Bluemoon Angling Thread

bellbuzzer said:
was sat on the decking over-looking the bottom flash at Winsford, talking to my neighbour when we noticed people were pointing out to the middle and what looked for all the world like a dead swan was drifting. One of them phoned the RSPCA, who said they would send someone from PRESTON. I used the telescopic sight on my rifle and saw it was a large polythene bag. The rspca were informed end of story. Until a white van appeared, man and woman with identity tags. Told them it was a bag but they said "better make sure" and unloaded an inflatable dinghy and rowed out , retrieved the bag. Made them a brew and they more or less said it was better than sat in the office.....
Spring is very unpleasant round the lake with the mallards gang-raping the females, the swans chasing off and sometimes killing intruders, even offspring from a couple of years ago......
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Always a shock to see Mallards acting like this in the Spring,it doesnt fit at all with their friendly,almost tame demeanor at public water points.

Altho of course the true ,wild Mallards are completely uninterested in humans and will not take food off you,and will look at you with a WTF ? expression if you try to feed them,lol
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Had a day pike fishing on the River Tees yesterday with Deadbaits. For the third time the river was shooting up, racing down and visibility almost zero. Fished a number of swims and blanked.
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I hope blanking makes you a better angler, I've had my fair share since I took up the pike/perch fishing even coarse fishing on commercial waters, just not happening, I seem to think I need to buy more gear whenever I blank, I've got a shed full now :)
 
I had my first session at my new club on Saturday. (It’s a new members only club on a Loch I have fished many times).
Covid protocols denied us the chance of being ‘piped‘ down to the Loch but we were presented with a goody bag and a large malt (well it was cold).
The season was declared open by a shotgun blast at exactly 8.30am.

Weather, strong nw. Breeze straight down the Loch which meant shelter was at a premium. It was about 5degrees With good cloud cover. Not perfect but it could have been worse.

My thinking was, with the early season and cold the trout would be deeper. Natural food would be scarce so I set up with an intermediate line and a big green and black lure (always a good colour combination early season). With that line, I would be fishing 3-8 feet down.

Anchored up in some calmer water about 30yds from shore I expected trout to be running up and down the shore in shallower water (it’s warmer). After 20 minutes with just the one in the net I decided I was too deep so changed the line to a midge tip (floating line with 18 inch sink tip). This proved to be a bit of a game changer and just lifting the flies 2 or 3 feet higher in the water made a difference And I started catching regularly. The wind started to strengthen which meant 3/4 of the Loch was just about out of bounds So I stuck where I was other than a quick 30 minutes at lunch to sample the bacon rolls the owners had laid on.

fnished up around 2.45 with 18 fish, all returned. 17 to the Alien lure (the black and green one) and one to a buzzer.

really good to be back.
 

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Saddleworth2 said:
I had my first session at my new club on Saturday. (It’s a new members only club on a Loch I have fished many times).
Covid protocols denied us the chance of being ‘piped‘ down to the Loch but we were presented with a goody bag and a large malt (well it was cold).
The season was declared open by a shotgun blast at exactly 8.30am.

Weather, strong nw. Breeze straight down the Loch which meant shelter was at a premium. It was about 5degrees With good cloud cover. Not perfect but it could have been worse.

My thinking was, with the early season and cold the trout would be deeper. Natural food would be scarce so I set up with an intermediate line and a big green and black lure (always a good colour combination early season). With that line, I would be fishing 3-8 feet down.

Anchored up in some calmer water about 30yds from shore I expected trout to be running up and down the shore in shallower water (it’s warmer). After 20 minutes with just the one in the net I decided I was too deep so changed the line to a midge tip (floating line with 18 inch sink tip). This proved to be a bit of a game changer and just lifting the flies 2 or 3 feet higher in the water made a difference And I started catching regularly. The wind started to strengthen which meant 3/4 of the Loch was just about out of bounds So I stuck where I was other than a quick 30 minutes at lunch to sample the bacon rolls the owners had laid on.

fnished up around 2.45 with 18 fish, all returned. 17 to the Alien lure (the black and green one) and one to a buzzer.

really good to be back.
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Fantastic, Wild brownies/sea trout or is it a stocked closed lake - not sure if 'loch' extends to what I'd call a lake / tarn or has to be connected to the sea?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I had my first session at my new club on Saturday. (It’s a new members only club on a Loch I have fished many times).
Covid protocols denied us the chance of being ‘piped‘ down to the Loch but we were presented with a goody bag and a large malt (well it was cold).
The season was declared open by a shotgun blast at exactly 8.30am.

Weather, strong nw. Breeze straight down the Loch which meant shelter was at a premium. It was about 5degrees With good cloud cover. Not perfect but it could have been worse.

My thinking was, with the early season and cold the trout would be deeper. Natural food would be scarce so I set up with an intermediate line and a big green and black lure (always a good colour combination early season). With that line, I would be fishing 3-8 feet down.

Anchored up in some calmer water about 30yds from shore I expected trout to be running up and down the shore in shallower water (it’s warmer). After 20 minutes with just the one in the net I decided I was too deep so changed the line to a midge tip (floating line with 18 inch sink tip). This proved to be a bit of a game changer and just lifting the flies 2 or 3 feet higher in the water made a difference And I started catching regularly. The wind started to strengthen which meant 3/4 of the Loch was just about out of bounds So I stuck where I was other than a quick 30 minutes at lunch to sample the bacon rolls the owners had laid on.

fnished up around 2.45 with 18 fish, all returned. 17 to the Alien lure (the black and green one) and one to a buzzer.

really good to be back.
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Sounds absolutely superb and good angling . Great report too. Well done!
 
Newman Noggs said:
The river was rising at a rapid rate, flowing swiftly and was very coloured. All conditions not conducive to good fishing. Consequently David was unable to catch anything.
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xgorton said:
Please translate.
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rain = rivers and lakes getting sediment and soil washed into them = fish can’t see as well = unless you literally drop bait on the fishes nose you blank.
 
Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese said:
Fantastic, Wild brownies/sea trout or is it a stocked closed lake - not sure if 'loch' extends to what I'd call a lake / tarn or has to be connected to the sea?
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So it is a natural spring-fed 22-acre loch, about 300 yards from the sea and about 300 feet above sea level (there are sizeable sea cliffs just a short walk from the loch. Being fed by an underwater spring means it doesn’t colour nearly as much as most lochs. It is normally clear as gin. It is one of the oldest stocked water in Scotland, initially with brownies from loch Leven but now it is used for fly fishing for rainbow trout and brown and blue trout. There is a good head of wild perch in the loch growing to a decent size. It has resident swans, otters and an abundance of wildlife. So no sea trout or wild brownies but very many sizeable hard fighting rainbows which quickly become naturalised. It also has the remains of an Iron Age fortress overlooking the loch.
It really is a special place.
 

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Saddleworth2 said:
So it is a natural spring-fed 22-acre loch, about 300 yards from the sea and about 300 feet above sea level (there are sizeable sea cliffs just a short walk from the loch. Being fed by an underwater spring means it doesn’t colour nearly as much as most lochs. It is normally clear as gin. It is one of the oldest stocked water in Scotland, initially with brownies from loch Leven but now it is used for fly fishing for rainbow trout and brown and blue trout. There is a good head of wild perch in the loch growing to a decent size. It has resident swans, otters and an abundance of wildlife. So no sea trout or wild brownies but very many sizeable hard fighting rainbows which quickly become naturalised. It also has the remains of an Iron Age fortress overlooking the loch.
It really is a special place.
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Beautiful - nice house someone's got there!
 
Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese said:
Beautiful - nice house someone's got there!
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its a holiday cottage rental with a boathouse underneath. I have stayed there with Mrs S on a number of occassions. You can fish from dawn to dusk. Dawn is particularly magical with the soft light, wildlife and trout moving everywhere around you. Being 300 yards from the sea, you often get what we call a haar in Scotland - a sea mist that rolls in very quickly and you cant see anything and then its gone as quickly as it came. Fishing at 6am then back in for bacon rolls around 9. Happy days. Lots to see and do in that part of the country too, Berwick, Alnwick just down the road and Eyemouth a couple of miles away.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
its a holiday cottage rental with a boathouse underneath. I have stayed there with Mrs S on a number of occassions. You can fish from dawn to dusk. Dawn is particularly magical with the soft light, wildlife and trout moving everywhere around you. Being 300 yards from the sea, you often get what we call a haar in Scotland - a sea mist that rolls in very quickly and you cant see anything and then its gone as quickly as it came. Fishing at 6am then back in for bacon rolls around 9. Happy days. Lots to see and do in that part of the country too, Berwick, Alnwick just down the road and Eyemouth a couple of miles away.
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magical place,
i envy you "proper" anglers , with the "knowledge" i really do, some of the things i read on here i have to actually go away and read about to improve my overall knowledge of the sport, every discipline is covered and it really is a great source for me to improve, i got into river/ canal fishing because of this place, obviously i had the desire myself, but reading helps build confidence (especially when all the "experts" are blanking i think its not just me :)).

but and its a big but, i hope i can give you all a little knowledge and advice , its not a bacon roll, its a bacon butty or barmcake, but apart from that, you seem to be doing well @Saddleworth2 carry on with the good work and reports :)
 
peace frog said:
magical place,
i envy you "proper" anglers , with the "knowledge" i really do, some of the things i read on here i have to actually go away and read about to improve my overall knowledge of the sport, every discipline is covered and it really is a great source for me to improve, i got into river/ canal fishing because of this place, obviously i had the desire myself, but reading helps build confidence (especially when all the "experts" are blanking i think its not just me :)).

but and its a big but, i hope i can give you all a little knowledge and advice , its not a bacon roll, its a bacon butty or barmcake, but apart from that, you seem to be doing well @Saddleworth2 carry on with the good work and reports :)
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Ha, believe me mate, in Scotland if you ask for a bacon butty you will go hungry. It’s a Bacon roll. Mate, very few anglers have the knowledge, some just have more experience than others. You have good seasons and bad seasons no matter who you are. I have friends that are internationals and I still beat them once in a while And believe me I am no great shakes. You are doing just fine and reading stuff and then trying it out on the water is the way to go. Youtube is another fantastic resource. I’m sure you do but when on the water, don’t be shy at quizzing other fishermen. I still do it constantly. Fly? Depth? Retrieve? No one has told me to fuck off yet ;-)

give it a season or two and you will be as competent as most. Even my International buddies blank...that’s why it’s called fishing not catching. :-)
 
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