Bluemoon Angling Thread

Bunch o pelicans

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I had my first session of the season on The Ribble last night, barbel the target. I was there around 6pm and found it overcast and the river on its bare bones. Fished two rods, small pellet on one and half a boilie on the other. Baited quite heavily initially using large PVA bags on the upstream rod.

It was very quiet for hours. I had my first fish as the light dropped, a chub of around 3lb on the downstream rod. It's always the downstream rod first on these kind of evening sessions. Then the tips started to knock. I had a screamer but there was nothing there on the strike. Then around 11pm the same rod roared off again and I was into a barbel. A barn owl screeched as I played it - all on camera, or so I thought. When I turned the headlamp on I was hit with the most incredible blizzard of insects I've ever known, despite the repellant. So I'm playing this barbel, streamer weed all over the line and my net, a million midges and mozzies attacking me and a barn owl screeching in the background.

I landed it and it was a lovely, lean, summer bar of gold. No way I was photographing or weighing it whilst under attack but it was probably around 8lb. At least I had the whole thing on camera, or so I thought. I've just checked this morning and it didn't save. Gutted. I lost my money shot.

I left at 12.15pm, a long walk back in the dark, but it was great to be back "proper" fishing for the big barbel again.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Yes, been here a week. Hard to get these target boards. I've hoarded two of them.

I'm not fishing well but conditions are hard. Had some decent tench but only 5 bream between us.
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We had an Irish trip in a heatwave once and ended up resorting to fishing all night to catch big bags of bream. They wouldn’t switch on until about 10pm and would go off in the early hours at which point we’d grab a few hours in a tent and then have a swim when the sun came up. Brilliant memories.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Bit wild on the lough today. Latest score, Noggs' mate 4 bream over 5lbs, Noggs Zero.

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I made a board just like that back in the day, the shop bought ones were far to small. Never felt the need to have it on a tripod though, I just had it on a bankstick.
I also had the same rod rest you're using.

Edit, just looked at the photo again, rocky ground, tripod. Makes sense.
 
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