Groundbait question

[Silverfisher]

Just because it’s cold you can still catch , they’ll feed at some point, just have to keep plugging away and be patient..At tunnel, you can pick up fish on and off dobbing around the peg, keep feeding a maggot line, and they’ll come on late in the session

Oh yeah can definitely catch Just isn’t exactly odds on is it (unless they stock grayling, trout and chub ) and don’t know about you but scratching for bites when it’s Baltic isn’t my idea of fun

 

[tipitinmick]

^^......Wake up Mun!....She's after ya Parkin and Ginger cake!......

You’ve just burst my bubble.

Hey, shouldn’t we be keeping an eye out for Peter ? I don’t fancy that big red button again. He’s only just let me off the naughty step.

 

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You’ve just burst my bubble.

Hey, shouldn’t we be keeping an eye out for Peter ? I don’t fancy that big red button again. He’s only just let me off the naughty step.

Our Peter's on the naughty step as we speak mate....Been breaking his own advice!

 

[tipitinmick]

Our Peter's on the naughty step as we speak mate....Been breaking his own advice!

Lockdown. It’s getting to him mate. I’ll make him some cake when we’re out of lockdown. That’ll sort him out.

 

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Lockdown. It’s getting to him mate. I’ll make him some cake when we’re out of lockdown. That’ll sort him out.

^^.....Bless him, our Peter tried to flog me a copy of the Alice In Wonderland characters, then he did a Dave and lost the file!

 

[Stewie74]

Had a decent day in the end, wasn’t quite as cold as forecast first thing, no overnight frost. Temp was 2 C in the car en route. Arrived at 830, fished 930-1400.Originally planned 930-1430 but it started to get bitterly cold at about 1300.

Had 7 carp ranging from 2lb to 6lb, some on meat over Groundbait, some on expanders over micros. All on the pole, at top 2+2 and around 12m. Lost a couple as well. Far better day than I’d expected.

Just as I started packing up it started spotting with rain, then turned into a full-on snow blizzard, in the 20 mins it took me to pack up and get back to the car there was about 2 inches of snow. Not quite the way I planned it!!!

Thanks to all for the advice last night

Stewie

 

[chefster]

Had a decent day in the end, wasn’t quite as cold as forecast first thing, no overnight frost. Temp was 2 C in the car en route. Arrived at 830, fished 930-1400.Originally planned 930-1430 but it started to get bitterly cold at about 1300.

Had 7 carp ranging from 2lb to 6lb, some on meat over Groundbait, some on expanders over micros. All on the pole, at top 2+2 and around 12m. Lost a couple as well. Far better day than I’d expected.

Just as I started packing up it started spotting with rain, then turned into a full-on snow blizzard, in the 20 mins it took me to pack up and get back to the car there was about 2 inches of snow. Not quite the way I planned it!!!

Thanks to all for the advice last night

Stewie

Well done mate sounds like a really good day and your brave for venturing out

 

[Stewie74]

Well done mate sounds like a really good day and your brave for venturing out

I enjoyed it, better than sitting round the house anyway.

Actually felt quite warm this morning til about noon, I did have about 5 layers on though

 

[chefster]

I enjoyed it, better than sitting round the house anyway.

Actually felt quite warm this morning til about noon, I did have about 5 layers on though

Fair play to you mate I’m shielding, so shouldn’t really go, but I haven’t got anywhere locally to go anyway

 

[Silverfisher]

I haven’t got anywhere locally to go anyway

Don't fancy freezing your bits off on the reservoir or canal then? Can't say I blame you I'd struggle to think of many more bleak places to fish in this weather

 

[chefster]

Don't fancy freezing your bits off on the reservoir or canal then? Can't say I blame you I'd struggle to think of many more bleak places to fish in this weather

Probably frozen .and I’m not ice breaking to pleasure fish

 

[Silverfisher]

Probably frozen .and I’m not ice breaking to pleasure fish

Should think it's rubbish in the cold as its shallow but if it ever warms up a bit I reckon fernhill would be fair game for you, can't be more than about 5 miles.

 

[chefster]

Should think it's rubbish in the cold as its shallow but if it ever warms up a bit I reckon fernhill would be fair game for you, can't be more than about 5 miles.

Yeah it probably is about that , about 10 years ago we were spoiled for choice locally, now we seem to have nothing other than a few empty holes in the ground Thanks to our foreign friends

 

[Silverfisher]

Yeah it probably is about that , about 10 years ago we were spoiled for choice locally, now we seem to have nothing other than a few empty holes in the ground

Yeah bit short of decent stillwaters (big carp aside) around here aren't we as more and more are going syndicate or just becoming run down with those left uninspiring in one way or another. Especially up your way as most the decent lakes and obviously the river are southern half of the county. Even where I am it's a case of heading south to just about everywhere, just nowhere near as far as for you obviously!

I liked the fishing at fernhill and the lakes themselves were nice apart from the funny colour water and being bit too shallow but the surroundings of the farm are very scruffy and noisy and it's quite expensive for what it is. Whether I fish it again this year depends on what else I find really.

 

[chefster]

Yeah bit short of decent stillwaters (big carp aside) around here aren't we as more and more are going syndicate or just becoming run down with those left uninspiring in one way or another. Especially up your way as most the decent lakes and obviously the river are southern half of the county. Even where I am it's a case of heading south to just about everywhere.

I liked the fishing at fernhill and the lakes themselves were nice apart from the funny colour water and being bit too shallow but the surroundings of the farm are very scruffy and noisy and it's quite expensive for what it is. Whether I fish it again this year depends on what else I find really.

We used to have Slinket, Spitall, nell bridge, college farm, bridge pool, Drayton golf course, to name a few all within 2 miles ...Clattercote is closed at the moment, but I’m not keen on it in winter

 

[Silverfisher]

We used to have Slinket, Spitall, nell bridge, college farm, bridge pool, Drayton golf course, to name a few all within 2 miles ...Clattercote is closed at the moment, but I’m not keen on it in winter

It's part of the reason I've gone to almost exclusively rivers in I guess about the last maybe 6 years or so as there's only a few stillwaters left that are both still easily accessible and still value for money fishing and experience wise. Still the river fishing is as good as ever so I'm happy enough being here as only the closed season is a challenge for me and even then I just tend to go to the coast to mix it up from the just a few lakes.

 

[matt]

Nice one Stewie, sounds like you had a good day and fair play for braving the elements today!