I was at the club lake yesterday. Not to fish but to do some much needed remedial work. Some heavy digging was required and thankfully enough members turned out. Thats not always the case. Today is an Ibuprofen day
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dorsetandchub
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Fair enough, my apologies. Having been surgically removed from my couch, I find myself lamping through decent skimmers at my local commercial.
Must recommend this place to Skippy, he'll be buying a caravan here.....
Stepping up the spam cube size to a 10mm, see if I can get some of them thar carp to show up.
I do miss the canals though. Ohhh, look at that elastic go......
Must recommend this place to Skippy, he'll be buying a caravan here.....
Stepping up the spam cube size to a 10mm, see if I can get some of them thar carp to show up.
I do miss the canals though. Ohhh, look at that elastic go......
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Another Open match today on the Aylesbury arm of the GUC in very rural Bucks.
The 3rd of a series where a quarter of the pools money goes towards a fund to restock the arm after years of neglect and a pollution incident...So understandably it was hard for all. Had a gruelling walk to my peg which turned out to be featureless with tons of floating debris and dead reeds....
About 11m wide and 4ft deep down the track... Cupped in 6balls of sweet fish meal groundbait laced with squats just short of the reeds and first put in with double flouro pinky my float buried. A skimmer around 12oz. Good start but nothing bar 2 crayfish for the next few hours. Saw others were catching roach so a switch to punch tight to the dead reeds. Another 6oz skimmer then zilch.
Back on the other line for the last half hour and with seconds to go a decent roach on dead maggot and that was it...
Weighed in 1lb:8oz for 4th in section out of 9..
Winner had a big skimmer + bits for 5lb:12.
19 fished...
The 3rd of a series where a quarter of the pools money goes towards a fund to restock the arm after years of neglect and a pollution incident...So understandably it was hard for all. Had a gruelling walk to my peg which turned out to be featureless with tons of floating debris and dead reeds....
About 11m wide and 4ft deep down the track... Cupped in 6balls of sweet fish meal groundbait laced with squats just short of the reeds and first put in with double flouro pinky my float buried. A skimmer around 12oz. Good start but nothing bar 2 crayfish for the next few hours. Saw others were catching roach so a switch to punch tight to the dead reeds. Another 6oz skimmer then zilch.
Back on the other line for the last half hour and with seconds to go a decent roach on dead maggot and that was it...
Weighed in 1lb:8oz for 4th in section out of 9..
Winner had a big skimmer + bits for 5lb:12.
19 fished...
dorsetandchub
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The kind of day God would cook up to torment Skippy. Rocked up at my local commercial and found my favourite swim was free at the tail end of a lake, complete with part fallen tree.
Out went 13m of pole, with a 6mm cube of spam and several pots of hemp, scissored prawns and corn.
The usual pattern began, with nine out of ten fish being skimmers up to 2lbs or so, along with the odd roach and rudd.
I must have been quieter than normal as I didn't wake the carp up until quite late on, although I may have hooked the Kraken at one point as it kept going and....that's it, really. Just kept going, probably in Devon by now.
I changed up to 10mm cubes to see if it made a difference. Not appreciably so. The roach and rudd were nibbling them down to 6mm anyway.
I put a grain of corn on and then two - same as before, skimmers and more skimmers with the odd small carp.
As I was starting to think about home, ironing and maybe a pizza, a 6mm cube was snaffled by a right battler. After a real old tussle, the Shimmy Beastmaster Commercial tamed a scarred old mirror of around 7lbs.
Probably finished with somewhere near 40lbs. Five carp, about a dozen roach and rudd and countless skimmers (or "landfill" as he lovingly refers to them).
Out went 13m of pole, with a 6mm cube of spam and several pots of hemp, scissored prawns and corn.
The usual pattern began, with nine out of ten fish being skimmers up to 2lbs or so, along with the odd roach and rudd.
I must have been quieter than normal as I didn't wake the carp up until quite late on, although I may have hooked the Kraken at one point as it kept going and....that's it, really. Just kept going, probably in Devon by now.
I changed up to 10mm cubes to see if it made a difference. Not appreciably so. The roach and rudd were nibbling them down to 6mm anyway.
I put a grain of corn on and then two - same as before, skimmers and more skimmers with the odd small carp.
As I was starting to think about home, ironing and maybe a pizza, a 6mm cube was snaffled by a right battler. After a real old tussle, the Shimmy Beastmaster Commercial tamed a scarred old mirror of around 7lbs.
Probably finished with somewhere near 40lbs. Five carp, about a dozen roach and rudd and countless skimmers (or "landfill" as he lovingly refers to them).
S-Kippy
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Carp and skimmers eh ? You must tell me where it is Phil so I can programme my Sat Nav to ignore it.
The only good thing about a skimmer is that the tail section of a small one makes a decent zander bait. The only good thing about carp is that they are not skimmers.
No further questions,m'lud.
The only good thing about a skimmer is that the tail section of a small one makes a decent zander bait. The only good thing about carp is that they are not skimmers.
No further questions,m'lud.
Took the boat out today. Hit Bramble Bank in the Solent.
The wife had a 8.5lb cod and 2 bull huss and I had a bull huss and a small dog fish. Not bad for 3 hours fishing.
All but the cod went back- he ended up in fish pie Very nice indeed.
Back to the fresh water tomorrow. Hopefully pull out some tincas.
The wife had a 8.5lb cod and 2 bull huss and I had a bull huss and a small dog fish. Not bad for 3 hours fishing.
All but the cod went back- he ended up in fish pie
Very nice indeed.Back to the fresh water tomorrow. Hopefully pull out some tincas.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Was the cod battered by the wife or you or was it just you?
nicepix
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Another Open match today on the Aylesbury arm of the GUC in very rural Bucks.
The 3rd of a series where a quarter of the pools money goes towards a fund to restock the arm after years of neglect and a pollution incident...So understandably it was hard for all. Had a gruelling walk to my peg which turned out to be featureless with tons of floating debris and dead reeds....
About 11m wide and 4ft deep down the track... Cupped in 6balls of sweet fish meal groundbait laced with squats just short of the reeds and first put in with double flouro pinky my float buried. A skimmer around 12oz. Good start but nothing bar 2 crayfish for the next few hours. Saw others were catching roach so a switch to punch tight to the dead reeds. Another 6oz skimmer then zilch.
Back on the other line for the last half hour and with seconds to go a decent roach on dead maggot and that was it...
Weighed in 1lb:8oz for 4th in section out of 9..
Winner had a big skimmer + bits for 5lb:12.
19 fished...
You might do better if you fished the right way up
dorsetandchub
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It's a still from Dave Wesson's World Championship win......
tincatim
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I set off at 6:45 this morning full of hope to a new lake that I've found, Milton ponds in Hoyland, a local pond for local people but they made an exception for me. I'm always very excited when fishing a new place for the first time, it's the mystery of not knowing what I'm going to catch that gets me going.
I'd heard that it's a good mixed venue, there are carp to 18lb but not loads, plus tench to 5lb, bream to 6lb, perch to 3lb and a good head of roach, so I've been told.
Rising before Jesus did on the original Easter Sunday meant that I had the place to myself, most pegs looked similar, lots of dead reed beds and open water. As the place is surrounded by houses, I opted for the far side, away from the dog walkers and kids.
The right hand view from my peg
The left hand view, lots of open water!
Bait choice was caster, maggot, pellet and corn. I started out plumbing up on the pole, 10m out found 8ft of water, the margins were around 4ft. After a bite-less half an hour on maggot I changed to caster and landed a nice roach. Then nothing for 20 mins. Early morning optimism beginning to fade.
I figured that the margins were the best feature so changed rigs and started fishing tight to the reeds to my right. First put in, a nice plump roach, quickly followed by a fat, spawning perch. This continued for most of the day, the roach and perch got bigger as the day wore on.
Plenty of netter roach, with six around the pound mark.
The fish were quite finicky, they weren't fond of maggots and I had to bury a size 20 in to the casters to get regular bites. In the quiet spells I fished a method feeder with micros and corn, this produced five skimmers, but no tench, sadly.
I reckon this little fella scared them all away!
Altogether I had roughly 75 fish and a very enjoyable day, according to the locals it usually fishes better, but then they would say that! They weren't catching anything.
but they made an exception for me. I'm always very excited when fishing a new place for the first time, it's the mystery of not knowing what I'm going to catch that gets me going. I'd heard that it's a good mixed venue, there are carp to 18lb but not loads, plus tench to 5lb, bream to 6lb, perch to 3lb and a good head of roach, so I've been told.
Rising before Jesus did on the original Easter Sunday meant that I had the place to myself, most pegs looked similar, lots of dead reed beds and open water. As the place is surrounded by houses, I opted for the far side, away from the dog walkers and kids.
The right hand view from my peg
The left hand view, lots of open water!
Bait choice was caster, maggot, pellet and corn. I started out plumbing up on the pole, 10m out found 8ft of water, the margins were around 4ft. After a bite-less half an hour on maggot I changed to caster and landed a nice roach. Then nothing for 20 mins. Early morning optimism beginning to fade.
I figured that the margins were the best feature so changed rigs and started fishing tight to the reeds to my right. First put in, a nice plump roach, quickly followed by a fat, spawning perch. This continued for most of the day, the roach and perch got bigger as the day wore on.
Plenty of netter roach, with six around the pound mark.
The fish were quite finicky, they weren't fond of maggots and I had to bury a size 20 in to the casters to get regular bites. In the quiet spells I fished a method feeder with micros and corn, this produced five skimmers, but no tench, sadly.
I reckon this little fella scared them all away!
Altogether I had roughly 75 fish and a very enjoyable day, according to the locals it usually fishes better, but then they would say that! They weren't catching anything.
dangermouse
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Shame about the tench Tim but sounds like you had a good day :thumbs:
tincatim
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I don't think its the best place for Tench tbh, a good day all the same and worth another shot in the summer. Maybe I had the wrong colour flat cap on?
nicepix
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Just don't try an evening session on a Friday night in summer. That is if there are enough pubs left in Hoyland to hold a pub crawl. It used to get pretty rough.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
You might do better if you fished the right way up
Is the picture upside down on French FM?
nicepix
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Is the picture upside down on French FM?
It is unless you are using a sky pole.
dangermouse
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Is the picture upside down on French FM?
It`s upside down on Yorkshire FM.
S-Kippy
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Maybe the pictures the right way up but you're not ?
dangermouse
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I`m definitely the right way up.
I think I`ve figured it out though. It`s obviously some bizarre southern ritual, perhaps a Masonic fishing match? He probably has one trouser leg rolled up too.
maggot_dangler
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It's downside up here in the Black Country most definatly (or b***er the spoll chucker) ... :wh
PG ..
Keith M
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First Peter posted an upside down shot of a canal cut and then tincatim posted some pics taken while lying on his side, I think some anglers on here have been imbibing quite a few bevvies to celebrate the Easter bank holidays LOL..
Great reports though
Great reports though
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