th,and i managed 6th overall,as Top was won with 68lb...Winter League 1st round on saturday,i think i,ll need therapy after that..Tight lines,Gazza
Ive opted to fish a safe/lazy? match,fishing top 5,in front in 5ft of water,and 2+1,at an angle to the right,and a top kit down the edge,its been steady,fished pellet all day,fed tiny amounts of micros and a few 4mm......finished with 58 F1,s for 70-14-0,which saw me chip-shopped(battered both sides)..80-0-0 to my right,and 74-11-0 to my left
,but in fairness,both those anglers have worked twice as hard as me,fishing 17m,double shipping,and all over there pegs...119lb won it,Ivan(the Terrible) Mills from flyer 15,Barry Duggan,2nd with 107lb,Steve(the Maggot) Johnson 3rd with 90lb,the weights either side of me were 4th and 5th,and i managed 6th overall,as Top was won with 68lb...Winter League 1st round on saturday,i think i,ll need therapy after that..Tight lines,GazzaGraham Elliott 1
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Off to LIF on the 3rd and Test on 4th.
Fished for perch on the Wye today for 6hrs but the perch were sleeping. So were the dace, roach, bleak and gudgeon.
Nice to sleep on the bank for a couple of hours seeing off a rotten cold.
Fished for perch on the Wye today for 6hrs but the perch were sleeping. So were the dace, roach, bleak and gudgeon.
Nice to sleep on the bank for a couple of hours seeing off a rotten cold.
maggot_dangler
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Got out on the normal small pool today .
Has to be said the water level is on the LOW side but according to the water test carried out by the Canal & River trust it is in very good condition which is amasing as we at the moment have a ZERO input .
Also had the people round to sort out a quote for a borehole for water feed , Considering how close to the surface they say the water is HOW MUCH ! ye gads have to find a better one that that ..
Any how nuff off topic had a half decent days fishing about half a dozen roach of 1/2 to 3/4 lb some nice perch of similar size one i could not identify may have been a small chub but not sure few skimmers and other assorted small stuff no Bream Tench Crucians or Carp showing must all be in the deep section that you cant fish cus it is surrounded by bits of tree that keep nicking your tackle .
PG ...
Has to be said the water level is on the LOW side but according to the water test carried out by the Canal & River trust it is in very good condition which is amasing as we at the moment have a ZERO input .
Also had the people round to sort out a quote for a borehole for water feed , Considering how close to the surface they say the water is HOW MUCH ! ye gads have to find a better one that that ..
Any how nuff off topic had a half decent days fishing about half a dozen roach of 1/2 to 3/4 lb some nice perch of similar size one i could not identify may have been a small chub but not sure few skimmers and other assorted small stuff no Bream Tench Crucians or Carp showing must all be in the deep section that you cant fish cus it is surrounded by bits of tree that keep nicking your tackle .
PG ...
theartist
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Managed a couple of hours yesterday morning on the Colne in Watford. A kind of annual pilgrimage to a river I used to fish regularly yet now visit with trepidation following the pollution two years ago.
With the noise of a new road being built and the council dump behind me it was urban fishing that was far removed from the urbane scenic venues I could have chosen, but I just wanted to see if the river was recovering.
I set up in a swim which once did me a 6lb chub knowing that a fish of any kind would be a result and like other rivers around the country it was low and hardly moving. So much so that a trot down to a bush barely a rod length downstream was taking a few minutes, add to this the many autumn leaves covering the surface made for some hard presentation of my tiny home made stick float. Many a mend of the line was thwarted by giant yellow Sycamore leaves, and in such circumstances I find a very light float recast causes less disturbance that a heavy one mended against any big leaves. It wasn't as if I needed to cast far after all.
Slow river fishing is not really my favourite and with the float almost still at times I was guilty of being distracted by the roadworks, rats and scanning the surface for signs of life. So much so that after half hour of drip feeding maggots in two spots I finally got a bite - and of course missed it. I managed a few more bites but they were from tiny fish as they could barely take the float under, all 3 x no8s of it! I didn't hook anything but they were fish so there was hope as I wandered upstream to where I knew there would be more flow and with it more oxygen.
Finally in a spot where the river was moving albeit slowly I was able to get a steady stream of bites which I was able to connect with and after an hour of fishing I was happy to swing in a dace. Although perhaps swinging in is not the correct term for something the size of your little finger. Four more followed, all tiny and probably this year's models so what few survivors there were must have bred as no restocking had taken place to my knowledge.
Working way may down the swim to where it dropped off to a depth where leaves could not be seen on the bottom I was hopeful of something bigger so when the first roach came I was a happy bunny. Six more followed including a netter to make for a much better day than it could have been, although my records show I would have caught at least four times that a few years back along with perch and chub
With a renewed optimism I packed up stopping only to talk to a lady who commented on how overgrown it was. Explaining that was due to it hardly being fished now she was unaware that it was so filthy even the crayfish were crawling out the water on that dark day.
It's a shame that it takes so long to recover but a flash of halcyon blue went by as I was leaving and thoughts returned to the hope of more halcyon days. I swear a Kingfisher never looked as good as that one did yesterday!
With the noise of a new road being built and the council dump behind me it was urban fishing that was far removed from the urbane scenic venues I could have chosen, but I just wanted to see if the river was recovering.
I set up in a swim which once did me a 6lb chub knowing that a fish of any kind would be a result and like other rivers around the country it was low and hardly moving. So much so that a trot down to a bush barely a rod length downstream was taking a few minutes, add to this the many autumn leaves covering the surface made for some hard presentation of my tiny home made stick float. Many a mend of the line was thwarted by giant yellow Sycamore leaves, and in such circumstances I find a very light float recast causes less disturbance that a heavy one mended against any big leaves. It wasn't as if I needed to cast far after all.
Slow river fishing is not really my favourite and with the float almost still at times I was guilty of being distracted by the roadworks, rats and scanning the surface for signs of life. So much so that after half hour of drip feeding maggots in two spots I finally got a bite - and of course missed it. I managed a few more bites but they were from tiny fish as they could barely take the float under, all 3 x no8s of it! I didn't hook anything but they were fish so there was hope as I wandered upstream to where I knew there would be more flow and with it more oxygen.
Finally in a spot where the river was moving albeit slowly I was able to get a steady stream of bites which I was able to connect with and after an hour of fishing I was happy to swing in a dace. Although perhaps swinging in is not the correct term for something the size of your little finger. Four more followed, all tiny and probably this year's models so what few survivors there were must have bred as no restocking had taken place to my knowledge.
Working way may down the swim to where it dropped off to a depth where leaves could not be seen on the bottom I was hopeful of something bigger so when the first roach came I was a happy bunny. Six more followed including a netter to make for a much better day than it could have been, although my records show I would have caught at least four times that a few years back along with perch and chub
With a renewed optimism I packed up stopping only to talk to a lady who commented on how overgrown it was. Explaining that was due to it hardly being fished now she was unaware that it was so filthy even the crayfish were crawling out the water on that dark day.
It's a shame that it takes so long to recover but a flash of halcyon blue went by as I was leaving and thoughts returned to the hope of more halcyon days. I swear a Kingfisher never looked as good as that one did yesterday!
Fishing opportunities are few just now but had a couple of sessions on unfamiliar territory of the great ouse around huntingdon. Waggler and maggot seemed the obvious thing to try as you can cast around a bit a see what's what.
It was mostly small roach and dace with the odd chublet and some small perch. Bleak were very evident too but not in such numbers to make it impossible to catch a few better fish. Had a couple of networthy roach each time and a chunky perch of just over 2lbs. Not one to trouble the perch challenge supremos but my first of that size in some while. That came to a deadbait I put out for pike as I figured something must be interested in so many shoaling baitfish. Curiously could not get a bite on lobworm.
Saw one other guy fishing and he had had similar results and confirmed that a bit of flow and colour is usually needed for better results. Same story as anywhere just about I guess.
It was mostly small roach and dace with the odd chublet and some small perch. Bleak were very evident too but not in such numbers to make it impossible to catch a few better fish. Had a couple of networthy roach each time and a chunky perch of just over 2lbs. Not one to trouble the perch challenge supremos but my first of that size in some while. That came to a deadbait I put out for pike as I figured something must be interested in so many shoaling baitfish. Curiously could not get a bite on lobworm.
Saw one other guy fishing and he had had similar results and confirmed that a bit of flow and colour is usually needed for better results. Same story as anywhere just about I guess.
mikench
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Had a great day by my standards with over 10 bream up to 4lb and with my last cast of the day a PB of a 13.5lb mirror. As there was no one I knew nearby I couldn't take a pic of me with it and a selfie was out of the question. Well chuffed
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barbelboi
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Yesterday I spent a few hours from 10.30 – 3-30 trotting a local backwater for 9 chub.
Today I decided to trot another local backwater that I’ve recently discovered from a small weir pool (usual timings). Quite a productive session with some decent roach and dace included in the mix and a few chub that joined in early afternoon. Both sessions were a mixture of bright sunshine and white cloud.
Today I decided to trot another local backwater that I’ve recently discovered from a small weir pool (usual timings). Quite a productive session with some decent roach and dace included in the mix and a few chub that joined in early afternoon. Both sessions were a mixture of bright sunshine and white cloud.
mikench
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Great photos Bb! The first one looks like all it is missing is an impressionist painter like Monet!
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First serious perch hunting of the Autum season today, 10 hours spent by a lake that I had all to myself with lovely weather, not a take not a sniff of a bite. I say all to myself but Robin popped by offering advice on presentation but even that failed to lure a stripey, he got his rewards anyway.
Always deflating to blank but reading something like the account of Gary Knowles 4-10 capture just makes you want to do it all over again.......soon.
Always deflating to blank but reading something like the account of Gary Knowles 4-10 capture just makes you want to do it all over again.......soon.
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- Reaction score
- 2,500
At least I didn't blank today - one small jack on a big spinnerbait & another pike swirled at it under my feet but missed,otherwise nothing on deadbaits - yesterday & Tuesday were blanks,supposed to have been pike fishing but it just turned into mackerel hurling.What is the collective noun for moorhens ?- I counted 28 on the banks of the reservoir this morning.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Morehens I think?