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Very cryptic post?

 

Catching what? how? why? etc

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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Hi Dales, I was catching carp on flat bed method feeder about 30yrds (Preston innovation push mould ) with 8mm pellet then luncheon meat then sweet corn alternating , my second swim was pellet wag 8mm again 15yrds 2meters deep , feeding this swim 2/3pellets for 1/2 hours until the weather warmed up the switched over to the waggler , also one swim Prepped 11m on the pole for the last hour , this produced a 18lb common

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Hi Ryan, that is a lot of Carp, anything else mixed in with them?

 

Is it a match style venue? I tend to associate reservoirs with generally being lightly stocked with Carp which are can often be rather difficult to catch.

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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Sounds very much like a lot of fish that would quickly turn into banal, boring monotony very, very quickly :doh:

 

I fished a water that produced this sort of result many, many years ago - it was an any-method fishery stocked with rainbow trouit and they threw themselves at EVERYTHING - I can remember getting so bored with it I tried to find a lure that they would NOT take, and failed miserably, giving up when I STILL caught on an ELEVEN inch Kwik-Fish lure in fluorecent pink with black polka-dots that a sarcastic younger brother had bought me for Christmas for a laugh - I kid you not!

In my defence, it was way back (maybe 30 years or more?) when rainbow trout were still new and very much a novelty, and I'd gone there with every intention of catching fish for the freezer - you paid for your 'fishing' by the pound - I think the rate at the time was about £1.20 per pound (and you had to keep all you caught), when fresh trout NEVER appeared in fishmongers, and salmon was probably appraoching £10 / lb - way before farm salmon!

Beyond putting fish in the freezer, I could find no joy at all with such simple, routine 'catching' of fish that needed little more skill than the co-ordination to cast a rod and the ability to tie a reasonable Granny knot. :shutup:

I think any pleasure I derived from the fight of a Rainbow vanished after maybe the third or fourth fish, and I vowed then never to set foot anywhere like that again (and never have!). :bye2:

Maybe I'm completely wrong, but I can't help but think that hauling out identical carp again and again and again all day long, with little prospect of variation, failure or challenge would make me feel the same way, all over again? I might take my little lad somewhere like this - he's five at the weekend - for novelty value, but I'm even questioning the validity of doing that, and debating whether I actually would inflict that on him even if such a fishery was right next door?

 

To be fair, I don't know the fishery in question - I've never fished it and am never likely to, but I took a quick shuftie at the website:

 

a match angler looking for a winning bag of 100lbs to 150lbs where every angler is virtually guaranteed to weigh in with 70lbs and the match record currently stands at an incredible 650lbs

 

 

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but I simply cannot see the pleasure in fishing somewhere like this, where there appears to be zero challenge and a virtual guarantee of catching large amounts of (largely uninspiring) fish - and if the only target appears to be to rack up even bigger numbers, I've got computer games with more appeal - and loads more to challenge anyone with an intellect! :icecream:

 

To be fair, there would appear to be other species present, but what chance of wading through a stocking of 50 THOUSAND carp - put in maybe 15 years ago that should by now be substantially bigger?

Still, I guess it's each to their own huh? :unsure::rolleyes:

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Dales this resevoir is just down the road from me its one of three that that were filled with carp in the area. Drayton,boddingtons and clattercote. Boddingtons does have one thing in its favour it does throw up the odd very pig pike. Considering how close to me they are , drayton less than a mile away i've not fished any of them . but have walked them a few times. I would say boddingtons is the biggest of the three and so i'm told use to have some large bream. But these havnt been seen let alone caught in years. Clattercote is the closest thing to a mixed fishery of the 3 with a reasonable head of tench. Drayton is out and out carp but have been told theres decent roach in it but yet to see any proof.

everytime i catch a fish i'm lucky when i blank i'm a hopeless angler.

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Hi philocalist , I fish the rivers down South and thy have been hard this season but have produced me some very good pb's

But I'm about to start match fishing with some proven skilled team players it's a good venue to start in ?

Maybe you my find this a challenge

Something your grandson would be proud of if you managed to win

Your under presure from the start , big difference then fishing on your own it tacks skill and understanding of your venue even then a big bag

Can still put you in 5 place

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I don't need to add much to Phils post, except that I heard from someone who regularly fishes Clattercote that it had 70,000 carp stocked. This is a feeder res for the Oxford canal, which then feeds into the Thames, and several other canals.

People question my concerns about the spread of these things, and their effect on other waters. :wallbash: :wallbash:

 

John.

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

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I can't comment on Clattercote john , but as I said in my previous post as a match fishing venue it is what it is and now starting in that circuit was a good place to start as philocalist said he's not fished this 65 acre lake, the head bailiff ken will tell you a lot of people blank here

What concerns do you mean ? I'd be interested to know

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