Saturday 30th March

So met up with lee today and took him to 3 sisters.was hoping for Tinca action,well we never had a single one.Lee was into Roach and and Rudd and i was catching Rudd.I changed tactics and fished for perch,using prawns,no action there aswell.Lee thought he would dress for a sunny day,went to van got him a coat,and gave him coffee,seems he cant find his flask.Anyways im gonna go back tmos and fish the Method Feeder.

Till the next time.

Tinca Time 29 march 2012

With the pike rods put away.its time for tench,love em.i fished last sunday for them and had no luck,so off to a new water to have a try.im only using a good old float rod,and im fishing the lift method,fixed spool reel with the new Drennan supplex line in 6lb,sinks lovely.My baits for tench will be red maggot,dead red maggot,corn and pellets.i will be using groundbait to get a bed down but maybe in another few weeks,just feeding little and often to start off.Last year i bought a marco cortesi centre pin,i have yet to spool it up but hope to get it done for this weekend,got it through a friend for £25,excited at the prospect ,simply cos its a centre pin ,that ratchet goin,heart racing stuff.so with the next trip planned its off to 3 sisters with lee,who loves tench to bits,think he will be on the pole.Anyway till the next time,Tinca Time.

Time for Coarse Fishing

Decided to start my coarse season earlier than normal.with very warm weather were having i packed away the pike gear.I got to the water this morning and regretted it,well for a couple of hours till it warmed up and i was glad.fished quite a few swims looking for the tench,seemed to be a roach day,well it was till this little fella took my maggot,lol,and theres me saying pike seasons over,single red maggot,size 18 hook.Till the next time.

My Last day Pike Fishing

Had one run earlier on in the morning,nicked my bait in the weed.seems mackeral were the bait of choice today,normally herring or smelt.Anyway weighed in at 9lb 3.my last pike of the season.Time for Tench.Till the next time.

Last day of my Pike Season

So the season started late for me due to being on holiday.Its Been a strange winter compared to the last bitterly cold ones we have had.i havnt caught as many fish as i would of liked,but thats fishing for you.My best fish came in november 20lb 4 which was really pleasing for me,a personal goal.Memories for me this year was fishing a social and Duane had two lovely pike a 15 and a 13,cant remember the ounces.Tally,s  float goin at last knockings to land a 19lb 15.Doin a reccie on the canal,that produced a 16lb fish for lee.so all cant be bad and not to forget Ryan,s 20lb 8,of which i wasnt there,but was nice to hear when i was away on holiday.im out tmos for the last time.

R.I.P The Pale One

Heres the fish found tuesday in the margins by an Angler i know of Facebook who fishes the same water.Bad Handling and bad angling.

Pre Baiting

Something ive never tried before.So into the freezer and had a look at what bait i have left,a lot of the baits were big,also i had some sprats,about 30 of them.So chopped them all up and put them in a bucket last night.Now i suppose theres plenty of different ways of going about this.I got to the water this morning trying to keep time on what i will be fishing at on saturday.There was a couple of anglers there already so i sneaked around the other way so they didnt see me,lol.I baited up a tight spot that was easy to throw to and i will fish around the other side,which will only require an underarm cast.They seemed to be in this area last week,so hopefully they will be there saturday,they have three days before i go to munch so im interested to see if it works,if it does i will do more next season,if it doesnt nothing lost because the bait needed using up.