seth49
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Those chocolate orange baits are good aren’t they, caught a lot of fish on them, I find the Ringers are the best.
How did you get on?
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mikench
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They smell good to me!!!!
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No on many a Stillwater.
mikench
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Agreed but skimmers and adult bream love them too. I've had roach and Rudd as well. Definitely worth having in your bag.
One of those days. The blanks come too. The deep reservoir for carp on the float. Tench in here are almost as rare as rocking horse poo. One fish and it was a tench only it was foul hooked. What was the chance of that?
I blanked and never saw a fish roll or move all day. My excuse was the bitterly cold North wind.
Thats it for a week now due to family commitments .
I blanked and never saw a fish roll or move all day. My excuse was the bitterly cold North wind.
Thats it for a week now due to family commitments .
Funny you should say that, Pete...
I thought I might get my fishing back on track with a trip to the Old Lake, having caught next to nothing lately. Most people would say it was a nice day, but from a fisherman's point of view...... clear sky at night, bright sunshine all day, chilly breeze, and when the sun went in, the temperature dropped right down. Ok, there's my excuses out of the way.
I'd made up a few little pellet feeders a la Dave Coster intending to fish them running as he suggests. I set up the mini rod, wetted some pellets and a bit of groundbait, and found the box of feeders were back in the kitchen. Oh well. I packed that away and set up two rigs on the pole, one to fish on the bottom, one on the drop/shallower and plumbed up to the left and right. With a variety of baits, that should give me plenty of scope.
All I could catch, wherever and however, were little roach of 2 or 3 oz, and even they weren't keen. Meanwhile the lake's carp population had woken up and were cruising around for the first time this year. They didn't seem to be feeding, as none of the half dozen carpers in view caught. I persisted grimly, and eventually caught a little tench and a skimmer. By that time, this passed as exciting big fish action
The afternoon finished with a run of gudgeon. There are worse fates, but even these were smaller than average for the lake
By 4 o'clock, the sun had gone in for good and the wind was whipping around so I put back my haul - 50 fish for about 8/9lb and I was glad to find what sun there had been had warmed up the car.
I thought I might get my fishing back on track with a trip to the Old Lake, having caught next to nothing lately. Most people would say it was a nice day, but from a fisherman's point of view...... clear sky at night, bright sunshine all day, chilly breeze, and when the sun went in, the temperature dropped right down. Ok, there's my excuses out of the way.
I'd made up a few little pellet feeders a la Dave Coster intending to fish them running as he suggests. I set up the mini rod, wetted some pellets and a bit of groundbait, and found the box of feeders were back in the kitchen. Oh well. I packed that away and set up two rigs on the pole, one to fish on the bottom, one on the drop/shallower and plumbed up to the left and right. With a variety of baits, that should give me plenty of scope.
All I could catch, wherever and however, were little roach of 2 or 3 oz, and even they weren't keen. Meanwhile the lake's carp population had woken up and were cruising around for the first time this year. They didn't seem to be feeding, as none of the half dozen carpers in view caught. I persisted grimly, and eventually caught a little tench and a skimmer. By that time, this passed as exciting big fish action
The afternoon finished with a run of gudgeon. There are worse fates, but even these were smaller than average for the lake
By 4 o'clock, the sun had gone in for good and the wind was whipping around so I put back my haul - 50 fish for about 8/9lb and I was glad to find what sun there had been had warmed up the car.
Yes Kev that wind was vicious yesterday. I even had hail at one point. The sky was bright and sunny with the odd dark cloud. The thing was the hail seemed to come from the dark cloud against wind direction. Perhaps there a different layers of wind direction.
I had a walk along the disused canal on Saturday. Despite the stiff northerly breeze, there were a few on, and they were getting bites. Right, I thought, I'll wait til Monday, should be empty. I was forgetting most of the regulars are retired, so there were even more fishing when I turned up at lunchtime. Plenty of pegs, though, and the one I picked was a shrine to a departed angler
I'd been pleased to hear the cold north wind was on the way out. I hadn't expected an even stronger, if slightly warmer, southerly to be gusting down the canal. The pole, even at 8m was being swiped round in the wind, so it was back to what we all did before poles; waggler across. Some people don't like 1000 size reels, but I love this ancient little Shimano which sits just right on a rod that weighs less than 4 oz.
I pulled the 2lb Maxima through a damp cloth with a squirt of washing up liquid, tied on a .10 hooklength, backshotted the float with 2 no 8's and set it to fish about half depth. There are lots of ide and chublets that feed up in the water and the idea was to try and get bites in the few seconds before the wind pulled the float down the cut. I also clipped up as the gusting wind could lead to casting up the trees opposite, as you whack it out just as the wind drops.
It was all a bit approximate, where the feed and the float landed, but the fish were obliging. They do seem to feed more freely sometimes in rough conditions. I caught plenty of ide, roach and chublets of about this size
It was enjoyable, even though the wind was a curse, and a bit of craic with the blokes along the bank helped. It must be the friendliest place I fish. They don't call you "mate" - they ask your name , and use it thereafter. Every now and then, instead of a small fish splashing up, the rod went round and stayed round. It happened 4 times, and the final score was 3:1 to me. Here's the three
I had a few tangles, some bait went in the trees and my ears are still ringing from the wind, but it was great. I'd guess I finished with 12lb plus these carp. I had the pleasure of sharing my peg with a wren fussing around in the bush next to me. When I got off my box to take a leak, I startled a grass snake that had been sunning itself just off the towpath - the first I've seen in all the time I've spent on the bank. This bit of fishing costs me roughly 50p per week and the canal is one of four waters included in that price, so you don't need to be an oligarch or a non-dom.
I'd been pleased to hear the cold north wind was on the way out. I hadn't expected an even stronger, if slightly warmer, southerly to be gusting down the canal. The pole, even at 8m was being swiped round in the wind, so it was back to what we all did before poles; waggler across. Some people don't like 1000 size reels, but I love this ancient little Shimano which sits just right on a rod that weighs less than 4 oz.
I pulled the 2lb Maxima through a damp cloth with a squirt of washing up liquid, tied on a .10 hooklength, backshotted the float with 2 no 8's and set it to fish about half depth. There are lots of ide and chublets that feed up in the water and the idea was to try and get bites in the few seconds before the wind pulled the float down the cut. I also clipped up as the gusting wind could lead to casting up the trees opposite, as you whack it out just as the wind drops.
It was all a bit approximate, where the feed and the float landed, but the fish were obliging. They do seem to feed more freely sometimes in rough conditions. I caught plenty of ide, roach and chublets of about this size
It was enjoyable, even though the wind was a curse, and a bit of craic with the blokes along the bank helped. It must be the friendliest place I fish. They don't call you "mate" - they ask your name , and use it thereafter. Every now and then, instead of a small fish splashing up, the rod went round and stayed round. It happened 4 times, and the final score was 3:1 to me. Here's the three
I had a few tangles, some bait went in the trees and my ears are still ringing from the wind, but it was great. I'd guess I finished with 12lb plus these carp. I had the pleasure of sharing my peg with a wren fussing around in the bush next to me. When I got off my box to take a leak, I startled a grass snake that had been sunning itself just off the towpath - the first I've seen in all the time I've spent on the bank. This bit of fishing costs me roughly 50p per week and the canal is one of four waters included in that price, so you don't need to be an oligarch or a non-dom.
flightliner
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Am so glad that notts kev had a good days fishing on his canal, a far cry from my day on one of Yorkshires big, deep and wide ones.
Myself and an old friend met up beside it this morning about 10—30 and settled above one of its locks, my friend never had a bite and I had three micro perch and an eight inch skimmer.
It was so hard scratching for bites that I went down to a sixteen hook, came just off bottom and shirt buttoned some number eight shot for a slower fall in the water and twitched a very small dendra back towards my rod end.
All day for not much st all.
One other thing btw.
Did you see any of these pass thro your swim Kevin?
That sounds gruelling Mick. I've had a couple of sessions where I caught nothing, but I drew a veil over them. For instance, I saw some big carp cruising around in one of the woodland ponds. The ponds only 2' deep and very silty. I looked up how to fish places like that, bought a few bits, like ready made chod rigs, got suitably tooled up and gave it a go. A pair of swans met me on the bank. No problem - I've often had a swan or two for company. Every bit of bait I put in, they noted the spot, swam straight to it and up-ended til they found it. Every time I cast wherever, they followed it out and searched for the hookbait. They took a break for half an hour, then came back refreshed. I've found out since they're notorious and have sent many packing.
You could try taking a few pints of hemp next time. Throw it in the margins somewhere other than your swim and wait til the swans are on it. It should keep them occupied for a while. Occasional top ups might help.
Doesn’t always work, but worth a try.
Doesn’t always work, but worth a try.
ian g
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My work now takes me to Micklefield for a stop over . I'd thought of trying the Aire & Calder canal , not that one is it Mick?
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Well, I’ve been rather quiet for sometime, so a quick recap may be in order.
Jan/Feb was mainly wasted with clear skies heavy frosts and water levels like a tart’s knickers. March picked up with barbel and bream from the bottom of the garden,
trout season opening suffered from the aforementioned professional lady syndrome…..
However the last couple of weeks have come good, with my first carp since living here in France, the land where 60 pounders crawl up your rods, …… mine was 6lb (and a bit). (And the photo won’t load!).
More good news, since buying a dedicated “euronymphing set up I’ve managed to catch more trout from the river in two weeks than the previous 4 years put together, it’s almost like cheating! And all my own home tied flies too!
Other news, and partly why I’ve been posting less, for family reasons, our house is sold and we shall be moving back to the UK around the end of May. Heart is broken.
Jan/Feb was mainly wasted with clear skies heavy frosts and water levels like a tart’s knickers. March picked up with barbel and bream from the bottom of the garden,
trout season opening suffered from the aforementioned professional lady syndrome…..
However the last couple of weeks have come good, with my first carp since living here in France, the land where 60 pounders crawl up your rods, …… mine was 6lb (and a bit). (And the photo won’t load!).
More good news, since buying a dedicated “euronymphing set up I’ve managed to catch more trout from the river in two weeks than the previous 4 years put together, it’s almost like cheating! And all my own home tied flies too!
Other news, and partly why I’ve been posting less, for family reasons, our house is sold and we shall be moving back to the UK around the end of May. Heart is broken.
mikench
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Sorry to hear that Roger; it must be heartbreaking to have a dream brought to an end. Good luck back here in the U.K. I'll stay a while longer.
flightliner
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No, not the Aire and Calder Ian, tbh I've never fished it, right now there's a barge plying its course thats apparently chopping up fish as it passes over them. Dont ask me how but its causing plenty of concern amongst anglers and, I believe, the canal and rivers trust who are trying to sort the problem out for all concerned.
Meantime I'll pm you and any other "regulars on here but it a venue that blows very much hot and cold so a long journey could be very dissapointing.
Its a sixty mile round trip for me that is just about manageble on the motorways available but any further I'd use two others that are more local.
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Thank you @mikench at least we had a go, and I would do it all again, friends made, skills learnt, fish caught, experiences had, have all made it worthwhile. On to the next adventure!
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mikench
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He is the Basque cousin and lives a long way from the Shire.??
You only get one life Roger.
You only get one life Roger.