JamesJa
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Now that the lockdown rules have eased slightly north of the border I thought my first stop would be local, I targeted the River Forth just north of Stirling. For those that know the area it was just of the M9 J10 and I fished just down from the pipe bridge.
Having done some prior investigation and spoke to a few people I targeted the Dace and perch with a simple waggler set up using 3ib main line to a 8inch 2ib hooklength and an 18 spade end barbless.
Having had a chat with the water baliff I’m the week he said he had seen less than 5 people going for coarse fish in the whole period he has been about.
Having watched a cadence fishing video on YouTube I knew Dace were about as well as perch, eels and the normal trout and salmon game fish( point to note I was not aiming for them). Best bit is this stretch is totally free Monday-Saturday as long as you are clearly coarse angling.
I started early at 4:30am fishing mixed maggots and feeding regular. I started at approx 4ft depth and on the second slow run through I hit my first Dace. This continued from 4:30-12pm getting a bite every run, I didn’t hit them all as some were I think very small fish or lightening fast. Lol. By 7am I was fishing 6inches under the float and catching on the drop. I even went deeper to try and sneak out the bigger fish. The stamp was approx 3-6oz average with some lovely 10oz touching a pound mark. By 12pm I estimte I had a 25-30ib mixed bag of Dace, perch, eel and a couple of baby game fish. This is real gem of a location for coarse fishing as the coarse fish are rarely targeted, its a generally in summer a slow river so easy to control a simple waggler and you can park on location for free and it’s free fishing. I can honestly say I have caught a lot less on well stocked lakes in the past.
Great day and if you are local give it a bash. Speak to Angling active 5 mins up the road for advice.
Tight lines all
Having done some prior investigation and spoke to a few people I targeted the Dace and perch with a simple waggler set up using 3ib main line to a 8inch 2ib hooklength and an 18 spade end barbless.
Having had a chat with the water baliff I’m the week he said he had seen less than 5 people going for coarse fish in the whole period he has been about.
Having watched a cadence fishing video on YouTube I knew Dace were about as well as perch, eels and the normal trout and salmon game fish( point to note I was not aiming for them). Best bit is this stretch is totally free Monday-Saturday as long as you are clearly coarse angling.
I started early at 4:30am fishing mixed maggots and feeding regular. I started at approx 4ft depth and on the second slow run through I hit my first Dace. This continued from 4:30-12pm getting a bite every run, I didn’t hit them all as some were I think very small fish or lightening fast. Lol. By 7am I was fishing 6inches under the float and catching on the drop. I even went deeper to try and sneak out the bigger fish. The stamp was approx 3-6oz average with some lovely 10oz touching a pound mark. By 12pm I estimte I had a 25-30ib mixed bag of Dace, perch, eel and a couple of baby game fish. This is real gem of a location for coarse fishing as the coarse fish are rarely targeted, its a generally in summer a slow river so easy to control a simple waggler and you can park on location for free and it’s free fishing. I can honestly say I have caught a lot less on well stocked lakes in the past.
Great day and if you are local give it a bash. Speak to Angling active 5 mins up the road for advice.
Tight lines all
