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Mark, W&DAC venue?
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Mark, W&DAC venue?
Mark Wintle
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Yes, Edmondsham. Would have helped if I hadn't fished in the middle of a clump of Canadian pondweed. Still it proves that the venue still has crucians one year on; saw a few fish in the main lake - carp, bream and a koi.
John Keane
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The aforementioned football-shaped carp that I couldn’t put up as I’d had my quota of pics in the post. Fat little beggar, isn’t he?
mikench
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If that's flatulence he will be the fastest carp in the lake!
wetthrough
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Seems like Mike and I were both in need of some fish catching therapy after Tuesdays excitement
I had quite a lot of bait left so spent this morning on my local club pool. Started fishing around 7am with my session kit. Match Pro UL, 3bb Glow Tip Antenna, 3.3lb Fluoro to 18s light wire hook. The pool is about a football pitch long and for the most part canal width. Settled down around the middle loose feeding anything I had left, hemp, casters maggot, corn. Only me fishing until about 10am when a pole angler arrived and set up about three pegs away. Catching Roach from the start with Crucians coming later. Nice Roach, only one or two less than 4oz, 7 or 8 Crucians, not big but always like catching them whatever the size and a lone small skimmer. Crucians going mainly to bread flake, some to caster. Roach mainly to corn, some caster. It went quiet around 11am but I just managed to make it 40 fish before packing up at 11:30, ego suitably massaged
I had quite a lot of bait left so spent this morning on my local club pool. Started fishing around 7am with my session kit. Match Pro UL, 3bb Glow Tip Antenna, 3.3lb Fluoro to 18s light wire hook. The pool is about a football pitch long and for the most part canal width. Settled down around the middle loose feeding anything I had left, hemp, casters maggot, corn. Only me fishing until about 10am when a pole angler arrived and set up about three pegs away. Catching Roach from the start with Crucians coming later. Nice Roach, only one or two less than 4oz, 7 or 8 Crucians, not big but always like catching them whatever the size and a lone small skimmer. Crucians going mainly to bread flake, some to caster. Roach mainly to corn, some caster. It went quiet around 11am but I just managed to make it 40 fish before packing up at 11:30, ego suitably massaged
I have just spent a third day on a hard water for a tench. Persistence paid off because I actually caught one. A male at 4lb 6ozs.
Slap on the wrist as I hadn't noticed the fin sticking out on the mat but it went back no worse for the experience.
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Slap on the wrist as I hadn't noticed the fin sticking out on the mat but it went back no worse for the experience.
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theartist
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I wonder if the fin in that position actually causes any harm at all given that's often the natural position when in the water? Just a thought. The worst ones are big perch who have a habit of briefly tucking their pectoral under the gill flap which you only notice in the photograph
John Keane
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If that's flatulence he will be the fastest carp in the lake!
Not as fast as a kipper, flat out!
John Keane
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As a postscript to my salmon fishing exploits on the Spey, I had a second salmon on the Wednesday but couldn’t post pictures as I had “exceeded my quota” of allowed photos. However, after some cyber-detective work in the bowels of FM, I have learned how to delete stored images to free up some space.
The river was running at 4ft 5in due to some torrential rain in the hills overnight and all chances of wading were out due to the massive push of water and logs coming down, etc.
We could only fish from the bank and Skagit lines, heavy sinking tips and tube flies were the order of the day. I fished along the front of the fishing hut and, at almost the walkable limit of the pool, got a good hard take. As I was only 30 yards above the fast rapids at the tail of the pool, after enduring some nerve wracking head-shaking, I managed to back up and lead the fish to around 80 yards above the pool, where the main fight played out. Decent fish, strong current saw a run that took me down to the backing. Helpful words from ghillie with net “Dinnae let him bully you man” and “If he gets in the fast watter yer fooked” spurred me on to eventually bring another bar of silver to the net.
It weighed 11lb, another hen fish and only the fifth salmon I have ever caught. I lost another in a rocky pool called The Battery on the Saturday, when one of our party had a fish to round off the week.
Brilliant week and, once again, the worst caster in the party had the most fish! :w
The river was running at 4ft 5in due to some torrential rain in the hills overnight and all chances of wading were out due to the massive push of water and logs coming down, etc.
We could only fish from the bank and Skagit lines, heavy sinking tips and tube flies were the order of the day. I fished along the front of the fishing hut and, at almost the walkable limit of the pool, got a good hard take. As I was only 30 yards above the fast rapids at the tail of the pool, after enduring some nerve wracking head-shaking, I managed to back up and lead the fish to around 80 yards above the pool, where the main fight played out. Decent fish, strong current saw a run that took me down to the backing. Helpful words from ghillie with net “Dinnae let him bully you man” and “If he gets in the fast watter yer fooked” spurred me on to eventually bring another bar of silver to the net.
It weighed 11lb, another hen fish and only the fifth salmon I have ever caught. I lost another in a rocky pool called The Battery on the Saturday, when one of our party had a fish to round off the week.
Brilliant week and, once again, the worst caster in the party had the most fish! :w
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A proper blank for me yesterday. Didnt even have a coot.
Still...at least I was only there for a few hours. Spoke to a carper on the way back who'd been there since Sunday without so much as a bleep !
Still...at least I was only there for a few hours. Spoke to a carper on the way back who'd been there since Sunday without so much as a bleep !
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
This morning was a bit misty and the cold NW wind had been replaced by a SW. Paid my first visit of the year to the canal in town where the Colne crosses and forms a wide basin which the boats use as a turning bay.
Thanks to a supermarket with a wharf I can sit on the quieter side and remain undisturbed by passers by. The gate to gain access is too narrow for my trolley and seat box so I travel light.
Set up today 13’ light float rod, waggler and a 20 Kamasan b511. By 8am I was ready to cast my first maggot when Mrs goose decided to show off her offspring. ...
Casting out to the middle and letting the river’s gentle flow trot the float from right to left the roach and dace were on it immediately.
Fished till 12 when the bites began to die off.
Thanks to a supermarket with a wharf I can sit on the quieter side and remain undisturbed by passers by. The gate to gain access is too narrow for my trolley and seat box so I travel light.
Set up today 13’ light float rod, waggler and a 20 Kamasan b511. By 8am I was ready to cast my first maggot when Mrs goose decided to show off her offspring. ...
Casting out to the middle and letting the river’s gentle flow trot the float from right to left the roach and dace were on it immediately.
Fished till 12 when the bites began to die off.
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barbelboi
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Earlier today we decided to fish one of the local farm ponds that we haven’t fished for a while. A peaceful few hours coaxing some of the resident crucians to the net on tiny pieces of 50/50 flake. Fished from 10.30 – 3.30.............
Another Dave
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Tadpoles in the margin there?
mikench
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You are up early again Alan!
barbelboi
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wetthrough
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Another day on the Dam yesterday and it seems like it's going in the right direction. Similar plan of attack to last time. Feed the 12M while I set up a slider. Aaargh, I use some tiny plastic washers as slider stops and I've left them on the bench in the shed. I had to pinch the slider eye to get it to stop against the slider knot. Two 13' rods, the 5SSG slider 3lb to a 16s light hook at around 32M, the 12M waggler 3lb to 18s. Not quite sure why the different hook. It just seemed like a good idea at the time. Once I'd set up the slider and got the distance, feed it and start fishing the 12M swim. I'd also set up a heavy spinning rod just in case Mr Pike starts making a nuisance of himself. Seems to have worked a bit like taking a brolly just in case it rains. If Mr Pike was there he was staying out of sight. Flat calm first thing although the wind and tow picked up later on making things a bit difficult. The fishing wasn't frantic but picked a nice skimmer around 1.5lb early on in the 12M swim along with some average sized Roach mostly on caster although I think the skimmer went to maggot. Switched to the slider and continued switching through the day. Managed to get a frap up around the first ring when casting the slider quite early on, float, olivette and hook length parted company:Cry: I had spares and knew the depth so setting up again didn't take too long. Carried on eventually picking 4 skimmers up on the slider on corn along with a few Roach. Days total, 29, 5 skimmers all around the 1.5lb mark, the rest Roach, the biggest being around 5.5oz at a guess. No sign of the Kingfisher which is unusual. It usually puts in an appearance at some point. Apart from losing the slider rig an enjoyable days fishing.
