idahoblues
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Bluemoon Angling Thread
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Went today, had a few hours at a fishery about 30mins away that I havnt fished before, just needed to go somewhere different. Wind was blowing and there was the family from hell there too, how any parents can threaten/use such foul language at their 6 year old I will never know. Kept well away and found a quiet backwater on the match lake, simple ledger rig against the lillys just off the island, sweetcorn and some 
krill flavoured meat I had left from the other night.It took about 40 mins of feeding small amounts often to get em going, had crucians,small commons/mirror carp and the odd tench on the corn with cracking easy to hit bites. Tried the meat on the hook and the bream started showing, 2-3lb but cagy bites and they dont fight,just give in after the first dive, the usual sample pics attached. Sun came round from behind the trees and blinded my rod tip view and I started missing more bites than was hitting so called it a day. Quite enjoyed it though, relaxing and somewhere new, only a fiver too,so not grumbling. Might struggle to go this next week so wanted to get a session in.
krill flavoured meat I had left from the other night.It took about 40 mins of feeding small amounts often to get em going, had crucians,small commons/mirror carp and the odd tench on the corn with cracking easy to hit bites. Tried the meat on the hook and the bream started showing, 2-3lb but cagy bites and they dont fight,just give in after the first dive, the usual sample pics attached. Sun came round from behind the trees and blinded my rod tip view and I started missing more bites than was hitting so called it a day. Quite enjoyed it though, relaxing and somewhere new, only a fiver too,so not grumbling. Might struggle to go this next week so wanted to get a session in.Didsbury Dave
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I went to The Ribble again yesterday to a stretch upstream I haven’t fished for a few years. I wanted to try rolling meat there because it has some long stretches of gravel where I was going to walk along with the trundling meat, enabling me to explore more water. It was a bit of a disaster: the wind was howling upstream, really howling, and I couldn’t feel the meat bouncing on the bottom. I did miss one bite early on but really struggled. The deeper water is at the far bank here and it’s very wide, which exacerbated the problem. The bottom is littered with snags and the bait kept getting stuck. I didn’t have my proper barbel tackle with me, as I’m travelling light. After a couple of hours I abandoned it and set up a straight leger rig. I had two casts in two swims and lost the rig both times. Didn’t have any leads left so that was the end of the trip. Lessons learnt.
My mind is starting to turn to pike now as autumn is around the corner. I’ve said it before: fish to the seasons and you never get bored or stuck in a routine and are always in with a chance. For me:
Winter: chub, pike and grayling
Spring: Carp and perch
Summer: Carp and barbel
Autumn: barbel, perch and pike
My mind is starting to turn to pike now as autumn is around the corner. I’ve said it before: fish to the seasons and you never get bored or stuck in a routine and are always in with a chance. For me:
Winter: chub, pike and grayling
Spring: Carp and perch
Summer: Carp and barbel
Autumn: barbel, perch and pike
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Flying home tomorrow and found out my fishing trip to Portugal in October has had to be put back to May as my mate can't do quarantine. Planning to do a tour of Shropshire and the Severn next month instead.
Much as I love a couple of weeks in the sun with the girlfriend, can't wait to get back to Autumn and Winter fishing. All these posts have heightened my anticipation.
Much as I love a couple of weeks in the sun with the girlfriend, can't wait to get back to Autumn and Winter fishing. All these posts have heightened my anticipation.
I have been thinking that I ought to be losing my river barbel virginity, so did a quick search for free river fishing not too far away. Didnt expect much but came across some pegs on the River Dee at Holt/farndon, so a couple of saturdays ago took the missus out for a mystery drive, and by utter coincidence found myself at Holt/Farndon. Took a few pics, first three are under the roadbridge at Holt( about 200 yard stretch). Last pic is one of about twelve concrete stages at Farndon with a free carpark right behind,but only got one pic(the last one) as my fcking battery was flat in my camera.Anyway it looked good and I spoke to a couple of guys there who said there are grayling and even the odd salmon as well as the usual river species. An early enough start should secure a decent peg, so I might be bending the ear of one or two of you guys for tips to make sure I score first time(if thats possible). If I get the chance to go that is.
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had a session yesterday, i got there early ,my mate had to drop his daughter off at work so I save him a decent looking peg, lovely late summers day, little bit warm for my liking but hey ho, straight in with a decent looking carp approximately 4lb, then my friend arrived, and smashed it, I had to net all of his fish because they were clonkers, fish after fish, net, weigh, photo, haha, I ended up getting a couple more 4ish lb carp, few small bream, and a tench which I was well chuffed with, not had a tench for what seems years, oh and i bought the fuckers breakfast : )
He got a lay in,he got a lakeside butler, a dream fishing day and a free breakfast, **** haha
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He got a lay in,he got a lakeside butler, a dream fishing day and a free breakfast, **** haha
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Let me know when you need another friend to come fishing with you,will you pay for the ticket to fish as well ? :)
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my tip is, whatever you do, don’t try to lose your barbel virginity on The Dee. There are hardly any. You need to learn the ropes on a river with some in, as you don’t learn without getting bites. If you don’t mind travelling The Severn is ideal for your purposes. Otherwise The Dane has a lot more than The Dee.
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haha, he gave me 40 years of knowledge , its the least i could do :)
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Thanks. So I see where the oarsman sits. Does the fisherman cast from the front or the back? Looks like you have a lot of storage bins. Are they sufficient for all your kit?
This is how the boat is laid out
Very different to our boats which are designed to drift downwind with two or sometimes even three anglers.
Thats fairly typical. Room for two anglers plus their fishing boxes, bags and assorted paraphernalia. In anything other than a gentle breeze the boat drift will be controlled by a drogue slung out the back. As there will be numerous boats on a fishery (sometimes up to 50), there is a set of etiquette guidelines which ensure that for example, boats keep their distance from other boats and bank anglers. With up to three anglers casting from a boat, care and timing can be important if you don't want to spend your day untangling your leader from that of your boat partner. Some fisheries allow anchoring, some insist its drift only.
Thanks DD, that kind of advice is so valuable, without this thread I would have probably gone steaming in there and been dissapointed. I might still go as its free and looked great, but now I can fish relaxed and take whatever comes, rather than be frustrated by the lack of certain species. I could blank anyway, which is quite likely as I havnt really fished a "proper" river yet, but blanks are for learning from I always say. As for your advice on the Severn, I did some research recently and Shrewsbury Town Fishery has some cracking looking stretches at Monkmoor and the Quarry Park in town plus lots more, they have a decent website. You can buy a day ticket online for just £7 too. I might drive down there to take a look soon with the view of going next year when I hopefully allow myself more time, its about 40/60mins to get there and its not a bad run.
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View from t'other endThanks. So I see where the oarsman sits. Does the fisherman cast from the front or the back? Looks like you have a lot of storage bins. Are they sufficient for all your kit?
Very different to our boats which are designed to drift downwind with two or sometimes even three anglers.
Thats fairly typical. Room for two anglers plus their fishing boxes, bags and assorted paraphernalia. In anything other than a gentle breeze the boat drift will be controlled by a drogue slung out the back. As there will be numerous boats on a fishery (sometimes up to 50), there is a set of etiquette guidelines which ensure that for example, boats keep their distance from other boats and bank anglers. With up to three anglers casting from a boat, care and timing can be important if you don't want to spend your day untangling your leader from that of your boat partner. Some fisheries allow anchoring, some insist its drift only.
The person up front always casts forward(fish the future) the one in the stern picks up wherever. They're pretty roomy but not designed for hauling loads of gear for multiple days and nights.They have an anchor and you can mount an outboard for either lake use or just heading up stream. They have a flat bottom, no keel so sre really maneuverable, pretty much designed for slowly working the banks where all the big trout like to hang out
Please tell me thats a drinks holder I can see halfway down the side of the boat, and not something to do with the oars. After all, you have to put yor beer down somewhere safe when playin a fish.View from t'other end
The person up front always casts forward(fish the future) the one in the stern picks up wherever. They're pretty roomy but not designed for hauling loads of gear for multiple days and nights.They have an anchor and you can mount an outboard for either lake use or just heading up stream. They have a flat bottom, no keel so sre really maneuverable, pretty much designed for slowly working the banks where all the big trout like to hang out
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I think there are seven drinks holders
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Sister in law caught a 4lb pickerel (walleye to the Yanks) on Bark kale last weekend. I don’t think you have them in the UK. Very tasty and much coveted fish.
mickeyblueeyes
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Where did you go PF ,like to try new venues,think I’m going to partridge lakes tomorrow and have a go
Saddleworth2
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Have caught them when I was a teen on holiday in the Us. A lake close to Lake Huron. Walleye and lots of other smaller fish I think they called them sun fish. Great fun.
idahoblues
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Probably the best eating fresh water fish in the US
Newman Noggs
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Wondered what a pickerel looks like since reading "a Pickerel Yarn", a short story by a guy called Fred Mather in a fishing anthology I got as a prize from school. Assumed that it was a small pike which I suppose, it is but with the mouth of a perch. Interesting and good fish.
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Out on the wonderful Lake of Menteith on Tuesday next week. The weather forecast looks perfect for dry fly fishing, gentle breeze and overcast. Currently the fish are averaging above 3lb, a perfect weight if you like a fight. Cant wait.
On Monday I had a day on Coldingham loch. Weather was warm, up about 18c, overcast and light winds. The fish hadn't yet thrown off their summer laziness and weren't feeding with any real enthusiasm. Its no wonder really as the loch is a natural larder with huge insect hatches and lots of terrestials and fry so they really don't need to move far for a feed. I had a couple on dries, a fly called a big red:
and one on a candy booby by lunch.
As the fish weren't exactly throwing themselves on the hook, i thought i would try something different, a bung arrangement. A bung is a sight indicator which sits above a single or team of flies and has the duel purpose of suspending the flies static in the water and also (like a float) indicating a take when the bung disappears. Here is a competition standard bung:
Some fly fisherman have a bit of an attitude towards fishing a bung; 'its not true fly fishing' they say. Not me, I think its a perfectly valid method when the trout prefer their food completely static in the water (which they sometimes do). Anyway, on went the bung with a millenium bug suspended about three feet under it.
Millenium Bug
This proved to be a bit of a game changer and I took another half dozen trout in the afternoon on that setup.
So finished with a creditable 9 on a day when many struggled.