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    kilworth sticks fishery reopened and fishing well

    in Coarse Fishing

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    Thanks. I did visit it two Sundays ago while waiting for a match to finish on the unfrozen ponds at Peatling Pools. All the ponds there were frozen solid or else I would have given it a go. Well, that's not quite true, there was an ice free section a couple of feet wide from bank to bank on the Loop where a pipe was flowing into it, but as there was pretty thick snow everywhere on the bank I went back and waited for Peatling to empty.

    Who's been catching in the snow?

    in Coarse Fishing

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    The ponds were still mostly frozen solid here at the weekend. Strangely two of the three ponds at one of the local fisheries were completely clear, with the larger and deeper pond completely frozen. Unfortunately for my planned Sunday afternoon trip, when I arrived there was a match on both ponds that didn't finish until 15:15. It was touch and go, give up and go home, or wait for the match to finish and have a short session until dark. I decided on the latter, persevered with a larger bait rather than going for the silver fish and had one bite on the leger rod for a 8lb carp and one bite near dark on the float rod for a 6lb carp. It was nice to finally get the landing net wet after the tiddler dominated catches of the last couple of months :).

     

    A couple of decent carp figured in the match weights, won with 12lb+ with a 10lb ish carp and some tiddlers, second was 10lb+ with a 8lb ish carp and some tiddlers.

    No white Texas Xmas

    in Non-Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by WickerDave

    That's cold for the Austin area :cold:. I only managed an hour or so's fishing on a business trip back in May, for a solitary bluegill. I've never caught a crappie or white bass in Lake Travis, many years ago I did catch a few white bass in a small river during the Spring spawning run, before getting soaked by one of those impressive Texas thunderstorms (I don't miss those). Of the more unusual fish, I have caught one yellow bass and one long nosed gar in Lake Travis.

    Okuma EB50 vs EPR50

    in Coarse Fishing

    Posted

    If the numbers are correct, only one of these reels is a bait feeder (AKA baitrunner or free spool) in the UK market. The EB50 is a front drag bait feeder reel and the EPR50 is a rear drag reel without the bait feeder facility.

     

    If you are after 3 foot carp, buy one with the bait feeder facility.

    a day at the river

    in Coarse Fishing

    Posted

    At least you got some fresh air and exercise, and a bonus visit from the wife (is that a bonus?) :).

     

    Saturday was the better day weather wise, if you sat in the sun it was almost spring like. I persevered for the carp for too long at the bigger pond on my local fishery, and didn't get a single bite on the feeder or float rod. That pond froze overnight on Saturday so the water must have been very cold. Moving to the smallest pond produced lots of bites from the micro perch, with the odd giant of 3oz and a solitary roach in about 30 fish. A chub of 1lb in pristine condition and a barbel slightly bigger completed the afternoon.

    2008 Was It a Good Year For You?

    in Coarse Fishing

    Posted

    It's been an enjoyable year on the mixed fish puddles. My local fisheries have been quiet angler wise this year, even on the warm evenings, which added to the enjoyment. I got close to my first 20lb carp with a 19½lb floatfished caught fish at the end of May, and then finally achieved it with a 21¾lb surface caught fish a month later :).

    river soar

    in Coarse Fishing

    Posted

    It will be interesting to see if you get any useful answers to this one, based on my "There aren't many East Midlands members who still post regularly, unfortunately, so any local information interchange is limited." reply to your post in the New Members forum.

     

    I've never fished it myself, but I've walked the whole free stretch in Jubilee Park (Whetstone, off the Foxhunter roundabout) and seen some decent roach and perch, plus what were probably very small barbel. There's a good mix of shallow runs and deeper parts if you walk the whole stretch, it's pretty inaccessible with large nettle beds in the summer but should be OK now. That stretch does flood very easily though. One of the old posters had a 2½lb chub on floating crust from there and saw one estimated at 5lb. He also used to lure fish the Soar/GUC and had some success with jack pike. I'll PM him and see if he's still around (he's not logged on for over a month and hasn't posted for ages) to reply.

    snag bars

    in Session Carp Fishing

    Posted

    You didn't read the text to the right of where you got that image from :rolleyes:...

     

    "The Snag bar is an essential piece of equipment, which prevents the rod from coming off the rod rest, when savage 'takes' are expected. It screws in-between buzzer and bank stick and can be positioned either to the left or right of your rod.

    Prior to the introduction of the Snag bar, an additional bank stick or storm pole would have been needed to gain the same effect. This is a real problem when stalking a fish, as they can be easily 'spooked' by unnecessary bank side movement."

    playing fish

    in Coarse Fishing

    Posted

    Andy I reckon Mr Sharpe really wants to try two fingers up the butt but is to scared to come out of the closet!

     

    Shame Ferret (where is he these days anyone know?) wont be at Timsbury with his camera like he used to as I would gladly do some poncy posing (in my shorts as well) if I hook into one of those double figure brownies that have been showing on my trotting rod.

     

    NB: I didnt make any cheap double entendres re fingers up butt and big brownies on the end of my rod.

     

    We seem to be really getting away with it today,maybe John S has died?

    I'm surprised Ferret didn't get the pedunckle treatment, given the [unfortunate] history with certain moderators.

     

    He's another one who is missed.

    hi everyone

    in New Members

    Posted

    That wasn't you packing up at around 2 pm on the 18th as I arrived was it? It's a small world if it was :) .

     

    Peatling is a good fishery but you've missed the really easy fishing now it is starting to cool down. Late autumn/winter fishing can still be good at times, although the carp fishing can be patchy in the cold. I struggled on the 18th too on the Malcolm pool, one barbel and one carp just before dark saved a blank.

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