mikench
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I prefer that one now and i agree with you about the chub peg; ruined and unfinished.
How did you get on?
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It's a good idea, more visible, more colour, I will make a couple myself. The pupil has turned teacher
If I ever get round to sea fishing again this year, keep getting distracted but I will try it. Garfish are a bit of fun, caught a few on float tackle using freshwater hooks and small strips of mackerel, they swim a few feet bellow the surface usually and they have narrow beaks.
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A member told me that the reason for doing what they have was because the banking was undercut and causing damp in that conservatory.
I really think it woukd have need a hell of a lot more work than that if the bank was undercut so much!
At the end of the day a better job could have been done with no more hardship.
The place was chocka Mike, no spaces in the carpark!
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Town pit again today with a 4m whip with flick tip, small pole float to a 20 carbon match hook and 2lb bottom. We have a club fixture here Sunday and I’ve been fishing pegs I’d normally walk past, in case I draw one.
Single maggot and it was perch mainly until I hooked a lump which broke the hook link. Stepped up to 2:8lb bottom and carried on catching perch until another lump turned up. This time I landed it. A tench around 5lb. Moments later another one turned up which I also landed.
4 hours fishing and I had about 12lb in the net. Hope I can repeat this Sunday...
Single maggot and it was perch mainly until I hooked a lump which broke the hook link. Stepped up to 2:8lb bottom and carried on catching perch until another lump turned up. This time I landed it. A tench around 5lb. Moments later another one turned up which I also landed.
4 hours fishing and I had about 12lb in the net. Hope I can repeat this Sunday...
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Quick session at Kingsbridge last night with my son. Fished 2.5 hours, had 3 fish each. He had 2 10lb and 1 12lb carp. I had a 10lb a 13.5lb and a nice 17.5lb.
Going again tomorrow so lets hope things continue
Going again tomorrow so lets hope things continue
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It's a good idea, more visible, more colour, I will make a couple myself. The pupil has turned teacher
I’ve started making some for myself too, gives me something to do on a rainy day and the hooks in the readymade ones aren’t normally of a good quality.
Tnis is simplicity and I can vouch for them working well.
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I have some ready made mackerel feathers somewhere, I have made them my self on occasions, you can basically make them out of anything that will fix on a hook either naturally or by sticking/whipping, mackerel will basically snap at anything that moves. The bloke in the vid is using plastic tubing. What I think is clever is putting a weighted lure on the bottom, bass are under the mackerel on occasions and I think this is a good idea, it must make the lure look more natural to a bass as it looks like it is feeding!! I am guessing you can either make mackerel "feathers" with or without hooks depending if you don't mind picking up a few mackerel as well. I have never seen this done before from memory, so your a brainy old thing.
Fewer bass have been caught from Dungy of late than a few weeks ago from what I can make out but still a few about. Spider crabs and small whiting now are a problem for bait angling so lure fishing maybe best. Come September to December often sees a movement of very big bass locally, I don't know why but 10lb+ are usually caught around these months if they are going to be caught at all. Anyway, I will get back to it soon and might try the lure/feathers idea. let you know. But it is a good sign that you hadn't had one bass until that last cast; sometimes it just takes something that gives a little edge.
Wasn't it blowing a hooley today. I went back to a club lake with steep banks and tucked in behind bushes. Method feeder and wafters. 5 Carp to low doubles and a F1. It was a case of picking the venue to get out of the wind rather than what I really wanted to do.
But hey ho I did enjoy it. Probably wont go back there for a year now. All carped out. Roach calling me now.
But hey ho I did enjoy it. Probably wont go back there for a year now. All carped out. Roach calling me now.
Well,holiday over,fishing poor with temps of 30+ in the first week,water temps up to 22degs,nightime temps unbearable,the second week it was better but with a low river and paddle boarders/kayakers everywhere no rest for the wicked,1 barbel,5 chub,a pike,a decent perch and a nice roach,hard work indeed,even the wrasse and gobies were iffy,but goldsinny,corkwing and ballans were had....
After an unsuccessful trip hunting Barbel on a difficult bit of river I decided to spend half a day on a different venue were they are allot easier to catch. The choice of venue may surprise a few people - it was a canal. ...you can literally jump over it in places...
Setting up mid afternoon in the blazing sun I opted to start near a small lock because first it offered some shade and second the water was oxygenated. Twice the rods rattled off, not the target Barbel but two Carp, a Common & a Mirror. These canal Carp are absolute animals, when you hook them they have only one destination in mind – the sea ! The takes are absolute flyers too which if you forget to slacken a bait runner or loosen the cluth you will lose the rod for sure. Its always a pleasure to catch them as these are natural wild fish and to me a world apart from catching them in a well stocked lake. Interestingly both fish fell to a single hookbait, I did not put out any feed at all so my choice of the oxygenated lock was clearly a good one.
No mouth damage on these guys & possibly the first time they have been on the bank...
I was tempted to stay put for another Carp but as evening started to draw in I moved a couple of miles upstream were I felt I had a better chance of a Barbel. I threw out some hemp and pellets & fished a maggot feeder over the top for the last hour of daylight. 4 times it walloped round as a Barbel grabbed the bait. It was good to see a tiny one amougst them as it seems to indicate they are breeding in the canal. A moderate sized Chub and the smallest Wels I have ever caught on a float just after dark completed what was a very enjoyable few hours and reminded me not to underestimate the sport that can be had on Canals.
One of the Barbel ..
This little one seems to indicate they are breeding in the canal..
Setting up mid afternoon in the blazing sun I opted to start near a small lock because first it offered some shade and second the water was oxygenated. Twice the rods rattled off, not the target Barbel but two Carp, a Common & a Mirror. These canal Carp are absolute animals, when you hook them they have only one destination in mind – the sea ! The takes are absolute flyers too which if you forget to slacken a bait runner or loosen the cluth you will lose the rod for sure. Its always a pleasure to catch them as these are natural wild fish and to me a world apart from catching them in a well stocked lake. Interestingly both fish fell to a single hookbait, I did not put out any feed at all so my choice of the oxygenated lock was clearly a good one.
No mouth damage on these guys & possibly the first time they have been on the bank...
I was tempted to stay put for another Carp but as evening started to draw in I moved a couple of miles upstream were I felt I had a better chance of a Barbel. I threw out some hemp and pellets & fished a maggot feeder over the top for the last hour of daylight. 4 times it walloped round as a Barbel grabbed the bait. It was good to see a tiny one amougst them as it seems to indicate they are breeding in the canal. A moderate sized Chub and the smallest Wels I have ever caught on a float just after dark completed what was a very enjoyable few hours and reminded me not to underestimate the sport that can be had on Canals.
One of the Barbel ..
This little one seems to indicate they are breeding in the canal..
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We are experiencing a year of extremes concerning weather and the most prominent aspect is the wind, I’m far more aware of it since starting fishing at sea. We’ve enjoyed a couple of fairly wind free months, if a little hot but yesterday the wind......no, ether described as gales returned. The forecast is for worse conditions to arrive Tuesday, with that in mind I was determined to scratch the itch and chose to spend a couple of hours on the estate fishing tight into the margin. The target? Crucians.
One of far too many EBay purchases recently was a delightful 3.5m Daiwa whip, complete with cork handle. Having bought it shortly before my illness I’d all but forgotten about it, rigged it up today on a light setup hoping for a bar of gold.
After a period of twenty minutes without any movement of a small pole float I was already thinking of another cunning plan, at that moment it disappeared and a huge bow wave saw a carp sailing off pinging my hooklength. Another similar bite minutes later met with some resistance, then slack with a hook returning with a couple of large scales.
Time to switch to rod and reel, still staying light for the shy crucians, fished tight to the lily pads.
Wasn’t too long before the float disappeared again and once again met with a solid resistance, another carp hooked and on a 2lb hooklength took the best part of twenty minutes to shoehorn into my less than adequate net, weighed in just under 14lb. The Greys Torreón rod was bent over double for much of the time but performed admirably, I rarely net lumps on such a light hooklength.
The tussle trashed the swim and it was time to leave anyway.
Fishing brings pleasure and frustration in equal measures for me, target the large fish and get plagued by minnows and visa versa.......that’s fishing!
One of far too many EBay purchases recently was a delightful 3.5m Daiwa whip, complete with cork handle. Having bought it shortly before my illness I’d all but forgotten about it, rigged it up today on a light setup hoping for a bar of gold.
After a period of twenty minutes without any movement of a small pole float I was already thinking of another cunning plan, at that moment it disappeared and a huge bow wave saw a carp sailing off pinging my hooklength. Another similar bite minutes later met with some resistance, then slack with a hook returning with a couple of large scales.
Time to switch to rod and reel, still staying light for the shy crucians, fished tight to the lily pads.
Wasn’t too long before the float disappeared again and once again met with a solid resistance, another carp hooked and on a 2lb hooklength took the best part of twenty minutes to shoehorn into my less than adequate net, weighed in just under 14lb. The Greys Torreón rod was bent over double for much of the time but performed admirably, I rarely net lumps on such a light hooklength.
The tussle trashed the swim and it was time to leave anyway.
Fishing brings pleasure and frustration in equal measures for me, target the large fish and get plagued by minnows and visa versa.......that’s fishing!
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After being given my dads old tackle I spent yesterday cleaning up 2 reels and re lining them I was itching for a go with them but I was also itching for a few hours on the river after hearing of a barbel being caught last week !
So me and my new fishing buddy set off with a loaded pushchair!
20 minutes later we was in the water and fishing and having breakfast (chocolate bread )!
As we sat eating the little trusty 6ft stalking rod got pulled of the rest and we had a small brown trout until clever me decided to hoink it up the bank school boy error it came off and rolled agonisingly down the bank and plop back in !
Had a few more casts on the river but nothing !
Still wanting to have a go with the old Millward’s swimversa rod we moved over on to the canal and float fished double red maggots close to the weeds and managed a few small roach and perch .
For a old rod the action was surprisingly good I would say it rivals anything out there today but the weight of the rod and reel together makes for a hard days work .
Another enjoyable morning spent with 1 of my favourite little dudes he enjoyed it feeding ducks and shouting at the thousands of walkers cyclists and ever a paddle boarder !
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I fished the river rother the first 2 hours at the newbridge lane stretch then on the canal at blue bank pools
So me and my new fishing buddy set off with a loaded pushchair!
20 minutes later we was in the water and fishing and having breakfast (chocolate bread )!
As we sat eating the little trusty 6ft stalking rod got pulled of the rest and we had a small brown trout until clever me decided to hoink it up the bank school boy error it came off and rolled agonisingly down the bank and plop back in !
Had a few more casts on the river but nothing !
Still wanting to have a go with the old Millward’s swimversa rod we moved over on to the canal and float fished double red maggots close to the weeds and managed a few small roach and perch .
For a old rod the action was surprisingly good I would say it rivals anything out there today but the weight of the rod and reel together makes for a hard days work .
Another enjoyable morning spent with 1 of my favourite little dudes he enjoyed it feeding ducks and shouting at the thousands of walkers cyclists and ever a paddle boarder !
In chesterfield you see all kinds of weirdness
I fished the river rother the first 2 hours at the newbridge lane stretch then on the canal at blue bank pools
The River was at a nice level for Salmon today, so I decided to throw a Mepps around for a couple of hours.
I did see a couple of fish show, but the only interest I had in the lure was from a nice, chunky Chub...
I did see a couple of fish show, but the only interest I had in the lure was from a nice, chunky Chub...
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Gordon and I plead guilty with no mitigating circumstances to visiting a commercial fishery today. This was not a Damascene conversion in reverse as we have fished it many times and can do so for free 10 times a year on a club card.
It's a nice spot in a small village called Dunham famous for its stately home. The owners, a delightful couple are pleasant and chatty and their natural spring fed lake is very pretty with decent pegs and close proximity parking. It's a day ticket water and they hold matches so it must be a commercial. We like it for the reasons stated and it doesn't look or feel like it on the original pool. The new pool leaves a lot to be desired but that is another story.
There were dozens fishing and it was a struggle for reasons I cannot fully explain. It was dark and cool first thing but soon warmed up unlike the fish. Gordon float fished for a change and caught an eclectic mix of small carp, crucians, commons roach and Rudd. I had about 15 bits but two mirrors of around 4 and 6 lb on meat.
We came away as I suspect the fish were finally starting to feed but I wanted to get back to cut the lawns and we had been there since 6.00 am. This was my best fish.
We enjoyed our day and had some interesting chats. I also met up with a club member I haven't seen for ages which was nice. He has survived the pandemic so far. Thanks Gordon for another fun days fishing in nice surroundings.
It's a nice spot in a small village called Dunham famous for its stately home. The owners, a delightful couple are pleasant and chatty and their natural spring fed lake is very pretty with decent pegs and close proximity parking. It's a day ticket water and they hold matches so it must be a commercial. We like it for the reasons stated and it doesn't look or feel like it on the original pool. The new pool leaves a lot to be desired but that is another story.
There were dozens fishing and it was a struggle for reasons I cannot fully explain. It was dark and cool first thing but soon warmed up unlike the fish. Gordon float fished for a change and caught an eclectic mix of small carp, crucians, commons roach and Rudd. I had about 15 bits but two mirrors of around 4 and 6 lb on meat.
We came away as I suspect the fish were finally starting to feed but I wanted to get back to cut the lawns and we had been there since 6.00 am. This was my best fish.
We enjoyed our day and had some interesting chats. I also met up with a club member I haven't seen for ages which was nice. He has survived the pandemic so far. Thanks Gordon for another fun days fishing in nice surroundings.
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A tough one today. The weather forecast was for overcast weather, some rain, low pressure and overall, it looked very fishy.
In reality, the pressure stayed high. The sun was beaming, no shade for me or for the fish in my swim and bites were very hard to come by.
One small Barbel (foul hooked), one small mirror (foul hooked) and a skimmer that took a 15mm boilie (foul hooked) was all I had to show for 12 hrs of chopping, changing and working hard for bites. Maybe too hard, who knows.
Been hard the last two times I've been on this lake in the sun and next time I'm really going to have to be certain on the weather as it really only fishes well in the worst conditions but I have to pre book to get on.
Moral is a bit low!
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In reality, the pressure stayed high. The sun was beaming, no shade for me or for the fish in my swim and bites were very hard to come by.
One small Barbel (foul hooked), one small mirror (foul hooked) and a skimmer that took a 15mm boilie (foul hooked) was all I had to show for 12 hrs of chopping, changing and working hard for bites. Maybe too hard, who knows.
Been hard the last two times I've been on this lake in the sun and next time I'm really going to have to be certain on the weather as it really only fishes well in the worst conditions but I have to pre book to get on.
Moral is a bit low!
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In the sun today it was very warm, so much so I put up my brolly as a parasol. I'm certain it put the fish off.
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Yeah it really does. Must depends on the lake/shade etc as well. In colder average temps, I imagine the sun helps but during these summer months it can be a killer for them feeding.
But ill try not and be despondent and go again! And next time the brolly is going up as my arm is an unholy colour
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But ill try not and be despondent and go again! And next time the brolly is going up as my arm is an unholy colour
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I have a Michigan 75" brolly bought from Amazon for £15. It's useless in wind and torrential rain but just the job in the sun or in gentle rain falling perpendicular. Being shaded makes such a difference to me but not the fish.