Bluemoon Angling Thread

So opening day yesterday. A cold one with a wind so strong we were blown off the loch for a couple of hours. The wind had churned the water over the last few weeks with a result that visibility was around 1m rather than the usual 3 or 4. That’s my excuse anyway as opening day normally results in double figure catches. Some managed that, mainly those on the Bank that fished the margins. It was tougher for the boats and I finished with seven and my boat partner blanked.

The overall impression though was one of sadness at the damage inflicted on this beautiful place by storm Arwen. Mature trees snapped like matchsticks. It will take decades to recover its former glory and gave the owners a great deal of extra work fishing huge trees out of the loch. The owners car was written off by a tree seconds before he intended to move it. The home they built overlooking the loch was surrounded by mature trees, now all destroyed.

Back there next week, hopefully conditions a little kinder.
 
caught my first canal pike since november (i think) little jack on a ned rig,the bugger swallowed it right down, i was after perch but i was more than happy to get this on the bank, when i first started playing it i had visions of a very decent perch , but oh well , at least id finally stopped the blanks, could only fish for an hour or two the wind was really strong, cost me my lucky ned rig :((nothing to do with over casting into the far bushes :) )

Also heard a lovely bird singing:)
 

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I had a long weekend with the Mrs on the banks of the lower Severn. Seeing the mild weather forecast I had high hopes of a multi-species catch and took loads of gear down with me. Didn't really go to plan to be honest.

On the first day I brought a barbel rod and a feeder rod to fish one for the barbel and one lighter feeder rod for the perch. Except I'd packed my heavy duty pike deadbait rod/reel instead. I had to seriously improvise. Had one chub on a lobworm and it absultely hammered it down with rain all day. The river bank was a bit of a mess too following the floods with litter festooning the trees.

The second day I had fallen over twice by the time I reached the peg and very nearly went into a pushing river with all my tackle. The muddy banks were like an ice rink. I managed one chub again on a boilie in 9 hours. Slid on my arse loads of times and was caked with mud.

To try to make up for the disapointment i took the lure gear out local yesterday afternoon and blanked doing that too. Something made a big lunge at my lure sending the dace scattering everywhere to give a bit of excitement but I couldn't get a hit no matter how many lure changes.

My season ended with a whimper not a bang. It's been a poor one overall to be honest without a single PB. I've got my first ever fly fishing lesson booked on April 28th on the River Esk though.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I had a long weekend with the Mrs on the banks of the lower Severn. Seeing the mild weather forecast I had high hopes of a multi-species catch and took loads of gear down with me. Didn't really go to plan to be honest.

On the first day I brought a barbel rod and a feeder rod to fish one for the barbel and one lighter feeder rod for the perch. Except I'd packed my heavy duty pike deadbait rod/reel instead. I had to seriously improvise. Had one chub on a lobworm and it absultely hammered it down with rain all day. The river bank was a bit of a mess too following the floods with litter festooning the trees.

The second day I had fallen over twice by the time I reached the peg and very nearly went into a pushing river with all my tackle. The muddy banks were like an ice rink. I managed one chub again on a boilie in 9 hours. Slid on my arse loads of times and was caked with mud.

To try to make up for the disapointment i took the lure gear out local yesterday afternoon and blanked doing that too. Something made a big lunge at my lure sending the dace scattering everywhere to give a bit of excitement but I couldn't get a hit no matter how many lure changes.

My season ended with a whimper not a bang. It's been a poor one overall to be honest without a single PB. I've got my first ever fly fishing lesson booked on April 28th on the River Esk though.
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If you don't mind me asking, who have you booked?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
If you don't mind me asking, who have you booked?
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My mate booked it for us both as a 50th birthday present for me. I’ll find out and let you in the morning. We stay two nights at a nice pub and do a full day’s fishing in between. The next day is Leeds v City and I’m in hospitality, then that night I’m going to see the comedian Stuart Lee. Should be a great weekend and I may end up with another addiction!
 
Didsbury Dave said:
My mate booked it for us both as a 50th birthday present for me. I’ll find out and let you in the morning. We stay two nights at a nice pub and do a full day’s fishing in between. The next day is Leeds v City and I’m in hospitality, then that night I’m going to see the comedian Stuart Lee. Should be a great weekend and I may end up with another addiction!
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Sounds like an amazing 50th celebration DD. Enjoy, especially the 3 points against Lids :-)
 
A couple of uneventful short trips with the lures convinced me the perch aren't really active, so on Saturday I went out with lobworms. The first area I tried I was throwing a little feeder filled with chopped worm in the gaps between boats at the far bank of the marina, with a lob on the hook. the world seemed to be cruising about on their barges, losing me a set of tackle and meaning I had to recast all the time. I sacked this spot off after an hour and found a cheeky little hole swim by a bridge that had been opened out by winter pruning. This gave me a nice area under my rod tip and I float fished a lob on a lift float whilst feeding chopped worm.

Fished there for a few hours and had three bites for two fish landed. The first was a pristine chub of about 3lb and the second was a perch of about 1-10. A decent return and my first good perch for a while.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
My mate booked it for us both as a 50th birthday present for me. I’ll find out and let you in the morning. We stay two nights at a nice pub and do a full day’s fishing in between. The next day is Leeds v City and I’m in hospitality, then that night I’m going to see the comedian Stuart Lee. Should be a great weekend and I may end up with another addiction!
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Stuart Lee is a habit thats hard to break ;)
 
Didsbury Dave said:
My mate booked it for us both as a 50th birthday present for me. I’ll find out and let you in the morning. We stay two nights at a nice pub and do a full day’s fishing in between. The next day is Leeds v City and I’m in hospitality, then that night I’m going to see the comedian Stuart Lee. Should be a great weekend and I may end up with another addiction!
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Stuart Lee! So that's where you get it from;-)
Have a great one.
 
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