Bluemoon Angling Thread

Saddleworth2 said:
fS, who would eat a Barbel!
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True mate. And they night line my local carp and trout lakes. They will scoff anything.
There were pictures in the press of one set of nets that were found, you could see dead barbel and a salmon.
 
snorky said:
True mate. And they night line my local carp and trout lakes. They will scoff anything.
There were pictures in the press of one set of nets that were found, you could see dead barbel and a salmon.
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A bunch of us were away last week and got talking about the future of the sport. There seem so many challenges:
Poaching
Climate change
Fish farms
Extraction of water from rivers
Factory fishing of feed species
Lack of youngsters taking up the sport
Lack of environmental protection/interest when compared with furry/feathery creatures
Weak pollution controls

It was quite depressing really. Anglers of all persuasions are pretty good environmentalists. They are on the rivers and lakes/lochs more than just about everyone.They act as an early warning system for problems. Unfortunately, they also seem to be the only ones who care about safeguarding future stocks of wild fish. We should form a RSPF for sure.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Anyone out this weekend ?

I'm down to the Severn after perch tomorrow. Perfect weekend. City Saturday, fishing Sunday.
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Met with my usual success today, plenty of small dace and 2 gudgeon. My mate had 4 perch between 1lb and 1lb 9 ozs on half a lobworm. And right at the death he had a barbel of 7lbs 7 ozs.

My brother was on the Staffs and Worcester canal at Tixall and had a perch of 2lbs 4 ozs on maggot as well as load of roach
 
I went out for a couple of hours float fishing little live baits for perch in the marina on Friday but couldn’t get a bite.
 
Just got back from chasing a few bass... normally pump my own bait and have decent success , tonight my back was too bad to pump so my old man bought me some yellow tail worm.... they were wrank , not a good start to the night , then the handle on my Abu multiliplier snapped !! No bass and no sign of the mystical cod!!

Nice to be out though :-)
 
blue moony said:
Just got back from chasing a few bass... normally pump my own bait and have decent success , tonight my back was too bad to pump so my old man bought me some yellow tail worm.... they were wrank , not a good start to the night , then the handle on my Abu multiliplier snapped !! No bass and no sign of the mystical cod!!

Nice to be out though :-)
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Where were you fishing?
 
If anyone's out this weekend, keep us posted. I can't get out so I'll be stir crazy though if I can find an hour I may make a pathetic attempt at drop-shotting on the grand union.
 
Spoke to BMR about starting fishing. Something I’ve always wanted to do but never got round to it. Maybe a bluemoon meet-up on the banks of the river ?
 
Indaparkside said:
Spoke to BMR about starting fishing. Something I’ve always wanted to do but never got round to it. Maybe a bluemoon meet-up on the banks of the river ?
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Not a bad idea mate. Anyone wanting to learn the basics of fishing then I'll gladly give some free time up.
Already said I'll take @Adidas Sharston fishing. I have spare gear, rods reels etc. Maybe organise a meet up with some of the other regular anglers on here to show any of you wanting to try fishing a few basics skills and offer advice buying the right gear at the right price should anyone want to take it up and buy their own kit.

It's not just about catching fish, it being at one with nature and appreciating it. It's also a good way of de-stressing and it's great mind therapy.

There are so many places to fish in and around Manchester. Some waters are fishable on a day ticket, some are free fishing,the only requirement is to hold a valid EA fishing licence.

Like i say, I don't mind teaching people how to fish.
 
Unexpectedly good day trotting on the River Churnet near Leek.

Plenty of chublets, dace, roach and perch on caster over hemp though my brother caught more on maggot (73 in fact, the sad bugger counts them so that he can enter it in his fishing diary which he's been keeping since 1974)

The bonus was twin perch both exactly 1.5lbs weighed. It seems to me that, even though they are en vogue at the moment there are more good perch than ever about this year. Seen a photo recently of a guy on the Severn with a brace both over 3lbs.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Unexpectedly good day trotting on the River Churnet near Leek.

Plenty of chublets, dace, roach and perch on caster over hemp though my brother caught more on maggot (73 in fact, the sad bugger counts them so that he can enter it in his fishing diary which he's been keeping since 1974)

The bonus was twin perch both exactly 1.5lbs weighed. It seems to me that, even though they are en vogue at the moment there are more good perch than ever about this year. Seen a photo recently of a guy on the Severn with a brace both over 3lbs.
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Great stuff, especially the perch. My mate had a 3-10 from The Ribble this week.
 
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