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How did you get on?
- Thread starter peter crabtree
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I walked round one of my carpy club lakes last weekend and was told that no carp had been out for over a month.
Challenge accepted! A 24 hour session for me this weekend.
Got there in good tine from work on Friday and after an hour or so of looking for fish from trees, on the high bank etc, found none. Which is odd for this lake as they are normally really easy to find.
So I settled for a swim where I could get to a few features and set up some nice and simple rigs and used white chocolate boilies on one rod, cell on the other and original scopex on the 3rd.
At 5:30am had a couple of bleeps on the white chocolate which ended up in a nice 16lb common and again at lunch time today had a screamer on the cell which turned out to be a little 10lb common.
Not the biggest in the lake, but satisfying none the less
Off feeder fishing tomorrow, so lets hope the luck continues.
Challenge accepted! A 24 hour session for me this weekend.
Got there in good tine from work on Friday and after an hour or so of looking for fish from trees, on the high bank etc, found none. Which is odd for this lake as they are normally really easy to find.
So I settled for a swim where I could get to a few features and set up some nice and simple rigs and used white chocolate boilies on one rod, cell on the other and original scopex on the 3rd.
At 5:30am had a couple of bleeps on the white chocolate which ended up in a nice 16lb common and again at lunch time today had a screamer on the cell which turned out to be a little 10lb common.
Not the biggest in the lake, but satisfying none the less
Off feeder fishing tomorrow, so lets hope the luck continues.
nicepix
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I fished yesterday on the River Vienne at Aixe-sur-Vienne a stretch of river that is reputed to be a barbel hotspot. Judging by the number of pole floats stuck in the midstream weeds when we visited with family a few months ago I can believe it. I tried to fish there a month or so back but was thwarted by road works that prevented access to the bit of river I had intended to fish. Yesterday there were no road works and I got to the quieter south bank, away from the riverside car park around 3pm just in time for a huge downpour. The north bank is the place to be, but entails fishing up above the river on a wall and I haven't got a landing net handle long enough.
Fished two swims, 150 metres apart. One in full flow and the other on a seam. Same result;- not a twitch. When you don't get a bite on worm there has to be something wrong Also tried pellets, sweetcorn, boilies and party sausages without even a tremble of the tip.
Hopefully out tomorrow in another new area I haven't fished before. The quest for big Vienne barbel continues................
Fished two swims, 150 metres apart. One in full flow and the other on a seam. Same result;- not a twitch. When you don't get a bite on worm there has to be something wrong
Also tried pellets, sweetcorn, boilies and party sausages without even a tremble of the tip. Hopefully out tomorrow in another new area I haven't fished before. The quest for big Vienne barbel continues................
sam vimes
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Woke this morning feeling like I'd stayed awake all night, despite having no fishy interruptions whatsoever. I suspect that was down to me sweating the stupidly mild night away in my winter sleeping bag. Found out that the other two lads had a fish apiece. Just before midday I had a big drop back that took an age to wind down into and just kept coming until it was twenty yards away. It then woke up and put up a fair old fight. Turned out to be a new PB bream at 11lb 8oz (that might not impress anyone much further south, but it's a huge bream for round here). I suppose I should have expected it when I'd filled it in with pellet. Still yet to be convinced that big beds of bait really work on this water. Bit of a change in the weather tonight. The temperature feels a good fe degrees less than last night. Very pleased to have the winter bag with me now.
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flightliner
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Friday just gone I went after a barbel or two on the Trent.After two days of hard work with the hemp n tare for a total of eight roach-- one on day one and seven on day two, tidal and non tidal respectively--- it seemed prudent to wait a little longer for the river to colour up and rise after a little rain before trying the seed again.
I arrived a little later than anticipated having been delayed in my tackle shop but eventually began about eleven o clock.
I was the only guy on the reach which giving the conditions and it being a weekday was understandable, its nice when you have any water to yourself, no interuptions and no fish , then no one to blame is what my old mentor used to tell me.
Anyway, I opted for the float, so, running a large swan and balsa avon downstream and feeding a few maggots every second run down it was soon evident that my choice of tare the two previous outings was a bad mistake, my three /four red maggots on a ten hook were being mushed by small roach ever cast, with an occasional one coming to hand, very frustrating, so a change to three red plastic imitations looking like the three legged symbol of the isle of man was a suitable deterant and hopefully tempting enough for a barbel or two.
It started to rain and I realised I had stupidly left my army goretex overcoat in my other ruckie so had little choice but to retreat to my car for a little while until it stopped.
Half an hour later I step back to the gear and after some ten minutes or so the float dissapears and after adour struggle I slid the net under a barbel that would likely be around eight pounds or so , nice, back it went after slipping out the barbless hook and some three trots down anothe smaller barbel hits the plastic and the landing net-I, m on a roll!!
Short lived as it rains again and the car seat gets another warming!!.
Back again and my next fish is bigger, no longer a fight than my first but easy to feel by its reluctance to rise off the deck but netted it deserved the scales which swung round to ten- four--- nice one.
one more fish of some five pounds and the rain returns , heavy er this time and so I reluctantly decide to pack in and head homewards if the rain hasnt stopped when I, near a club lake that I ocasionally try with the lure rod for a perch or two.
Fortunately the rain wasnt long lived so I swung the car eastwards and headed lakeside.
My little lure rod-- a tiny Fox micro something or other along with a few lures and bits and bobs is usuallywith me at this time of year as perch can often be seen crashing thro the fry. All exciting stuff and not to be sniffed at, so, within minutes of locking the gate behind me I , m casting around having first discouraged three comorants from the lake-- awful things-- And it wasnt long before I had a good take that failed to connect, encouraged, I played on but with no more response so decided to have a break for a banana and to rest my back--- standing on those Trent rocks is ruddy hard work these days----.
While enjoying my mini break a large gathering of fry could be seen breaking the surface some fifteen yards to my right so decided to try for whatever was causing the commotion, bingo-- a big perch-- the top edge of the scales needle just touching the three lb mark, a dramme or two short but I went home happy.
I arrived a little later than anticipated having been delayed in my tackle shop but eventually began about eleven o clock.
I was the only guy on the reach which giving the conditions and it being a weekday was understandable, its nice when you have any water to yourself, no interuptions and no fish , then no one to blame is what my old mentor used to tell me.
Anyway, I opted for the float, so, running a large swan and balsa avon downstream and feeding a few maggots every second run down it was soon evident that my choice of tare the two previous outings was a bad mistake, my three /four red maggots on a ten hook were being mushed by small roach ever cast, with an occasional one coming to hand, very frustrating, so a change to three red plastic imitations looking like the three legged symbol of the isle of man was a suitable deterant and hopefully tempting enough for a barbel or two.
It started to rain and I realised I had stupidly left my army goretex overcoat in my other ruckie so had little choice but to retreat to my car for a little while until it stopped.
Half an hour later I step back to the gear and after some ten minutes or so the float dissapears and after adour struggle I slid the net under a barbel that would likely be around eight pounds or so , nice, back it went after slipping out the barbless hook and some three trots down anothe smaller barbel hits the plastic and the landing net-I, m on a roll!!
Short lived as it rains again and the car seat gets another warming!!.
Back again and my next fish is bigger, no longer a fight than my first but easy to feel by its reluctance to rise off the deck but netted it deserved the scales which swung round to ten- four--- nice one.
one more fish of some five pounds and the rain returns , heavy er this time and so I reluctantly decide to pack in and head homewards if the rain hasnt stopped when I, near a club lake that I ocasionally try with the lure rod for a perch or two.
Fortunately the rain wasnt long lived so I swung the car eastwards and headed lakeside.
My little lure rod-- a tiny Fox micro something or other along with a few lures and bits and bobs is usuallywith me at this time of year as perch can often be seen crashing thro the fry. All exciting stuff and not to be sniffed at, so, within minutes of locking the gate behind me I , m casting around having first discouraged three comorants from the lake-- awful things-- And it wasnt long before I had a good take that failed to connect, encouraged, I played on but with no more response so decided to have a break for a banana and to rest my back--- standing on those Trent rocks is ruddy hard work these days----.
While enjoying my mini break a large gathering of fry could be seen breaking the surface some fifteen yards to my right so decided to try for whatever was causing the commotion, bingo-- a big perch-- the top edge of the scales needle just touching the three lb mark, a dramme or two short but I went home happy.
stu_the_blank
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First time out for a couple of weeks, just managed to fit in a few hours this morning. Very sleepy, one dropped run and a very pretty 7-08 fully scaled mirror. Very enjoyable though. Need a nip in the air to get me into Pike mode for the winter!
Stu
Stu
The Runner
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Inter club match on the St Patricks Stream near Twyford ;seemingly not the venue it was for big fish but certainly no shortage of bits.
Had just short of 200 assorted little dace and bleak with a few roach to win it with 6-10. Nothing over two ounces and not many over an ounce with some really tiny- half of my fish probably went not much more than a pound and a half between them but gradually picked up a larger proportion of marginally better ones as the day went on along with a few 2oz roach.
Set up two stick float rods, one with 8 no 8 spread out and one with 4BB bulked down and just swapped between the two all day. Had a couple of quick looks on pole with flat float and worm for a bonus perch but no joy.
Fed nearly three pints of maggot and three quarters of hemp without any sign of the bits either being fed off or even dropping downstream so lord knows how many are there.
Every river I've fished this season seems to have a load of small dace, hopefully a good sign for the future.
Had just short of 200 assorted little dace and bleak with a few roach to win it with 6-10. Nothing over two ounces and not many over an ounce with some really tiny- half of my fish probably went not much more than a pound and a half between them but gradually picked up a larger proportion of marginally better ones as the day went on along with a few 2oz roach.
Set up two stick float rods, one with 8 no 8 spread out and one with 4BB bulked down and just swapped between the two all day. Had a couple of quick looks on pole with flat float and worm for a bonus perch but no joy.
Fed nearly three pints of maggot and three quarters of hemp without any sign of the bits either being fed off or even dropping downstream so lord knows how many are there.
Every river I've fished this season seems to have a load of small dace, hopefully a good sign for the future.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
River Thames in rural Oxfordshire today. An interclub match.
Drew a peg and started walking across 3 fields. Must have been a mile to my peg with a 4 wheel shuttle loaded with gear. I was knackered when I got there. Set up pole and plumbed up, 12ft deep at 9.5m out had to use a top4 rig. 1gr body up float to a 20 Drennan red maggot hook (20).
Balled it in at the start with stiff balls of gb. Bite a chuck for the first hour or two, quality roach to a pound and some lumpy perch to single maggot. The downstream wind made it tricky and the bites slowed up but I persevered with it, didn't use my feeder rod at all.
Same rig, same hook for the entire 6 hours I weighed in 8lb:07. Would have been a lot more if I'd seen the hole in my keepnet at the start:doh::doh:mg:
Anyway I came 2nd.
8lb:13 won it.
Top 4 were all from my club (Tring anglers) so a good spanking for Hanwell AC
on their own water...
18 fished.
Drew a peg and started walking across 3 fields. Must have been a mile to my peg with a 4 wheel shuttle loaded with gear. I was knackered when I got there. Set up pole and plumbed up, 12ft deep at 9.5m out had to use a top4 rig. 1gr body up float to a 20 Drennan red maggot hook (20).
Balled it in at the start with stiff balls of gb. Bite a chuck for the first hour or two, quality roach to a pound and some lumpy perch to single maggot. The downstream wind made it tricky and the bites slowed up but I persevered with it, didn't use my feeder rod at all.
Same rig, same hook for the entire 6 hours I weighed in 8lb:07. Would have been a lot more if I'd seen the hole in my keepnet at the start:doh::doh:
mg:Anyway I came 2nd.
8lb:13 won it.
Top 4 were all from my club (Tring anglers) so a good spanking for Hanwell AC
on their own water...
18 fished.
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Did my good deed for the week today. I've got a friend called Fabien whose got a yound lad who has sudden decided he wants to take up fishing but comes from a none fishing family, so I took him out for his first mornings fishing on the river. I kept things very simple and fished a open end feeder on a section of river that normally throws up good numbers of chub, barbel and bream. It was a slow morning but we had two bites for a 4lb chub and a barbel of the same size, he was made up! I've promised to take him again in a couple of weeks.
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Went breaming and blanked but did catch 5 perch to 2.7 and 4 pike to 18lb
Alan Tyler
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"blanked but did catch 5 perch to 2.7 and 4 pike to 18lb"
Wish I had blanks like that! *
Was that on your bream kit? I don't really think it counts as a blank if carefully-laid plans B and C pay off.
Edit: What am I saying? I wish I had good days like that!!
Wish I had blanks like that! *
Was that on your bream kit? I don't really think it counts as a blank if carefully-laid plans B and C pay off.
Edit: What am I saying? I wish I had good days like that!!
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hunters moon
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fished the severn at knowle sands on Monday, difficult swim very steepbanks but I had seen some nice roach on this part of the river.
used hemp and casters as loose feed and trotting a stick float with caster as
bait had some lovely roach up to one and a half pound.
theartist
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I fished the lower Severn for the first time nr Tewkesbury which was very deep and slow and what was worse full of flippin' bleak. Had to work really hard for a few perch and silvers.
Whilst staying down that way i also had dabbles on the Frome and Little Avon which were good for grayling and trout. Plus a bit of urban fishing freelining on the tiny River Chelt which was fun.
Whilst staying down that way i also had dabbles on the Frome and Little Avon which were good for grayling and trout. Plus a bit of urban fishing freelining on the tiny River Chelt which was fun.
neil1970
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I fished 3 swims in the top reaches of my bit of the Colne today 10am-2.30pm.
Sweetcorn, then fancy pellet, then garlic spam then halibut pellet resulted in no bites.
In one swim I actually fell asleep, which is a first for me, and obviously something I'm not proud of
Anyway, its either a pint of maggots on the float or a bit of lure fishing for me later in the week. :wh
Sweetcorn, then fancy pellet, then garlic spam then halibut pellet resulted in no bites.
In one swim I actually fell asleep, which is a first for me, and obviously something I'm not proud of
Anyway, its either a pint of maggots on the float or a bit of lure fishing for me later in the week. :wh
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barbelboi
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I fished 3 swims in the top reaches of my bit of the Colne today 10am-2.30pm.
Sweetcorn, then fancy pellet, then garlic spam then halibut pellet resulted in no bites.
In one swim I actually fell asleep, which is a first for me, and obviously something I'm not proud of
Anyway, its either a pint of maggots on the float or a bit of lure fishing for me later in the week. :wh
Missed you then Neil, Simon and I were at the other end - fished 10.30am - 3.30pm for two of these
mg:, the barbel weren't playing - very hard going on the day.....PS Yes, I know Mick HaHa
Fished a sort of a club match in Saturday, weighed-in 29lbs 10ozs for 4th place.
Not bad but lost the last 3 fish that might have seen 2nd place . . . . . .
Great day though despite the drizzle for the first hour or so, but good to meet up with old friends
Not bad but lost the last 3 fish that might have seen 2nd place . . . . . .
Great day though despite the drizzle for the first hour or so, but good to meet up with old friends
flightliner
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Missed you then Neil, Simon and I were at the other end - fished 10.30am - 3.30pm for two of these
PS Yes, I know Mick HaHa
Well done Jerry, nice bream, you, re getting the hang of it at last,
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