How Do U ??

[Danny K]

How Do You Fish A Canal Or Drain which is about 7-9ft With A Pole ?? And what baits would u use In Winter ???

[Newt]

Errr - would that be 7-9ft wide or 7-9ft deep?

[Danny K]

I Mean 7ft to 9ft Deep.. mailto:steellegion87@aol.comsteellegion87@aol.com

[Newt]

That should help any who know about poles and canals and the UK. And mine was a real question. I try not to assume anything with UK anglers cause ya'll do stuff way differently than we do and also have smaller waters.

 

Not to try to run you off either but you might want to take a look at Maggot Drowning since more match/pole guys seem to frequent it.

 

I always like to have several forums to look on and ask question on. This one is excellent for general coarse angling and bad jokes but hasn't seemed to specialize. MD is also general but more toward Match while others are more Carp oriented or Pred oriented or Sea oriented.

[chesters1]

use a pole longer than 9 feet

[Newt]

And the full chesters1 method. Short line (about a foot or so) and jam the pole to the bottom. Avoids all those nasty shotting and tangling problems.

 

[Danny K]

My Pole Is 11 Metres Any ideas OF Bait & Rigs...

[Newt]

Danny K - hopefully you'll get some reasonable advice from This thread I just posted to the MD forum for you. Lots of pole experts there.

[Sultan]

Not knowing what canal/drain you are talking about, or what species you are after it is difficult to answer.

 

This time of the year on my local canal the bait I use is either pinkie, chopped worm or caster.

 

I have been using a 1gramm pole float with most of the weight half way down with a couple of no8 shot as droppers, 3 pound main line, with either 22 or 20 hooks to 2 pound hook length. Catching perch, and rudd.

 

Use Newts link, you are bound to get some help there.

 

Geoff P

[peter morton]

Right Danny,

If there are any boats moored up on the opposite bank fish up to these as tight as you can,as fish can often shelter under them.

If it is a narrowboat with a lit stove (have a look at its chimney ) it may even warm the water by a degree or two,making it more attractive to the fish.

If there are no boats look for a feature.A far bank bush or even a large tuft of overhanging grass may be enough to act as shelter to encourage a fish.

First off get your plummet out and see if you can find a shelf,(Most canals have them within 2 metres from the bank)

Pot in some bait at the top of the shelf and some more at the base of the shelf where it starts to level out into the main boat channel.

Use a small Kinder Cup on your top kit,just a pinch of feed ,you don't want to overdo it at this time of year.

As for bait at this time of year,you wont go far wrong with chopped worm & caster.

Set the depth so that the bait is fished at either dead depth or a couple of inches over.

Shot the float down as far as you can and still see it.

If you are using worm on the hook break one end off to allow the juices to flow and keep lifting the rig about 8-10 inches and letting it settle back,as this can sometimes provoke a response from a fish (especialy Perch) that was undecided about taking the bait.