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'Up north' is a totally different country, Phone. It's a long way from civilisation and culture, maybe up to 2-3 - even 4 - hours' drive. It's an open border, but you're advised to get some shots from the doctor before travelling, as members of the Mustelidae family are popular pets, and the owners have a nasty bite.

 

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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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Uncultured'? huh our area is famed globally for its writers and poets, Wordsworth, Burns and Potter (Beatrix, not 'Arry').

 

An' ferrets are fine and useful comanions, we kept lots of 'em, and judged at the local shows, never ever bitten.

 

We did get out yesterday for a few hours, and as predicted 'almost' had the lake to ourselves, the local PAC secretary was out getting in some piking before the lake switches off for the winter.

 

We took a pike each on lures. Not huge, mine was a low double.

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"Some people hear their inner voices with such clarity that they live by what they hear, such people go crazy, but they become legends"
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'Up north' is a totally different country, Phone. It's a long way from civilisation and culture, maybe up to 2-3 - even 4 - hours' drive. It's an open border, but you're advised to get some shots from the doctor before travelling, as members of the Mustelidae family are popular pets, and the owners have a nasty bite.

 

;)

 

Ahem Anderoo... Oxford man. And undeniably north of Watford... :)

 

I feel duty bound as a Londoner to warn everyone on the internet as to your midlands/northern proclivities...

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days without taking a fish. (Hemingway - The old man and the sea)

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Ahem Anderoo... Oxford man. And undeniably north of Watford... :)

 

I feel duty bound as a Londoner to warn everyone on the internet as to your midlands/northern proclivities...

 

I know, I'm on dodgy ground! (Don't tell anyone, but I grew up near Kings Lynn, which is even further north :o Now, that part of the world really is another country!)

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

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I know, I'm on dodgy ground! (Don't tell anyone, but I grew up near Kings Lynn, which is even further north :o Now, that part of the world really is another country!)

 

Another country Andrew? I was always told it's another planet! :rolleyes:

 

It's still 'darn sarf' though.

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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I prefer to stay out of the north/south definition. I am from the east and as such, every morning, the sun shines outta my ar.. :lol:

Nobody mention Tractors...! :)

 

Renrag

This Years' Targets:- As many species by lure as possible. Preferably via Kayak. 15lb+ Pike on Lure...

Species Caught 2012- Pike, Perch.

Kayak Launches- Fresh-8 Salt- 0

Kayak Captures- 14 Pike, 1 Perch.

 

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I am from the east and as such, every morning, the sun shines outta my ar.. :lol:

Nobody mention Tractors...! :)

 

Renrag

 

You know all you rural provincial types only ever think about tractors, hay bales, crop rotation, sheep and cows :D

 

 

I drove my tractor through your haystack last night

(ooh aah ooh aah)

I threw me pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet

(ooh aah ooh aah)

Now something's telling me

That you'm avoiding me

Come on now darling you've got something I need

 

Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

Come on now let's get together

In perfect harmony

I got twenty acres

An' you got forty-three

Now I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

 

She made I laugh ha ha

 

I'll stick by you, I'll give you all that you need

We'll 'ave twins and triplets

I'm a man built for speed

And you know I'll love you darlin'

So give me your hand

But what I want the most

Is all they acres of land

 

Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

Come on now let's get together

In perfect harmony

I got twenty acres

An' you got forty-three

Now I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

 

Ooaah she's a lovely bit of stuff an' all

 

For seven long years I've been alone in this place

Eat, sleep, in the kitchen, it's a proper disgrace

Now if I cleaned it up would you change your mind

I'll give up drinking scrumpy and that lager and lime

 

Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

Come on now let's get together

In perfect harmony

I got twenty acres

An' you got forty-three

Now I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

 

Who loves ya baby ha

 

Weren't we a grand couple at that last wurzel dance

I wore brand new gaters and me cordouroy pants

In your new Sunday dress with your perfume smelling grand

We had our photos took and us holding hands

 

Now I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

Now that we'me both past our fifties I think that you and me

Should stop this galavanting and will you marry me

Coz I got a brand new combine harvester

An' I'll give you the key

 

Aahh yu're a fine looking woman and I can't wait to get me 'ands on your land

 

 

WURZELS (Or any generic rural type)

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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Sooo back to the Perch! i have used cockles on a lake after tench in the summer and more often than not caught perch up to 8 ounces. And what about prawns? i will be going down to the river Roding in essex this weekend and want to go after the perch.

take a look at my blog

http://chubcatcher.blogspot.co.uk/

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Calling this, or any other time of year 'perch season' is liable to confuse and to misinform novices, so lets not do it again...same applies to pike too.

"Some people hear their inner voices with such clarity that they live by what they hear, such people go crazy, but they become legends"
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Sooo back to the Perch! i have used cockles on a lake after tench in the summer and more often than not caught perch up to 8 ounces. And what about prawns? i will be going down to the river Roding in essex this weekend and want to go after the perch.

 

Cheers Peter, I appreciate you getting this back on track. I hope you let us know how you get on. I've never used prawns or cockles for perch myself - anyone?

 

Emma, that's fine, you've made that very clear, you don't need to keep saying it. Ta. But I'm afraid I don't live where you live and autumn has always been perch time for me, so you'll understand why I'll keep calling it that.

 

I've got two days (well, afternoons and evenings) back on the river this weekend after the perch again. After losing that big one last week I need to keep trying. I have a load of lobs put aside for me, so this time I will be able to feed a lot more heavily, which I think will help.

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