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Float Tubing first report


blindog

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Had a wee shot at float tubing at the weekend for the first time,It was brilliant fun although hard work getting used to paddling in the right direction at times,started of from an old boat house and headed out about 40 ft as it was quite shallow and weedy close in,two casts and my first pike on a tube .

 

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Caught on a small mepps,10 mins later my first ever Perch,

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After a few more small perch and wee Jack Pike we worked our way down the loch (loch was about 1mile long).lots of nice weedy bays and deeper wate drop offs ,Lots of wee Perch and pike.

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Lost one decent Perch at the Tube then hooked into a nice Pike which towed me about for a few miutes before it went into a weed bed,took abit of work but i managed to get it out and land it

,never weighed it but probably 7/8 lb.

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Weather was realy good with sun off and on and no wind,very mist early on.

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Great day out but after lunch the wind picked up and we gave up as by this time my wee legs were starting to cramp up

Loch was north of Inverness on the Ullapool road cant rmember the name.

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Blindog that looks great fun :D there used to be a guy who used one on the Thames and although he took a bit of stick from the guys in boats waiting to launch as he waddled off from the slipway looking like Jacques Cousteau gone wrong he caught a lot of fish just jigging in the deeper water of the weir pool and i always fancied a go.

Whats the score with using one in the Lochs up there do you need permission or is it just turn up and go ?? ,Great photos and it looks a stunning place to fish ,As in your Photo small Jack pike always have eyes that seem out of proportion to there body Steve.

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Most of the Lochs are owned by Estates in that area but on this one we could not find anywhere to obtain a permit so we just went for it,most as only £10 a day but dont let you float tube it as they have boats on them mainly for Trout and Salmon ,Pike fishing is only done on one or two better known waters and the smaller ones are left pretty much alone,when you find one it can turn up some nice fish.LochX055.jpg

 

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Nice one! Never got round to trying float tubing/belly boating for trout or pike but looks great fun.Friends who do it regularly for trout have always told me how close you can actually get to feeding fish without spooking them because of the low profile.

 

Should imagine you need to be a bit sensible re weather conditions when you try it on those bigger lochs though!

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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Budgie,

 

If you ever try it at Wingham, can you let me know first so that I can move my bivvy back a couple of feet, please?

 

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