stooby

ha ha, that was my first thought.... ditch the veg, use that valuable space with some more beer...! Great result though, nice one!

Sounds like a nice idea, I've only fished it twice and its only 10 mins from me!

How did you get on Motherhen? I'd be interested to know as I'll be heading to Heyford Fisheries soon. Cheers, Stu...

I was out on a smallish lake on Wednesday, sun was shining, I was all set up, anglers on the opposite bank catching the odd fish.... Anyway, I wasnt really having much luck, but I knew there was a tench there as I could see the reeds moving now and again just by the bank, but it just wasnt taking my bait. I had 2 rods out, one quiver and one float.... the float was in the Tench swim but it just wasnt biting. Anyway, I decided to put my quiver in the Tench swim instead (thought a different presentaion of bait etc might entice it) and I moved my float else where... as I cast the float and settled both rods on my rod pod I sat down, only to find that my Quiver was going nuts! It got pulled off the rod pod and neally went in the lake, I just caught the end of it before losing it, the float rod fell off the pod and into the lake, I then kicked the rod pod in the lake whilst trying to grab my quiver..... I could tell the other anglers were laughing but I couldnt bring myself to look, I was too busy controlling the fish! I had the last laugh in the end when I pulled in a 4.5lb Tench, first of the sason.... Lovely!!! :-) However, it was very embarrassing when I then had to get on my hands and knees to pull out my float rod and my rod pod from the lake! Cheers, Stu...

Some nice looking fish! - I dont think I'll have any more time to get out before the close.... :-(

Off topic but, one more post from you Chesters1 and you have hit the magical 25,000 posts! :-)

Morning all on AN, I know many of you have a lot of experience as to what effect sudden climate and weather changes influences fish feeding patterns. Will the oncoming increase in temperature this week (into high teens at points!) affect peoples approach to fishing? Will this cause more species of fish to come on the feed? Do you expect your catch rates to increase? Do you see the possibility of getting a species of fish that you might not expect to get, for example a very early Tench with the warmer weather? Or does the weather need to consistently be warmer for a longer period of time before the feeding patterns change for the fish? As you can tell, I dont really know if the slightly warmer weather will affect the fish, if any of you could offer your knowledge or experience it would be good to hear.... Cheers, Stu...

In my household a tackle shop is one of those places where the wife would prefer to wait outside, or even if she did come into the shop wouldnt say a word as she would not be able to comment on ANYTHING.... these moments are magical and far and few between.... its like our garage, thats very much my domain and I think the wife has been in there a handful of times in 3 years! :-) its a safe haven of calm and tranquility.... much as a tackle shop... :-) Cheers, Stu...

On the section of river I am thinking about, targetting the margins could be the best place and can be some of the deeper areas. I think I will give it a go and let you all know the results! good or bad... :-) thanks for all your help/opinions, all noted and taken on board as always. Cheers, Stu...

BUDGIE, do you have any kind of trace on it, as I'm thinking the pike would bite through the line? the set ups I have seen dont have a trace, but is this risky with Pike in the water? ATS, Cheers for the tips! I might give it a go with some lobs and some worm like lures, see which one works better if it all! Is there specific terminal tackle required for this or can I use any weight as a bomb? Cheers, Stu...

Hi all, I have heard of a few people drop shotting for perch, it seemed an interesting technique that I have not tried before, and I know of a few good places where Perch might be lurking where I could use this. I just wondered if anyone had much experience using this technique for Perch and if the results were as impressive as Ive heard? Cheers, Stu...

Nice one Elton, All local waters to me, and I've spoken to that chap before from Carpin Capers, helpful guy! his shop is my local tackle shop in Northampton. I shall also be at the Wolverton Ouse this weekend, but I'll be lure fishing for both Perch and Pike... Maybe I should change to Chub after reading that!!!! Cheers, Stu...

Thank you to you all who posted on this thread, there are some great links and also some excellent advice! I am sure I will have many more questions after going through the information you have sent me! I appreciate its a huge subject, so thank you for pointing me in the right directions! Much appreciated! Cheers, Stu...

Morning all! Last year I didnt really do much river fishing, and when I did I wasnt too successful and as a result I got frustrated and returned to the still water.... However, I want to expand my fishing techniques and venues and want to give River fishing a more successful attempt this year. I know that a key part of any river fishing is to understand the environement below the water, and watercraft can give you much of this detail if you know what you are looking and what it all means. So my question is, other than first hand information and personal hand on research at the river in question, where could I learn such skill and techniques? Are there any good books/dvd's/websites that would be a good start for me to pick up some very useful tips? I know there are some excellent river anglers on here and no doubt are masters in watercraft too so any help would be very much appreciated Many thanks, Stu...

I was looking for a "Midlands" location?

Ha ha, brilliant, you have all those lures and shads, and then go straight to dead bait made me chuckle! sounds like the kind of thing I'd do.... Cheers, Stu...

Ditto! Thank you to everyone, we had a great day and can't wait to get back out there and do some more lure fishing!.... Just for information really, the lures that tended to get the most action and that all 3 pike were caught on were the rubber shads! Cheers, Stu...

Excellent! thank you to Tony U, Dales and Anderoo, perfect!! I think I have couple of them that look similar in my arsenal of Lures.... I shall be sure to post our results on Monday (providing I have some that is!) Cheers, Stu...

Myself and scottca are going for our first lure session tomorrow and so this thread is really interesting.... however the names of these lures dont mean much to me and pictures tell a thousand words, so is anyone able to put up pictures of the ones they refer to similar to what Emma done on one of her posts (Thanks Emma!!)?? Sorry, but all those names are just flying over my head for a first time Lure man... give me a few weeks and I'll be able to join in hopefully! Cheers, Stu...

Did you forget to put the plug in??? Stooby....

Listen to Anderoo Craig, dont talk to me whilst we are there, I'll be far too busy getting frustrated on blanking whilst watching you pull out the biggens! even though we will have EXCACTLY the same setup.... Cheers, Stu...

Excellent thanks Anderoo! some great pointers there for this river and all noted! I'll be sure to bear all that information in mind when I go after both the stripeys and the Pike! Just catching anything would be a result! Would you recommend spinners/jelly lures/spoons etc? Cheers, Stooby...

Hi all and Happy New Year!!! Myself and "Scottca" have recently recieved new spinning rods and are eager to give them a test run! However, neither of us have any real experience of lure fishing so any high level key pointers/advice would be good! We are going to give the River Ouse a try in Buckingamshire at the weekend as I know it holds good Perch and a few nice Pike. Should we be fishing low, middle or high this time of year with the lures? How much of a difference does the colour of the water make when using lures? How many casts should you make before getting any bites before moving on to a different section of a river? Any other pointers or advice would be greatly appreciated.... Many thanks, Stooby...

Said like a true Sportsman!

That must have been a pretty nasty experience!! I can imagine throttling it must have made it kick even more before the inevitable!.... Like you say though, it could have taken your eye, so to a degree very lucky!