markcw
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He mustn't be able to catch on our canals up here then.:wh
which canal do you fish ?
How did you get on?
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He mustn't be able to catch on our canals up here then.:wh
which canal do you fish ?
hammer_jamie
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Was meant to post this yesterday, Can someone confirm if this is a dace? Thanks
peter crabtree
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Looks like a chub to me. Convex anal fin.
Tee-Cee
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Staggering a chap would drive down from Lancashire to fish in the south. I, like many others, have driven this route dozens of times and even at its best is a nightmare of a journey! I wouldn't wish such a trip on anyone so well done to whoever he is for being so keen. I'm full of admiration of him...........
ps I shan't moan ever again about having to drive 20 miles to a venue....
ps I shan't moan ever again about having to drive 20 miles to a venue....
seth49
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A lad I know does that most weeks, he fishes linear in Oxford for the tench, even goes to Farnham great pond in bucks, to catch bream.
Goes for either a twenty four or forty eight hour session.
Years ago when I sea fished we would drive to Scotland, fish all day, and drive back the same day.
Wouldn’t do it now though.
Never forget noticing the car slowly going towards the central reservation, looked over and our driver had gone to sleep, woke him quick, I used to sleep on the way back, not that trip I didn’t.
Goes for either a twenty four or forty eight hour session.
Years ago when I sea fished we would drive to Scotland, fish all day, and drive back the same day.
Wouldn’t do it now though.
Never forget noticing the car slowly going towards the central reservation, looked over and our driver had gone to sleep, woke him quick, I used to sleep on the way back, not that trip I didn’t.
neil1970
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Yesterday I went for a quick hours session on a local farm pond.
I had around 40 of these on isome / split shot rig on muyultralight lure rod.
Genuinely easier and quicker than using maggots under a float!
I had around 40 of these on isome / split shot rig on muyultralight lure rod.
Genuinely easier and quicker than using maggots under a float!
peter crabtree
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He says above it was on an isome split shot rig?
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Ah ok, having never heard of such a thing I thought it might be a typo, I'm off to google.:thumbs:
mikench
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Neil will no doubt explain his rig far better than I but Isome is a make of fake worms often used for sea fishing! They are attached to the hook like any other fake or live bait but the weight is your plain split shot attached to the line above the hook!
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Yeah got that now Mike,it was the word "Isome" that had me puzzled. A sort of drop shot idea, very simple, my kind of fishing! Will be trying that on the Rudd very soon I hope.
peter crabtree
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8 old codgers turned up this morning at the GUC near Berkhamstead.
There had been a slight frost early on but by 9am it was sunny and mild.
I set up 2 waggler rods one for close in and a heavier one for down the middle.
At the off at 10 I swung my punch rig out just over the near shelf, small roach to start with until some better ones turned up. I had around 30 in the first hour until they did the usual Houdini job. Then the gudgeon moved in. Some were quite big around an ounce apiece so good weight builders.
After a few boats went through I fed a couple of balls of GB with lots of chopped worm packed inside and hooked a whole dendra. I was hoping to find a skimmer or big perch on this line but the gudgeon just kept coming...
During the last hour the roach came back a bit but nothing like the first.
Ended up weighing in 4lb 5oz for my 4th win on the trot in these Tuesday fixtures.
There had been a slight frost early on but by 9am it was sunny and mild.
I set up 2 waggler rods one for close in and a heavier one for down the middle.
At the off at 10 I swung my punch rig out just over the near shelf, small roach to start with until some better ones turned up. I had around 30 in the first hour until they did the usual Houdini job. Then the gudgeon moved in. Some were quite big around an ounce apiece so good weight builders.
After a few boats went through I fed a couple of balls of GB with lots of chopped worm packed inside and hooked a whole dendra. I was hoping to find a skimmer or big perch on this line but the gudgeon just kept coming...
During the last hour the roach came back a bit but nothing like the first.
Ended up weighing in 4lb 5oz for my 4th win on the trot in these Tuesday fixtures.
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In full agreement with the 'poor start' thread,off to the reservoir this morning in pursuit of tench. That is after scraping ice off the windscreen and the car dashboard telling me it was 1.5C which dropped to 0.5C as I parked ready for another endurance test. Method feeders out and sitting in bright sunshine with a few tiddlers actually rolling on the surface.
Set up the float rod laying with sweetcorn fed little & often - not a touch,no liners on the feeders - wildlife watching took over with male bullfinches in the blackthorn behind me and orange tip butterflies patrolling the bank.Packed up and went chat with a mate trying the dam wall and spotted the first osprey of the summer.The osprey fared no better than me and after two circuits over the reservoir it drifted away towards the canal.Hard going is an understatement.
Set up the float rod laying with sweetcorn fed little & often - not a touch,no liners on the feeders - wildlife watching took over with male bullfinches in the blackthorn behind me and orange tip butterflies patrolling the bank.Packed up and went chat with a mate trying the dam wall and spotted the first osprey of the summer.The osprey fared no better than me and after two circuits over the reservoir it drifted away towards the canal.Hard going is an understatement.
mikench
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The sight of an osprey would more than make up for a blank in my book!
I wanted a change from the Old Lake, so I set off for the Deep Lake, uncertain whether it had had its annual dose of blue dye, which puts the fishing down for a couple of weeks. So I had a back-up plan involving a pretty commercial not far from it, with the usual fish plus the novelty of a large number of 7 - 10lb bream acquired from a reservoir netting. From the car park at the Deep lake, the scene looked like a postcard from the Mediterranean. Dye obviously in. On to the next lake - gate locked, lake closed. Now what? There's a lake with some tench 6 or 7 miles away, but I've only ever caught them on worm and caster, and I have only pellet, corn and meat. The Tench Lake is a long drive across country via B roads. So, back to the Old Lake it is, only now it's 15 miles further than when I started, and involves 10 miles of M1 which is speed-restricted while they make it "smart".
Getting to the lake at 2pm, the weather has turned from sunny and warm to grey and windy, and there are three anglers not catching, including the bailiff, who knows most of the fish personally.
Feeding micros to the right and chopped meat to the left, I find, after an hour, the fish have avoided the pellets like the plague - not a bite over them - and will take the odd bit of meat if you don't mind waiting and dropping it past their noses repeatedly. A small tench is a welcome arrival
And the roach, when you can get a bite, are a decent size
Of the two rigs I'd put up - a bulk-down one on .12 line and a light, strung shot one, with a 16 hook on .10 line - they preferred the light rig. So, given the (yet again) cold and windy conditions - there was a frost here this morning - and the lack of interest from tench, I settled down for a couple of hours roach fishing, 2018 style.
To be honest, I feel a bit bad about putting the carp and the roach in the net together, but I couldn't resist the photo op, given recent discussions. The carp all came in the last hour, so they weren't in the net for long, and they all went home ok. The final score, carp-wise, was 4-2 to me, and they certainly livened up a dull day.
Getting to the lake at 2pm, the weather has turned from sunny and warm to grey and windy, and there are three anglers not catching, including the bailiff, who knows most of the fish personally.
Feeding micros to the right and chopped meat to the left, I find, after an hour, the fish have avoided the pellets like the plague - not a bite over them - and will take the odd bit of meat if you don't mind waiting and dropping it past their noses repeatedly. A small tench is a welcome arrival
And the roach, when you can get a bite, are a decent size
Of the two rigs I'd put up - a bulk-down one on .12 line and a light, strung shot one, with a 16 hook on .10 line - they preferred the light rig. So, given the (yet again) cold and windy conditions - there was a frost here this morning - and the lack of interest from tench, I settled down for a couple of hours roach fishing, 2018 style.
To be honest, I feel a bit bad about putting the carp and the roach in the net together, but I couldn't resist the photo op, given recent discussions. The carp all came in the last hour, so they weren't in the net for long, and they all went home ok. The final score, carp-wise, was 4-2 to me, and they certainly livened up a dull day.
wrighty64
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had a session on old coarse lake at pool bridge farm nr york was hoping for a tench but alas none the 10lb & 6 lb carp taken off top made up for it both on silstar carbotech 13ft rod 6lb line banded 4mm pellet on pr36 16 hook also got smashed by something unknown took the lot on first run. 1st time fishing here will be visiting again soon
Tee-Cee
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I also had to scrape a little frost off the windscreen, but at least it was a nice clear morning - under the heading of 'crisp'..Unbelievable change in the weather after yesterday, almost like being in a different country!
I did wonder if the fish might be finicky following the rain and cold wind so I didn't start with the usual hemp and tares, but instead went for single reds fished over depth under the rod top. I fed single reds periodically and was rewarded with several roach up to 8ozs or so. Then the float slide away (far too quickly) and I found myself connected to a carp of some 3/4lbs which took a tour of the swim and the roach went walkabout as a result. (I also lost another large carp later on but at least I didn't lose my float!)
I tried other baits and only going shallow with a tare did I mange to take a couple of half decent roach but again the nice slow sinking of the float became sudden sharp takes and even leaving the strike didn't result in fish. Hemp the same and the punch at all depths produced ziltch. In fact I went to the trouble of knocking out a small white loaf via the bread maker thinking this would be something new to the fish, but flake fished every which way, including very slow drop, over depth and a foot under the float a total failure. The texture of the bread was very different and shows promise so I shall give it another bash over the coming week. A nice fresh loaf which only takes 2 hours to bake - what's not to like!
I had a lovely day and couldn't be disappointed with my modest catch........
Back out again on Thursday as car for service tomorrow and it is supposed to be piddling down yet again!
ps I used Drennan Silverfish 18's for a while today and for the first time that I can remember had three failures of the whipping to the spade end hook. The hook length also not in great condition so probably a bad batch............Very unusual but I will check more carefully when I use them again.
I did wonder if the fish might be finicky following the rain and cold wind so I didn't start with the usual hemp and tares, but instead went for single reds fished over depth under the rod top. I fed single reds periodically and was rewarded with several roach up to 8ozs or so. Then the float slide away (far too quickly) and I found myself connected to a carp of some 3/4lbs which took a tour of the swim and the roach went walkabout as a result. (I also lost another large carp later on but at least I didn't lose my float!)
I tried other baits and only going shallow with a tare did I mange to take a couple of half decent roach but again the nice slow sinking of the float became sudden sharp takes and even leaving the strike didn't result in fish. Hemp the same and the punch at all depths produced ziltch. In fact I went to the trouble of knocking out a small white loaf via the bread maker thinking this would be something new to the fish, but flake fished every which way, including very slow drop, over depth and a foot under the float a total failure. The texture of the bread was very different and shows promise so I shall give it another bash over the coming week. A nice fresh loaf which only takes 2 hours to bake - what's not to like!
I had a lovely day and couldn't be disappointed with my modest catch........
Back out again on Thursday as car for service tomorrow and it is supposed to be piddling down yet again!
ps I used Drennan Silverfish 18's for a while today and for the first time that I can remember had three failures of the whipping to the spade end hook. The hook length also not in great condition so probably a bad batch............Very unusual but I will check more carefully when I use them again.
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First time out with a centrepin (TFG) at the weekend and what a joy that was. I thought I would be all fingers & thumbs but no problems at all. How nice are they to play a fish on 
Did order the line guard when I got back as I could see where things could get tangled.
Had a few beers later & trolled the internet to see what else is out there - as you do ...
Did order the line guard when I got back as I could see where things could get tangled.
Had a few beers later & trolled the internet to see what else is out there - as you do ...
seth49
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Back on the same pool as last Tuesday, lot better weather too fine all day, float fished the margins as usual, feeding soaked and flavoured two mm pellets, fished six mm expanders flavoured with pineapple, while I let the fish settle on the bait, I fired a few small pouch fulls of maggots further out, and fished a couple of red maggots over these.
This was the best roach I caught on this, had about six before it went quiet, so tried over the feed and started to get bites straight away, very gentle bites, and hard to connect with, did catch some skimmers and bream to about two pounds, lots of line bites as I did foul hook a few as well.
After a while the sun came out, and a few carp came up to the top and started cruising around, so I started firing a few dog biscuits out, to see if they were interested, some were taking them and some just nudging them, but not really taking them, did this for a couple of hours and they got more confident, so I put the carp rod down and got my floater rod ready, it’s a nash dwarf nine foot two and a quarter pound test curve, twenty pound braid with a four foot mono hook length of ten pounds test, bait was one of the bakers dog biscuits they have a spongy texture and cast well, I cut a groove in the side, drop of super glue and press the back of a size eight hook in. First carp was about eight pounds, and a bit later got this one twelve pound one ounce.
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So not a bad day, finished with thirty bream and roach, and two carp,
Both mick and I lost two or three large bream, didn’t know there were bream that big in here, mick had one come up to the top before it came of, a big black thing looked at least eight pound, by the feel of those I lost they could have been similar, would have liked one of us to catch one, still a good day out in nice weather.
Lots of birds about, singing everywhere, out again Thursday.
mikench
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Today was pencilled in for a days fishing with Markcw at a new venue for me in Dunham Massey. We both knew at 7.00am that the weather was appalling, wet and windy, with miserable prospects for the day! However being intrepid anglers, Mark at least, we agreed to meet up at the water and either fish or retire to a convenient coffee shop! I am so glad we chose the former as the rain eased about 9.30 and did not return. We had a visit from Gordon( wetthrough) who was as curious as I about this fishery ! Nice to meet you Gordon!
Mark scored first with a few roach but I followed on with a couple of roach, an F1 and several of these;
Ps I had a lovely little gudgeon as well!!
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We decided it was an Ide and my online consultant in the form of Nottskev confirmed this! I thought it was a Chub or a big roach! They were all over 1lb and gave a good account of themselves ! I caught 7 in the end!
So many thanks to Markcw for his invitation, his company and guidance throughout the day! We had many interesting conversations and not all fishing related! I will definitely go there again and Mark and I have a plan for another new venue in the very near future. Thanks again Mark!
Mark scored first with a few roach but I followed on with a couple of roach, an F1 and several of these;
Ps I had a lovely little gudgeon as well!!
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We decided it was an Ide and my online consultant in the form of Nottskev confirmed this! I thought it was a Chub or a big roach! They were all over 1lb and gave a good account of themselves ! I caught 7 in the end!
So many thanks to Markcw for his invitation, his company and guidance throughout the day! We had many interesting conversations and not all fishing related! I will definitely go there again and Mark and I have a plan for another new venue in the very near future. Thanks again Mark!
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