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Apparently canoeing is an all weather any time of the day sport, I encountered at least 5 a few weeks ago at half 7 at night in sub zero temperatures!

Congrats yet again, Tom! Have you got any tips on catching them in this cold weather? Do you retrieve much more slowly than in summer, for example?

They started at 7am yesterday Viney.. no idea what's got into them. I suppose they might say the same about us though.

 

A lot of it is location Tenchy, they're in small shoals in this weather. Obviously with the lures you can cover plenty of water. I initially tried it out as a way of locating some perch to fish for with more conventional methods... then I got addicted haha.

 

Fishing as slowly as possible definitely improves results.. I'm jigging them in, so the only time I reel is to take up the slack in-bewteen jigs. Fishing so slowly can be painfully dull when nothings happening to be honest.

 

The last hour of light has been far and away the most productive time of day.

Thanks, Tom, that's helpful - including the comment about fishing slowly being dull, cos there's a risk I go too fast for that reason.