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Bob Hornegold
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Thanks tigger,
I remember now why we went onto Glass and later Carbon.
Cane bends a lot and Mitchell 300 don't have line clips !!
Bob
I remember now why we went onto Glass and later Carbon.
Cane bends a lot and Mitchell 300 don't have line clips !!
Bob
Keith M
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I will not bore you all with the nuts and bolts of yesterdays fishing , but the Bailiff said I had to be 6inches from the far bank to get a bit bite ?
Not so easy when using traditional fishing tackle, a Cane rod and a Mitchell 300, but I managed to get within the 6inch marginal shelf and under the Blackberry bush.
Believe it or not I missed the bite, with a bit of luck I managed to get the bait back into the same position and hit the second run just as I was packing up.
Not the 20ty on the Cane I wanted, but getting closer !!
Bob
Bob that's a great result, that sounds like fun.
You've tempted me to think about getting my MKIV and Mitchell 300 out of retirement for a bit of nostalgic fun; although I'll need to check my rods condition first. LOL.
I don't suppose you went the whole hog and used a Heron bite indicator did you? LOL.
Keith
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Bob Hornegold
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Funny you should say that Keith !!
I have a fully working Heron bite alarm, but no I was using something more modern, but on wooden Buzz bars and Wooden Bank Sticks and the carp was landed in a 55 year old Wooden armed Landing Net.
Happy days.
Bob
I have a fully working Heron bite alarm, but no I was using something more modern, but on wooden Buzz bars and Wooden Bank Sticks and the carp was landed in a 55 year old Wooden armed Landing Net.
Happy days.
Bob
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Spent couple of hours this morning on the canal locally with Neil1970 flicking out small lures trying to catch a perch or chub but to no avail...
Had a good laugh anyway and the weather was spot on too...
Had a good laugh anyway and the weather was spot on too...
chrissh
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After a bad start on Monday after forgetting my box of hooks and slit shoot I got back out today caught 9 fish the smallest was around 2lbs
7 bream 2lbs to 6lbs and 2 Tench around 3-4 lbs all on the feeder. maggot & ground bait mix and the new Dynamite hemp & snail.
also tried out circle hooks all fish were lip hooked and the hooks are very easy to remove.
7 bream 2lbs to 6lbs and 2 Tench around 3-4 lbs all on the feeder. maggot & ground bait mix and the new Dynamite hemp & snail.
also tried out circle hooks all fish were lip hooked and the hooks are very easy to remove.
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Just done 48hrs on my local syndicate. It was very windy when I arrived on Tuesday so no chance of spotting a fish at all, only one other angler on and he was in the favoured swim that most go for if they get the chance. He'd not caught or seen anything and despite fishing bowstring tight lines to the reeds he'd not had any liners. The fish were either past him still, in the deeper water or on their way to the other end on the wind. I spent an hour or so looking past him as the far end was calmer due to being sheltered more from the wind, I saw a couple of tench but that's expected as they like to spawn down this end of the lake. No carp at all.
The mid section where I would normally go wasn't looking good, nothing had been out of there for a week so that seemed to say that the fish had moved out of that area and were either sat on the mid lake plateau or heading for the top end and the shallows for sexy time.
I finally opted for a swim about a third of the way down which gave me plenty of water to fish, it's approx. 120yards across at this point, I could see onto the plateau from the climbing tree and was also able to see the shallows if they were getting in there to spawn.
Got the marker rod out and found a lovely clear spot 7ft deep with a weedbed behind and to the right of it, around 40 yards out and to my left. Spodded all my particles onto it, around 7kg of partimix, maples, tigers, maize and a new thing for me, frozen shrimps. I'd mixed this lot up the night before and added 500ml krill liquid and a litre of Nam Plas fish sauce. I decided not to put any pellet out as it attracts the rudd too much but they aren't so fussed about particles for some reason. I then added 500g of 16mm and 750g of 18mm boilies. Rod 2 was a 3 bait stringer to the far side at the bottom of the marginal drop off in 6ft. Rod 3 was a zig that I recast every hour or so, a new zig bug , a sedge or blue nymph for night.
18mm boilies were on to deter the small tench, they go to 12lb in here so if I got one it would need to be a bigger one with a larger bait.
No action till 0300 and I had a 15lb common, went ballistic in the margins but I had all my rods backleaded and it wasn't a problem. That was on rod 1, the one on the particle. No more action apart from liners. I saw the odd fish move through, especially yesterday when the wind dropped and it warmed/brightened up. I started to get a procession of 2lb rudd on the zig though, I couldn't avoid them and wherever I cast and at whatever depth I would get one! The rudd in here go well over 3lb, the EA take them for breeding every year, they are really nice and in great nick. If you like that sort of thing the you'd be well happy with them.
Wednesday night and at the exact same time I had a flyer, the rod was bouncing in the alarm as I reached to strike, not a real need as the fish was running and striking wasn't really necessary. It took me through 2 weedbeds but I managed to guide it out, just as I was getting it under control it kited left into the reeds and became really well stuck. I could feel it thumping so popped the waders on to go in for it, there's around 2ft of water so not dangerous even at night. As I picked the rod up and wound down, I'd left it on a slack line in case it decided to swim out on its own, it flatrodded me as it charged out and the hook pulled! This was one of the big girls, there's 4 or 5 that will do 30lb plus at this time of year and I haven't had one yet. There's also 2 cats in the lake, a low double and a mid 50, it may have been that one.
Back to bed and awoken by a tench at 0800, not a bad one at 8 1/2lb. Slept through sunrise again!
I think have a plan now for next time, clear spots in the weed, lots of particles, big boilies and get any fish under control before it can get to the reeds. I'm on a course next week and a run of days the week after so it'll be a couple of weeks till I can get back, they should have finished spawning by then, weights will be down but they will be hungry and eminently more catchable.
The mid section where I would normally go wasn't looking good, nothing had been out of there for a week so that seemed to say that the fish had moved out of that area and were either sat on the mid lake plateau or heading for the top end and the shallows for sexy time.
I finally opted for a swim about a third of the way down which gave me plenty of water to fish, it's approx. 120yards across at this point, I could see onto the plateau from the climbing tree and was also able to see the shallows if they were getting in there to spawn.
Got the marker rod out and found a lovely clear spot 7ft deep with a weedbed behind and to the right of it, around 40 yards out and to my left. Spodded all my particles onto it, around 7kg of partimix, maples, tigers, maize and a new thing for me, frozen shrimps. I'd mixed this lot up the night before and added 500ml krill liquid and a litre of Nam Plas fish sauce. I decided not to put any pellet out as it attracts the rudd too much but they aren't so fussed about particles for some reason. I then added 500g of 16mm and 750g of 18mm boilies. Rod 2 was a 3 bait stringer to the far side at the bottom of the marginal drop off in 6ft. Rod 3 was a zig that I recast every hour or so, a new zig bug , a sedge or blue nymph for night.
18mm boilies were on to deter the small tench, they go to 12lb in here so if I got one it would need to be a bigger one with a larger bait.
No action till 0300 and I had a 15lb common, went ballistic in the margins but I had all my rods backleaded and it wasn't a problem. That was on rod 1, the one on the particle. No more action apart from liners. I saw the odd fish move through, especially yesterday when the wind dropped and it warmed/brightened up. I started to get a procession of 2lb rudd on the zig though, I couldn't avoid them and wherever I cast and at whatever depth I would get one! The rudd in here go well over 3lb, the EA take them for breeding every year, they are really nice and in great nick. If you like that sort of thing the you'd be well happy with them.
Wednesday night and at the exact same time I had a flyer, the rod was bouncing in the alarm as I reached to strike, not a real need as the fish was running and striking wasn't really necessary. It took me through 2 weedbeds but I managed to guide it out, just as I was getting it under control it kited left into the reeds and became really well stuck. I could feel it thumping so popped the waders on to go in for it, there's around 2ft of water so not dangerous even at night. As I picked the rod up and wound down, I'd left it on a slack line in case it decided to swim out on its own, it flatrodded me as it charged out and the hook pulled! This was one of the big girls, there's 4 or 5 that will do 30lb plus at this time of year and I haven't had one yet. There's also 2 cats in the lake, a low double and a mid 50, it may have been that one.
Back to bed and awoken by a tench at 0800, not a bad one at 8 1/2lb. Slept through sunrise again!
I think have a plan now for next time, clear spots in the weed, lots of particles, big boilies and get any fish under control before it can get to the reeds. I'm on a course next week and a run of days the week after so it'll be a couple of weeks till I can get back, they should have finished spawning by then, weights will be down but they will be hungry and eminently more catchable.
B
binka
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I’m just starting come back to life again after the night session last night.
A sharp contrast in the conditions with a blazing twenty six degrees when I arrived yesterday around mid-afternoon before dropping to only seven degrees in the small hours which meant full winter gear with the brisk southerly (which I was sat on the end of) not feeling particularly warm as it came off the water.
A steady night all in all under a picturesque moon with a few fish and a good craic thrown in for good measure…
A pity about the flash not working for the pictures, I would have liked to have shown you the 57lb common and 19lb bream :wh
A sharp contrast in the conditions with a blazing twenty six degrees when I arrived yesterday around mid-afternoon before dropping to only seven degrees in the small hours which meant full winter gear with the brisk southerly (which I was sat on the end of) not feeling particularly warm as it came off the water.
A steady night all in all under a picturesque moon with a few fish and a good craic thrown in for good measure…
A pity about the flash not working for the pictures, I would have liked to have shown you the 57lb common and 19lb bream :wh
dorsetandchub
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Oh now, don't tell me - the flash just broke itself......:wh
barbelboi
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Best picture of a snotty I've seen in years..............
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I’m just starting come back to life again after the night session last night.
A sharp contrast in the conditions with a blazing twenty six degrees when I arrived yesterday around mid-afternoon before dropping to only seven degrees in the small hours which meant full winter gear with the brisk southerly (which I was sat on the end of) not feeling particularly warm as it came off the water.
A steady night all in all under a picturesque moon with a few fish and a good craic thrown in for good measure…
A pity about the flash not working for the pictures, I would have liked to have shown you the 57lb common and 19lb bream :wh
Best picture of a snotty I've seen in years..............
flightliner
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Never mind Jerry, one or two will be coming your way very soon,:wh
stu_the_blank
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Managed a rushed afternoon/evening into dark yesterday.
When I arrived, had my usual constitutional around the lake, spotted a couple of decent fish in the shallow 'back bay' but decided against fishing it on a Saturday (the owner has his 'base' on the island and whilst is a top man, his presence usually results in the fish finding a less noisy part of the lake, as it turned out, he was obviously partying else where and I could have fished there).
Picked a spot which is usually has a few fish passing through, a 40yd chuck to some reed beds on the opposite bank. Piled in the Red Band laced with chick peas and boilies, out went the two rods, one with a stack of chick peas and a couple of plasics to counter balance, the other with one and a half boilies. Sat back and tried to get the fishing head on.
Apart from a liner and signs of fish in the reeds as the sun went down, nothing! The promised heat wave didn't materialise, indeed it was cold out of the sun.
Packed up about 10-30 and back to reality. I need to re-think my approach. Nobody is catching regularly at the moment, even the ones who have the time to get 'in the groove' but I'm not used to strugging on a lake that I've controlled for nearly 25 years. I'm just not in sync at the moment.
It is a lovely place though, 2.5 acres, Leney strain carp, no manicured swims, small syndicate with no long stay angling, I always come back the better for being there.
I have a bit of a social session planned for Weds, so a chance to try something different with less expectation.
If it was easy, I wouldn't bother!
Stu
When I arrived, had my usual constitutional around the lake, spotted a couple of decent fish in the shallow 'back bay' but decided against fishing it on a Saturday (the owner has his 'base' on the island and whilst is a top man, his presence usually results in the fish finding a less noisy part of the lake, as it turned out, he was obviously partying else where and I could have fished there).
Picked a spot which is usually has a few fish passing through, a 40yd chuck to some reed beds on the opposite bank. Piled in the Red Band laced with chick peas and boilies, out went the two rods, one with a stack of chick peas and a couple of plasics to counter balance, the other with one and a half boilies. Sat back and tried to get the fishing head on.
Apart from a liner and signs of fish in the reeds as the sun went down, nothing! The promised heat wave didn't materialise, indeed it was cold out of the sun.
Packed up about 10-30 and back to reality. I need to re-think my approach. Nobody is catching regularly at the moment, even the ones who have the time to get 'in the groove' but I'm not used to strugging on a lake that I've controlled for nearly 25 years. I'm just not in sync at the moment.
It is a lovely place though, 2.5 acres, Leney strain carp, no manicured swims, small syndicate with no long stay angling, I always come back the better for being there.
I have a bit of a social session planned for Weds, so a chance to try something different with less expectation.
If it was easy, I wouldn't bother!
Stu
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Inter club match today on our private stretch of the GUC. Tring anglers v Chelmsford AC.
The mowers had cut the grass along the towpath and most of it was floating...
Across my peg was featureless...
Others were luckier....
Too wide to reach with the pole I started on wagg and magg across to the bush to my right. Not a touch. Potted in chopped worm, caster and a small ball of groundbait on my 12m line on the pole then had another try across with a tiny cage feeder with GB and double maggot. A few tiny tweaks and a small gudgeon followed by another until the bites died off.
Went out on the pole with caster laid on an inch or so and eventually got a bite but it was another gudgeonmg:
After 3hours bite less, roasting nicely in the sunshine I needed to do something different...
Out came the punch and I fished it on my 6m pole line set an inch off bottom.
By this time the boat traffic became busier and the water was flowing back and forth virtually constantly. I started getting bites from roach and caught about 6 in the last couple of hours but it was patchy...
Came nowhere with my 12ozmg:
Winner had 11+ of skimmers and bits.
22fished....
The mowers had cut the grass along the towpath and most of it was floating...
Across my peg was featureless...
Others were luckier....
Too wide to reach with the pole I started on wagg and magg across to the bush to my right. Not a touch. Potted in chopped worm, caster and a small ball of groundbait on my 12m line on the pole then had another try across with a tiny cage feeder with GB and double maggot. A few tiny tweaks and a small gudgeon followed by another until the bites died off.
Went out on the pole with caster laid on an inch or so and eventually got a bite but it was another gudgeon
mg:After 3hours bite less, roasting nicely in the sunshine I needed to do something different...
Out came the punch and I fished it on my 6m pole line set an inch off bottom.
By this time the boat traffic became busier and the water was flowing back and forth virtually constantly. I started getting bites from roach and caught about 6 in the last couple of hours but it was patchy...
Came nowhere with my 12oz
mg:Winner had 11+ of skimmers and bits.
22fished....
barbelboi
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Don't you get a stiff neck fishing some of those pegs Simon?..................
Aussie Bob
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After many hours finally broke my duck on the fly. Cold windy afternoon went down for the last hour on the lake before the light went. Was stripping a Craig's Night time , line went solid and a very welcome rainbow started doing its tricks. Was quite a change fighting the fish on a fly set up , easy how you get so used to being able to pick up heaps of line quickly with a fixed spool reel and then having to revert to picking up line on the fly reel.Rainbow was about 2lb put up a good fight and was in very good nick and was returned.
Very pleased as i have been tempted to revert to bait fishing but i stuck with the fly set up and finally got a result.
Very pleased as i have been tempted to revert to bait fishing but i stuck with the fly set up and finally got a result.
Good on ya mate
neil1970
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Very nice day out today.
Simon took me to a small lake that I hadn't visited before.
Lovely surroundings, locked away from the g*****l p****c,
and good weather.
We both fished maggot on the float, Simon on the whip, and me on the waggler. Over the space of 5 hours we must have caught about 100 roach, with perch and rudd mixed in.
I became quite tricky returning the fish for a while, with a jack happily gulping down anything that was dropped on its nose in the margins.
Feeder rods were employed too and I had a bream on fake & real maggot.
Good times
Simon took me to a small lake that I hadn't visited before.
Lovely surroundings, locked away from the g*****l p****c,
and good weather.
We both fished maggot on the float, Simon on the whip, and me on the waggler. Over the space of 5 hours we must have caught about 100 roach, with perch and rudd mixed in.
I became quite tricky returning the fish for a while, with a jack happily gulping down anything that was dropped on its nose in the margins.
Feeder rods were employed too and I had a bream on fake & real maggot.
Good times
maggot_dangler
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Well fished a New to me private pool Sunday only a small place no more than 6 feet deep and maybe 75yards across but what a day .
Tench had 12 of them all in excess of 4lbs Crucian carp some very nice fish to about 1 1/2 lbs fight like they are more like 10 lbs .
All on Maggot ground baits Hemp ect ect are not allowed apart from liquidised bread .
Tight place to fish very difficult to use a pole so used a rod 8ft with 6lb NGT Duracast on the reel very happy will be going back there for sure
Will get some photos next time .
PG ..
Tench had 12 of them all in excess of 4lbs Crucian carp some very nice fish to about 1 1/2 lbs fight like they are more like 10 lbs .
All on Maggot ground baits Hemp ect ect are not allowed apart from liquidised bread .
Tight place to fish very difficult to use a pole so used a rod 8ft with 6lb NGT Duracast on the reel very happy will be going back there for sure
Will get some photos next time .
PG ..
Had a couple of tench plus rudd on my farm res despite the cold East wind.
I was the only soul there......lovely.
After this tranquil day I arrived home to find the idiots at British Gas had sent me a 3rd bill within a month. ALL DIFFERENT. Luckily the complaints line is an 0800 number.
Then I found this laptop was refusing to do anything. Quick phone call to clever son in law. sorted.
I was getting ready to throw it out the window.
All is peace againmg:
I was the only soul there......lovely.
After this tranquil day I arrived home to find the idiots at British Gas had sent me a 3rd bill within a month. ALL DIFFERENT. Luckily the complaints line is an 0800 number.
Then I found this laptop was refusing to do anything. Quick phone call to clever son in law. sorted.
I was getting ready to throw it out the window.
All is peace again
mg:Went to a very easy club lake today to park near the swim and just wait for the tip to go round a few times in the sunshine.
One of the carp, a small mirror seemed to have what looked like a slug hanging from the side of its mouth. Waggling about so to speak.
I am not a squeamish person by any means but I was dismayed to see that it was the complete top lip of the fish ripped off and hanging by a thread. It appeared to have healed and the fish managed to feed it seems.
I snipped the lot off and applied the carp care liquid and it didn't leave much of a mark. It didn't look too bad at all then.
I know this has been said many times before here and elsewhere, but how the hell do you manage to do that kind of damage? Does some idiot try to land them without a net like a small silver. God knows.,
One of the carp, a small mirror seemed to have what looked like a slug hanging from the side of its mouth. Waggling about so to speak.
I am not a squeamish person by any means but I was dismayed to see that it was the complete top lip of the fish ripped off and hanging by a thread. It appeared to have healed and the fish managed to feed it seems.
I snipped the lot off and applied the carp care liquid and it didn't leave much of a mark. It didn't look too bad at all then.
I know this has been said many times before here and elsewhere, but how the hell do you manage to do that kind of damage? Does some idiot try to land them without a net like a small silver. God knows.,