Chub & Barbel 25-1-2020

So with not having a river session for so long me and Chris decided to fish a stretch I hadn’t fished before but it involved a long walk a very long walk.We looked at lots of swims but as the river was low and clear we fished an area that had some good flow.Chris went above me in a swim that looked far better than mine .Tactics for me was my quiver rod only and armed with bronze and reds to catch what ever was in front of me .

Looks like more reds than bronze but in fact it was a pint of each .......
 Chris drew first blood early with a nice chub.I had a good pull but no fish.
Casting regular with the maggot feeder produce my first chub .

As the morning progressed I’d had 3 good chub , This one went 3-14.Then things changed for me, I had a couple of hook pulls and lost 2 fish to a snag. Chris then caught his first winter Barbel.

A lovely Barbel and paid of for Chris fishing 2 Rods .

As the day wore on I decided not to target the far bank having lost 4 Feeders and found a deep run in front of me so for the last hour I claimed 2 more chub for 5 in total.An overcast day with a rather cold wind at time’s it was time to leave and take the long walk back over 3 fields , through numerous gates and mud and over styles, will we be back, Damn right we will.

Till the next time, maybe a Stillwater .

Perch On A Tuesday 21-1-2020

Having had a day off yday and having lobworms left over and needed to be used up it would be rude not to have a perch session .i decided to take a gamble on two float rods, my usual 13 foot and pin and a shorter rod on an alarm as there’s not a lot of room in these pegs .The day started out not too bright and by 10am I’d had 1 small perch on each rod,shortly followed by another smaller one on the pin rod.I kept trickling the maggots and chopped lobs in little and often .Just before 12 I had a beep and the float sailed away for a nice perch just over a pound .By now the cloud level had dropped and there was a faint mist on the lake .My next bite that came was a lot bigger than my previous Perch so I took a quick photo in case it was the biggest of the day .

A lovely Perch, I didn’t bother weighing but was well pleased with this one .

I kept the feed going in over each float and at around 1-30 my float dipped and as I lifted into the fish I knew this one was a better stamp, nice fight on the centre pin.

Not a great photo due to the mist and light drizzle , But a New PB for this lake of 2 LB 1 oz well chuffed with this one .

So with 6 perch in total I thought I might bag a few more .The mist got thicker and the pressure was rising , plenty of signs of perch chasing fry and plenty fish topping but that would be it and I packed up at 4pm.

The Bait , Great Lobworms from Willys worms, check them out super hast delivery aswell.
Time to go, Till I’m out again , Great Times .

PerchTastic 11-1-2020

So another perch session was on the cards and I suggested to Chris we fish the other water, Deep down he didn’t look too keen.We decided to Fish a good area with the wind on our backs as it was very windy .I said to Chris you take the basket peg as I did last week on another water . Float fishing was my main attack with an alarm rod just past the marginal shelf .Feeding was the key for me , maggot and chopped lobs ,and feeding reds little and often . Come 10am Chris had a bite on his alarm rod and it was a good fish .

2 lb 8 oz and what a cracker it was.

Chris followed this up with another of 1lb 9 an hour later.The wind was bitter at times but I kept chasing it throughout the day. No fish for me but I was well chuffed for Chris his first 2lb plus perch , well done mate , PerchTastic Mate.

Till we’re out again , Tight Lines .

First Session of 2020

Well we’re entering a new decade and me and Chris were off Perch fishing .we decided to tackle the bottom end of the lake, me behind the island and Chris in front of it.Id ordered the Lobs from willys worms and they were excellent,speedy delivery as well ordered Monday came Tuesday afternoon.Normally I like to target Perch on the float rod and Centrepin , but on this occasion another rod was put out on an alarm.The weather was overcast but windy and that was followed by some drizzle,Chris netted a small perch before 12 but after getting battered by the wind we moved up the other end of the lake and dropped in a couple of perchy swims.About an hour into fishing the new peg I had a small perch.

The Alarm rod was busy but just in dropped runs due to them pulling on the long sections of Lobs .I was hair rigging the worms on a Korum quick stop and this will altered next time I’m out.Anyway back to the Float .I kept topping up with a few reds every so often over both swims and at just before 2pm my first proper Perch .

1.14 and pleased to get this one . The day was really cold and concentrating on float fishing can be cold and I’m thinking a new winter suit of more layers .Chris was struggling in his swim but was working hard to make it happen.My final bite came at just as the light levels were falling .

1.15 and a good way to end the session.

Happy new year to everyone who visits my Blog.
Till I’m out again, Maybe Perch ..........