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I did notice that yesterday, I had a spell of catching Perch for around 2 hours and had no crays during that period and once they started to appear again the Perch bites had dried up.
Bread could be worth a try.
I've never had to deal with crayfish problems, so this is just my input, from a laymans viewpoint
First thing that occurs to me is to get away from the mentality that says you MUST anchor your bait to the bottom. It MIGHT be an effective way to fish where crays are not a nuisance, but it's a bit pointless having an unbaited hook flapping about in the current, no? How about float-fishing a moving bait either close to the bottom, or higher up in the water out of reach? Either way, I'm guessing that your bait will get to more fish and avoid so much attention from the crays?
The other obvious option to me would be to go synthetic, and try the various plastic / fake baits that seem to abound, and are apparently responsible for the capture of many specimen fish, if the press and forums are to be believed?
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Thanks Newt , cool ...
Hi filfish, welcome to the site
Nice blog and vids, just wish I understood a little more French!The bass ... were they caught in France? .... and where?
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I bought a Marco Cortesi reel and despite it being a little chunky it runs really well, need to add your own greese tho ;-) I also had a play with this new reel for £10 at one of Dragon Carps leisure centre bring and buy sale :-). And i have to say id rather fish with the line wrapped around my wrist...lol
I agree with the others that seeing as the Cortesi's are only £30 there is no contest, of course if after you buy the Cortesi like me you go and by an Okuma Sheffield, then even the Cortesi tends to get left in your bag...lol
Just a word of caution about the Greys pins: they ARE very nice pins, but there are currently two versions in the shops, and they are virtually identical. The older version is UK made, and marked as such at the bottom edge of the rear plate ... the newer version is made in the Far East. Components were shipped to China from Alnwick for construction of the newer reels ... this from the horses mouth!
I've played with them side by side, and could not tell one from the other based on performance ... currently the newer 'far East' version retails at £170+ ... you can get a UK-made reel for around 50 - 60 quid less!
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Have been seaching, well trying to, the for any sites or imfo. Tried being the word, nothing to be found to cover the area. One thing I have learnt is that the rivers are mostly wild & true wilderness. As none available seems to be a challenge I cant ignore, come on lottery........
Budgie
thanks for what ever you can dig up.
I can help with Poland a little :-) First off the entire country seems to have a river or decent sized lake within a few miles of any given location, particularly so in the northern 'Lake District'. Here you will find lakes that appear to be pristine, apparently unfished: the biggest single issue can be actually getting to them, as with many a serious off-road vehicle is neccesary. I've taken pike in excess of 20lbs and seen or lost much bigger fish: the problems arise when you try to identify a specific water, as many are un-named officially, though may be named locally, which can make ID on Google maps etc nigh on impossible ... I'll confess, I'm extremely fortunate in this respect, with family living within the forest, working over a large area looking after the local wildlife ... and arranging shooting for the wild boar which are very numerous ... and very narky if disturbed with their young!
Perch are also evident in these waters in good numbers, and I've also had carp which tend to be bigger fish though infrequent, more like grassies in shape as they've probably never seen a boilie ... and they go like stink!
Most of the lakes in this area are quite remote and need serious efforts to get to them, but as a consequence are fished either very lightly, or not at all: no noise, no litter ... you DO have to work for your fish: it's about as far away from 'commercial' that you will get. I've a suspicion that there ARE big wels about too in some of the lakes ... either that, or carp that are part hippo, based on a couple of takes (while carp fishing) that felt more like a scuba diver than anything else: never got them anywhere near the surface before breaking off on 15lb mainline .......
Further south I've fished several areas of the Wisla. Bankside in Krakow itself, opposite Wawel Castle, you'll find loads of people on the pole, apparently catching well enough, though mostly small silvers. There ARE big cats in there, though not often fished for: I've witnessed one weighed at just over 36 kilos, and saw another one, very much larger, lost within a few feet of the bank. Out at Sandomierz (also on the Wisla) you'll find good numbers of smaller pike and catfish that both respond well to lures: it's very likely that there are bigger fish about too, but I've always lure-fished there, enjoying multi-catches of both species up to about 8lbs ... and the mozzies can be seriously vindictive at dusk........
However, best till last
If you can, get onto the upper reaches of the San, south-east of Krakow. The river is incredibly beautiful in places ... very much like the picture-postcard stuff you see from the States, and the grayling fishing is spectacular! So much so that the World Fly Fishing Championships were held there last year ... 4lb grayling won't surprise any of the locals ... they've all seen (much) bigger fish caught, and one of the hotels there has a mounted fish in a case that is truly massive .......IF you are travelling and can get to Zakopane, forget fishing (as its protected, as a National Park), but make a point of going on one of the guided trips up to the mountain lakes: on a decent day you can see down through 40 feet of incredibly clear water ... it's like the worlds biggest aquarium, and some of the fish swimming so deep that they are just indistinct shadows look as though you would need a boat rod!
As an aside, my personal experiences in Poland lead me to believe that anglers there are little different from in the UK ... MOST are really decent people, eager and happy to talk, AND they take care of the fish, though WILL take an occasional fish for the pot. As in the UK, there ARE a few individuals who should be let no-where near a riverbank ... we've all seen our home-grown equivalents bankside with the Stella cans, no?
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time will tell i guess ,when it arrives i'll have a feel and if i don't like it ,i can always sell it on ,i dont know why i brought it really ,i had no plans too buy any centrepins this year .in fact i was in the process of thinning out the ones i have.i know ,i know i've fallen off the wagon (but going cold turkey is so hard
) I'm going to the next centrepin addic's anominmous group meating .and i've booked myself into rehab 
,i'll admit it i'm bad ,i just can't resist a bargin (thats my excuse and i'm sticking too it) If either proves to be a solution, let me know, huh?
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It does look like a searcher Chav. A m8 of mine has one and they do look to be very well made but....they seem to take quite a lot of pull to get them moving in comparison to most pin's. You'll need to be fishing in a pretty fast flow with a decent sized / weighted float if it performs the same as my m8's. It will be interesting to see how you find yours Chav and if it is any free'er running than my m8's. Fingers crossed it's a good un for you
.Yep looks like a Searcher ... almost
I've one sat in my hand, so I can give you a very accurate rundown, though differences I can see may be nothng more than problems with pictures.
Rear of the reel is virually identical, apart from the engraving which on mine is white. Rivets on mine are brass (yours look to be silverish), and the single screw on the backplate is a different shaped head. The foot and support MAY be slightly different - can't really see clearly.. Front of the reel is apparently identical, with the same caveat re brass / silver rivets, but spokes / furniture appear identical.
The only real difference I see is internal: the most obvious thing being the ratchet spring, which is a totally different shape, and the internal face of the spool, which on mine has the edge recessed, about a centimeter wide ... or perhaps its the centre area that is raised?
That apart, the only other thing I see is the ratchet mechanism, which appears to be shaped much more precisely on mine, though the layout is apparently identical.
Oh, mine has no line guard ... not even sure it was available as an option?
So, maybe a Searcher without engraving, maybe a decent copy?
From what I understand, if it IS a 'Specialists' reel, there will be initials and a date on the reel: take off the spool and stand the reel on its foot, so that you can see downwards onto the underside of the foot ... it's there somewhere on the foot, often quite hard to see, but IF it's a 'Specialist' it WILL be marked, and the original maker could then be identified, if you're curious enough?
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Bit of simple advice please? Without breaking the bank, I'm looking for some kind of fish-finder type device, suitable as much as anything for identifying depths and structure, possibly within in-built GPS, though I can do that as an exterior option. Maximun depth I'm ever likely to be over is 40 feet or so, and it must be usable from an inflatable running with an electric trolling motor.
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Hmm ... not exactly a kayak user, but someone on here may be able to point me in the right direction?
I need a suitable anchor whilst using an inflatable dinghy, either on very slow parts of rivers, or on lakes. Typically I would expect maximum depth to be no more than 30 feet. Needs to be effective (!) and not too heavy ... and inflatable-friendly
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I think I have an effective solution for the problem presented: drop shotting for perch where pike may be present ... it's a method I've used for a little while and DOES work: perch DO take (my best using this specific method / kit is just under three pounds, and pike present no problem whatsoever, as wire IS incorporated onto the rig.
I'm going to try to end this post with a link to a video, but in essence, the secret is a very nice little piece of kit I found, amrketed in - yep - the US
If you can, imagine a small swivel without a central 'barrel' ... between the two 'eyes' there is a freely moving. quality hook. Onto the bottom eye, a length of mono etc (though a length of appropriatly strong power gum or similar, to a heavier weight workd even better!) goes down to the weight of your choice. From the TOP eye, upwards is attached a wire uptrace, similar to that used when pike fishing using a paternoster rig. IF a pike hits, you MAY lose the lower link, but the trace keeps you and the pike connected ... and the pike safe.
I'm not aware of any issue with this setup spooking perch (or chub, for that matter!) ... perch hit from a few ounces upwards, and the chub was not much shy of five pounds.
Now them this elusive, 'magic' bit of kit? It's made by VMC (so you KNOW the hooks are gonna be good!) and marketed by Rapala ... called the 'SpinShot' hook ... the link below shows it:
http://www.youtube.com/rapala#p/u/0/hyCWUDVes10
.... and if you ever get a chance, take a look at the stuff showing Mike Iaconelli in action ... he's probably not going to go down too well on the more sedate waters we know, but man, he CAN fish the drop-shot!
Biggest problem? Not sure where (or even if) you can buy these in the UK ... a tame air hostess brings mine as she flies in and out
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Hi all not been on here much lately too busy fishing lol. Almost a year since I joined forum & thanks to some good advice I've had a fabulous year! Lots of good fish from various stretches of the Tees & earlier this year joined Aycliffe Angling Club mainly to fish their pond. Had some species not available to me where I've normally fished so I is a happy girl.
Mr (& Mrs) pike still eluding me. Probably the main reason for this is I can't fish in the winter as can't bear the blooming cold. Late last year some kind soul recommended Pottery Pond as a good day ticket water for a chance of a pike. Scaling was another.
Finally this Sunday I'm off to Pottery for a days fishing it wins over Scaling due to option of other coarse fish.
Going to fish 2 rods one set for pike the other for whatever other coarse fish comes along. Not really bothered about dustbin lids but would not say no lol. Can anyone offer any advice or fished Pottery recently in regard to placement or tactics for catching a pike? Planning to use sardines & sprats as bait. Have collected lots of pike spinner lures but sure I read somewhere that spinning banned there due to some people using sea fishing rigs to catch monsters.
Have looked around on net & general consensus is that Pottery doesn't fish like it used to not letting that put me off as chatter says that about Aycliffe pond but I seem to have done alright there. Then again I'm just happy to catch don't really mind what it is or how big lol.
Be grateful for any advice
Have never fished Pottery Pond (I assume you're talking about the place just outside York?), but if it's pike you are particularly after you could do a lot worse than stay a bit closer to home, and head for the free stretches of the Tess around Yarm, and at the back of Preston Park ... plenty of bankside, enough pike to keep life interesting (if you look for them!), and other coarse fish as a distraction (or alternative pike bait!
)You'll also hit pike on the free stretch on the Tees, at Croft ... but it's not the prettiest of spots.....
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I think that I have a good idea of where this originated. Back in the late eighties early nineties, Specialist Tackle in Romford marketed a range of centrepins many of which were based on models such as the Match Aerial, Rapidex, Trudex and also what was known as Trotting Specials. I think that Fred Crouch was involved but looking at the reel you have the back is identical to the Trotting Specials. These were made by an old guy whose name I do not know and were fairly unique inasmuch as they were screwed together and not riveted. It is possible that reel you have which looks to be a copy of the Match Aerial was made by that particular person.
I have attached photos of the Trotting Specials I have both in wide and narrow drum versions and you will see that the back plates are identical.
Thanks tinca ... you may well be correct, though for some reason the name of 'Precision Reels' keeps coming to mind - main stumbling block there is that I can find no trace of that company online, apart from a range of US fly-reels.
Something that has always surprised me a little: companies who make / market quality gear but put nothing at all on the item itself to identify its origins!
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OK ... it's buggin' me
I KNOW that I can put a name to this reel, have seen one identical recently (though a different colour), but mind has gone blank.
No doubt the penny will drop overnight before someone replies, but just in case, can anyone put an accurate ID to this?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT
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On a more practical point, using a bait like that in the Thames here will get destroyed by crays in seconds! You'll be better off with something a lot harder.
Leave the shell on, maybe?
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I've offered - a refund of the purchase price plus the original postage.
I'm not offering to pay the return postage as well though BUT I did put the spool in a glug pot as packaging and I've told him he can keep that.
Edit - the partial refund idea is a good one I've offered that as well so it's up to him.
Thanks for the input gents, it was an honest mistake on my part and I really wasn't sure what to do.
Something that should perhaps be mentioned: feedback.
Unfortunately, Ebay is very biased towards the buyer in this respect: at the slightest whem, they can leave negative feedback for you, and you can do little or nothing about it ... you don't even have the option now of leaving feedback for a buyer any longer (unless Ebay have recently moved the goalposts, yet again?)
The probability is that you'll end up giving a refund, so you might as well do it with good grace. I agree with you to some degree, the difference DOES seem to be nothing much at all ... I'd be very tempted, in your shoes. to put the buyer on the spot ... feign ignorance, and ask him to explain why (in his opinion) it makes such a difference to him?
Stable door / horse bolted etc, but on future listings, include a returns policy that stipulates refund will only be made upon receipt of goods in original condition, received via registered post at buyers expense ... having to make that little bit of effort, and spend a few pennies more is frequently all it takes to prevent spurious claims ... or nit-picking ones like this.
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just came back from a pike trip up the lakes on windy [and the name was right]a mid double came on a dead herring,then up the north end where the river comes in ,accross from ambleside,we trolled round the reef ,and then into more open water,were the fish finder found a shoal in 60 ft ,we tried what we had but now luck .so my mate who;s a fly angler also,made up a few pike flies with the fur from an old parker,with the fur from the hood.put a 2oz lead on ,and 2 pike flies made to look like the char in the water,and lowered it down,after about 5 mins ,bang,i thought pike ,then thought a bit deep ,got it to the service a ferrox,i could;nt beleive it 9.4ld.20 minutes later another 11.2ld..16 years and on a off chance,i know i was not going for that species with any intent,but that has made my year,drop shotting would work just as well,if you want to had a ferrox trout to your list
Cool ... any photos?
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all my money's (£600) gone on our next motability car .a qashqai
Sounds like a reasonable swap :-)
Think the last Revolver on there remained unsold, no?
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If you are going to go, and especially if you will be night fishin' or even camping, watch the film 'Dog Soldiers' before you do (it's just started on sky tv as I type). I first saw it the night before we weent up to Awe...adds a bit of spice to being there !
Ooooh!
You evil mare ...... 
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Has to be said, it's not the prettiest of fish!
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I have a newish set of fox digitals and read that they were unreliable, but everytime I have checked them with actual weights at home and on the bank when comparing with my mates Avons they have always been accurate and I've never had an issue.
The only issue I can see is that they dont measure half ounces so which way do they round up (or down)!?
I guess its down to what you get used to, but I do wonder because of what other people have said about the accuracy of the fox scales, although I have never found this to be an issue. Maybe they have been dropped or damaged in the past, or dont have new batteries and that gives an inaccurate reading?
I always keep spare sets of batteries, as they are quite heavy users of batteries and I always like to have a newish set in when weighing fish.
I guess it's possible that I've simply been lucky, but I've been using a set of Fox digitals for maybe 6 years now: I've easy access to accurate check-weights through a mate who works locally with the PO, checking their counter scales. Even after 6 years, they've never needed re-calibration, and are less than 20g 'out' by the time they reach a weight of 10KG ... and thats the maximum deviation I get from 100% accuracy, regardless of how far above 10Kg they ger pushed ... they're even on the same set of batteries!
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We have a fishery for sale, based in the NE England.
Two Lakes, Fishing rights on river and fpp for fish farm operation.
If anyone is interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please contact us.
Thanks
Hmmm ... contact you how? Can't seem to reach you via PM
How much?!
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