2022 - My Year End Summary
Entry posted by Bayleaf the Gardener in Year summary
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The end of another year, the third after my 20 year+ hiatus from the sport that has totally recaptured me like a gudgeon to a pinkie. 2022 included my pb bream, brownie, chub, crucian, mirror, pike, rudd and tench. None of them will trouble the records office, but they're all kicking my can down the road and each one was very welcome
I'm quite anal in my record keeping, writing a journal, updating a spreadsheet, and then there's been this jolly-old blog since March 21, so I am well-equipped to shake a creel full of statistics at you which are of interest to, at best, myself. Here goes:
(The figures in brackets were 2021)
Total number of trips: 144 (167 )
Total number of hours spent fishing: 864 hours (912.25) Thus average length of trip = 6 hours (4.6 hours)
Total number of fish caught: 1,344 not including 62 minnows (1,277 not including 49 minnows)
Total weight of fish: 2,024lbs (1,850lbs). This average weight per trip = 14lbs (11lbs), number of fish caught per trip = 9.33 @ 1 fish every 38 minutes (7.74 @ 1 fish every 42 minutes).
Number of blank trips was 14 ie 1 in 10 trips (20, ie 1 in 8 trips_.
number caught number over 1lb years biggest number caught number over 1lb years biggest
Bleak 71 (102) NA NA Bream 87(75) 61(27) 8lb 3 (6lb 2)
Brownie 28 (25) 17(16) 4lb 10 (3lb) Common 129(117) 129(116) 14lb 15 (18lb 9)
Chub 50 (8) 7(2) 3lb 10(1lb 12) Crucian 9(10) 5(4) 2lb 14 (2lb 12)
Dace 131(39) 0 8oz(12oz) Grayling 4(7) 2(2) 1lb (1lb 4)
Gudgeon 5(12) NA NA Mirror 66(90) 66(90) 14lb 10 (16lb 10)
Perch 140(270) 13(13) 2lb 6 (2lb 6) Pike 9(2) 8(2) 14lb (3lb 2)
Rainbow 1(1) 1(1) 2lb 2 (5lb 3) Roach 583(450) 1(0) 1lb (12oz)
Rudd 9(20) 0 12oz (4oz) Tench 34(49) 45(34) 6lb 2 (5lb 
There. Not particularly great, is it. My comments last year were "my profile suggests someone who has concentrated on Willows (carp, tench), and hasn't got to grips with rivers (the chub count is appalling). Plenty of room for improvement, especially chub, and I'd like to do some piking this winter. I also aim to get the blanks down to 1 in 5, and find some larger roach."
Well, it came broadly right. My joining a local river syndicate with good roach and chub numbers has made a difference and i hope to get some more piking sessions in before the end of winter.
The pic is a repeat of my favourite fish of the year, my pb tench which I caught inches from the bank when the float dangled at my feet while sorting a reel birds nest.
Happy New Year everyone. May your floats dither then go under.
Edited by Bayleaf the Gardener
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