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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

I'm still struggling for bites here in the South west, no matter how or where i fish, so i am blaming it on the cold water temperatures!!

 

 

Keep seeing pictures of people with recently caught chub and hauls of roach and bream and was wondering if people had found fishing recently hard, normal or even quite easy?

 

dave

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

I'm still struggling for bites here in the South west, no matter how or where i fish, so i am blaming it on the cold water temperatures!!

 

 

Keep seeing pictures of people with recently caught chub and hauls of roach and bream and was wondering if people had found fishing recently hard, normal or even quite easy?

 

dave

 

 

Dave its always hard in the winter and often a case of being lucky. It also helps to pull on previous results and fish for what feeds and in the right places.

 

Also read and study all results of matches where you want to fish and old newspaper reports. Read everything you can about the venues watch the weather and rainfall and then make your own mind up. When it works its like a double catch of fish as its really your own work and you made it happen.

 

Thats experience.

 

John

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I suppose :)

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As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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Had a few Tench at the weekend, but with it turning cold again who knows what the next few weeks hold.

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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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

 

See blog! :rolleyes:

 

Rivers always less of a challenge than still waters in the winter - in fact I actually relish my winter river 'season'! Cooler temps over the last few days may thawt attempts at perch over the weekend but the chub grayling and dace should still be feeding!

 

 

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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

I'm still struggling for bites here in the South west, no matter how or where i fish, so i am blaming it on the cold water temperatures!!

 

 

Keep seeing pictures of people with recently caught chub and hauls of roach and bream and was wondering if people had found fishing recently hard, normal or even quite easy?

 

dave

 

Rivers definitely best, 9lb pike last weekend for me up here in the north east. Need to keep moving from swim to swim to both find the fish and stay warm!

Please visit my blog at http://jimmysfishing.blogspot.com

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Two good sessions the last couple of weekends at a local commercial. Roach a chuck up to about 8oz and several Carp up to around 8lb. I know a lot of people don't regard commercials as proper fishing but I enjoyed it.

Don't know about this weekend. Temp down to minus 3 this morning :o

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler. Izaac Walton

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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

I'm still struggling for bites here in the South west, no matter how or where i fish, so i am blaming it on the cold water temperatures!!

 

 

Keep seeing pictures of people with recently caught chub and hauls of roach and bream and was wondering if people had found fishing recently hard, normal or even quite easy?

 

dave

i told you to get your crack down to staffordmoor, fish are going spare there, very well stocked place and the fish are beautifull all lakes have carp too, and also pike in one lake, i'm going up there this sat on thier main carp lake doing a 24hour, so try it out.

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It depends on what you mean really! I'm happy with one bite a day, but as others have said, the rivers are the place to be in winter.

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

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How has everyone been doing when fishing recently?

 

I'm still struggling for bites here in the South west, no matter how or where i fish, so i am blaming it on the cold water temperatures!!

 

 

Keep seeing pictures of people with recently caught chub and hauls of roach and bream and was wondering if people had found fishing recently hard, normal or even quite easy?

 

dave

my local canal (llangollen nrth wales) has been a mixture, lots of blanks, some days when i manage a single fish (always tiny!) and quite a few days of really good fishing. same suspects as always, dace, roach mostly, with some small perch and chub (had so many small chub that there must be bigger ones, i'll find them yet!).

 

the environment agency have just finished working on my favorite stretch, which held specimen perch and ruff and they've turned it into a magnificent ditch that won't hold fish for maybe a decade. i genuinely nearly shed a small tear when i saw it this week. still have to buy a day ticket to fish though!

Give a man a fish and he will live for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will live forever

 

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