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Peter
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 Posted - 06 October 2003 : 10:18:18 PM
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Sunday 5th.
Brookhall Lake just outside the village of Tiptree in Essex was the scene of the Hawthorne AC club match this weekend.
This is normaly a prolfic venue and i'd invited my fellow maggotdrowner Dave the Fish to join us at the venue for the day.
One thing that i've noticed over the years is that regardless how good the weather is,the 1st Sunday of October is invariably darn cold.I'm sure that it's something to do with this day always marking the start of the Winter Leagues.Today there was a cloudless sky and a really biting North Westerly wind.
Just to make us feel better,Betty the bailiff informed us that the previous day had been very poor in terms of fish caught and that it had chucked it down overnight,so with 22 of us searching around for fleeces and warm cloths it was draw time.
I drew peg 9 while Dave drew 23.
On arrival at my peg it was obvious that the water level was down,as where the banker margin swim should be was bone dry.Plumbing up at 11mtrs where i was expecting to find at least 6ft revealed only 4ft and not a feature to be found.I had a look in what was left of the margins and could only manage 8 inches before it dropped down the ledge into about 3ft.
I set up a dead depth rig for 11mtrs and a heavy margin rig to fish paste,and a straight lead rig as a get out of jail option.
At the off nearly a pint of pellet and hemp went into the margin swim,and in such a shallow swim it wouldn't be touched until i saw a tail pattern or mud cloud disturb it.
Out to 11mtrs over a small pot of hemp and pellet,to no avail with just the odd small silver coming to single maggot,with the ripple and rising sun just adding to the difficulty.
11mtrs and...................not a lot!
Dave strolled past to retrieve some meat that he'd left in the car,by which time i'd gone over to a straight lead with a lump of paste,and as Dave came back past the tip pulled steadily round,and the strike met with....................NOTHING.Guess which idiot had managed to knock the fighting drag off on the reel without noticing?  Well it cheered Dave up.
Not another touch after that,and with very little coming out anywhere on the lake Dave arrived back later on,with his flask and sarnies and probably hoping for another faux pas on my part to entertain him.
So back out onto the pole line and no sooner had the float settled and away it went  A nice little tench of about 8ozs,a double bonus as it was the fish of the day,and if no others were caught it would pay my expenses.Dave wandered off back to his peg muttering to himself,I'm sure it was something about how skillfull i was.
Well the afternoon dragged on with just the occaisional small roach or rudd breaking the monotony,when with 25 minutes to go i saw a tail pattern in the margin.On with a lump of paste on the margin pole and within 30 seconds it's sailing away..............MISSED
Same again,back out and 30 seconds later away it goes again,only this time i connected. Off tears an angry carp,and a few minutes later a nice 9lb'er is nestling in the landing net.
Nothing more till the end of the match,but that one fish had got me out of jail.
Weigh-in time and that one carp and a few silvers gave me a level 13lbs,which was enough for 4th on the day.
Dave had managed 7lbs 5ozs for a creditable 9th.
The inquest in the carpark after the match,laid the blame firmly on the cold weather and the biting wind.Everyone had to work for their fish today,still better than d******ing though.
Peter.
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Posted - 06 October 2003 : 11:05:58 PM
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nice report Peter,
and that photo should get you some Maver sponsorship
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Peter
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Posted - 06 October 2003 : 11:17:31 PM
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Product Placement.
You never know,mavermaverick may see it.
I'd be quite happy to do a long term test on one of their new 2004 poles.
Peter.
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Posted - 06 October 2003 : 11:32:00 PM
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First of a big thank you to Peter for the invite I had an enjoyable day in good company, they are certainly a friendly bunch.
The only consolation after drawing the longest walk was that it was a bit more sheltered at that end of the lake and when the sun came out it wasn’t too uncomfortable. I guessed as most did that it was going to be hard so based on my clubs match there in March I chose to start on the feeder. Apart from the rod almost being ripped out of my hands after an hour, which felt like a foul hooker and the hook pulling after a few seconds, nothing much happened.
I then found I had not put any meat in my bag so it was a walk back to the car for my spare supply and to see if I could pick up any tips. After watching Peter for a few minutes I found out how not to strike when using paste.
Back to my peg and on with a small pellet of meat, round goes the tip and at last I’m in, well for a short while anyway, I’m too slow to catch a cold even in that weather and lose it. Well I must get something in the net so out comes the pole and I start catching small roach on caster.
At about 1.30 time for a break so I take my flask and food to go and sit with Peter and see what I can learn. Well what a lesson, how to catch tench in October. For those of you who don’t know, firstly you flick out your rig attach the rest of the pole to the top 3 and ship out. Then pull the pole back to retrieve your hook which is now firmly attached to the end of your keepnet. Ask someone standing near you to hold the pole as it slips towards the water and sit back on your box. Flick out the rig again being sure to miss the net this time ship out wait a few seconds then stike ( try to hide the surprised look on your face and pretend it is pure skill )
I think I’ve learnt enough so back to my peg with comments like lucky B*****d ringing in my ears as the word is passed along the bank.
Nothing on the pole so its back on the feeder until a bit like Peter I see the mud being stirred up where I have put pellet close to the bank, so I retrieve the feeder and place it in the margins. 5 minutes later the rod again rips round and this time I am prepared and a 61/2 lber graces my net.
Not a prolific day but a few fish to show for it and I haven’t disgraced myself.
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Posted - 07 October 2003 : 9:46:32 PM
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Well done Dave,
Thanks for coming,Glad you learnt something.
Peter.
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Posted - 09 October 2003 : 05:07:46 AM
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| Dave, dont you dare tell anybody about MY SECRET GRASSIE PLACE, lol or else i wont tell you no places!! |
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Posted - 09 October 2003 : 05:09:07 AM
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| no other places i meant |
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Posted - 09 October 2003 : 10:26:16 PM
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woodlands north yorkshire, dragon fly lake
i was bored at home so i decided to go to woodlands for a few hrs,got there about 12-30pm got all set up decided to just fish the feeder as it was windy and i hate using me pole in wind.
first cast i just got me rod settled on rest then bang me tip flew round couple of mins later i landed a ghostie bout 2 1/2lb on corn,
next cast exactly the same happened just got settled the tip went round again not as big tho just a skimmer.
next put in i was in to a big common just bout to get it in the net the sod got off(gutted).
as the day went on i was gettin a fish a chuck carp to around 2-3lb, then i got a surprise the rod nearly went with a fish on the end just caught it in time bout 7-8 mins later i landed me first ever koi it was round about 6-7lb i was chuffed to bits with it big grin on me face hahaha
couple of small carp later i had a big orange mirror carp, my biggest fish ever is only 8 1/2lb but this mirror was a lot bigger without a doubt.
worst part of the day i left home without my camera, was quite gutted because id never had a koi b4 and i deffenitly had my biggest fish to date.
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Posted - 12 October 2003 : 8:38:22 PM
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Went down to the irrigation pool for the farm with a rod (ready rigged as I live 200yds away), lobworms and a shotgun. Caught some beautiful small perch (biggest about 1/2lb) and a few silver fish. It dryed up a bit so i shot a brace of rabbits and a few pigeons. Ahh thats the life :)
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Posted - 13 October 2003 : 11:48:05 AM
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Saturday 11th October 2003, River Stour, Long Melford, Suffolk.
This was the first time Laurie and I had fished this river, one that is on our club book. We got there about 2pm, bright sunshine, nice and warm and went exploring. There are 5 or 6 stretches on here that the club has access to, but some of them are very difficult to get to. At about 3.30pm we settled on a short stretch right next to the road and a parking area as it was about the only place we could find that the two of us would fit in to. To our left was the bridge over the road, with fast water coming through, farly shallow though at about 2-3 feet. This slowed down and became shallower to our right.
It was going to be Laurie's first try at trotting a stick float through, with maggot on the hook and maggot/hemp pellets asa feed. After a "lesson" from me (I've done it once before so am "the expert" in our family) he started, and did very well for his first time. We both missed bites, but eventually he connected and landed a small Dace (3 more points for the race ) for him.
I was going to try the feeder as there wasn't enough space for us both to float fish. I baited up a slack area underneath the opposite bank with both maggots and hemp pellets and left it for an hour or so while I helped Laurie.
On the advice of some local lads Laurie went across to the opposite bank, waded through a shallow stream to get to a small "island" down to our right where the water was slower and carried on trotting from there. Again he missed a few bites but managed to connect with a small Roach.
Once he had moved I cast out my quiver rod with a small maggot feeder attached, and double maggot on the hook to the area I had baited up earlier. Within 5 minutes the tip went round and line started to peel off - a nice, fit Roach of about 12oz was soon in the net.
A few more casts with the feeder, then as I turned round to engage the baitrunner the tip went again and another Roach of about the same size was in the net.
As we were packing up at dusk we could here lots more fish splashing around, sounded like Pike after some of the silvers.
A nice afternoon, a couple of fish each and another species for Laurie then it was home, getting fish and chips on the way to sit down and watch the highlights of the England game with a couple of beers, all in all a great way to spend a Saturday
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Posted - 13 October 2003 : 12:51:47 PM
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Well done to laurie on his dace
alan nice report but last paragraph ruined it
tight lines.
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Posted - 15 October 2003 : 8:35:54 PM
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Wednesday 15th October
Having crossed the Ribble many times whilst going to visit relations in Blackpool, I've always wondered what it was like to fish. Well today I found out.
Before the report a big thank-you to MD ray for his valuable information on day ticket stretches.
So off me and Ray (another one) set off for the 40 minute drive over the top to fish the Tickled Trout stretch immediatly downstream of the M6 bridge. Bought the day ticket (£3) at the garage, and parked up in a litter strewn carpark.
The banks were also in a terrible state, and this wasn't flotsam from the river, but empty hemp tins, sweet corn tins, Coshida catfood tins, beer cans crisp packets,etc etc, it made us both feel embarassed that fellow anglers, so called guardians of the river would leave such a state. There was also plenty of evidence of rats in the newly exposed mud, the infestation no doubt exacerbated by the rubbish.
Anyway....
The river, so our suprise, looked quite shallow, we were expecting something akin to the tidal Trent. We set up immediatly behind the motel, both electing to initially fish maggot feeders rather than go the whole hog for the expected chub and barbel straight away. First casts confirmed that the swims were indeed shallow, but we were still expecting a quick responce from chublets and dace. But that was not the case. After 2 1/2 hours a biting downstreamer had arrived, and we had had a total of three bites between us, both recording a single 7" brownie.
The depth of the swims was illustrated when a gull alighted on the water where I'de been chucking the feeder, and promptly stood up!
So seeking more sheltered and slightly deeper swims we made our way upstream to the top end of the dayticket stretch, located a couple of likely swims, again strewn with anglers left-overs, went back for the car, but couldn't get down the lane as the mainroad had just been re-tarred and was sizzleing. So next lane down was access to the Bonsai nursery stretch (dayticket £4 but only valid till 5pm). Fished all afternoon alternating between meat, pellet, boilie and maggot for not a fish between us.
Hey-Ho, no wonder the commercials are popular.
4 day tickets between us for 2 trout, still better than work.
Neil
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Posted - 15 October 2003 : 9:59:57 PM
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"Rubbish" then Neil in more ways than one...
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Posted - 17 October 2003 : 11:05:10 PM
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Hi folks,
Had a day off today and thanks to my good lady I managed to get a spot of fishing in at a Private non commercial pond not too far from home.
I have fished here before but have only ever caught Roach, Bream and a very small tench.
Jill dropped me off nice and early (07.15) as she needed to get to work before the rush started. I picked a spot on the far side of the pond with a nice clearing and an overhanging tree to my left, that's where I fished with my float rod (just a few feet off the bank and about 5 feet deep).
I'd decided to use a Polaris float and leger combo with my 2nd rod (bit awkward trying to watch 2 floats ), I'd been told that there were Carp in the pond but I'd never managed to catch any on previous occasions. I allowed a generous hooklength of about 18 inches between bomb and hook and also added a heavy shot 6 inches back from the hook, this was to allow my floating dog treat to pop up of the bottom. I cast into the middle of the pond after plumbing the depth with the Polaris float (great for that).
Well a couple of hours passed and I'd landed numerous Roach from the margin with the float rod, when all of a sudden at 09.55 my recently bought Okuma Interceptor baitrunner began paying out line at alarming rate of knotts ....... I literaly chucked my float rod on the ground (due to excitement or maybe shock) and grabbed my other rod and rolled the handle forward and struck into this beauty.
I was well chuffed , after regaining my composure and re setting my float rod I also landed my biggest ever Tench, weighing around 2 - 3 lbs, not big by most standards, but my best so far.
Here's a couple more pic's of the other bigger Carp I also caught on the popped up dog treats (the last one was a silver common ??).
Well the afternoon passed quickly and before I realised it Jill pulled up in the car ready to take me home. I'd had a great day fishing was really pleased with the result.
Shouldn't you be fishing ?
<Edit: Just resized your photos for you Andy - Dave >
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AL_Peters
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Posted - 18 October 2003 : 09:59:04 AM
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Sorry to hear you didn't have a good day on the Ribble mate and your comments about the Rubbish on that paticular stretch are spot on the opposite bank is run by Prince Albert and there is not a spot of rubbish to be found on there stretches most of the best stretches on the Ribble are run by clubs and believe me the stretch you fished does not reflect this River at all the tickeld trout stretch is best fished in darkness mate as you say its very shallow and i suppose the darkness gives the fish a little more confidence, the Bonsai stretch is a superb fishery the owner used to let you fish this stretch over night till some kind individuals Knicked all his trees i was on there myself last week and had a real suprise as you will see below
Don't let this first visit put you of mate its a superb River and any further help i can be just give me a holler below is my best barbel of the Ribble this year
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Originally posted by Triturus
Wednesday 15th October
Having crossed the Ribble many times whilst going to visit relations in Blackpool, I've always wondered what it was like to fish. Well today I found out.
Before the report a big thank-you to MD ray for his valuable information on day ticket stretches.
So off me and Ray (another one) set off for the 40 minute drive over the top to fish the Tickled Trout stretch immediatly downstream of the M6 bridge. Bought the day ticket (£3) at the garage, and parked up in a litter strewn carpark.
The banks were also in a terrible state, and this wasn't flotsam from the river, but empty hemp tins, sweet corn tins, Coshida catfood tins, beer cans crisp packets,etc etc, it made us both feel embarassed that fellow anglers, so called guardians of the river would leave such a state. There was also plenty of evidence of rats in the newly exposed mud, the infestation no doubt exacerbated by the rubbish.
Anyway....
The river, so our suprise, looked quite shallow, we were expecting something akin to the tidal Trent. We set up immediatly behind the motel, both electing to initially fish maggot feeders rather than go the whole hog for the expected chub and barbel straight away. First casts confirmed that the swims were indeed shallow, but we were still expecting a quick responce from chublets and dace. But that was not the case. After 2 1/2 hours a biting downstreamer had arrived, and we had had a total of three bites between us, both recording a single 7" brownie.
The depth of the swims was illustrated when a gull alighted on the water where I'de been chucking the feeder, and promptly stood up!
So seeking more sheltered and slightly deeper swims we made our way upstream to the top end of the dayticket stretch, located a couple of likely swims, again strewn with anglers left-overs, went back for the car, but couldn't get down the lane as the mainroad had just been re-tarred and was sizzleing. So next lane down was access to the Bonsai nursery stretch (dayticket £4 but only valid till 5pm). Fished all afternoon alternating between meat, pellet, boilie and maggot for not a fish between us.
Hey-Ho, no wonder the commercials are popular.
4 day tickets between us for 2 trout, still better than work.
Neil
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Posted - 18 October 2003 : 10:52:17 PM
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Hey ho Al, that's not really you in the picture is it? I kinda had you pictured as a cross between Ken Dodd and Eric Morcambe
Anyway, I spent a rather pleasant day in the company of our Haydn. It started when I arrived outside his house to pick him up at 6.30am this morning and off up the A1 we went
It was still dark but suprisingly warm for that time of the morning and as we reached our destination the light was just breaking through to reveal rabbits bobbing in the fields, a heron stalking in the margins and a slight mist lifting off the lake - well worth the early morning start
After a walk-a-bout we chose our swims and settled down to see what we could manage to catch from them. Haydn's was more productive than mine and he was soon into a few small perch and roach. Mine was lifeless and a lot more shallower than I had anticipated so after a biteless hour I decided to move swims - whoa hang on in there there's life Jim as we know it - a perch just about managed to bob the float under after wrestling with the maggot and forcefully pushing it into it's mouth, okay it was a little one lol
My mind was made up and I moved three pegs further down where the water doubled in depth. Feeling a bit more confident I set up two pole lines and a carp rod from which I gingerley placed three hair rigged pieces of corn under an overhanging tree.
Haydn meanwhile was bagging up on little perch, roach and rudd much to his delight. How he does it I don't know - put the man in a dustbin and he'll catch something
After an hour of trickling maggots and pinkies with a dash of pellet into my swim a perch came to hand, followed shortly by another and then a roach. No sign of the skimmers as yet but time will tell.
The owner had a walk around and we broke into discussions about everything and life in general - it only lasted an hour lol
Time for a wander afterwards and I went up to see how Haydn was doing. He was really enjoying himself <not like that either before anyone says anything> and was still catching steady away on the tip. He told me about his other rod and reel that he had bought and which was set up at the side of him. A carp rod and one of the Mitchell reels with a built in alarm. "I bought the bl@@dy thing and have yet to hear a beep from it" he said - guess what? - as if someone was listening from above the thing suddenly let of a screech as it burst into life and line started being pulled from the spool.
The pair of us stood aghast for a minute before Haydn sprung into action, lifted the rod and struck into something heading rapidly into the opposite direction. Bang, short lived, the hooklength parted company 
After he calmed down lol I went back to my peg. Just before I left it I had cupped in a good handfull of all sorts. Placing my float over it I soon had a bite but I must say it was a tiny one. Another perch.
Funnily enough all I could get bites on was 2 pinkies on a 22 hook, anything else and I didn't even get a look-in 
This was about it for the rest of the day, perch, roach, rudd and a couple of skimmers later on. Nothing major in size and no records broken but we both had a nice little bag at the end
Oh and my sweetcorn set up? I left it in that long that when I had a bite and the buzzer sounded, I missed it because I couldn't work out what the noise was and when I did it was too late
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Posted - 18 October 2003 : 11:08:20 PM
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So where did you go? Or is that a secret.
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Posted - 19 October 2003 : 2:05:42 PM
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You after my body now red leader
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Posted - 20 October 2003 : 1:05:23 PM
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After Elvington, who knows who Dave's after
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Posted - 31 October 2003 : 7:44:20 PM
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Originally posted by Dave
Last night I returned earlier from our secret venue having decided to have a quiet afternoon's fishing - there's no such thing on MD's and even though no was supposed to kow the location of this place ba a couple, Toma, Daz and Martin somehow found their way there - c'mon who spilt the beans lol?
Well I said Toma found his way there, that was after driving around the best part of Yorkshire first - once out of site of the Angel of the North and his compass goes tykes up lol
Anyway, once the hellos were said I made my way to the second half of the lake for a swim that Teepee had previously fished. My target was skimmers and loads of them. The previous session I found myself bumping more than I landed through fishing too heavy an elastic (just in case a bigger one showed)
This time my tactics were to fish a light rig and a No6 elastic but to have an heavier rig (float, no shot, 10 hook, ball of paste and no14 lakky) standing by just in case the swim went dead which may signify a bigger fish moving in on the bait.
Thirty minutes into the session and the fisrt skimmer was in the net, followed by another and another. I kept feeding steady away with a dozen or so pellets and a few pinkies & maggots to keep the small rudd busy as they had taken a liking to the pellet.
The majority of the skimmers were in the 2-6oz range but there was the odd bigger one (7oz ) and they kept coming steady away.
The no6 lakky did a great job with an occasional missed bite but no bouncers.
After an hour or so the swim suddenly died on me so out went the heavier gear and a ball of paste on the hook. This is a cracking method when the paste hits the bottom cocking the float and soon the float was twitching like mad as something was nudging the paste.
Then it lifted and I pulled the pole gingerly upwards unsure what was to be on the other end - it was a skimmer of about 1lb
Tried the above again but this time nothing doing so out went a cup of groundbait and a smattering of pellet, pinkies and maggots and I lowered my no6 rig back on top.
Bingo, another skimmer followed by another. The float dipped for the third time and I didn't get the chance of lifting into it as this time something decided to 'strike' me. Bang around went the pole top, the lakky streaming out of the bush and a polaris submarine was attached and heading back to Rothesay Harbour (Isle of Bute )
How the heck are you supposed to connect your extra sections of pole when your elastic has bottomed out, the pole is being pulled from your grip, I'll never know. I managed it somehow in what must have resembled a take from the Keystone Cops. The extra 4mtrs of carbon were shipped out and the fish decided to change direction, this time heading around the other side of an overhanging tree to my right.
There I was with 13 mtres of pole lodged against the tree and the top sections bent around it with the elastic once again out at full stretch - what the chuff do you do ?
It turned once more and this time headed out into open water whee I manged to then play it in towards me. Splitting the pole in half I then had it virtually withing netting distance holding midway along the pole so I had something to ship back out if needed.
3ft of a 6ft rig was now out of the water, it's coming I thought so I reached for my landing net, the fish spooked and shot straight to my right underneath that tree -aargh !
The elastic was once again going out and there was nothing I could do to stop it. 'It' was a chuffing big tench and one of the biggest I had seen.
So there I was faced with the elastic going through the sunken branches and no way of turning it around or bringing it back in unless it wanted to come.
I tried all the tricks - pointing the pole at it, sitting and waiting, prayer, but still nothing changed and everything was still.
Grabbing my elastic I started to pull and feel for movement but there was none just a solid on the other end, I'm snagged I thought so with nothing but everything to lose I pulled for a break and sure enough my 2.75lb bottom gave way - It was <<<This>>> big, honest
That virtually killed the swim for about half an hour so I cupped in a load more pellet and maggs and went to get my Cornish from the car washed down with a mug of tea - I could have done with something stronger lol
Back in the water and once again the skimmers had come back on.
They staid with me for the rest of the day, nothing exciting but everything pleasurable and boy did they keep me busy.
Five hours forty-five of fishing, fifteen minutes of scoffing and a few re-rigging and the result was 22lb of silvers give or take an ounce
Dave
Free MD's Stickers
Right, when are Dave, Teepee, Stu and the rest of the members of the "We're in the know and your not" club gonna spill the beans on where this Top secret, MOD patrolled, FBI run, venue is???
2 things:
a) It must be SOLID if a certain numpty can bag 22lb of silver fish.
b) Where else have we seen you hook, and lose, a right lump on no 6 laggy eh Dave?
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Posted - 31 October 2003 : 11:39:40 PM
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Fisky shhh! i'm sure if you're nice to a certain numpty you just might get an invite,
teepee.
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happy potting
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Fisky
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Posted - 02 November 2003 : 8:21:57 PM
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Tony,
Dave still isn't biting.......like the hundreds of pounds of fish in his peg at Renny!!!
Thanks to David Senior im now in the know as to this venue! And dont worry if Gaz Malman discovers where it is David, as he couldnt find his way out of a paper bag!
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Fisky
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Posted - 02 November 2003 : 8:47:23 PM
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Oooooh! still sulking after i beat you Dave? you still owe me the bus fare home!
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Posted - 02 November 2003 : 9:04:15 PM
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Maggotdrowning Ontario.
Received this email and pictures from my good friend Lew in Ontario who I took some Maggotdrowning goodies in August.
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Hi Mick
Just a quick note to let you know the maggotdrowning hat is still working it's magic.
Nice fat largemouth & a 44 inch, 20 pound musky.
There are 12 of us heading to Georgian Bay 130 miles north of Toronto on Friday for three days of serious musky fishing.
The hat will be the first thing I pack.
Lew
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