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Looks like there might be a day next week that isn't wet, windy and/or very cold so if that does turn out to be the case I'm hoping to finally get back on the bank for the first time since mid December. Been so much rain that river with the "local range" will almost certainly still be flooded but the canal should be accessible again after being fairly flooded itself given they run parallel to each other.
Problem is I'm fairly clueless at canal fishing at the best of times let alone in the winter so I'm not really sure how to go about it so would be interested to hear how others would go at it? The weather having been so bad has meant it's hardly been fished so far this year so there is no recent form to go off. Waters going to be pretty cold again judging by the weekends forecast despite the day in mind being mildish and whilst it's brown at the moment it'll likely have cleared a fair bit by then.
Probably won't get any fresh bait as Sod's law if I do that the weather window will close again being such a short one anyway with the next one potentially weeks away and I haven't got room to freeze anymore! So bait options will be bread in any form really plus dead maggots, corn, hemp, various pellets and might have a bit of ground bait left. I'm thinking either punch bread over liquidised bread on the float or feeder or maybe ground bait and dead maggot on the feeder around boats or bridges as that's not that far removed from what was apparently working pre Christmas mostly for bream/skimmers and in places a few roach.
Sound a plausible plan or reckon I'm mad and should just wait for a more definite longer spell of better weather? All tips welcome!
Problem is I'm fairly clueless at canal fishing at the best of times let alone in the winter so I'm not really sure how to go about it so would be interested to hear how others would go at it? The weather having been so bad has meant it's hardly been fished so far this year so there is no recent form to go off. Waters going to be pretty cold again judging by the weekends forecast despite the day in mind being mildish and whilst it's brown at the moment it'll likely have cleared a fair bit by then.
Probably won't get any fresh bait as Sod's law if I do that the weather window will close again being such a short one anyway with the next one potentially weeks away and I haven't got room to freeze anymore! So bait options will be bread in any form really plus dead maggots, corn, hemp, various pellets and might have a bit of ground bait left. I'm thinking either punch bread over liquidised bread on the float or feeder or maybe ground bait and dead maggot on the feeder around boats or bridges as that's not that far removed from what was apparently working pre Christmas mostly for bream/skimmers and in places a few roach.
Sound a plausible plan or reckon I'm mad and should just wait for a more definite longer spell of better weather? All tips welcome!