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When i used to be a canal angler chooped worm and caster on the far bank accounted for the bonus fish, mainly chub and roach but we are talking a while ago {Erewash canal} and if theres not much boat traffic maggot down the middle was the way to go and squatt and fine groundbait {a mate of mine always swore by sensas picarde}close in at 2.5 m wether this would work on your cut i dont have a clue but you dont say if your pole fishing or rod and line?
Where about did you fish on erewash?
I live right next to it and have been fishing it once a week for a couple of months, Have been no where else yet as I have just got back into it.
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He's obviousy an extremely accident prone bloke.
The clip with the outboard motor is bloody dangerous though, he's lucky he didn't lose a leg!!
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Had 4 days fishing on canal in Wiltshire over Christmas and have finally got round to scanning the photos.
I had great fun on the deadbaits, catching 6 fish ranging from 3lb to 7lb and also my PB of 11lb.
Also did a bit of spinning. Caught my first ever lure caught Perch of just under 1lb.
My lad Jack also caught his first ever pike, which we were delighted with.
All in all a great time was had. My bro' in law Greg Ghillie'd as usual, caught 6 fish on the first day and about 7 more across the other sessions. They ranged from 4-8lb and all came to deadbaits. So nice one Greg.
Cheers,
Simon
PS - can't paste them as unamendable pdf files and too high file size, won't let me save as to make it a jpeg. Any ideas?
serach on google for a pdf - jpg converter - theres loads, and they are free
I go here for all mine
www.download.com
Toby
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This thread is very interesting, and should be good reading for the lads that were on a previous thread asking why Tackle shop prices were slightly higher than internet shops.
The obvious answer was given about rent and staff costs, but this just shows that actually seeing who your buyin off and speaking to a human face to face, may well be the better option!
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The only relevant bit of the Highway code I can find says that
"Before setting off. You should ensure that... clothing and footwear do not prevent you using the controls in the correct manner"
That's a "should", rather than a "must", which in Highway Code speak means that there is no specific legislation mandating it and that you can't be prosecuted for that in itself. It could, however, be used against you in court to determine liability or as evidence of another offence. So if wearing wellies caused you to crash, it might be used as evidence of driving without due care and attention.
I emailed the department of transport to get clarification. This is the email they sent back
Thank you for your enquiry.
It is not illegal to drive wearing any particular kind of footwear - or indeed barefoot. The law only requires drivers to maintain proper control of a vehicle.
Terry Deere
Dept for Transport
Road User Safety Branch 2
zone 2/11
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR.
Tel: 020 7944 2046
Basically, exactly what has been said, but thought I'd post it up as it came from them.
Cheers
Toby
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Many thanks for prompt reply, think i will try to buy one on-line
Mine was bought for a Christmas present!! - So I will only get 3 months use out of it before I have to purchase another.
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did this guy approach the baliffs or did the baliffs approach him?
Erm - What do you expect them to do, not enforce the waters then, or maybe get a megaphone and ask for a licence at a distance?
As I've said elsewhere, I don't consider fishing without a license a crime, or at least any kind of crime worth enforcing.I don't think I could disagree with you more - that statement is ridiculous. If it isnt perceived as a crime then people won't get a licence and no one would be worried about being caught. If no-one bought a licence, then who pays for the upkeep of the waters?
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Sounds to me more like "Angler threatened with violence by the state whilst doing no harm, and - according to the state - responds with like threats (note he was neither charged nor found guilty of threatening behaviour). He was then prosecuted for trying to conceal his identity from the state."
Big Brother is watching you.
What?
The guy was fishing without a licence - Guilty!
Who is to say who was using threatening behavoir?
Who are you more likely to trust, someone who doesnt pay his licence and LIES to try and cover his tracks or the baliff?
I know which I would go with
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http://flash.abunawaf.com/2005/12/game33.swf
my eyes hurt
Sorry - this topic should be in non-fishing chat.
Will try to delete, if not can a mod please move it.
Ta
38 secs - but I got half them by just moving the mouse round rather than actually looking for them
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Why are these guys fishing for pike if they are scared of it?
I have absolutely no idea how to handle a pike or unhook one, so would never go Pike fishing. If I ever decided I wanted to get into it, the first thing I would do is find an experienced pike angler to go with.
I have actually been worried about getting a pike (have heard stories of fishing for roach and catching, the the pike taking that) but that seems so very rare that I havn't taken much thought about it.
Maybe I sure go with my mate (who pike fish's a lot) just so I know what I'm doing. If I was ever on the bank and someone caught a pike and didnt know what to do with it, what could I do? - nothing. I would like to help a fish from being mistreated if ever that opportunity arose.
Toby
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david t,
I have the same jacket and agree with you that the jacket becomes waterlogged after a while, for the 1st year of wear the jacket does have effective water run off that isnt held by the micro fleece layer, and then it wears off. However, this is not a big fault with the jacket it is just quite simply that the waterproofing has stopped, this is a feature on many waterproofs, not just fishing jackets, i have a berghaus jacket that cost me £240, the same has happened on this. The solution is really quite simple, you need to treat the jacket with a waterproofing agent in spray form or otherwise, also when washing the jacket, you should use special waterproofing wash powder that does not remove the waterproofing.
Hope this helps.
If I bought a jacket for £240 - I shouldnt have to treat it differently to any other Item of clothing. Spay it? - Wash it differently?, It has to be dried a certain way!!
For £240 it should bloody well clean itself AND catch all the fish for me at that price!
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Anybody watch the final?
If you did, I don't need to mention the match to you.
If you didnt - all I can really say is WOW!!
Adams was 6-0 up in sets (first to 7 to win). Nixon needed 7 sets on the trot to get the trophy. They come out after the break and nixon gets a set.....................then another.................then another -yep, you got it, 6-6 in sets, Adams has missed 4 attempts at taking the championship up to this point.
Adams goes on to win the final 7-6 - then best final ever and an unbelievable comeback from runner up Nixon
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just take your time with each and every fish. you will get there in the end. Experience and confidence come in time. Was you using a pole or rod and reel?
I was using the following
Rod & Reel - 3lb main line - 18 hook - I was using twin maggot but switch to single and had more luck with that.
I was fishing on the Erewash Canal (Long Eaton Lock - Sandiacre lock)
I was fishing in a new swim where the balliff said they put in 1500 new Roach 2 weeks previous. I had zero luck there in 2 hours, so moved about 3 swims down to where this canal boat is moored (never seen it move) thought there may be some fish underneath but was fishing just off side to it. Maggott only - (little and often) thrown into the swim, had nothing for about half an hour and I just started catching these small chub - it got to the stage where I was casting and catching non stop. Didnt catch 1 roach (apart from the biggun I lost ) all day despite the balliff's advice.
Its not a bad canal - the next stretch about a mile down is supposed to be better (Long Eaton Lock - Trent Lock) apparently they have carp up to 20lb and some big pike. I havn't fished down there yet as the stretch I was on today is 5 mins from my house.
I didnt use a pole as I don't really know how - I was given this Pole/whip - not sure what it is - it has 4 sections that just flick out/ it has elastic on the end, but I've never got round to finding out how to use it.
Toby
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well a size 18 hook should be ok i would imagine. Was it a sharp hook, a blunt hook will cause hook pulls like this, your clutch on the reel might of been just a little to tight, you was trying to land them to quick, or not using the landing net correctly, ie as the fish is coming in the head above water lay the net just under the surface and move the fish to net never the other way around.
There is so many reasons as to a hook pull this are the main ones i can think off, you will lose thousands of fish but every one will make you that little bit wiser, we have either all been through it or are going through it
Defo had sharp hooks, were brand spankers. Might of been the landing net jobbie but for the second I didnt even have it anywhere near in close. Might be just the fact that I need a bit of experience, I was getting a tad excited as I doing so well, (for once!!)
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Hi
Wondered if you could help.
I went fishing today on my local canal. I had the best day ever there catching loads & loads of fish - I got the right swim, the right depth, everything was perfect - except.....the following
All day I was catching chub - loads of them, littleuns, but there were so many of the them, I was over the moon with my day. But on 2 occasions the following happened.
I was getting shy bitess from the chub and catching on these all day, so when my float went under in a shot, I knew I had something a bit bigger, as I pulled the fish in to the bank, I had caught a pretty big Roach, I was pretty excited as this would of been my biggest fish yet from the canal. The only problem was that as soon as I got it in close, I lost the blighter. It managed to shake the hook and swam away.
This also happened on one more occasion, when I got something bloody big!! (well, it felt like it anyway) I caught something and it was the first time I have ever had to really fight a fish, but, I didnt even get it in close, It bolted towards the reeds and I managed to stop it from doing that, but again threw the hook in open water.
Now these 2 were not MASSIVE fish, but a lot bigger that the tiddlers I have been catching
What am I doing wrong to keep losing the bigger fish?
Am I not striking proberly from the start?
Is the tackle I'm using no good (18 hooks)?
Am I not bringing the fish in correctly?
Thing is, I have to teach myself, as I have no-one to learn from, so I might just be pretty rubbish at striking and bringing them in.
Hope so one can help
Toby
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So if you don't need a license, can anyone one hire a boat of somekind then?
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Billy was at school this morning and the teacher asked all the children
what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came out,
fireman, policeman, salesman, chippy, captain of industry etc, but Billy
was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about
his father.
"My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his
clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really good,
he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them sleep with
him."
The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took little
Billy aside to ask him if that was really true.
"No" said Billy, "He plays cricket for England but I was just too
embarrassed to say.
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http://www.carp.net/faq/cfaq_3.htm
Have a look on there mate
All your questions can be answered here.
Toby
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Times are bad for fox hunters.
They can't understand as to why they can not find the fox!
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Environment Agency Riverline Information
Call (0906 619 7744)
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Good manners is the most important thing, as long as there is a polite hello, I don't think there is going to be any problem. I always take my line out and give them a "Good Afternoon" or whatever. But there are some that will not even acknowledge me which kinda pisses me off.
With regards to the activity the boat is causing, I sometimes prefer a boat to come through. To stir things up about, kinda gives me an oppertunity to start afresh again.
Toby
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When are some of the doubters going to get their heads out of the sand? It is not only "the traveller" that has been killed, there have been 3or 4 other big barbel killed on that same stretch of river recently.
Large barbel have also been killed on the Dorset stour.
These are fish which get noticed because they are big,no doubt many others are also being killed, but no carcasses are found.
For many years it has been accepted that Otters will kill and only partially eat a large fish, almost every programme about them shows pics of the remains of their prey, with the tell tale remains.
I fail to understand how any true angler (fish lover ? ) can believe that allowing Otters to prey unchecked on our rivers and lakes is a good thing.
Me? I am for fish 100% Cormorants out, Otters out, mink out.
Den
I couldn't disagree more.
All though I'm not sure if your taking the micheal or not.
Certain animals in this country feed on fish for survival we anglers in general fish for pleasure, we are not fishing to feed ourselves.
Let them be, they were here before us I'm sure.
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I must be thick
The multiple choice for the pro logic feeder rods doesn't incluce the correct answer?