Bluemoon Angling Thread

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

3000 acres to search and plenty drifting boats to avoid. Might be quite challenging.

That was my first thought. Honestly wouldn't know where to start on a water that size, but nothing unusual for those that have fished Irish Lochs I suppose. At least with trout you can follow the wind / insect life or rises for a start.

 

[Newman Noggs]

That was my first thought. Honestly wouldn't know where to start on a water that size, but nothing unusual for those that have fished Irish Lochs I suppose. At least with trout you can follow the wind / insect life or rises for a start.

Only answer on a lake that size is pre-baiting Irish style I reckon.

 

[Scouse Blue]

I am having a rare day out tomorrow, only the second day this year. Going to a 'carp puddle' but a really nice landscaped pool, not just a hole in the ground. Went a couple of weeks ago for the first time. It was after a couple of days of 16/17C, and the day we went (with a friend) it barely got above 4C. The place was 'full' of 'bivvy boys'. I set up with my 13' match rod, 6lb maxima straight through with either a lump of luncheon meat or large prawn and had 8 really nice pristine carp, biggest just over 13lb. Saw just caught by the bivvy brigade lol. Looking forward to a day in the countryside tomorrow :-)

 

[Scouse Blue]

I'm trying hard to do my first youtube video with the theme of me searching for an elusive 3lb perch in the local canals . I've been searching for clues and basically narrowed my search down to one short canal where I keep hearing of big fish including a four pounder. One of the strange things that's happened has been that I've found several dead massive perch, which I took as good signs.

All fucking winter I've walked and fished this canal. Lures, worms and livebaits. I've not even had a pluck. I was tearing my hair out, accumulating hours of footage, and decided just to "double down" on this canal, keep at it, in for a penny in for a pound, and sooner or later I'd win the war of attrition with these mythical monsters.

On Friday evening I got chatting to a barge owner who lives there. He told me that two months ago a gang of Eastern Europeans turned up in the middle of the night, opened the lock gate, drained the whole canal down and netted it of everything.

I've wasted an entire fucking winter, talking to a camera, on an empty canal.

FFS, that's atrocious!

 

[Scouse Blue]

Well, just about thawed out from a day on Rutland fishing from a boat. We fished buzzers and, in my case, I had a "Foam-Arsed Blob" on the end of my line so I could fish what I think they call "washing line" style.

Huge lake and so windy I was still rocking when I got into bed. Hardly saw any sun and it was cold all day. Even though I put on some neoprene chest waders and my winter gear I could have fomr with more.

Anyway, there was plenty of sport which enabled the guide to give me pienty of advice on my technique so, with the wind at my back I could cast well and I learned to lift into the fish rather than striking. All in all a great day and I'll be doing it again soon although, in truth, I prefer rivers.

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Where did you stay over, assuming you did. That's 10 minutes from where I live!

 

[Saddleworth2]

Where did you stay over, assuming you did. That's 10 minutes from where I live!

You lucky lucky lad. Best trout fishery in Europe.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Where did you stay over, assuming you did. That's 10 minutes from where I live!

No, we travelled. In fact, I went further away from my home in Warwick, up to Manchester so I could see my mum and then travel to Rutland with my mate. About a 2.5 hour journey. Worth it in my view.

 

[Sir peace frog]

tales from the canal
caught fuckall
the end :)

woke up early ,another furlough day, fuck it,stuff in the car and off to the canal,i spent some time the night before making a stinger rig and wanted to try it out, 15cm(big for me) lure with 2 single hooks, didnt swim right but i was chuffed i actually bothered being a lazy sod, needs a bit of work.

another reason i went was it was quite a lovely day to start with, also i had lost one of my gloves last time i went, on the way back to the car after a complete blank just walking and trawling my lure(it was pissing down by this stage) and a big curly dog bounded up to me,and dropped something at my feet, i couldnt believe it ,it was my lost glove, i laughed to the owners it was my glove and got the other one out of my bag, so they didnt think i was some sort of scav :)

so lots learnt, a nice walk and got my glove back :)

 

[Newman Noggs]

tales from the canal
caught fuckall
the end :)

woke up early ,another furlough day, fuck it,stuff in the car and off to the canal,i spent some time the night before making a stinger rig and wanted to try it out, 15cm(big for me) lure with 2 single hooks, didnt swim right but i was chuffed i actually bothered being a lazy sod, needs a bit of work.

another reason i went was it was quite a lovely day to start with, also i had lost one of my gloves last time i went, on the way back to the car after a complete blank just walking and trawling my lure(it was pissing down by this stage) and a big curly dog bounded up to me,and dropped something at my feet, i couldnt believe it ,it was my lost glove, i laughed to the owners it was my glove and got the other one out of my bag, so they didnt think i was some sort of scav :)

so lots learnt, a nice walk and got my glove back :)

Ha ha ! Brilliant.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Ha ha ! Brilliant.

Never a dull moment at the minute:)