Bluemoon Angling Thread

[idahoblues]

My pb carp, a few ounces under 30.

Who’s the sucker holding you?

 

[crublue1]

Who’s the sucker holding you?

Some **** from alty ;-)

 

[idahoblues]

Some **** from alty ;-)

Looks like a wrong un

 

[crublue1]

Looks like a wrong un

And you'd be correct, on the assumption that it takes one to know one of course....

 

[crublue1]

I've had a few results over the years, can't complain, and some happy memories too.

Quick edit, I completely forgot to mention that all these pics were taken by my long term fishing partner, and close friend, Stuart. He's sadly no longer with us, and his passing made trips alone a bit underwhelming, no matter what I caught. Probably why I gave up fishing if I'm honest.
I'm naturally a loner, but when he left it hit me hard. It's nice to share your catches with a true soul mate.
He was a brilliant all round angler, and a lovely bloke. Taught me so much, without even realising it. He'd collect mushrooms + wild garlic, then at sunset, would come back with a rabbit, skin it, and fry it up. I can still taste it now, watching the sun set over a massive cheshire mere, the owls hooting, geese squabbling, swans, ducks circling before they land. Stu gets the whiskey out and we have a nip or three and toast that massive orange ball sinking away.
Rip mate, never forget you

 

[Scouse Blue]

Bit wild on the lough today. Latest score, Noggs' mate 4 bream over 5lbs, Noggs Zero.

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Whereabouts are you NN. Sooo jealous, some years now since I last made a trip across. Are there many UK anglers there these days?

 

[Newman Noggs]

Got back yesterday. We were at Killeshandra on the Erne system.

To be honest, the fishing has plummeted and we go more out of tradition these days and the place is still beautiful. The weather, of course, is still extreme. The decline in fishing is matched by a decline in the number of anglers.

We get the boat out to somewhere remote, bait up and fish the same spot for three or four days. This year, between the two of us, we had just 4 tench all over 4lbs and just 5 bream the last 4 of which, as I said, my mate caught all over 5lbs and from a different spot we had only lightly pre -baited.

The conditions were mostly atrocious though, red hot and still and probably no coincidence the bream came on the one wild day dull with very strong wind.

I suspect that if we'd adopted the night fishing technique DD described, we'd have caught more but I'm too old and soft for that caper.

We had a lot of belting roach though and, astonishingly, given we used primarily maggot and worm, not a single perch all week

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Just had an extremely pleasant morning on The River Tees using worms for perch in shady spots. Lovely morning, saw an otter, a sparrowhalk and a kingfisher. Caught perch steadily topped off with this pristine beauty.

 

[Scouse Blue]

Got back yesterday. We were at Killeshandra on the Erne system.

To be honest, the fishing has plummeted and we go more out of tradition these days and the place is still beautiful. The weather, of course, is still extreme. The decline in fishing is matched by a decline in the number of anglers.

We get the boat out to somewhere remote, bait up and fish the same spot for three or four days. This year, between the two of us, we had just 4 tench all over 4lbs and just 5 bream the last 4 of which, as I said, my mate caught all over 5lbs and from a different spot we had only lightly pre -baited.

The conditions were mostly atrocious though, red hot and still and probably no coincidence the bream came on the one wild day dull with very strong wind.

I suspect that if we'd adopted the night fishing technique DD described, we'd have caught more but I'm too old and soft for that caper.

We had a lot of belting roach though and, astonishingly, given we used primarily maggot and worm, not a single perch all week

Sad to hear the fishing was not very good, but as you say still beautiful surroundings. Odd re the perch, in my 3 early season trips to the nene, no bream showing yet no perch either despite fishing worm and caster. Late 70's/early 80's in Ireland, every time you landed a bream and dropped your terminal tackle down the edge, whilst you dealt with the bream , you would lift it to find a perch dangling.

 

[idahoblues]

Beav showing the way

 

[idahoblues]

 

[idahoblues]

 

[idahoblues]

Nice little Brown, really got into them today, probably six Brown’s and more Cutthroats

 

[idahoblues]

ROBOFLY! Couldn’t help myself, had to try it…haha, no takers

 

[idahoblues]

 

[idahoblues]

 

[Newman Noggs]

Love these photos. "Wel jel" as the kids in my office might say.

 

[Sir peace frog]

beautiful pictures as usual, as for the moose ,fuck that i shit my pants passing geese :)

 

[Saddleworth2]

There is a moose loose.

 

[idahoblues]

beautiful pictures as usual, as for the moose ,fuck that i shit my pants passing geese :)

I’ve seen hundreds of moose on the river over the years and only been charged twice, both times they had young ones with them. We’d seen a good sized Bull before this, it’s rack was still in velvet