Stalking, ahem........bream!!!!!!!

[Leon Roskilly]

By the way Dennis, a few of us local lads get together on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:30pm at the Black Lion Pub in Mill Road Gillingham (opposite the Black Lion Sports Centre), in the guise of the Medway Mullet Group, to talk fishing.

 

Everyone is welcome to drop in and share local knowledge.

 

We don't just fish for mullet (in fact there's a few who have never even hooked a mullet!).

 

Next meeting, Thursday 5th February.

 

Tight Lines - leon

Medway Mullet Group

http://www.anglers-net.co.uk/medway

[DenisO]

Great picture of the river and well done on your catches today.

The bream came from about a mile upstream from the Spot Lane bridge where the river goes into a horse shoe shape.

I'll bear the Black Lion in mind for the 5th so may see you then.

[poledark]

Leon, do us a favour mate and resize your pics to 600x800 and I will be able to see it all in one go,

 

Den

[Pangolin]

Leon, can you take me through the steps to get a digital photograph (which may be currently stored in a folder in my computer) onto one of these replies? I'd love to be able to do that...!

[nick_gilbert]

if you want to catch the chub in the len the best time is when it is running a bit clearer and use a short rod and fish in the jungle swims even the smallest of deep holes holds some nice fish

 

That bend swim upstream of spot lane has never been any good for chub i dont know why :confused: there is some nice sized fish in the small weir pool though, cast as close as you dare to the far side reeds, the slack area towards the far bank

 

Hope this helps your chub quest

 

i havent fished alington for years am tempted to give it a go again, and them huge shoules of dace are still there

[nick_gilbert]

Dennis

 

almost forgot when you joke about sturgon you may well catch one down at spot lane try the pond a saw a young lad catch one about 2lb about 2 summers ago it might be still in there LOL

[Newt]

Pangolin - directions for posting a picture are Here.

[cookus]

where abouts on the len is this swin denso?

[nick_gilbert]

Shhhh dont tell everybody where the len is LOL

 

ive been fishing it for about 20 years and hardley see any one else fishing, it must be getting more popular now, i suppose the removal of the trees dowstream of spot lane has made it a bit more accessable, you can use a rod biger than 6ft now

 

i hope you all put the wild trout back it would be a shame if they all get took out, i think they breed in the river cos i have caught all sizes even tiny ones.

[DenisO]

Cookus, against Nicks advice, the river is in Bearsted near Maidstone. Turn into Spot Lane and follow the road down to the bottom of the valley and you will literally "trip" over the river.

 

Nick, the trout all went back. In truth they were not really big enough for the pan although if they had been I may have been tempted to take 1. Your right about rod lenghts. I was using an 11ft Avon Quiver which for some swims is probably about 10ft too long. I have a Super Shooter which seems like overkill or a fly rod, either of which would be better length. The fly rod could be a bit awkward with a fixed spool attached.