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maggot_dangler
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Fished the Tern Fishery again today
Exactly the same as yesterday as far as bait tackle and Peg but lost of takes lots of rocket takes but only 4 fish actually netted the rest and there were at least a dozen got off the hook tried new hooks bigger hooks smaller hooks longer hook length shorter hook length quick stops bit of grass bait bands but still the same , so i gave up in the long run got to think about that one any ideas miffed to put it mildly .
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Exactly the same as yesterday as far as bait tackle and Peg but lost of takes lots of rocket takes but only 4 fish actually netted the rest and there were at least a dozen got off the hook tried new hooks bigger hooks smaller hooks longer hook length shorter hook length quick stops bit of grass bait bands but still the same , so i gave up in the long run got to think about that one any ideas miffed to put it mildly .
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The fishing has been pretty slow on my local stretch for a while, so I've been opting for a two method approach, fly rod and trotting gear with a few maggots.
Anyhow, today produced a few small grayling on the dray flay from a couple of shallow pool tails, and a mint 2.5lb Chub from a deep gully on the float.
Very low and clear at the moment so good for spotting features to put in the mental notebook.
Anyhow, today produced a few small grayling on the dray flay from a couple of shallow pool tails, and a mint 2.5lb Chub from a deep gully on the float.
Very low and clear at the moment so good for spotting features to put in the mental notebook.
bennygesserit
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Went to AstWood fishery again - what great place ( Nr Bromsgrove ) lovely scenery , well managed , stuffed with fish
Fished the margin all day producing various Skimmers , small carp and barbel , ( Sat next to a wasp nest for a while but moved after I found out where all the drowning wasps that were floating by were coming from )
Bailliff is a lovely chap
In the afternoon my Lad gave me a fishing lesson and pulled out numerous pristine carp to about 15LB plus from the margin using a method feeder about a foot out - this place knocks the socks off every where else I have been
Fished the margin all day producing various Skimmers , small carp and barbel , ( Sat next to a wasp nest for a while but moved after I found out where all the drowning wasps that were floating by were coming from )
Bailliff is a lovely chap
In the afternoon my Lad gave me a fishing lesson and pulled out numerous pristine carp to about 15LB plus from the margin using a method feeder about a foot out - this place knocks the socks off every where else I have been
Hertsbloke
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As a total noob, returning after some 35 odd years, Im loving my fishing again. Happy to potter on the canal for some solitude, but enjoy the commercial fisheries for the buzz of hooking something a bit larger....
I bought a Maver Float strater kit with a nice 10 foot carbon rod and upgradedd the reel to a Daiwa match winner...
Anyways, I went to park fisheries in Eaton bray yesterday, only using the float...Made some bread and dog biscuit GB and chucked that in early doors.
Using sweetcorn as hookbait, I had one spit the hook, then I hit a big bite and watched the reel scream off line......
Took me about 10-15 minutes to land this beast......the biggest fish Ive ever caught in my life! I was over the moon....
I bought a Maver Float strater kit with a nice 10 foot carbon rod and upgradedd the reel to a Daiwa match winner...
Anyways, I went to park fisheries in Eaton bray yesterday, only using the float...Made some bread and dog biscuit GB and chucked that in early doors.
Using sweetcorn as hookbait, I had one spit the hook, then I hit a big bite and watched the reel scream off line......
Took me about 10-15 minutes to land this beast......the biggest fish Ive ever caught in my life! I was over the moon....
Did you fish the moat hertsbloke,I really like that lake,I fished it for tench on floating crust when I was a teenager and although I haven't fished it for two years have had some brilliant days catching tench,bream,carp and some now passed crucians,including one of 2lbs 13ozs...
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Club fixture yesterday on the Aylesbury arm. A rarely fished pound known as the gudgeon stream. Narrow and lined with tall rushes.
Pegs had been cut out the previous day which helped but it was still awkward to fish the gaps.
Some were able to use their poles but I found my peg too enclosed with a narrow towpath behind as well.
11’ ultralight and 2bb waggler was my choice once again, just enough weight to cast across with an effort but too light to overcast into the bushes.
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Casting across to either side of the central bush it was 2’ deep, that was where the fish were, albeit very few of them.
First hour was biteless on punch which usually scores. A change to small worm sections did the trick and a small skimmer was first to bite. Stayed with the worm and had some roach but it was really patchy, a couple of bites in quick succession followed by half an hour of nothing.
The boat traffic was quite heavy too which didn’t help on such a narrow canal.
During the last hour I switched back to punch and snatched a couple more roach and small skimmers.
Weighed in just 2lb:1oz which was enough to win my section of 8.
3lb+ was all that the winner needed..
16 fished.
Pegs had been cut out the previous day which helped but it was still awkward to fish the gaps.
Some were able to use their poles but I found my peg too enclosed with a narrow towpath behind as well.
11’ ultralight and 2bb waggler was my choice once again, just enough weight to cast across with an effort but too light to overcast into the bushes.
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Casting across to either side of the central bush it was 2’ deep, that was where the fish were, albeit very few of them.
First hour was biteless on punch which usually scores. A change to small worm sections did the trick and a small skimmer was first to bite. Stayed with the worm and had some roach but it was really patchy, a couple of bites in quick succession followed by half an hour of nothing.
The boat traffic was quite heavy too which didn’t help on such a narrow canal.
During the last hour I switched back to punch and snatched a couple more roach and small skimmers.
Weighed in just 2lb:1oz which was enough to win my section of 8.
3lb+ was all that the winner needed..
16 fished.
Hertsbloke
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This was on the Moat.....
Tough day for silvers on my reservoir. It rained all day and all I could muster was a dozen small roach and perch. The water still felt warm but maybe the recent cold nights have taken their toll/ That is my excuse.
sam vimes
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Went out this afternoon for a reccy of some club water on the river. I originally joined this particular club for one stillwaterand had little intention of ever visiting their bit of river. All of it is over or on the limit of my self imposed travel limits. As it happens, I wasn't keen on the bit I went to see or, more precisely, I wasn't keen on the parking. Well away from prying eyes, but within walking distance of the local town.
As it was on the way back, I thought I might as well drop in for a look at the Association water that also comes as part of this (and other) club. This looked more my style and I had some gear with me to see for sure.
Went for my usual long rod, centrepin and bolo float set up, but had the luxury of a few extra feet of water to play with. I got bites from the off and ended up with an OCD satisfying seventy five dace, three grayling and one single roach. The last fifteen dace took an awful lot of time and effort. I probably should have knocked it on the head at sixty. Needless to say, this wasn't my usual river.
As it was on the way back, I thought I might as well drop in for a look at the Association water that also comes as part of this (and other) club. This looked more my style and I had some gear with me to see for sure.
Went for my usual long rod, centrepin and bolo float set up, but had the luxury of a few extra feet of water to play with. I got bites from the off and ended up with an OCD satisfying seventy five dace, three grayling and one single roach. The last fifteen dace took an awful lot of time and effort. I probably should have knocked it on the head at sixty. Needless to say, this wasn't my usual river.
Hertsbloke
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Went up to Alders Farm today, fished the Pines lake....
Had the place to my self, completely..
Fish everywhere.
Lobbed some GB in early doors then setup and started fiishing banded pellet...
The swim picked up about an hour in, I was fishing about 2 feet the from the edge of the lake and was pretty much catching on evry cast....
Think I had nearly a dozen, but here some pics of the better ones...
Had the place to my self, completely..
Fish everywhere.
Lobbed some GB in early doors then setup and started fiishing banded pellet...
The swim picked up about an hour in, I was fishing about 2 feet the from the edge of the lake and was pretty much catching on evry cast....
Think I had nearly a dozen, but here some pics of the better ones...
Roger Johnson 2
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Hey, I grew up fishing there too! Cycling there or taking the 61 bus from Dunstable. We used too dig red worms from the manure heap ( with mr French’s permission). We never caught a crucian though.
Small world Roger,the crucians weren't there when I first fished it,after a gap of quite a few years I returned,finding the tench fishing better than it ever was,but odd crucians(and I mean odd),but big ones,as for the 61 bus,I used to catch it from the bus stop by the M1,bread was my bait of choice...
Hertsbloke
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Indeed...
Skillfull its not, but for me, its a fantatstic learning experience, and Im catching fish way bigger then I could have dreamed of as boy.
It's not really the skill needed that turns me away from proper commercials,it's the carp only stocking and the lack of a challenge to me personally,that said I've done my time fishing them and it took me a long time for the realisation to sink in,I think it was on one particular day when two mates and I fished Mallory Park on three totally different methods and all bagged,I changed from surface to the bottom on different bait after catching 78 nice carp,to double figures,within minutes I was catching similar carp again,I packed and watched a mate for the rest of the day,another similar ending at Alders Farm,I caught 100 carp for around 300lbs plus and packed at around 2pm and slept behind a mate,this isn't being big headed,because I'm not proud of these catches,in fact though several years ago I can still feel the boredom of them,yuk....
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Jelster
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The commercials do have their uses. If you want to get kids interested in fishing you have to take them somewhere which almost guarantees a catch within 30 mins, or they get bored.
Playing around with bait ideas? A runs water is what you need, because if it doesn't work there, it ain't going to work full stop.
Had a couple of blanks? Go hit a commie to get some fun back in your fishing.
I'll be heading back to Whitepost later this week as I want to play at catching Carp on the float, haven't done it for years.
Hertsbloke
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Keith M
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It’s the same for me too. The only times that I fish a commercial water is when I’m fishing in a team match against another team, or practicing for such a match, otherwise you wouldn’t find me anywhere near a commercial fishery stuffed with f1’s and other hungry Carp, because catching pasties one after the other just bores me to death, and negates any skill of finding and catching decent sized fish through my own hard earned watercraft skills in more remote and more naturally stocked waters which is what I enjoy doing the most.
Even when I fish for Barbel at Marford farm I usually tend to fish downstream on the long walk rather than fish the easy swims on the more prolific short walk.
I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with commercial fisheries at all if you like fishing them, some ‘basic’ watercraft is still very useful, but they are just not my cup of tea; and of course you still need some skill to ‘regularly’ catch large weights of pasties, but the fishing is usually just a tad too false and more often than not a little too easy for my taste.
Keith
It’s the same for me too. The only times that I fish a commercial water is when I’m fishing in a team match against another team, or practicing for such a match, otherwise you wouldn’t find me anywhere near a commercial fishery stuffed with f1’s and other hungry Carp, because catching pasties one after the other just bores me to death, and negates any skill of finding and catching decent sized fish through my own hard earned watercraft skills in more remote and more naturally stocked waters which is what I enjoy doing the most.
Even when I fish for Barbel at Marford farm I usually tend to fish downstream on the long walk rather than fish the easy swims on the more prolific short walk.
I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with commercial fisheries at all if you like fishing them, some ‘basic’ watercraft is still very useful, but they are just not my cup of tea; and of course you still need some skill to ‘regularly’ catch large weights of pasties, but the fishing is usually just a tad too false and more often than not a little too easy for my taste.
Keith
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