How did you get on?

[itsfishingnotcatching]

Seven hour session produced a dozen fish, biggest was a B***m about 2.5lb best of three, two Tench no bigger than a pound, a Carp about 2lb which set off like a "Firty" (for at least five seconds), three small Perch and three Roach, best pushing a pound and a half which was the first fish I caught.


Anyone else feel like they're just treading water until the sixteenth?

 

[peter crabtree]

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Open on the canal today... Drew the wrong end again.. Started on a small cage feeder with GB and maggot on the hook. Pulls and plucks on the tip from bits drove me nuts, the carp were there but not having it..
Worked hard for about 50 gudgeon, 3 ruffes and 4 small skimmers on the pole @11m for 1lb:13mg: which was more tedious having to ship sideways along the towpath..
Others down my end struggled too but it was a different story the other side of the bridge...
Winner had chub, carp and skimmers for 50lb:7oz...
14 fished..

 

[S-Kippy]

50lb off the cut ! Kinell !

 

[stu_the_blank]

And whilst 'brooding' did you consider buying a pole?

Ha Ha!:

Can't say I did. No idea why.

Stu

 

[arthur2sheds]

A club outing to Rayne Lodge yesterday.... Despite the weatherman saying "cloudy and overcast", the sun was definitely out with it's hat on... I drew no 24.... not the best in the world, but deffo not the worst.

I had a short chuck to an island (about 18 mts) and a bush to my left and some inviting marginal reeds to my right (my meat line) Out came my short feeder, (an 8 footer) on went a small method feeder and I mixed 2mm pellet and Sonubaits betaine groundbait with a 6mm soft pellet on a quick stop...

I didn't have a touch in over an hour, a change of tack was required, so as I'd been feeding 4 or 5 6mm cubes of meat into the margins and an open water swim at about 7m I dropped in over the open water swim.... no joy there either.... a couple of carp were cruising on the top, so a swap to 'dobbing' meat shallow was tried and brought the same uninterested response.. My neighbour was fishing out further and was nicking the odd one, but I couldn't get out as far

In desperation, and with half the day gone I came in and fished a top two with an 0.2g rig and caught a small rudd on maggot.... then a decent roach, so I carried on feeding my margin line hoping to nick a couple late, and got my head down and struggled to keep the silvers feeding....

At about 2pm I dropped in over my meat line and immediately hit a chunk... sadly it took me through the bushes and it got off...mg: I rebaited and dropped in again but half an our later I was still biteless... back onto the rudd and roach which I have to tell you were no bigger than the palm of my hand long (about 3-4" long)

All too soon the whistle went and I was ticking' I had to watch my neighbour put 28lbs of small carp on the scales that he had dobbing meat... good fishing, but with only 11mts of pole (he was at 13 I couldn't get a look in....) 3 pm and the scalesman told the sorry tale.... 7lb 14 ounces... Total pants... I packed up in disgust and literally threw the gear in the car and drove home with the proper hump.... and they say that fishing is a relaxing sport:wh

I've got a weeks holiday in Docklow coming up in a couple of weeks time... lets hope I fish better than I did yesterday:wh

 

[Keith M]

Had an afternoon/early evening trip yesterday (Sunday) with my son to a local club lake for a bit of waggler fishing.

Had lots of Roach between 4oz up to around 12oz all through the afternoon on red/white maggots with the occasional Snotty of between half a pound up to 4lb-ish plus a single juvenile Perch, then at around 5pm changed to size 14 hook and Sweetcorn and had several small Carp of up to around 4 or 5lb which added some spice to the day.

I feel like I'm just going through the motions till the rivers open again; still next weekend I've promised my son a bit of Tenching at our Whipsnade venue so I'm looking forward to that; plus I'm crossing over to the dark side and christening my new beach caster during the week at my holiday caravan near Clacton.

Keith

 

[neil1970]

With heavy rain forecast for 10am I dropped the kids at school
and drove to the lake; still after a Perch

I was fishing by 8.50am, targeting one particular area with a small lure.

By 9.20 I was surprised to have one in the net, especially as this time it was bigger than my usually thumbsize efforts

 

[hammer_jamie]

Nice size Perch mate

 

[john step]

Very poorly today.... I optimistically ignored the weather forecast.
The heavy rain turned to hailstones. The fish didn't like the temperature drop with the heavy rain and ice banging them on the head. My gear is drying in the garage. Oh well, the weather can only get better.........can't it????

 

[rubio]

Also got very soggy out last evening. Was lucky that fish stayed out to play. Had a dozen crucian around the pound mark along with a tench and a couple of small perch and brown goldfish. Not a single roach/rudd.
All taken on 6m tele/take apart whip. I have been working thro bait freezer and using up leftovers. Last nights selection was an old bag of frozen maggots in some sonubaits krill groundbait. Finding this gets a very quick response wherever I've used it. Anyone else tried it?

 

[rubio]

Further to my earlier comments I can report same bait has worked on another venue. Went to a park pond near work for an hour this morning and had a tussle with a couple of tench and a few bits. Landed a small male of about 1.5 lbs but lost his bigger mate. She wasn't sure what had happened for a while but quickly saw off my hooklength once the elstic on the whip bottomed out.
Taking a bunch of lads out this arvo so I might get in a few more casts today.
Gonna double check the forecast!

 

[neil1970]

I had another go today. One small one was the result.
Still happy that I seem to have found a few.

 

[dorsetandchub]

Very poorly today.... I optimistically ignored the weather forecast.
The heavy rain turned to hailstones. The fish didn't like the temperature drop with the heavy rain and ice banging them on the head. My gear is drying in the garage. Oh well, the weather can only get better.........can't it????

Only boils, frogs and blood to go then........

It is supposed to be improving anyway.

 

[john step]

Also got very soggy out last evening. Was lucky that fish stayed out to play. Had a dozen crucian around the pound mark along with a tench and a couple of small perch and brown goldfish. Not a single roach/rudd.
All taken on 6m tele/take apart whip. I have been working thro bait freezer and using up leftovers. Last nights selection was an old bag of frozen maggots in some sonubaits krill groundbait. Finding this gets a very quick response wherever I've used it. Anyone else tried it?

Using old bait up. Which brings to mind my oft thought opinion that the fish have different ideas about fresh or old bait. Like food flavours. We use human food flavours for bait but the fish are quite happy to grub around in the yuk to find food.

Did all that hype about home bred gozzers really make a difference?

 

[barbelboi]

It certainly stunk the cellar out............

 

[neil1970]

I took a mate for his first fishing trip for 33 years today, I didn't want a blank for him so played it safe.

We had a lovely day today at an idyllic farm pond complimented with great weather.

Watching him catch 60 (small) Rudd was brilliant

 

[neil1970]

I went out from 8.45 to 10am today, trying to catch some more Perch.
I managed a jack instead.

 

[hammer_jamie]

Great catch Neil

 

[john step]

I blanked for tench on my res. for the first time for a while.
However I have a rather nice problem to solve.
The mini boilies are being snaffled by mint roach over a pound or so!!!
This certainly makes a change from trying to avoid little rudd or roach that some anglers have to contend with.

I had 3 on Thursday plus some at about 12oz.

Monday I am going to experiment with a larger boilie on one rod and am
going to try plastics on the other one.

I know a lot of folk use plastics but I have never had quite enough faith in
them solely without a proper bait alongside. I have made a rig with hair rigged plastic casters. We shall see.


PS. I had a Shakespeare match holdall delivered today from Dragon(horror for some). What a sturdy bag for the exorbitant price of £9 plus delivery.
The old one lasted about 10 years so this one should last as long. My sandwich maker recons I am penny careful. Too near Yorkshire perhaps.

 

[law]

I did 48 hours on Roman lake at Furnace with the wife on Thurs and Fri.
Was pretty slow. I had 3 carp to 17 and a cat at 32, she had 4 cats to 33 and 2 carp to 14.
Still, was a good warm up for France next month

Here's my cat...