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Green railing? Zoo? This pond is close to plenty of houses and has goldfish, shubunkins with fan tails and some very exotic looking rudd. One of the other locals fishing, when he saw the terrapin, said he'd caught a pound koi carp last season, so I guess it's better than throwing them down the toilet, when they get too big. I bet the local heron gets confused.
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I was fishing a pond at the local rec catching rudd on sweetcorn, when I got a typical crucian bite that dithered around, before sinking away. When I struck, I thought I had hit into a "sleeping" carp, that was slowly swimming away, taking out the elastic from my pole. It briefly surfaced, before swimming off again. I had to hand line it in. It was as big as a football and hooked in the mouth.
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This was my blog : http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/rudd-provide-hot-pole-action/
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The fresh green of spring has now given way to the dog days of summer on my little river and the trout are mostly holed up under the overgrown banks, the larger fish preferring to raid the plentiful supply of minnows, than take a fly. Sport can still be had on the fly, but the river has come alive with small dace and chub and even a cast to an observed trout often results in a splashy take from a dace.
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This chub is the best I've taken on any method and had been dimpling on the surface like a much smaller fish, until I set the hook, then it exploded into life. On a 7ft, 4/5 weight rod, this was not a one sided fight. After a short rest, it zoomed back to the pool.
This was my blog post. : http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/big-chub-on-the-dry-fly-compensates-for-small-trout/
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The mayfly hatch is over for another year and the usual hawthorn flies in May never appeared, but catches of wild fish have been good on my little Hampshire river, with a few approaching two pounds. The wild fish have a good range in size, which means successful spawning despite months of floods over the past few winters and the trout are in top condition as summer approaches.
This was the best brown taken in my most recent afternoon session, taken on a cut down bodied mayfly.
My blog report is here. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/mayfly-fishing-bonanza-mostly-small-stuff/
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I hooked a snapper while spinning for bass in Florida some years back. I was on my own and was c######g myself, wondering how I'd get it off the hook once I landed it.. Luckily a couple of guys in a boat came over and pulled it over onto it's back in the water and took the hook out with pliers. Phew! They said it was common in that creek.
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Months of floods have altered many of the feature pools on my small Hampshire river and only allowed members a couple of brief working parties to drag out some of the fallen trees before open day on April 1st. My first few sessions were spent more in exploration than actual fishing, pools had been scoured out and new sand bars created, while in places trees had been pulled from the banks and swept downstream.
Due to cold winds and high, but clear, water levels, few members have ventured out so far, and even fewer trout netted, but those wild fish caught have been in good condition.
This was a wild brownie caught and released by me last week, that looked more seatrout than brown, having a purple sheen. The fish took a size 18 gold head, gold ribbed Hare's Ear nymph. This was my blog report. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/trout-stream-warms-to-early-risers/
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I thought the aim of Anderoo's post was to find an elastic capable of controlling up to 3lb crucians on 2lb hook line. More likely to get broken on 2lb line with a running tench, carp, or perch on a 12, than a 6. It's related to what you expect to catch. Where I caught the fish in the pic, the average size is one and a half pounds, but I have also landed five pounders and been broken by two pounders, it is very shallow and the commons, etc run, but the crucians stand and fight, which again was our target fish. Too heavy a bottom rig and you won't see a crucian bite all day.
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Too heavy and you can pull out of a crucian due to their soft mouths and they give a juddering, spinning fight, which is absorbed by the elastic. Common carp on the other hand, tend to make power runs, which you need to slow down with a heavier elastic. My No 6 elastic is through the top two and set quite tight, giving a compromise.
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I use a number 6 blue latex on my 11 metre pole, which I use on canals and ponds. This elastic copes well with crucians, but 5lb commons can cause problems!
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This was my blog post for this winter carp session. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/bread-punch-fishing-finds-some-winter-carp-and-crucians/
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I am in Farnborough too, but we only have the south bank meadow. Over the little bridge on the north bank was free fishing a couple of years ago and wondered, if that was still the case. Plenty of stockies went in the Whitewater upstream over the years and some must be down that end by now, plus wild fish.
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As the 2014 trout season approaches fast, I wonder what state some of the fisheries will be in following the floods, but reviewing this thread, my own small river soon recovered to provide excellent fishing, before a summer drought brought us back down to earth again.
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Cheers Paul, I don't go near the shop often, being a bread man. The flyrod will be back out of the rack this week. That stretch below the Whitewater will probably have a few trout taking, when it warms up.
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Does anyone know if the meadow at Ford Lane on the Blackwater, where the Whitewater comes in is still free fishing?
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What area of the Blackwater are you fishing? I've only fished the free stretches above Sandhurst and where the Whitewater flows in. Not fished it this year, not enough water in the autumn, now too much. Like many of these small rivers, it's swimmy. One peg I have fished on the punch with liquidised bread gave me skimmers, chub and roach, plus gudgeon on the stick. This was my catch report from my own small river not far from the Blackwater. Over 8lb of mostly roach on the stick with bread. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/roach-queue-up-for-bread-punch-on-the-middy-stick/
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Keep at it Chris. There is no need to fish right across canals, 8 metres is plenty. I get most of my fish down the inside shelf and in the boat road. Remember with the liquidised, just a small ball to start and only feed when it slows down. Often two feed areas work. Feed one and fish the other. Bread punch is no longer the "secret" method it once was, but it still works, especially where mums bring their kids to feed the ducks. Good Luck.
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It's a sad fact that many of our fishing venues in and around London are unsafe. West of London, at a water which has good barbel and chub, it's unwise to leave your car in the secluded car park due to break-ins and tow-aways. Canal bridges often have a collection of daytime drinkers. Now being past the age of retirement, at the other end of the spectrum to young Jack, I pick my venues with caution. 30 years ago, the London canals gave me hours of sport catching roach and skimmers on the bread punch, but today I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
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The Colnbrook below Iver Village is on private land above and below the Iver Lane (down stream is part of Farlows, plenty of gudgeon, a few chub), the old Cape Boards stretch at the GU Canal end, Yiewsley is the stretch. I shoot a farm along part of it and the level was fishable on Monday. Well worth a walk, I had a barbel 100 yards upstream of the bridge this summer. Parking is OK the Iver side of the bridge.
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Hi Hopey,
There are several free stretches on the Colne. The river splits into many parts below West Drayton and makes it's way to Staines. If you get a decent Ordinance Survey map, you will find a few hidden free stretches in the Colnbrook area. I see you have a barbel in your profile and with a bit of searching out you will find some ideal barbel swims. One in that area has produced good barbel, chub, roach and dace for me. The stretch is only about 50 yards before it goes under the M25.
The best and longest free stretch is upstream of Iver Lane (near Farlows) to the Uxbridge road at Uxbridge. Unfortunatley, this stretch, about a mile, was given park status and "improved" with willows along it's length. The council stopped maintaining the banks and many of the willows have fallen into the river, although this has created some nice gravel runs. Once again barbel are one of the main target species in this mile of river, with chub and good perch. Also there are some double figure pike. On my last outing in the summer, I was catching roach and dace on the stick, when a massive pike tried to drag my net in, my son and I just winning the tug of war, although the net was ruined.
I prefer to fish the stick with maggots, which works well for the dace, roach and chub, but the specimen boys tend to fish with PVA pellets, meat, etc.
I've not fished the Farlows bit for years. Like all of the Colne, it's swimmy. You could catch a hundred gudgeon from one swim, move twenty yards and it's full of roach. Plenty of chub all over the river. Give it a go. It's worth a bit of research.
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The Thames is already full of carp. At Windsor commons and tench get caught on a regular basis, even a small river where I live has it's fair share of rudd, crucians, commons and bream, all overspilled from the lakes, that drain into it. What we don't want are catfish.
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Taking in your advice on sinking the liquidised bread Rudd, I went out and bought a small bait dropper for my return to the Basingstoke Canal, but found that despite all the rain we have endured this week, the canal was at near normal level and pace, balling the bread in as usual by hand in close, while feeding the far shelf at 9 meteres with a cup.
This time I had no barge to spoil my fishing and ended up with a respectable 7lb plus from a two and a half hour afternoon session on the bread punch. Once again I used a No 4 single elastic and didn't lose a fish.
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Sorry for the slow reply Rudd. Yes liquidised bread. This canal was really pushing hard and I had to put it in upstream, the hotspot being 10 ft down from me. I had them going well, then a barge came upstream and churned it up and I lost the better fish. I am just about to liquidise another loaf, hoping to get out after the rain tomorrow.
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Welcome back Phone. I'd noticed the lack of criptic comments. I broke my back in two places some years ago, when the car I was racing, thought that it was an aerobatic stunt plane. The good news is that one of the best cures is a bit of fishing, especially with a fly rod. Got me back together in no time, with no repercussions.
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There is some good info here, but you can baffle yourself with science. I was fishing the Basingstoke canal yesterday on the bread punch, using a single Slip Fluoro No 4 through the top two of my pole and didn't lose a fish, even though it was pushing through.
As you can see from this pic, I had some good skimmers and some very nice roach, plus some tiddlers.
This was my blog post: http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/bread-punch-nets-quality-fish-on-the-basingstoke-canal/
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Well done anyway on your result. It's a good place to fish a match, at least you know you will catch some fish. I live in Bracknell and have plenty of good free fishing without driving far. The punch works well for me round here.
Caught a terrapin on sweetcorn
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I hooked a snapper back in the 90's, when spinning for bass in Florida. I was on my own without a net. It was treble the size of the terrapin, but was fortunate to have two guys in a boat come over and flip it on it's back and unhook it with pliers. That was one scary looking MF.