Akimbo Rob

have you tried bulking out your groundbait with rice?? i find it quite hard to beat especially when targeting bream and carp, bream will spend ages trying to get every last grain up, even more so if you add a flavor additive and coloring to the rice when cooking it

my entry hope its ok as its nearly dark :lol: Last night's sunset over Pendle Hill taken from my bedroom window

I'm presuming so, its been 2 weeks, its been a hard one to judge but I'm gonna have to go with Manxmans Entry for the winner

There are some awesome entries this fortnight, it gonna be a hard one to choose a winner from, Hope theres going to be more pics posted

Thanks ayjay, I think i'll buy one, you never know when you'll need something like that, just looked up the record for gudgeon and its 5 ounce, so my mate was really close to the record, i think i'll start fishing his spot when he's not around lol

We've had bad weather today made some backroads impassable i had to do a 12 mile detour adding another 20 minutes on to what usually is a 10 minute journey to my mates house I suppose the bad weather has been a blessing for some as my buddy loves it when the river swells, he's been down there since 7am this morning lol

do any of you carry a set of digital jewellers scales in your tackle box??? the reason why i ask this as a good friend of mine always carries one in his pocket when out fishing on the river, i've seen him weighing gudgeon on them biggest gudgeon he has caught so far is 140 grams, not sure how much that is in ounces but is it worth the money to buy one for such a small fish, I've been on the rivers a lot recently and am debating buying one if they are worth using on small fish what do you chaps reckon?

Luckily I've sorted it with the club and got a years membership plus an apology and a pint off the bailiff he thought i was polish thats why he was rude lol as for united utilities they have been less than helpful, I've threatened to take them to the small claims court for damage to my van, my vans a complete wreck, my buddy quoted me 600 quid to weld and replace the parts, my vans worth 400 so is going to the scrap yard on the bonus side, my buddy has offered me his 51 plate berlingo van for 500 so not all lost there plus i can pay it off in installments even better so its not all bad news on this subject

my thoughts and prayers are with their families at this hard time, RIP

try using a hair dryer on it only use it for 10 - 12 seconds at a time to see if the heat expands the sections slightly enough to part them, i had to do this the other week when i'd stupidly dropped my pole into a muddy puddle i'd tried to jump lol

wow nice, I really like this one cracking shot Manxman

has anyone had any experience with a bad water?? I decided to go up to one of my local waters for a fishing session, i'd paid a day in advance for my ticket and headed out the next morning, now even before i'd got to the water i'd had problems, the track up to the lake itself had massive potholes everywhere you could not avoid them, i've damaged my fishing van to the extent that i may be scrapping him depending on what my mate can do with the damage to the underside of eddie today, anyway i did not know at the time i'd done anything serious to my van so once i'd finally got to the car park i unloaded and headed up to the bank to find a good spot. I'd found a nice little spot and started to set up, an hour into fishing a bailiff came round and checked my day ticket, most baliffs i've dealt with are nice and talkative, this chap was grumpy and abnoxious, it put my mood down considerably he left and i carried on fishing, i looked around the bank and noticed rubbish, discarded line, barbeques, etc all over, not to mention the old cans and plastic bags floating on the water, i decided enough was enough and packed up and headed home. I'm not naming and shaming the club and water yet as i've been in talks with the club about the state of the water unfortunatley the track is owned by united utilities, which i'm ringing up today, but the club have apologised for the state of the banks etc and will try to get it sorted and the bailiff is going to have a good talking to, I've been offered a free years membership which i may take, but still i'll be hard pressed to fish up there again in the near future so who's had a similar experience on a water and did you talk to the club about it, what got said and done?? Cheers Rob

it's a good question, I love spinning been predator fishing for 15 years but i do agree that a lot of pike are not brilliant fighters, where as the perch no matter what size are brilliant fighters, just recently i've been doing a lot of coarse and catching loads of small to medium perch with ease, double maggot, worm, lancefish or section of prawn are pulling some decent perch in for me, even my 8 year old son andrew landed a massive perch using lancefish I must admit i'm going to be targeting perch more than pike this year, my local reservior has some monster perch according to the local tackle shop, and i'm debating hitting it for a 2 day session once my bivvy arrives

I think that trust needs a good shake up and the doctor who ordered that to be fired, discrimination in its finest, disability should not be treated different to anything else, its not his fault he was born that way, so the docs should not take it into their own hands to decided whether a patient should be revived or not, playing with peoples lives like they are god, really pisses me off

another bit of advice for you is to study google maps near your canal and look for wider sections or sections which look fairly quiet, I've started pressing print screen and open the copy in paint and mark on the map different sections you've caught fish and what bait, i also paint red sections where not to fish in evenings due to chavs and drug users, in the end you will have a good knowledge of your local canal and where to probably catch the better number of fish during a session I've got tonnes of maps of the leeds and liverpool canal on my pc, i'm quite amazed just how many i've done lol heres a basic one for you to look at and get the idea

Robin on the bank at Barden Lane Marina on the Leeds Liverpool Canal, I managed to get really close up to it, did not even need to zoom in

these do look really nice spinners, if you can get the action and vibration right, they would probably be killer lures, i'd be happy to buy some and add them to my lure box,

My brother working up a tree, best one i've taken out of 300 different shots

I agree Gozzer the normal olympics got coverage on at least 10 channels and only 2 for the para olympics not exactly brilliant but still it was good to watch, to see someone with a disability actually do more than a normal person could under the circumstances

yeah there are loads of the little sods, been a real pain especially when fishing worms or shrimp, a few of my local spots have them and to be honest are starting to become a burden in many fisheries around lancashire on the plus side i altered my shot patterns and have been getting a lot more positive bites with using my crystals so i'm happy with that

Oh yes, Andrew did quite well, Mr Independant lol, he got a couple of small roach and got a good 1lb perch, never seen the lad so happy, he stuck his own bait on the hook, managed to shot up his float properly, cast out perfectly into the far margin, he listened to every little instruction and advice and never moved from his chair when his float was in the water very very proud dad, he cannot wait for our next session even wants to help make his own groundbait and riddle his own maggots, definatley hooked I've started a bit of a saying with him to help him when fishing C.U.P.R Catch, Unhook, Photo, Release, and andrew has been saying it over and over and now has it off by heart He's part of the new generation of anglers and i want to teach him right, so he can do the same when he's my age

sorry been so occupied with other things i forgot to check lol thanks for picking my rose Ayjay I think the next theme should be Motion

i take quite a bit coarse fishing i'd weighed my tackle box and that comes in at a heavy 32kg then theres my landing net keepnet, rods, gas stove, kettle, bait, groundbait, food, coffee, sugar, milk, frying pan, saucepan, umbrella, waterproofs, spare clothes, boots, wellies, and finally my phone, probably carry around 60 - 70kg in one 12 hour session glad i've got a trolley now

There's nothing to be more prouder than a dad celebrating his son's 8th birthday, seeing him smile when he opens his presents and find he's got a full coarse setup, priceless smile on his face and i'm taking him out tommorow which has made him smile even more

Hi Jay, the small fish are a constant nuisance, i change my shot pattern to try and drop the bait faster past the smaller fish and down to the bigger fish but it does not always work, I'm constantly feeding every cast with the hope i can feed off the smaller ones, I've noticed on my local the leeds liverpool that you get large shoals of perch patrolling the area and usually push the small roach away for a while, My local tackle shop owner told me about the pecking order of the fish world, if you feed every cast without fail the smaller roach, gudgeon etc will be pushed out by the bigger shoals of perch then the skimmer bream push out the perch, and finally the big bream and other larger fish will start to push out the others, its just a case of feeding out the smaller ones