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3 inches grew to 8 or 9 . . . !

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Sutton Warrior

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Ive been working up to today for a few weeks, first session coarse fishing since 1995 . . . Here is my swim, classic lily pad, disused gravel pit, all the junk around the seat, and I recon I travel light, you can imagine what the 'tackle tart' a few pegs up looked like . . . :D

 

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Same swim from a more faltering angle . . . Now would I have even considered misleading you . . . :rolleyes:

 

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Bought the maggots, half a pint of mixed please . . . felt so strange after 19 years, almost like going into the chemist the first time for ***** :whistling: Hump every thing out of the car, fight the combination lock to get in. The swim turns out to be 10ft deep!! I like float fishing . . . 19 years ago not a problem, now mind the trees and lilies. All fingers and thumbs. Nearly 20 years Sea fishing handling '15lb rope', 6ozs of lead and a broom stick, hear I am, line like spiders silk, weights that look moore at home on a chemist scales and me with pork sausages for fingers . . . :( Thats what the first hour of set up felt like . . .

 

Slowly it came back, the timing of the cast, when to strike, as I imagined the little devils playing chicken with my bait. Tiddlers were the order of the day to start with, double red maggot and an 18 hook = 3 inches of roach and perch. I had (Hazel had) bunged in a tin of sweetcorn, magic, 3 inches grew to 8 or 9 . . . remember that one for supper tonight . . . :P

 

The session was not memorable on fish size, it brought back floods of memories, good and bad, for which I was not prepared . . . :unsure: Generally I had a good session, I'd forgotten how filthy and smelly one can get . . . liberally coated in ground bait, fish slime, maggot juice and maze powder . . . wind blowing into face! The biggest 'stop in tracks' was my lack of dexterity, gossamer line, tiny hooks, shot no bigger than a grain of rice, this is a guy who has designed and built model aircraft for forty years, made a living shuffling printers type and generally accepted the inheritance of family digit dexterity.

 

Getting old, and mangling my right hand in a boating accident 5 years ago may have something to do with the short comings?

 

This is one of about a dozen roach of around this size that fell to sweetcorn, no keep net, poped him in the landing net for the picture:

 

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Next time, its going to be two rods, feeder and float . . . need to replace the line on my ledger reel, and move up a cople of pegs to a slightly shallower swim, looking for a tench or one of the 50 carp stocked this last week!!!

 

SW

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Generally I had a good session, I'd forgotten how filthy and smelly one can get . . . liberally coated in ground bait, fish slime, maggot juice and maze powder . . . wind blowing into face!

 

SW, I love it! That just describes one of my sessions! Just remember...keep a bottle of YSL in your tackle bag to dab behind your ears to keep you smelling fragrant and hopefully mask the smell of Monster Crab ......

 

Glad to see you left the keep net at home.... :P

 

I'm glad you enjoyed getting back to basics....I don't know if I could have coped with a swim that deep though! 10 feet? Mine is only about two!

 

As for the tackle tart a few pegs up....probably much like me!

 

Janet

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A nice report and great photos, thanks :) What a lovely looking lake - the perfect place to spend a summer's day.

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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

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Looks like a great spot to fish, I always love a swim with a few lily pads in it.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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