Bluemoon Angling Thread

remember arthur mann said:
Cheers DD. Many years back went to the Post Office stretch, Tickled Trout, this was pre PAAS membership, so over 30yrs ago, there'd been torrential rain all night, think we arrived on the tide, never seen a river rise as quick and as high, totally unfishable, needless to say it was a quick about turn.
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If I were you I'd start at Osbaldestone. It's got lots of fish and is a good place to learn the many moods of the Ribble and it's barbel.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Been really busy and hardly been out. Still on my quest to film an ultra-rare big perch from my local canal/river system even though I should be after the barbel now. As it was June 16th after football training I caught the last hour or so on the interconnecting river. Fished three new areas and found some fish in the last one - landed a trout and 2 perch (under a pound) but also got another "lead" on film from another angler who has had a big perch from one of the spots.

I've got a whole spring's worth of footage now and have everything for the film but the big perch. I can't let this one go now!

With rain forecast this weekend I don't think I'll be able to resist the Ribble barbel next week though.
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I used to fish the Ribble for barbel and chub on Warrington AA ticket 35+ years ago. Can't recall exactly where it was but about a mile or two upstream from the Tickled Trout. Will never forget it was about a half mile walk from the car park to the swims over styles etc. Fooked by the time you got there with all your gear :-). Happy days though.
 
Scouse Blue said:
I used to fish the Ribble for barbel and chub on Warrington AA ticket 35+ years ago. Can't recall exactly where it was but about a mile or two upstream from the Tickled Trout. Will never forget it was about a half mile walk from the car park to the swims over styles etc. Fooked by the time you got there with all your gear :-). Happy days though.
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Most of the Ribble involves a yomp. I suspect you mean Balderstone which is now PAAS.
 
Sir peace frog said:
Just stopped off for a bacon and sausage barm by the canal side in adlington 44cm long, not sure of the weight, but it's definitely my PB
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Get in there mate! Impossible to tell the weight from the picture but 44cm is an absolutely massive perch. 3lb+? Fish of a lifetime that.
 
Sir peace frog said:
Had to crop the pic to fit it onto bluemoon
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This is a hugely inexact science but a perch group I'm in have a length to weight chart. It's fairly meaningless for obvious reasons: when they are full of spawn or full of food they weigh hughly more than a thin fish.

A 17 inch perch like yours comes out on the chart at 2-13. That is a slim, post-spawn perch that you have there so I'd guestimate it to be between 2-4 and 2-8.

It's a magnificent fish and certainly well over 2lb so you should be well pleased.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
This is a hugely inexact science but a perch group I'm in have a length to weight chart. It's fairly meaningless for obvious reasons: when they are full of spawn or full of food they weigh hughly more than a thin fish.

A 17 inch perch like yours comes out on the chart at 2-13. That is a slim, post-spawn perch that you have there so I'd guestimate it to be between 2-4 and 2-8.

It's a magnificent fish and certainly well over 2lb so you should be well pleased.
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didn't think it was a jack because it plodded, if I'm honest didn't think it was a perch, stayed really low, thought it was a snag at first, I was right under a far bank bush, it was solid until it started moving, my lure must of landed on it's head because it was instant,caught that after about 15 mins, and I was so chuffed not catching again didn't mean anything, I would of loved a pike to go with it, but that scratched my itch, bacon and sausage barm brew, perfect days fishing haha, thrilled
 
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