I’m a Winner 5 -10-25

 Just to let everyone know I’m not dead ha ha ha .Ive had a break from fishing and I will be back . I’ve just won a competition on Facebook from Moss Fisheries .

I won a Preston Feeder chair with All Accessories.

Till the next time , keep safe .

Unusual Pictures 20-12-24

This car appeared after the water had dropped when we was pike fishing .

Once the water went to summer levels the car was on full show .

I caught a Garden chair .

This was a tricky one , my arm dropped and I struck , was like reeling a monster in .

Tight lines 

Fir Tree Fishery 8-9-24

 So back here again ,this time we fish the opposite side .I drew peg 17 and was really confident with my draw .

I was casting under that bush for the first hour and had nothing to show for it .id been feeding 2 margin spots with corn but every time I tried , not a touch . The water was a muddy colour and the rain was coming down from all in .I had another rig set up at 8m.Tried corn and no bites . I went on the tip again and had my first bite at 12 .

More dead fish spotted again seems to be a problem here .

I went back on my 8 m line and had a barbel followed by losing a decent carp .I had one more carp on the pole and for the last 30 minutes I rotated between the tip and margins . I managed to lose a carp on the tip then caught another .The rain continued till the end of the match .

1 52-8

2 34-9

Me 7 -17 

At least I won my section .

Till the next time .

Fir Tree Fishery 18-8-24

 Fishing with crescent anglers today on a match .Upon arrival I noticed the colour of the water and the smell, obvious the warm weather had affected the water due to a green cast on the water or lack of using the aerator.Quite a few dead fish in the water and on the bank .

Not a nice thing to see .Id drew peg 10 , weather was warm no breeze .i set up 3 rigs , one for margins , one two plus two and a 3 plus 2 .Also I had a bomb rod to go across to the island .

I started of on the 3 plus 2 rig on pellet and within 10 minutes I had my first carp.Then nothing , I thought it’s gonna be one of those days .i was feeding corn in my 2 margin spots . I started rotating my pole positions but couldn’t buy a bite .I decided to try out a margin spot and saw a nice carp drifting along the margins , I lowered my rig right in front of me and bang carp on .I started then on bomb and pellet and that wasn’t working either .so come 12 I’ve 2 carp in the net .I carried on for the next 2 hours rotating swims to get something goin but whatever I tried wasn’t working.I decided to go back on bomb and pellet and it worked .catching wasn’t fast but a waiting game each cast worked .i stayed on this till the last 30 minutes and went down the edge , nothing .Went back on bomb & pellet for last 10 mins hoping for another fish . All out .

1st mark 66lb 1 

2 Daz 56 lb 8

3 Me 46 lb 13 

They only pay first & second . But I won my section .I lost four carp so I could have been in contention.

My first Stillwater Barbel .

Till I’m out again , tight lines .

Bradshaw hall Fishery 14/7/24

 So i was invited for a match with crescent anglers .we had 20 pegs on Lake 4.After seeing the results of the last few weeks i was excited .Plan was bomb & pellet and fishing up in the water on the pole .For the first hoir i started on the bomb rotating 8mm pellet, wafter and meat and all i had to show for the first hour was a F1 and a skimmer .

The next few hours saw me catch 5 more carp fishing shallow .Has to be my most dissapointing day on this lake .I couldnt have tried any harder .If drew peg 27 on the wall and was expecting a-lot more tbh.

1 Alan 124 lb

2 Gavin 44 lb 2

3 Darren 30 lb 7

I had 10 lb 7. .

Till the next time , need to get to the river .

Tinca time 1-6-24

 Well up early for the tench .Arrived early to find 3 Bivvys on the lake .looked at peg 1 didnt fancy it , 2&3 were taken so took Peg 4. Decided to float fish again using the lift method with a crystal waggler.Bait wise started on maggot tipped with corn . Plenty of lifts and slide aways but yet again plagued with Rudd.I decided to swap over to meat .wasnt long before hell broke loose this was no tench but a carp , ran me ragged in front of me and went on a powerful run and the hook pulled. I was gutted . Still overcast was it going to be one of those days again . I swapped over to lob worm and the rudd moved in , they werent content with the free offerings they wanted the worm aswell. A nice perch turned up and now it was mid day .

The heron was out .

The robin turned up and ended up well fed with a few maggots .So it was back to the van for my pod and two rods on the buzzers .one rod on a 10mm tutti fruiti and the other rod on my maggot corn pop up rig .

Ive caught well on this rig but the once the rudd move in its beep beep beep . Any way i was now fishing two esp method feeders with groundbait and casting every 20 minutes .

Id bought a bag of this a few weeks back to try and even though i like it its not good  value for money on a large method feeder .At 2-30 my left hand ripped off and it managed to swimn under my other rod but after a bit of messing around it was in the net .

First tench and off the mark , shame it had a damaged mouth . Really pleased with that one . I swapped my other rod over to meat and then ended up switching it again to a tutti and nailed a decent rudd.So after the cold start the sun was now blazing in the sky .I had too pack up at half 4 and what an eventful day .

Tight lines until we blog again . 

Tench Part 2 24-5-24

 I couldn’t go to the lake early so I headed up there before lunch stopping of to pick up some bait . I arrived at the lake to find I had a good choice of pegs .My main problem was where did I fancy .The big difference from the last session was I took the float rod and rod pod set up of which I left in the van in case I wanted to swap over later .This time I had an array of baits . Corn, maggot , meat , pellet and lob worms .The peg had plenty of room and I set about fishing in 4 foot of water fishing the lift method .

My side tray with all my baits .Now the plan was to fish the float rod and see what happened .There was a lovely breeze blowing into the peg on a warm wind .I spent ages plumbing up looking for a good spot.I fed red mags and pellets , there was Rudd there but nothing like the last session . So I’m a couple of hours in and next minute my rod gets pulled of the rest and into the water , this was all my fault .luckily for me it went about 30 yards and stopped in the reeds . My problem now was getting it back , do I go back to the van for my other rods and cast to retrieve it . I decided I had to go in , so I stripped of , used my landing net pole to get a feel of the depth and waded out . I found it easier to walk on the reed line , I got the rod and waded back . Lucky for me I always have a big towel lol. So because of the disturbance id made I decided to put another swim in . I’d made my mind up to sit it out on the float and that was a big mistake . I managed 3 Rudd and a perch . I fished till I couldn’t see the float . So no tench again . 

So till the next time bloggers , can’t wait .