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I did the last evening of prebaiting yesterday, a smaller amount and now in a relatively tight area. Tonight, we fish :)

 

After the baiting I had another evening quivertipping bread hoping for a decent roach. It was a bit of a disaster really, it was really windy which made bite detection tricky, and as it was an upstream wind and the flow is so weak at the moment, the Thames was actually flowing backwards. Not ideal... :rolleyes: I managed a few small roach and some skimmers, which was OK. I did see a large bream croaking it on the surface (presumably a spawning casualty), it was a really good fish, must have been at least 7lb. I wonder how big they go in the Thames?

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

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Yup, but with no success. I missed with my first shot, and the string on my bow broke before I could take a second shot. :(

 

John.

12 bore's a lot easier mate and the resulting bloody groundbait is great for eel fishing!

Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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After all of this talk of river carp I had to dust of my carp rods and get out on the bank. I went for an exploration session last night and actually had a carp on the end of my line and it was a big fish. Unfortunately it had not been hooked by my hook some other angler had hooked the fish and then snapped of leave it to trail around 30 yards of line which I then got tangled up with leavening me to reel the fish in. Were the line hand wrapped round my lead, I could not reel my line in any more so hand to try and hand line the 30 yards of line, that was attached to the carp. Got the fish right to the bank and the hook pulled leavening me with a death rig. A three once fixed inline lead and a hair rig which was very neatly tied but no fish. I will be back later on in the week to see if I could hook one properly or find out whos line it was an have words.

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A few lessons learned though - 1. Tigers are 100% crayproof. Even after 6 hours in the water, they came back without a scratch. 2. Boilies are not crayproof! After half an hour they were very nibbled, after a few hours they were gone. 3. Double hookbaits on quite long hairs appear to be bream and chub-proof. A few times I had what looked like the start of a bite from a fish, but they never developed. 4. The Thames is a wonderful place to be in summer at dusk, with the sun glowing red behind the trees, the little fish dimpling on the surface, and the barn owls hunting over the meadows. It looks even more amazing once the sun has set and an enormous white moon appears, bathing everything in bright white light.

 

I'll have another go tonight, more in hope than expectation - I think really you'd need a proper campaign to do it justice and I don't want to do that, so hopefully I'll have a little luck instead!

 

After that, I think I can hear the big Thames perch calling. I think the new mission will be a Thames 3lber before the chub fishing starts...

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

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This has got me thinking as tigers are crayproof would barbel also take them?

 

I have had Barbel on tiggers, it would not be my first choice of bait for them but does give another option if crays don't like them.

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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A few lessons learned though - 1. Tigers are 100% crayproof. Even after 6 hours in the water, they came back without a scratch. 2. Boilies are not crayproof! After half an hour they were very nibbled, after a few hours they were gone. 3. Double hookbaits on quite long hairs appear to be bream and chub-proof. A few times I had what looked like the start of a bite from a fish, but they never developed. 4. The Thames is a wonderful place to be in summer at dusk, with the sun glowing red behind the trees, the little fish dimpling on the surface, and the barn owls hunting over the meadows. It looks even more amazing once the sun has set and an enormous white moon appears, bathing everything in bright white light.

 

I'll have another go tonight, more in hope than expectation - I think really you'd need a proper campaign to do it justice and I don't want to do that, so hopefully I'll have a little luck instead!

 

After that, I think I can hear the big Thames perch calling. I think the new mission will be a Thames 3lber before the chub fishing starts...

Anderoo try double wrapping the Biolies in armamesh it worked wonders when i tried it ,My dropshot rod has arrived so going to give it a workout Stripey wise this weekend hopefully Steve.

We are not putting it back it is a lump now put that curry down and go and get the scales

have I told you abouit the cruise control on my Volvo ,,,,,,,bla bla bla Barder rod has it come yet?? and don`t even start me on Chris Lythe :bleh::icecream:

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Final evening of the mini campaign, and I just couldn't munster up the enthusiasm to even try! In the end I went roach fishing instead :rolleyes:

 

I think I enjoyed the planning and the baiting up more than the actual fishing to be honest. I don't think I have enough desire to catch one.

 

The roach fishing was a let-down too, I walked a very long way to a spot I know where a side stream runs in, in the hope of actually finding some flow. But that too was static. I caught a few small roach and a couple of dace, but then got bullied out by a load of cows that were trying to eat some of my gear (my chair is covered in cow-gob) and were threatening to tread on the rest.

 

Once again, despite trying to prove otherwise, I have to conclude that it is a winter river, and I will just have to be patient.

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

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