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Golden Eagle
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No Mike, Chester Lakes.
Bit more carpy clientele.
Bit more carpy clientele.
I appreciate that I'm usually fishing maggot or seed baits - and also on the stretches that tend to have shoal size roach, rather than clonkers - but I've never had one much over a pound from the Gt Ouse, despite fishing it (on and off) for 40 years. The closest I can claim is about 5 years ago at kempston when i had just three big roach come right up on the hemp (on school bend) ... I snared the smallest - which was 1:4. How do I know it was the smallest? ... I saw it take on the drop, between the two larger fish - which then spooked.
markcw
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Lymm AC had those a few years ago, didnt think much to them, could be very peggy at times. 100lb off one peg and two pegs down could struggle for 20lb
I don't often post my catches ... but there may be more general interest in this one:
On saturday I fished a 30 peg open on a midlands river. My own result was OK - section win and eighth overall with 2 perch and some small roach and dace for 7 pounds 8 oz. A nice day before yesterday's storm.
The winner had seven perch for 17 pounds - biggest 3:4, with at least 5 other perch caught around the 3 pounds mark on various pegs.
My two for approx 2:8 were positively tiddlers! Caught on a lobby section with a chopped worm feeder.
There are photos on the club's facebook page of these fish - so it's not like it's a secret venue. They are a regular catch through the winter.
On saturday I fished a 30 peg open on a midlands river. My own result was OK - section win and eighth overall with 2 perch and some small roach and dace for 7 pounds 8 oz. A nice day before yesterday's storm.
The winner had seven perch for 17 pounds - biggest 3:4, with at least 5 other perch caught around the 3 pounds mark on various pegs.
My two for approx 2:8 were positively tiddlers! Caught on a lobby section with a chopped worm feeder.
There are photos on the club's facebook page of these fish - so it's not like it's a secret venue. They are a regular catch through the winter.
markcw
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Not really getting on with fishing ,but getting on with sorting two fence panels out from yesterday, .The post the panels connected to is in next doors garden, it had snapped at the base where it is in concrete, so doing a patch up job until sort new post is found a new use for old banksticks and umbrella spikes .
Golden Eagle
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I’ve only been twice and have yet to make up my mind. There’s a great video of James Robbins catching Winter roach there on YouTube, cadence channel.
Haven’t quite emulated that yet!
Haven’t quite emulated that yet!
Golden Eagle
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I’ll check that out, reserving my river exploits to when they’re in decent condition, which doesn’t seem to be too often lately!
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
8 codgers fished yesterday at Apsley near Hemel. A bright and sunny day with a gusty wind. I fished between 2 boats with a light 2bb canal grey waggler with the depths marked on the rod for the middle and far shelf.
Punch on a 20b511 to start with and just one bite, a gudgeon. Felt like I was in for a struggle but nobody else seemed to be catching much either.
After an hour I changed to a 22b511 to 0:06 and single pinkie, a tiny roach, a bleak on the drop and more gudgeon.
I needed a bonus fish!
The final 4 hours passed quickly with little or no improvement. I tried feeding maggots heavily on the far shelf in the vain hope of a chub hearing the commotion, nope!
Weighed in a poxy 4oz....
Winner had 3:15:0, a skimmer + bits, runner up, a big perch + bits..
Punch on a 20b511 to start with and just one bite, a gudgeon. Felt like I was in for a struggle but nobody else seemed to be catching much either.
After an hour I changed to a 22b511 to 0:06 and single pinkie, a tiny roach, a bleak on the drop and more gudgeon.
I needed a bonus fish!
The final 4 hours passed quickly with little or no improvement. I tried feeding maggots heavily on the far shelf in the vain hope of a chub hearing the commotion, nope!
Weighed in a poxy 4oz....
Winner had 3:15:0, a skimmer + bits, runner up, a big perch + bits..
Struggled on the Basingstoke Canal today which was flowing slowly. Layed-on flavoured bread flake on a size 12 b525 hook. Had 9 small roach and 1 skimmer. The pike activity did not help (always a great excuse!) and I bumped off 3 small fish. Water temperature had dropped to 40F.
sylvanillo
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Still windy here in Oxford but since we've survived the tornado, and as the day looked so sunny, I went down to the canal banks 
. Rivers have become milky again. Anyway I love canals!
Very very cold :cold: but that sun was more than enough to enjoy.
That was a light feeder session, using the great Ms Range rod.
Started by seating for a while between boat houses, in each and every place that looked attractive, fishing either close the boat themselves or near the far bank when there are trees. Nothing at all. :dispirited:
I decided to move further up, and after a walk I tried where the other day my tip became crazy. It's a place where boats are moored permanently (the entire year), I suppose it makes a difference but I don't know. But that was a good idea, since a small inhabitant showed up after about 3 minutes:
And during the next 2 hours I landed around 40 of them, some of them baby size some of them bigger. Which for me is amazing.
Nothing to see with one or two fighting chub-steaks, rather a series of bites, strikes, pleasures. Really enjoyed this.
I kept going until I had no bait at all. I can't remember who on the forum suggested to try bread punch, but that one must get a big hug. :hug:
What I've noticed, and because roach is new to me, is:
1) the bigger fish were always taken when casting away from my casting zone, about 3 or 4 meters away
2) about half of them was caught when I was moving the cage of about a feet, some of them biting on this move, some of them when I was actually retrieving the rig from the water!
Have a good evening.
. Rivers have become milky again. Anyway I love canals!Very very cold :cold: but that sun was more than enough to enjoy.
That was a light feeder session, using the great Ms Range rod.
Started by seating for a while between boat houses, in each and every place that looked attractive, fishing either close the boat themselves or near the far bank when there are trees. Nothing at all. :dispirited:
I decided to move further up, and after a walk I tried where the other day my tip became crazy. It's a place where boats are moored permanently (the entire year), I suppose it makes a difference but I don't know. But that was a good idea, since a small inhabitant showed up after about 3 minutes:
And during the next 2 hours I landed around 40 of them, some of them baby size some of them bigger. Which for me is amazing.
Nothing to see with one or two fighting chub-steaks, rather a series of bites, strikes, pleasures. Really enjoyed this.
I kept going until I had no bait at all. I can't remember who on the forum suggested to try bread punch, but that one must get a big hug. :hug:
What I've noticed, and because roach is new to me, is:
1) the bigger fish were always taken when casting away from my casting zone, about 3 or 4 meters away
2) about half of them was caught when I was moving the cage of about a feet, some of them biting on this move, some of them when I was actually retrieving the rig from the water!
Have a good evening.
theartist
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You know that first one is a small Bream Sylvanillo maybe a hybrid :thumbs:
mikench
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Oh,i get more than a fair share,blanked on the Ouse the wednesday before,my river fishing has been pretty poor this winter,something to do with the yo-yo conditions i feel,soon be finished with,I only went to the deep lake because the rivers are well up and the crucian lake i fish is surrounded by big trees,in that wind a no-no....along with it being a cold clear day to match the cold clear water a recipe for disaster.
mikench
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I know Alan as do I. A few of my waters have been restocked but now fish worse than before. I don't understand fishing sometimes but will persist.
rich66
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Went to my clubs waters today, thought I’d try the match lake. There is supposedly a decent head of roach in it somewhere. Armed my self with 1/2 pint of reds and some bread for punch.
Nothing much was happening so I set up a hybrid feeder with a mixture of micro pellets with a 4mm hookable pellet as bait. Not a lot going on with that either. Change of plan I remembered I’d given into a purchase of Nash monster crab liquid stuff so gave that a try on the feeder few drops on the hookbait. Results where definitely better. Had a small chunky mirror within 15 minutes another smaller one followed, then about an hour later a small but feisty common. By then I’d found a line with a few small roach and picked up a nice perch too. Not bad for a cool February day plus a couple of birds visiting usual Robin and unusually a pheasant thought my bait was ok too.
Nothing much was happening so I set up a hybrid feeder with a mixture of micro pellets with a 4mm hookable pellet as bait. Not a lot going on with that either. Change of plan I remembered I’d given into a purchase of Nash monster crab liquid stuff so gave that a try on the feeder few drops on the hookbait. Results where definitely better. Had a small chunky mirror within 15 minutes another smaller one followed, then about an hour later a small but feisty common. By then I’d found a line with a few small roach and picked up a nice perch too. Not bad for a cool February day plus a couple of birds visiting usual Robin and unusually a pheasant thought my bait was ok too.
I know Alan as do I. A few of my waters have been restocked but now fish worse than before. I don't understand fishing sometimes but will persist.
We can only understand so much,the rest is a secret in the minds of our target fish,long may it remain so....