Russell Fitzpatrick
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i use an ABU C3,it has a level wind thank god,i would struggle a bit without it,i only get beeding if i overcast and dont feather the line,usually sorted quickly tho!
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no mate that bit ya cant fish,aint stupid the old chevins,they move out come winter and drop downstream,and of an evening in summer they drop back into the fishable area, can be caught off the back sill if you stealthy enough!
belive me some of them chub in the pics are big 6's and a couple are undoubtley 7+. coem winter i am gonna introduce them to fish baits ; )
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took these the other week,come winter some will be looking into my camera lens again!
enjoy! any guess on sizes!?
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walthamstow mate,but a friend may be up for it,depends if i can get night off work n if he wants to drive!
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second the safety aspect,i work up the road,go with a few of ya and take minimum tackle.
go with lobworm on one rod and deadbaits on the other(roach,skimmer,perch or gudgeon)
use wire...regents has a head of jacks,plus some eels have well developed teeth,some dont,not worth the risk!
good luck,let us know how ya get on,if you want to daytime fish it, pick a stormy wet day,at least the nutters will stay away!even if teh eels dont want to play!
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i'll try and make it,having met bill before,i rekon it will be one not to be missed!
be nice to see bill again.
see if i can arrange transport!
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Thanks, one half roach caught this lovely eel. Yesterday we tried again and caught 14 eels, noone over 2 pounds. I dont think i´ll ever catch anotherone like this... but who knows, I still feel like a king.
cracking eel! been some absolute monsters caught in the uk as budgie said.best i know of 7.15!
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indeed a cracker!
it was nice to meet uni(or nige),we fished for zander,arriving in the nick of time just before last light to catch some baits,no zeds showed but some early morning pike were fun,i'd like to say nige is one of the better anglers i have come across he already had most of it sussed,wire traces at all times,correct unhooking gear and the right attitude towards fishing for pike and other species.
glad the tips worked mate,feels good to pass on what i have learnt from others,hopefuly i can convice him to keep at it in the winter!i 'll show ya some more rigs.
just a foot note to say uni is using single hooks and more importantly fishing at night/early morning,so the anti-summer pike brigade can keep quite!
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hook a bleak up and catch soem good stripeys mate!
corn will get through them,maggots i would aviod unless i'm spraying maggot to draw the perch in!(and feed off teh bleak,if you can!)
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i thought i might have been the only one!
i shall look on on both your blogs,cheers for the tip julian!
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i might!
perching was fun,good number of perch came to the boat,topped by a cracking 2.06 for my mate dave,all on live gudgeon and chublets float fished.
no chub or zeds and only 1 jack i fully expected teh jacks to give us grief but they didnt teh perch were going mad!
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I dont understand why the hook is pulling.A 14 is quite big enough to land a carp if you take your time.
Now if you are getting snagged by the fish running into the weed etc I would sugest that you stick with what your doing (as its obviously working!) but step up your line strength a bit more.
second that,step on tackle a little if your using 5lb line go up to 8lb,instead of a 14 use 12 or 10,what sort of rod are you using?
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thanks!
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JK you have PM mate,think im late tho!
jamie-you know the score on them gloves mate you too budgie!
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these are the chico gloves! the mutts nutts
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forget gardening gloves and chain mail style filleting gloves in my opinion they are crap
i used a lindy glove(gone missing!?
) fantastic protection when chinning fish with flying trebels as they do not penertrate the glove at all,handlanding fish when using big surface lures and jerkbaits etc is easier when you dont have to worry about hookpoints,or cuts/grazes from gillrakers.one downside is the lack of "feel" the lindy glove is quite thick,tough material but with use they do soften of just dont be a pansy and wash it
19.99 from www.thelureshack.com
the other glove highly recommended is the chico glove!
well its called musky armour,they are thin you can "feel" what your fingers are doing etc and you get a good grip,they will stop cuts/grazes but will NOT stop hookpoints like a lindy.
if you go onto the pikeandpredators forum and look up chico and mail him privately asking about them he may be able to help,they are cheaper then the lindy and you get a left AND a right hand glove!
they are very soft when wet excellent new for esox!the musky gloves are my only choice at the mo,until i find my lindy wich i think my dog(bless him!) may have eaten
i would use these to hand land fish with flying trebles but as always i am very very carefull how i go about it,fortunetly i am a fairly experienced pike angler 
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hi all
i have just started playing around with the blog settings and adding entrys etc
i was wondering how many of you use your blog and update it and to save going through everyones profile put ya name up and we can all have a read
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not really, half ounce drilled bullet keep teh bait down,depends on species used etc rudd like swimming up in the water,gudgeon dont.
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sounds like you had a good day,i do enjoy trotting a float and putting a bag of fish togather,plus you get to see sights like the perch,i have seen soem enourmous perch in rivers,they never fial to make teh hair on teh back of my neck stand up,they look massive!
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river lea crayfish,signals i belive,this is a big'un! 
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there are days when lives are the only option,
i know a place you can fish deads till ya hearts content...yes you will get a few fish....but put some effort into cathing some lives...and watch what happens...oftne than not your lifeless swim coems alive its not uncommon to get 3-4 takes one after the other,mainly small but hey its sport!
lives are particualy effective on rivers.
i'm livebaiting tommorrow for perch,and i have had zeds on em,never know a chub might have a go too more than possible,**** i knowsome thats had carp on lives!
i am respectfull i dont blantantly do it as i do know some it offends,anybaits i dont use get put back.
no harm done.
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That's what I thought you might say. BTW I'm still waiting for your email about next week.
doen have a look
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forget self cockers mate,they are fantastic for use on gravel pits when fishing close in and tehy are set up properly but for lives they are not very good.
i use clear sliding through the middle floats for all of my livebaiting,much better and no tangles!
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My thoughts to Peter.Where Zeds and Perch naturaly shoal I suppose it just follows on they will hunt together in a co-ordinated way.
bang on,a friend of mine has witnessed zeds have a go at a fair size bream,as if working togather and i too have seen it with perch and small silvers.
love those predators!
Unusual catch
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i got some little rubber frogs with a weedless hook,work quite well when bounced over lillys,i always hoped a chub would take one..hasnt happened...yet!
wot sort of lure did it take,looks liek a small shad type?