How did you get on?

[rich66]

Beautiful autumn morning today, sun was very warm and the layers I’d put on soon started to come off. Best fish of the day and a new PB for me was a roach at 1lb 1oz, I was extremely pleased. Caught on hybrid feeder brown crumb with sweetcorn as hook bait

 

[108831]

Yesterday,after finding out I could fish I made the run to to the small river,on arrival three cars in the car park at 8am is a result,spent a day in the warm sunshine(after the early frost cleared),a pleasure to be dry all day,in spite of the fish not being keen on the brightness,in spite of it,when the light levels lowered I had four wrap rounds,four barbel,three between 5-6lbs and one which I thought might have broke my duck for a double on the river,at 9lbs 11ozs a cracker nonetheless and a very happy bunny drove home looking forward to dinner.

 

[mikench]

Gordon and I met up at 7.30 yesterday on a local water which whilst on our card is also day ticket. We were on our own.

It was mild and windless and we chatted whilst setting up at least 30 yards apart yet on adjacent pegs. The fishing was slow with mainly small roach, Rudd and gudgeon. I managed a nice crucian and a skimmer which required the net . Gordon had 2 crucians and loads of gudgeon. All were caught on maggot and caster. All other baits were ignored. It was very pleasant and it was good to wet a line with a new rod despite nothing big to test it. It will take time to get used to it as the handle is too long but the rod, a 14’ Sphere is light and casts well and effortlessly. It’s surprising tippy but picked up line and tentative bites at distance.

Our maggots were on their last legs and we struggled to find some that moved even when hooked. I won’t keep maggots for 2 weeks in future. A few others were fishing at the end with little success. No decent pics this time . Thanks Gordon and here’s to next week.

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[wetthrough]

Good to get out on the bank with Mike yesterday. I would have posted a photo but my DCIM folder has disappeared. Don't you just love technology Would have been nice to see a proper bend in Mike's shiny new Sphere but despite conditions being near perfect the fish were playing hard to get. Such is fishing. Thanks for the maggots and floats and an enjoyable day despite the fishing being less than frantic. If I can get the ******* phone to play ball with the computer I'll post a pic later.

 

[Mark Carolan]

Beautiful autumn morning today, sun was very warm and the layers I’d put on soon started to come off. Best fish of the day and a new PB for me was a roach at 1lb 1oz, I was extremely pleased. Caught on hybrid feeder brown crumb with sweetcorn as hook bait

Done a bit of Stick Float fishing today in 7 ½ ft of water. Water levels are dropping it was overcast mild and barometric pressure was high and feck all wind. The fish where slow to respond to they where hang out way down my swim just as far as I could see my float. Got them feeding on three or four maggots and they slowly moved up the swim to a point where I stopped feeding maggots and started feeding hemp to try and keep them on the bottom this worked well for a while then faded again especially after catching ¾ Lb to a pound perch. Finished up putting in small balls of groundbait and hemp and the fish settled over that. Had 10Lb of silver’s at the end of the day.
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[mikench]

I can't open your attachments Mark. Are you clicking on the "Attach files " button below and allowing your device to access your photos or are you using an outside hosting source?

 

[Mark Carolan]

I can't open your attachments Mark. Are you clicking on the "Attach files " button below and allowing your device to access your photos or are you using an outside hosting source?

Having problems signing in sometimes I can and others I can’t. I’m using an iPhone are there any issues that you know about

 

[mikench]

No if you use Tapatalk (an app I use) and allow it to access your photos in settings. The most recent update to iOS only allows apps like Tapatalk to access photos you have selected so none at all if you haven't specifically selected any. I suspect the self same update will do the same on a Mac or iPad. I altered the position in settings for this app and it now works. I wish Apple would get it right first time.

 

[Mark Carolan]

Done a bit of Stick Float fishing today in 7 ½ ft of water. Water levels are dropping it was overcast mild and barometric pressure was high and feck all wind. The fish where slow to respond, they where hang out way down my swim just as far as I could see my float. Got them feeding on lose feed of

three or four maggots and they slowly moved up the swim to a point where I stopped feeding maggots and started feeding hemp to try and keep them on the bottom this worked well for a while then faded again especially after catching ¾ Lb to a pound perch. Finished up putting in small balls of groundbait and hemp and the fish settled over that. Had 10Lb of silver’s at the end of the day.

 

[Mark Carolan]

No if you use Tapatalk (an app I use) and allow it to access your photos in settings. The most recent update to iOS only allows apps like Tapatalk to access photos you have selected so none at all if you haven't specifically selected any. I suspect the self same update will do the same on a Mac or iPad. I altered the position in settings for this app and it now works. I wish Apple would get it right first time.

Is the only way to post in “How did you get on” is to Post a reply? Or can you put a new post in

 

[mikench]

You can start a new thread but that will incur the wrath of Mr Crabtree who is, quite rightly proud of the thread he started and even I would not do that. Just post in this thread your latest escapade with or without photos. Zillions of posters who do can't be wrong.

 

[mikench]

Mark i CAN open them all now and well worth the wait. Cracking fish. You are now going to tell me a 10 year old sorted it out.

 

[Mark Carolan]

Mark i CAN open them all now and well worth the wait. Cracking fish. You are now going to tell me a 10 year old sorted it out.

Ha he just started walking last week ?

 

[mikench]

But they learn so fast Mark,

 

[peter crabtree]

Gave this bit of canal on the edge of town a go this afternoon. It always looks so good but rarely throws up any fish. The river Colne runs in on the left bank and forms a lovely crease about 100yds further downstream.

pole rig on my 17’ Aco with maggots looked and performed so well I expected a bite any time, but didn’t. Blank was saved however by a small bleak which took on the drop..

 

[mikench]

What an idyllic looking spot. Just sitting there would be a joy.

 

[sam vimes]

With the river still too high, but now at a level that I'd expect to catch something, I trotted off to the river. It was pretty much as expected, slow but not biteless. Four grayling, a dirty great trout and a few too many minnows. The mist wafting around over the water made it rather difficult to see a float at any distance. The trout wasn't one I recognised for a change. It was big enough to have a kype and I think it may have been on holiday, filthy sex tourist.

 

[Ray Roberts]

My first look today at the new bit of the River Eden that I’ve just bought a book for.

I took a spinning rod and walked the section. It looked very good indeed and I thought I was going to be in for another red letter day. The first two swims were taken so I tried the next one up which had a row of rotten pilings along the opposite bank that just screamed perch.

And so it proved to be. I cast tight against the pilings and immediately had a take on my first cast. A small perch engulfed my small orange jelly worm

I couldn’t tempt another and made my way down stream. There were a fair few decent looking swims but the water was still rather murky from the recent rain and the sun shone brightly all afternoon. I don’t find these the best conditions and I never had anymore fish but it does look very promising.

I may give it another go on Sunday.


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[flightliner]

Had a days piking on the river today, Tbh I didn't fancy my chances, no wind. flat CALM, little to no colour and once the fog cleared, bright and sunny!
So I was a little surprised when I saw the rod tip shaking, I took the line out of the indicator clip as fast as I could, fearing a Zander may be the culprit and their dislike of any slight resistance but to late, it was gone but Definately a fish.
I didn't retrieve, just twitched the dead roach hoping it might induce the culprit to have another try but it didn't work.
The rest of the morning/afternoon was hapless save for a kingfisher heading upstream but as the sun went down after three pm my other rod drop-off did just that and I connected with a pike, not big by any means but it was fiesty all the way to the waiting net.
A well marked fish that saved a blank!

 

[bullet]

Popped 10 mins up the road this morning to a stretch that can be ok for Chub. The level looked good, the last couple of times I've fished it there's been too much water backing up from the larger river it flows into, which seems to kill the fishing right off.
Fed maggots for a while then started running through, took a while before I hooked a decent Chub..
Real minter and about 3lb....

Another small one soon followed, but that was it for there.
Other usually productive swims I tried just produced a few small Trout.