How did you get on?
- Thread starter peter crabtree
- Start date
After that lot Swizzle this seems tame...but the tench up my neck of the woods have been slow to start, like everything else this spring.
Had 3 plus a 1lb plus roach on 10mm strawberry boilie. My first tench of the year no less.
Every time I tried luncheon meat it resulted in a small perch. They seem partial to meat here. Any one else found that?
Had 3 plus a 1lb plus roach on 10mm strawberry boilie. My first tench of the year no less.
Every time I tried luncheon meat it resulted in a small perch. They seem partial to meat here. Any one else found that?
robtherake
Well-known member
First time out for almost a year after being sidelined by injury. Took a short family break in the van at a York caravan site, which had a couple of small ponds with a good mix of fish - a nice bonus.
Mostly roach, bream and rudd, plus hybrids of all three and the odd crucian. Some stunning ornamental rudd up to a pound or so had me agog at their finny perfection: not a blemish in sight. The odd carp to double figures showed here and there, but I managed to avoid the blighters. There was just me and one other guy there on all four days - heavenly. Did I mention the birds? There must have been 20+ species going to and fro. Also water voles and surprisingly athletic swan mussels, capable of a foot an hour, sending up little puffs of silt in their wake.
Mostly roach, bream and rudd, plus hybrids of all three and the odd crucian. Some stunning ornamental rudd up to a pound or so had me agog at their finny perfection: not a blemish in sight. The odd carp to double figures showed here and there, but I managed to avoid the blighters. There was just me and one other guy there on all four days - heavenly. Did I mention the birds? There must have been 20+ species going to and fro. Also water voles and surprisingly athletic swan mussels, capable of a foot an hour, sending up little puffs of silt in their wake.
robertroach
Well-known member
Nice tench, shoes looking good too.
tincatim
Well-known member
I managed to get the afternoon off yesterday so took my tackle with me (in the missus' Yaris which is no mean feat!) and had my first fishing outing in two weeks. I'd found a nice club pond near where I work, lovely looking mixed venue with a good variety of fish. As I walked to my peg, I passed another 5 anglers, all of which grumbled that it wasn't fishing well. Undeterred I continued to the last peg, it looked the best. Lined with reeds and with the wind blowing into my corner.
I fished 10m up to the reeds on my right, potted in some dampened micros maggots and corn. First put in resulted in an ide of about 12oz, quickly followed by a roach of the same size. Then a few more roach that were a bit bigger. Nice, good start. Next bite and my elastic tore out and something raced off. It didn't feel like a carp and it just hugged bottom before eventually giving up. It turned out to be a big fat ide of around 3.5lb. I didn't get a photo as like most ide it went mental in the net and I wanted to get rid of it quickly!
I carried on fishing, decent roach and ide, with the odd skimmer thrown in. Then the carp turned up, I landed 14 in total and lost 3 in the reeds. I was only fishing with a 2.5lb bottom and an 18 hook, enough to land a 6 pounder but couldn't stop the bigger ones.
The carp were in good condition, no dodgy mouths or torn fins.
Double white maggot was the best hookbait on the day, corn, pellet and bread caught but bites were slow.
By the time 4pm arrived the other anglers had packed up and gone home, I wanted to stay but had things to do so packed up at 5pm. Happy with a productive afternoon but disappointed the tench didn't show.
I fished 10m up to the reeds on my right, potted in some dampened micros maggots and corn. First put in resulted in an ide of about 12oz, quickly followed by a roach of the same size. Then a few more roach that were a bit bigger. Nice, good start. Next bite and my elastic tore out and something raced off. It didn't feel like a carp and it just hugged bottom before eventually giving up. It turned out to be a big fat ide of around 3.5lb. I didn't get a photo as like most ide it went mental in the net and I wanted to get rid of it quickly!
I carried on fishing, decent roach and ide, with the odd skimmer thrown in. Then the carp turned up, I landed 14 in total and lost 3 in the reeds. I was only fishing with a 2.5lb bottom and an 18 hook, enough to land a 6 pounder but couldn't stop the bigger ones.
The carp were in good condition, no dodgy mouths or torn fins.
Double white maggot was the best hookbait on the day, corn, pellet and bread caught but bites were slow.
By the time 4pm arrived the other anglers had packed up and gone home, I wanted to stay but had things to do so packed up at 5pm. Happy with a productive afternoon but disappointed the tench didn't show.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Silvers only bash today at Boddington reservior. A much more comfortable day than my last two visits, a light SW breeze blowing on our backs....
Red maggot on a 20 B611 in 9' of water on my 8m pole line and bites started immediately. Decent roach around 8 to 12oz a chuck before it dried up a bit after the first hour or so...went on the waggler a bit further out, again on maggot about a foot off bottom and had some better roach but with longer waits between bites. Everyone was catching and had a great days fishing.
Winner had 35lb+ all roach...
Average weights were around 20lb and I reckon over 300lb of roach came out overall...great venue..
17 fished...
Red maggot on a 20 B611 in 9' of water on my 8m pole line and bites started immediately. Decent roach around 8 to 12oz a chuck before it dried up a bit after the first hour or so...went on the waggler a bit further out, again on maggot about a foot off bottom and had some better roach but with longer waits between bites. Everyone was catching and had a great days fishing.
Winner had 35lb+ all roach...
Average weights were around 20lb and I reckon over 300lb of roach came out overall...great venue..
17 fished...
B
binka
Guest
Nothing remarkable really just a nice, full day out and unusually for me the first session since last weekend.
Started on the waggler and had a few nice fish then the April showers moved in with gusto and I retreated down under to the back of the brolly before going out on the tip, all to no further avail…
Still... Happy days all the same
Started on the waggler and had a few nice fish then the April showers moved in with gusto and I retreated down under to the back of the brolly before going out on the tip, all to no further avail…
Still... Happy days all the same
S-Kippy
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
- Messages
- 15,259
- Reaction score
- 7,732
Couple of hours this afternoon down the cut with the dropshot rod which,as expected,was a total waste of time. The alternative was shopping with Mrs S and Beloved Daughter so I still regard this afternoon as a right result.
Haha, thanks Robert. I try to look my best when I'm on the bank!
stu_the_blank
Well-known member
A bit of maintenance at our lake yesterday morning, then spent a very enjoyable afternoon behind the carp rods. A bit breezy but warm until about 6-00 when the temperature dropped suddenly and it started to drizzle.
One run, one fin and scale perfect 16-12 common.
Also, mid afternoon some very welcome summer visitors arrived, first swallow, followed by a couple more. A harbinger of spring. Magic, all the way from Africa.
Stu
One run, one fin and scale perfect 16-12 common.
Also, mid afternoon some very welcome summer visitors arrived, first swallow, followed by a couple more. A harbinger of spring. Magic, all the way from Africa.
Stu
itsfishingnotcatching
Well-known member
Fished a "friendly" completion at Woodlands, pellet waggler to island and waggler at about 20'0 Mirrors and a real mixed bag of silvers to 25.12. Finished 6th of 18, winner had 57.0
Didn't realise how strong the sun was until I got home so reached for SWMBO's moisturising lotion, just what part of "subtle gradual self-tanning" leaves you looking like a ******' tangerine
Didn't realise how strong the sun was until I got home so reached for SWMBO's moisturising lotion, just what part of "subtle gradual self-tanning" leaves you looking like a ******' tangerine
Had another 2 tench from a club res. A small common(7lb) some rudd to 1lb and a stillwater chub that were put in to make winter more interesting.
That's 5 tincas this week. They seem to have finally woken up. Bait was a bit expensive though . Half dozen slices of Tesco cheepo bread.:wh
That's 5 tincas this week. They seem to have finally woken up. Bait was a bit expensive though . Half dozen slices of Tesco cheepo bread.:wh
Last edited:
nicepix
Well-known member
We should have been heading west to a small island off La Rochelle today for a week's R&R and mullet fishing. The forecast caused us to postpone until next week and so I got chance to brave the violent rain storm and go fishing locally this afternoon.
Because of the rain I headed to the River Vienne outside St-Junien where I knew that I could park the van at the river side and spend less time setting up the brolly, etc. And the dog could stay in the van warm and dry.
Started off with a conventional sliding ledger rig, 35g cage feeder, 60cm hook length and a 1cm cube of Spam on a Korum Quick-Stop hook. I had a few casts to empty the feeder of its seed and pellet melange than swapped for a bomb of similar weight and cast under overhanging trees into about a metre of fast flowing water. Rod was an old 1.5lb tc Shimano quiver and an even older Speedia held the line.
The rain hammered down for at least two hours during which time I ringed the changes with hook length and baits all without any sign of a bite. A huge fish jumped just upstream and right on the other side and a wagtail kept me entertained for a while catching light olives as they hatched, but no bites.
I fished from about 1:30pm until just before 6pm before packing up a couple of hours early. If it hadn't been raining I would have been more mobile, but not today.
My work takes me up north next week and I'll get the chance to have a crack at the barbel on the River Gartempe again. Must search out that book by Bob James: "Springtime Barbel" :wh
Because of the rain I headed to the River Vienne outside St-Junien where I knew that I could park the van at the river side and spend less time setting up the brolly, etc. And the dog could stay in the van warm and dry.
Started off with a conventional sliding ledger rig, 35g cage feeder, 60cm hook length and a 1cm cube of Spam on a Korum Quick-Stop hook. I had a few casts to empty the feeder of its seed and pellet melange than swapped for a bomb of similar weight and cast under overhanging trees into about a metre of fast flowing water. Rod was an old 1.5lb tc Shimano quiver and an even older Speedia held the line.
The rain hammered down for at least two hours during which time I ringed the changes with hook length and baits all without any sign of a bite. A huge fish jumped just upstream and right on the other side and a wagtail kept me entertained for a while catching light olives as they hatched, but no bites.
I fished from about 1:30pm until just before 6pm before packing up a couple of hours early. If it hadn't been raining I would have been more mobile, but not today.
My work takes me up north next week and I'll get the chance to have a crack at the barbel on the River Gartempe again. Must search out that book by Bob James: "Springtime Barbel" :wh
Last edited:
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Once I'd crossed the finish line in the London Marathon I jumped in the car and went to a lake in bucks. Fished a knock-up on a small pit with 7others. Very weedy and deep in places. 8m pole line fished a light rig 3ft deep on the drop rig with maggot.
Mainly small perch with the odd roach it was hard work. Tried waggler and maggot shallow out in open water for a while but to no avail...
Having fed groundbait into my 6m line earlier I gave it a go with another light rig shotted with 2no10 shot to sink it so the maggot bait settled gently on top of the thick weed. Small tench and the odd better roach were handy in the last hour and I ended up with 4lb:12..for 4th out of 8....
Winner had 11lb+ 2nd 7lb.....
Mainly small perch with the odd roach it was hard work. Tried waggler and maggot shallow out in open water for a while but to no avail...
Having fed groundbait into my 6m line earlier I gave it a go with another light rig shotted with 2no10 shot to sink it so the maggot bait settled gently on top of the thick weed. Small tench and the odd better roach were handy in the last hour and I ended up with 4lb:12..for 4th out of 8....
Winner had 11lb+ 2nd 7lb.....
B
binka
Guest
An admirable effort Simon but I think you got the roach costume a bit wrong...
Don't know how you manage to drive in that thing...
Last edited:
barbelboi
Well-known member
I was thinking of doing the London Marathon today - settled for two laps of the monopoly board with my trainers on.............
Peter, Did you really do the marathon then go fishing or have I missed the joke? If you did, very well done. The last time I did it 25 yrs ago at 41(3hrs 48) I had to have a lie down for the rest of the day. I stick to walking and cycling now.
dangermouse
Well-known member
He did. I watched him from my observation post on the moon. :wh