peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Re: River Thames - is it fishing for anyone else?
My club (uracs) fished our annual tidal match at Kew bridge yesterday.
We were a little apprehensive about it after the big sewage spill earlier
in the year . As usual we waited until the level was low enough to get down onto the first bit of exposed beach. Once all of us were on the beach the match started.
The water was it's usual muddy brown colour and flowing right to left.
Most used groundbait feeder and maggot tactics. Being tidal it involves moving forward every 10 or so minutes so minimum gear is essential .
out of 14 pegs there were a few blanks but the rest caught bream to 4lb, dace, roach and eels. The small dab we normally catch were not to be seen and only 1 basslet showed.
It was a very sunny hot day but fish were caught but most anglers only getting one or 2 fish. I caught a nice dace around 6oz (which escaped my keepnet when it fell over) and a skimmer of 1lb 06oz.
This match is usually won with 20 to 30lb and the top weight yesterday was 6lb odd. Difficult to decide whether this was due to lack of fish or the bright sunny conditions.
My club (uracs) fished our annual tidal match at Kew bridge yesterday.
We were a little apprehensive about it after the big sewage spill earlier
in the year . As usual we waited until the level was low enough to get down onto the first bit of exposed beach. Once all of us were on the beach the match started.
The water was it's usual muddy brown colour and flowing right to left.
Most used groundbait feeder and maggot tactics. Being tidal it involves moving forward every 10 or so minutes so minimum gear is essential .
out of 14 pegs there were a few blanks but the rest caught bream to 4lb, dace, roach and eels. The small dab we normally catch were not to be seen and only 1 basslet showed.
It was a very sunny hot day but fish were caught but most anglers only getting one or 2 fish. I caught a nice dace around 6oz (which escaped my keepnet when it fell over) and a skimmer of 1lb 06oz.
This match is usually won with 20 to 30lb and the top weight yesterday was 6lb odd. Difficult to decide whether this was due to lack of fish or the bright sunny conditions.