mikench
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Cracking fish Neil! That Chub and dace look colossal!
How did you get on?
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mikench
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Nice post Tony ! I would have just clicked on the like button but it has disappeared! I have been trying different chick'peas! Sainsbury's own brand , whilst cheap, are on the whole , too soft and break up particularly when using a bait stop! I have curried some Napolina brand and they seem firmer! By the way Lagunas red chicks really do last on the hook !
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Nice write up and not useless information to me. We're not all experienced anglers and the subtle changes people make all are good to know and all get filed away for future reference. I might not be able to remember the name of the lake I'm fishing on but I'll remember this!
mikench
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I assume straight on the hook but am confused by the 4" tail bit!!!
peter crabtree
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No match today so I went down town and tried feeder fishing for the bream in the gravel pit. The colour had dropped out of it and after 3 hours I gave up. Moved my gear across the narrow causeway onto the riverbank and set up a stick float .
Spraying maggots and trotting single maggot I was soon catching perch, none of any great size but it was good to get some bites. As the light began to fade I caught this lovely dace...
Spraying maggots and trotting single maggot I was soon catching perch, none of any great size but it was good to get some bites. As the light began to fade I caught this lovely dace...
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A last minute decision to pop down to the river, drop shot rod and a few lures.
Had a small perch on the first drop in........that was it, not another bite over the next two hours, even into the twilight of dusk, very odd.
Amazing day though and a pleasure to be out.
Had a small perch on the first drop in........that was it, not another bite over the next two hours, even into the twilight of dusk, very odd.
Amazing day though and a pleasure to be out.
steve2
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A day spent dead baiting for pike no pike but did have one carp around 6lbs on smelt. What is it with carp and dead baits these days, are the carp boys missing out on something here.
mikench
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Well done John! That's a great fish!
I went fishing two consecutive days. I haven't done that for a while. Mind you, the first outing was just a walk along the canal to try this newfangled dropshotting method. Yes, I'm not what the marketing people called an "early adopter". I enjoyed strolling along with all the tackle you need in you pocket. But I'm not sold on the method yet. The perch I caught were no bigger than this
and the method felt like an impatient way to leger a worm. I was sure I could have caught more perch on pole and chopped worm. Still, the walk is probably good for you.
This afternoon I was on a chain of small lakes over Binka's way that have become day-ticket relatively recently, and we were hoping might be the "mixed fisheries" that get harder to find these days. It's a nice place to fish
I picked the deepest side of the lake - about 4' 6" - and fed two swims about 9/10m out, one with maggot, one with chopped worm and caster. Despite the mild weather, it was slow going, and no sooner had I started to get a few of these
then I found myself attached to one of these
I was pleased to get it in the net (and not at the first attempt!) and it's a lovely fish. But after 20 minutes - I was on an 18 to .12 - of not being fed and having an angry carp criss-cross the swim, the roach were gone by the time I got back to them. A few more small perch and smaller roach came along, but the afternoon petered out after the carp.
and the method felt like an impatient way to leger a worm. I was sure I could have caught more perch on pole and chopped worm. Still, the walk is probably good for you.
This afternoon I was on a chain of small lakes over Binka's way that have become day-ticket relatively recently, and we were hoping might be the "mixed fisheries" that get harder to find these days. It's a nice place to fish
I picked the deepest side of the lake - about 4' 6" - and fed two swims about 9/10m out, one with maggot, one with chopped worm and caster. Despite the mild weather, it was slow going, and no sooner had I started to get a few of these
then I found myself attached to one of these
I was pleased to get it in the net (and not at the first attempt!) and it's a lovely fish. But after 20 minutes - I was on an 18 to .12 - of not being fed and having an angry carp criss-cross the swim, the roach were gone by the time I got back to them. A few more small perch and smaller roach came along, but the afternoon petered out after the carp.
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And that’s what makes drop shotting and the like such great fun. You go for a walk and interrupt that walk flicking a rubber fish into the water, try doing that with your pole and all it’s associated bits and pieces.
peter crabtree
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12 codgers turned up today for our weekly match. A very mild overcast day with a light breeze..
The venue was the Aylesbury arm of the GUC near Marsworth...
We spread out on 2 pounds, one above and one below the lock by the road bridge.
The upper...
The lower, where I was.
For the first 2 hours the codger in the foreground and myself fished there, the water was gin clear so with 3 small perch apiece we tipped back and moved further up which is allowed on these matches. There was plenty of room so we slotted in nicely. My set up today was 11’ ultralight, 2lb mainline to a 22 B511 on 0:06 bottom. Coincidentally I used a small Stillwater blue waggler taking 2 no4 locking shot with 2 no10’s and 2 no11 dust shot shirtbutton style, just a Kev described in the Squatt thread.
Bait was double squatt fished dead depth after a very slow fall.
With just 3 hours remaining I needed to go some to catch up. With constant feeding loose squatts via catty I was soon bagging roach and hybrids,
The codger next to me was on pinkie over groundbait and had a bonus bream plus bits for 6lb6oz and took first place. I managed runner up with 5:7:8. If only I’d started on that peg..
My net..
The venue was the Aylesbury arm of the GUC near Marsworth...
We spread out on 2 pounds, one above and one below the lock by the road bridge.
The upper...
The lower, where I was.
For the first 2 hours the codger in the foreground and myself fished there, the water was gin clear so with 3 small perch apiece we tipped back and moved further up which is allowed on these matches. There was plenty of room so we slotted in nicely. My set up today was 11’ ultralight, 2lb mainline to a 22 B511 on 0:06 bottom. Coincidentally I used a small Stillwater blue waggler taking 2 no4 locking shot with 2 no10’s and 2 no11 dust shot shirtbutton style, just a Kev described in the Squatt thread.
Bait was double squatt fished dead depth after a very slow fall.
With just 3 hours remaining I needed to go some to catch up. With constant feeding loose squatts via catty I was soon bagging roach and hybrids,
The codger next to me was on pinkie over groundbait and had a bonus bream plus bits for 6lb6oz and took first place. I managed runner up with 5:7:8. If only I’d started on that peg..
My net..
12 codgers turned up today for our weekly match. A very mild overcast day with a light breeze..
The venue was the Aylesbury arm of the GUC near Marsworth...
We spread out on 2 pounds, one above and one below the lock by the road bridge.
The upper...
The lower, where I was.
For the first 2 hours the codger in the foreground and myself fished there, the water was gin clear so with 3 small perch apiece we tipped back and moved further up which is allowed on these matches. There was plenty of room so we slotted in nicely. My set up today was 11’ ultralight, 2lb mainline to a 22 B511 on 0:06 bottom. Coincidentally I used a small Stillwater blue waggler taking 2 no4 locking shot with 2 no10’s and 2 no11 dust shot shirtbutton style, just a Kev described in the Squatt thread.
Bait was double squatt fished dead depth after a very slow fall.
With just 3 hours remaining I needed to go some to catch up. With constant feeding loose squatts via catty I was soon bagging roach and hybrids,
The codger next to me was on pinkie over groundbait and had a bonus bream plus bits for 6lb6oz and took first place. I managed runner up with 5:7:8. If only I’d started on that peg..
My net..
Looks like you've got the squatt business down to a fine art!
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Got a major bit of work on at the moment, going back down London for a week on Thursday and need to do some prep tomorrow so had a half day out today, just locally on the Scorrybreac path on Loch Portree.
Went out to dig some bait on the other side of the loch this morning, nice mile and a quarter walk from home. Or it usually is, got about 200 yards from home and just onto the main road when a car pulled up.... "Want a lift to the Aros Centre mate ?" Accepted. "Saw you carrying the fork and guessed you were the laddie that I sometimes see out on the flats in front of the Centre.."
Wouldn't get that in Uxbridge.
One other person in the distance out on the mud today, getting some hand foraged shellfish for one of Portree's rather expensive seafood restaurants
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Back home, quick pick up of rods and walked the mile and a bit to the usual area, really mild today
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Had intended to fish Normark multitip close in and beachcaster a long way out but as I walked out there could see one of the local crab boats dropping a line of pots about 60 yards out, so obviously fished closer. Was hoping that the masses of baby cod had disappeared- no such luck, although certainly a lot fewer now and no little coalies either today
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Thankfully appeared to be none of these close in so let the beachcaster fish itself and concentrated on down the edge less than five yards out. Mid tide between 2 and 3 30 had five nice wrasse, bigger average size than had here before and from what I've seen and heard they don't go too big anywhere up here apart from odd ones here and there
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Quiet again down the inside as the light dropped, odd bite off small fish on the out rod and after four months up here finally had a flatfish, a dab. Unfortunately rather small...
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Fished on about 90 minutes into dark as thought might pick up a better fish or two over the top of the tide but all that happened was the crab population suddenly becoming active and wiping out the bait supply.
Wildlife ? Resident ravens behind me all day, a couple of seals around, a dabchick in the bay as I walked out , and a very unseasonal bat flying around in late afternoon
Went out to dig some bait on the other side of the loch this morning, nice mile and a quarter walk from home. Or it usually is, got about 200 yards from home and just onto the main road when a car pulled up.... "Want a lift to the Aros Centre mate ?" Accepted. "Saw you carrying the fork and guessed you were the laddie that I sometimes see out on the flats in front of the Centre.."
Wouldn't get that in Uxbridge.
One other person in the distance out on the mud today, getting some hand foraged shellfish for one of Portree's rather expensive seafood restaurants
View attachment 5922
Back home, quick pick up of rods and walked the mile and a bit to the usual area, really mild today
View attachment 5923
Had intended to fish Normark multitip close in and beachcaster a long way out but as I walked out there could see one of the local crab boats dropping a line of pots about 60 yards out, so obviously fished closer. Was hoping that the masses of baby cod had disappeared- no such luck, although certainly a lot fewer now and no little coalies either today
View attachment 5924
Thankfully appeared to be none of these close in so let the beachcaster fish itself and concentrated on down the edge less than five yards out. Mid tide between 2 and 3 30 had five nice wrasse, bigger average size than had here before and from what I've seen and heard they don't go too big anywhere up here apart from odd ones here and there
View attachment 5925
Quiet again down the inside as the light dropped, odd bite off small fish on the out rod and after four months up here finally had a flatfish, a dab. Unfortunately rather small...
View attachment 5926
Fished on about 90 minutes into dark as thought might pick up a better fish or two over the top of the tide but all that happened was the crab population suddenly becoming active and wiping out the bait supply.
Wildlife ? Resident ravens behind me all day, a couple of seals around, a dabchick in the bay as I walked out , and a very unseasonal bat flying around in late afternoon
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I've been keeping my eye on the weather and temperature predictions since last week, when I noticed a rise in temperature predicted for today with no rain until later tonight. I checked the river levels this morning and they were just right for float fishing and the weather was pretty much as the weather men had predicted since last week!
I popped to the local tackle shop and got another pint of mixed red and white maggots to add to my old maggots some of which must have been in and out of the bait fridge for well over a month, there was a nice mix of casters and scabby little shrivelled up maggots lol. Anyhow, the fish didn't seem to mind my old maggots accompanied with sweetcorn and I had a great session swimming the stream.
I had 14 barbel and one grayling and I reckon there was several barbel tipping into double figures. Since none of them threatened to come close to my PB I just couldn't be bothered to weigh them. Here's a few pics of the fish
I popped to the local tackle shop and got another pint of mixed red and white maggots to add to my old maggots some of which must have been in and out of the bait fridge for well over a month, there was a nice mix of casters and scabby little shrivelled up maggots lol. Anyhow, the fish didn't seem to mind my old maggots accompanied with sweetcorn and I had a great session swimming the stream.
I had 14 barbel and one grayling and I reckon there was several barbel tipping into double figures. Since none of them threatened to come close to my PB I just couldn't be bothered to weigh them. Here's a few pics of the fish
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Stunning colours on those barbel
mikench
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Cracking fish Ian! Was that the Sheffield out for a spin?
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Cracking fish Ian! Was that the Sheffield out for a spin?
Thanks Mike
.No the reels isn't the sheffield, it's the aventa pro. They're virtually the same reel though, I think the differences are the face plate and colour.