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tommos16
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You're welcome to it Whitty. Also, I still do reserve the right to complain at the weather when it's no good and I still don't catch. I need excuses in the bag haha!
Tight lines tomorrow mate
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Tight lines tomorrow mate
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Nice when a plan comes together. I went back to where I fished for silvers last week on the res . I wanted to see if I could catch the carp with beefed up float tackle, groundbait and pellets.
15ft rod, pin and float 2 foot overdepth to combat the tow. (It was fleece and waterproofs in the chilly wind)
1st bite at 2 pm
Had 4 all either side of the 10lb mark.
I want to thank whoever it was that put up the link recently on how to tie a lasso hair rig. Worked a treat. Never too old to learn.
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15ft rod, pin and float 2 foot overdepth to combat the tow. (It was fleece and waterproofs in the chilly wind)
1st bite at 2 pm
Had 4 all either side of the 10lb mark.
I want to thank whoever it was that put up the link recently on how to tie a lasso hair rig. Worked a treat. Never too old to learn.
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Another Dave
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Took the youngest lure fishing today down the usual river. The first little perch was caught by me, the other fish were caught by her.
And that was her first ever pike! Mission accomplished.
Lure of the day.
And that was her first ever pike! Mission accomplished.
Lure of the day.
Three bright smiles that made all the effort so worth while.
She looks lovely and well pleased.
She looks lovely and well pleased.
tommos16
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Absolutey superb Dave! That's what it's all aboutTook the youngest lure fishing today down the usual river. The first little perch was caught by me, the other fish were caught by her.
And that was her first ever pike! Mission accomplished.
Lure of the day.
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markcw
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Nice catch. Middy do ready made lasso hooklengths, if you need to carry a few spare .Nice when a plan comes together. I went back to where I fished for silvers last week on the res . I wanted to see if I could catch the carp with beefed up float tackle, groundbait and pellets.
15ft rod, pin and float 2 foot overdepth to combat the tow. (It was fleece and waterproofs in the chilly wind)
1st bite at 2 pm
Had 4 all either side of the 10lb mark.
I want to thank whoever it was that put up the link recently on how to tie a lasso hair rig. Worked a treat. Never too old to learn.
Keith M
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My son Stuart had just bought himself a pair of new carp rods, some new bite alarms, a new bivvie and a new bed chair, and he wanted to christen them with a night after carp on our local estate lake, so last night I dug out my old bivvie from the back of the shed and joined him.
Well we’ve just got back from our night session and I’m off for a shower and straight to bed as I’m knackered. I’m just not as young as I was.
It’s hard to believe that I used to spend nearly every Friday night and every Wednesday evening chasing Carp or Barbel and still go fishing for other species on another day; and still go to work fully refreshed. Now one all night session and I’m knackered
Stuart was asleep by midnight after first bringing in his rods, and I didn’t hear from him till 7:30am when I woke him to cook my breakfast (the lazy s*d ). He did catch five Carp between 8lb and 16lb plus a baby Wells Catfish of about 5lb in the few hours he was awake but he didn’t take any pictures .
We started at just before 4pm after setting up our bivvies and the rest of our gear; only I setup my old bivvie inside out meaning that I had to start all over again (I am a pensioner, and that’s my excuse). Plus one of my bite alarms was not working so once it got dark I would be fishing with only one rod.
Well in spite of fishing with only one of my two rods for most of the night because of the faulty alarm; I ended up with 7 Carp from around 8lb up to a few ounces under 20lb and here are a few shots from the evening/night.
I fished opposite one of the islands
The three largest Carp that I caught were 16lb 6oz, 18lb 14oz and 19lb 8oz.
NB: When I got home I had a quick gander at my faulty bite alarm and there was some green powder on the battery terminals where some battery had leaked in the past that I hadn’t cleaned off properly. Its working fine again now.
Tight lines
Keith
Well we’ve just got back from our night session and I’m off for a shower and straight to bed as I’m knackered. I’m just not as young as I was.
It’s hard to believe that I used to spend nearly every Friday night and every Wednesday evening chasing Carp or Barbel and still go fishing for other species on another day; and still go to work fully refreshed. Now one all night session and I’m knackered
Stuart was asleep by midnight after first bringing in his rods, and I didn’t hear from him till 7:30am when I woke him to cook my breakfast (the lazy s*d
). He did catch five Carp between 8lb and 16lb plus a baby Wells Catfish of about 5lb in the few hours he was awake but he didn’t take any pictures .We started at just before 4pm after setting up our bivvies and the rest of our gear; only I setup my old bivvie inside out meaning that I had to start all over again
(I am a pensioner, and that’s my excuse). Plus one of my bite alarms was not working so once it got dark I would be fishing with only one rod.Well in spite of fishing with only one of my two rods for most of the night because of the faulty alarm; I ended up with 7 Carp from around 8lb up to a few ounces under 20lb and here are a few shots from the evening/night.
I fished opposite one of the islands
The three largest Carp that I caught were 16lb 6oz, 18lb 14oz and 19lb 8oz.
NB: When I got home I had a quick gander at my faulty bite alarm and there was some green powder on the battery terminals where some battery had leaked in the past that I hadn’t cleaned off properly. Its working fine again now.
Tight lines
Keith
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flightliner
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Not planned but yesterday found me on the tidal section of the river Trent. Still, never one to complain about such events I sat some forty yards upstream of my last visit with a pair of feeder rods hoping for a few roach or Bream, BB not welcome today thank you very much.
Tide about to turn a rod with pellet lurched over and I was connected to a good fish that wasn't a roach by any means but sadly a hook pull decided the outcome-- B- - - - R!.
Another bite soon after and a good river Bream came to the bank, very welcome after such a lean start to the season.
The tide had run its course and the little time it stood still before heading up to Cromwell wier I was given a display of my intended target fish topping on the surface, good fish too!
It was lean then for the next two hours, all ways seems that way but there are the odd exceptions.
Meantime a hooray Henry in a launch decided to fly at daft knots per hour on my very shallow side of the river forcing me to throw my gear up the bank to avoid a soaking - - big Big plonker!
Then another, this time in a speedboat three times faster than plonker number one, where do they come from???
Tide turned seaward I set to my task with the pellet again but a half hour later with nothing to show I changed to bread flake and in minutes had a good river Bream that went 7-4, result.
Two more followed before they retreated, an hour later regretting to bring a tin of corn I went back to the pellets but with two superglue to a hair, again in minutes another good Bream was in the net, and blimey! I've fished the tidal for decades but never had a two tone Bream and there was one at my feet!
I was dead chuffed, then the very next cast cast there was another, talk about busses coming all at once!!!
I ended with nine and losing two.
The roach I saw earlier never put in an appearance but it was nice to drop on anything the Trent right now-- everyone seems to be struggling at the moment???
Tide about to turn a rod with pellet lurched over and I was connected to a good fish that wasn't a roach by any means but sadly a hook pull decided the outcome-- B- - - - R!.
Another bite soon after and a good river Bream came to the bank, very welcome after such a lean start to the season.
The tide had run its course and the little time it stood still before heading up to Cromwell wier I was given a display of my intended target fish topping on the surface, good fish too!
It was lean then for the next two hours, all ways seems that way but there are the odd exceptions.
Meantime a hooray Henry in a launch decided to fly at daft knots per hour on my very shallow side of the river forcing me to throw my gear up the bank to avoid a soaking - - big Big plonker!
Then another, this time in a speedboat three times faster than plonker number one, where do they come from???
Tide turned seaward I set to my task with the pellet again but a half hour later with nothing to show I changed to bread flake and in minutes had a good river Bream that went 7-4, result.
Two more followed before they retreated, an hour later regretting to bring a tin of corn I went back to the pellets but with two superglue to a hair, again in minutes another good Bream was in the net, and blimey! I've fished the tidal for decades but never had a two tone Bream and there was one at my feet!
I was dead chuffed, then the very next cast cast there was another, talk about busses coming all at once!!!
I ended with nine and losing two.
The roach I saw earlier never put in an appearance but it was nice to drop on anything the Trent right now-- everyone seems to be struggling at the moment???
Rod & Annette
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Fished the River Arrow in Studley Park last week for the first time in twenty years. Cracking bit of sport. Used an Acolyte Ultra and a Speedia, stick float and maggots wading in the river and although caught only modestly sized Chublets, Roach and a couple of fin perfect Brownies enjoyed every second. Fished a deeper little run after some some oxygenated water. Went for a second session and shut my rod in the car door!!!! A phonecall and trip to Warwick tackle who were really helpful and gave me a replacement section even though Drennan won't have stock for four months and ended up buying a Garbolino power float rod while I was there.
Went back for the second session which was a struggle in nearly gale force winds and minnows nearly every chuck. Incidentally went to fish a stretch at Wixford in the afternoon and caught naff all!
Went back for the second session which was a struggle in nearly gale force winds and minnows nearly every chuck. Incidentally went to fish a stretch at Wixford in the afternoon and caught naff all!
Was that Bailey’s in Warwick? Top tackle shop ...
Rod & Annette
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Yeh, meant to write that. Very helpful and knowledgeable!
peter crabtree
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13 codgers fished my weekly match yesterday at Ivinghoe on the GUC. Storm Francis was in full swing when we arrived, with driving rain and an extremely gusty wind. Despite the conditions all 13 ( including an octogenarian ) set up rods and floats and battled with the elements.
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Brollies were useless in the howling wind so we all had to brave the elements. Some pegs fished really well while others, including me, really struggled. I fished waggler with punch taking a couple of small roach in the first half hour but after that my peg seemed devoid of any fish. Maggot, pinkie etc failed to find any perch or skimmers which seemed abundant in other pegs. At least 3 carp were hooked and lost by some and my neighbour got smashed up by a pike.
Winning weight was 8:3:0 with 6:1:0 runner up.
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Brollies were useless in the howling wind so we all had to brave the elements. Some pegs fished really well while others, including me, really struggled. I fished waggler with punch taking a couple of small roach in the first half hour but after that my peg seemed devoid of any fish. Maggot, pinkie etc failed to find any perch or skimmers which seemed abundant in other pegs. At least 3 carp were hooked and lost by some and my neighbour got smashed up by a pike.
Winning weight was 8:3:0 with 6:1:0 runner up.
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River rother and chesterfield canal
After being rained and blown off yesterday today’s weather looked better !
A steady walk down to the river for the 1st couple of hours resulting in just being plagued by minnows in the end I gave up with the river today and moved down to the canal for some easier fishing !
Fished just below the overflow and trotted double maggots in the flow to nearly a fish every cast a few decent roach and perch the rest being small but I didn’t mind today it’s just great being out !.
Had about 25 fish in just over a hour and half it was warm and pleasant what more do you need ?
After being rained and blown off yesterday today’s weather looked better !
A steady walk down to the river for the 1st couple of hours resulting in just being plagued by minnows in the end I gave up with the river today and moved down to the canal for some easier fishing !
Fished just below the overflow and trotted double maggots in the flow to nearly a fish every cast a few decent roach and perch the rest being small but I didn’t mind today it’s just great being out !.
Had about 25 fish in just over a hour and half it was warm and pleasant what more do you need ?
Walked miles downstream on the small river to a noted swim down there,three aborted chub pulls and no fish,soaking wet and windswept I walked the three quarters of a mile back at 12pm,on arrival at the car park there were only two cars in there other than mine,put the tackle in the car and went up to see what was going on,the two flyers were empty,I chatted to a guy who had six barbel and a tench,after he had the tench I decided to go and get the gear and drop into a flyer for a few hours,started at 1pm,barbel first cast,then another,packed at 5pm with ## barbel to 7lbs and a tench,legs knackered and arms too....lol.
One off of my bucket list. For the first time I fished with my son and my two grandsons (aged 4 & 7), the four of us sitting in a row fishing the Basingstoke Canal. No luck in the first swim so we moved further along the towpath and then we all caught: all small fish, roach, perch, a skimmer and a gudgeon. Great day!
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Due to my planned spot on the river having 15ft of water on it I headed off down the motorway to Mikes local still water. It was raining hard as I left our house but cleared as I made my way down the motorway. At the water it wasn't raining but looked a little iffy.
As time went by the weather improved and it turned out to be a cracking day....thanks to Markcw for giving some encouragement and getting me off me harris and out on the bank.
Fish wise, I didn't have as many as last time, but still had eleven carp. They were also smaller than last week and prolly ranged from 4lb to about seven pound. It was an enjoyable afternoons fishing.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I got a bream on the floating bread!
As time went by the weather improved and it turned out to be a cracking day....thanks to Markcw for giving some encouragement and getting me off me harris and out on the bank
.Fish wise, I didn't have as many as last time, but still had eleven carp. They were also smaller than last week and prolly ranged from 4lb to about seven pound. It was an enjoyable afternoons fishing
.Oh, I forgot to mention, I got a bream on the floating bread!
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