2 late night sessions, 2 chub

Last night headed down the tees for a few hours, fished 3 til 6..

Got there and done the usual setup mag feeder on one, groundbait on the other.

Nothing happened for the first hour but then had a good bang I thought it was a fish but was hard to tell cause the flow and leafs were making it hard.

Half hour later I had a wrap round I couldn't miss and managed to pull in a chub of 3.03lb

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Had another good rod pull on the other rod but didn't result in out, decided to head home

Went down again tonight and fished a different peg..

Same tactics as night before and first couple of casts I got 2 minnows :/

Col managed 2 chub within the hour.

Time got on and still no chub for me, col brought one of his rods in so I took the opportunity to put my rod at the end of the peg but cast downstream, was out about 30 mins and the rod screamed off..

Quick scrap and she was in the net, quick photo and back she went..

A modest 3.13lb

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Time was getting on and nothing else was happening except it was getting colder, so went home happy anyway :D

New personal best chub ;)

Decided to head off to the Swale for a days fishing, plan was to meet Shane there at 6, how ever he wasn't there for 6 so I rang him and he explained he needed a crap so he was running late, ermm fair play mate?

I got set up and rods in waiting for Shane to bring the maggots (I owe u a pint mate! Legend for getting me some ;))

Anyway nothing happened for the first hour to switched to a small maggot feeder while Shane used one that u could fit 2 pints in... Shane had already managed a nice perch during this time

15 mins later I was into a fish :D was only a small dace but it broke my blank run, couldn't blank 4 times in a row now could I

Here she is the fish that saved my blank 

20 mins later and I was into a roach, again small but very welcome, I was on a roll, decided to put the roach on the pike rod and 10 mins later the pike rod screamed off, had the fish on for about 20 secs til it took me in a snag and I felt the hooks ping out, tw@t! Pike rod went away and back to the maggot feeder..

The time went by and nothing was happening and it got to about 12:30pm So thought try cast to a different part of the swim, 5 yards off the far bank trees and only had to wait a short time before the rod was really rattling, struck and fish on! I knew straight away I was into a chub, after a good little scrap on light gear and a light rod I got the fish in the net and was rather happy with the size.

Shane done me the honours and got a few pics and weighed the chub for me and it went 4.05lb...

Rather pleased with my self I slipped the chub and filled the maggot feeder up again, cast out and just as the feeder hit the bottom, the tip wrapped round and this time I thought I was into a small barbel cause the fish stayed deep, Shane with his AWESOME netting skills got it in the net (sorry Jim had to get that in), once again Shane did the honours and told me it was 4.12lb and a new pb for me.

Was buzzen so was Shane but I think secretly he was calling me a jammy tw&t in his head :p

He did have a good laugh at me though cause as I went to put it back I went flat on my back >.<

For the next few hours I was getting constant rattles but just turned out to be minnows, managed to hook 6 of them, there a bloody pain :(

Managed a perch of about 1lb before everything went quiet, got to about 5pm and time to head home..

Was a tough days fishing, but I went home happy and as always it was a good crack with Shane :D

Selby 3 Lakes -Tough Day

 Me and Shane decided earlier in the week would go for a days fishing on the river but then all the rain started and we thought rivers would be no good, so in the end we opted to go for a days pike fishing at selby 3 lakes.

Reason I choose selby was it wasn't far for Shane to walk and the pegs are very flat and well maintained..

So I drove to Shane's this morning got there for about 6, loaded his van and off we went (I did try get him to go in my car but he was itching to take the van).

Got to selby for about 7:30, setup for 8ish, was bouncing down so we both jumped in my day shelter for a bit, when the rain eased we set the other rods up, I opted to fish 2 rods on the bottom with a drifter float as my 3rd rod.

Shane fished two rods on the bottom with mackerel dead baits...

The peg:

The hours went by and not a touch, Shane got a bit fed up I think so he put a float on One of his rods and fished for perch with worm.. 

After about 5 mins he was getting bites and had a few perch before I spoiled his swim :p

It got to about 3pm and I was fed up so said to Shane, gonna cast this right over to them trees.. Boooosh!!! Got the dead bait right next to the trees! Shane was impressed :p

Anyway it was only out 3-4mins and line was pulling tight, left it a few secs, wound down and struck... Fish on :D

Got it in, quick photo and weighed and I showed Shane how to chin a pike and off he went

6.03lb

Got a rod baited up again and bang same spot, bait just hit the bottom and top starts bouncing again, couldn't believe it..

After I got it near the edge I noticed it only had one treble in its gob?! Arghhhhhhhhhhhh, thought I was gonna loose it but Shane was F**KING awesome with the net.

Anyway when I got it in I realised it was canny well hooked.

Done the usual, and it was another 6lb'er.. 6.05lb to be precise

I managed to get Shane to chin the pike! Woohoo, soon be a pro at it mate ;)

Fished til about 6pm but nothing else to report, unless you wanna know about how good I looked driving Shane's van? No?

Enjoyed the day and enjoyed the company, was a good laugh! Shame the fishing wasn't as good.

Well that's ya lot, til next time

Quick Update - Not Much To Report

Sunday 6th Oct:
Went to scrunton with jim for a mornings roving, the tactics were one pike rod one barbel rod, jumped in each peg for between 15-30 mins, the first 5 pegs or so produced nothing, then found a nice bit of slack and 10 mins passed with nothing to twitched the bait and just as i was watching my chub rod tip the pike rod started bouncing, struck and had it on but it decided to come to the top and swirl on the top and ended up getting off :(
10 mins later as i was reeling in a pike grabbed the bait but i thought i was snagged so ended up pulling it out the pikes mouth..
Tried a few more pegs but nothing, river was up a fair bit and very coloured..


Thursday 10th Oct:
Headed to the Swale for a few hours roving, arrived in me first peg and had a run within 5 mins, unhooked it etc and let it go when I realised my fox bite indicator had dropped off on the other rod so struck that! Snagged argghhh managed to pull the snag out but seen the fish swim off, was only a small jack, cast both rods out again and had another run 15 mins later, got it right next to the net but managed to get off, again was only small about 5-6lb

Thought was gonna be a awesome day but once that wind got up was wild! And unfishable in place

Did head over to croft for a few hours but nothing,
Both rivers were carrying extra water and were both very coloured..

Only pike of the day: 5.14lb

Friday 18th Oct:
The tees was up and colored so thought i would try for an illusive tees barbel, so headed down a stretch there's been the odd few coming out of, go there for about 5 and fished til 10:30pm and nothing, few taps on the tip but that's about it... tried loads of baits slugs, pellets, cheese paste, corn but even the chub weren't having it...

be out next friday so have to see what happens then, been a disappointing month oct up to now, so lets hope nov is a better month ;) 

Could It Be... I Think It Is???? - Two New PB's

Well after numerous trips to the tees and after catching plenty of pike off the river tees I've finally managed to catch my first double :D

I've had doubles from the Swale, various ponds but never the tees!!

And this is the story..............

After a week of not knowing where I was going fishing I decided mon night where I was going, the middle tees for some pike, but the plan was go for a few hours then head home for a few hours then back down the tees for a few hours, mainly cause our lass had a driving lesson and she didn't wanna change the day.

Got down the river about 8ish and met up with col, we walked down to the chosen peg and one that I have fished before, col asked me what side of the swim I wanted to I choose the other side to last time..

Just getting sorted and cols rod started banging, he ran over struck, fish on!

He got it in, weighed it and took scales to 9.14lb, after inspection it was a fish I had caught a few weeks earlier.

Just after he put the fish back my rod started zooming off, struck and it felt a decent fish, gave me a good little fight.. Tail walking, stripping line, jumping out of water, managed to get it near the net and it was off again, anyway managed to get her in and unhooked weighed and photo

HERE SHE IS MY FIRST TEES DOUBLE!!!!!!!

After months of trying its finally good to get my first tees double, I feel like its another mile stone reached :D

After this we sat a few hours without a run, time for action! So I decided to popup a mackerel tail about 18'' off the bottom, so made a very profession popup rig, threaded it onto the trace and fed it through the fish so the fox popup was sat perfectly on top of the mackerel.. Was only out 10 mins and the indicator flew up, struck had it on for maybe a second and off, tw@t!!!

Wound in and cast back out, about 30 mins later I seen my line going to the right, weird :/ 

So I struck and nothing there, started winding in and seen the pike swirl twice on the top but still no tension on the line, got it near the edge and it started fighting, got it in the net and noticed my trebles had hooked onto a rig that was stuck in the pikes mouth, the poor pike had been trailing around 3ft of wire trace and 2 trebles in its gob, took the trebles out and felt a bit awful counting it  but still come from my line so what the hell :p

6.07lb

About 10 mins later Shane popped down to sit with us for a bit and so we could explain to him about pike tackle etc, would of been nice to catch one to show him how to unhook them etc but wasn't meant to be.

Jim rang me about 3ish to see if I fancied a session on the tees into dark, so left the place where I was about 4ish and headed to another peg to try for some pike but after an hour and a bit I decided it was time to go where I was meeting Jim for a spot of night time chub fishing, so off to the free stretch I went..

Fished the feeder with corn on the hook, best nighttime bait ever in my eyes ;)

Got to about 7:30 and rod screamed off!

Got it in and a huge chub!! Thought it was gonna go 5lb til I felt its belly

Weighed in at 4.07, new pb by 3oz ;D

Had another 2 runs and missed them, didn't help I wasn't sat on my rods, was sat sort of in the middle with Jim so I had to run for my rods, then jims rod screamed off and he had a chub... He said this chub is 4.04! Weight it and it was 4.04 :/ wow! Lucky guess or was it ;)

A bit later I had another run and the way it screamed off and fought I had barbel running through my mind but it wasn't it was another chub..

Jim was awesome with the net!!!!!! Netting it in the dark, Jim you have redeemed your self ;)

He picked it up and said that's 4.01lb, so we weighed it and it was 4.02 and then 4lb, so I said to Jim hold the scales by the top so he did and it went bang on 4.01! Wtf, 2 chub 2 correct guessing at weights, nice one Jim :D

Did have another run but missed it, got to about 11 so was time to head home,

Really had an awesome day and can't wait to get back out on the bank again :)

Can't keep a good angler down - still looking for my first tees doublethough

After being up all night with the baby finally got to sleep about 4 and then she was back up at 6 and our lass got up to see to her but I ended up waking up anyway, the missus came back In our room and see I was up so she said to me 'go fishing for a few hours I got nothing planned'... Well I don't need telling twice ;)

Got the car packed up as quick as I could and headed off to the middle tees, got set up for about 7ish and casted to the far bank, 20 mins later the rod screamed off, struck nothing there :/

Fresh bait on and back in the same spot, 30 mins later rod screamed off again and I was into a pike..

After a little scrap got it near the edge and I could see it wasn't hooked properly, anyway it ended up getting off before I had chance to net it, only looked 6-7lb..

Was a bit pee'd cause I couldn't blank again after 2 blanks.. 

So done the usual again fresh bait, cast to the far bank but to a different tree this time and 15 mins later rod screamed off, felt for the fish and nothing there? Really annoying. Possibly chub? Who knows...

So cast out again back to the tree where I had my first run, and waiting for about 45 mins and rod absolutely roared off, struck! Game on!!

After a half decent fight I managed to get her in the net, was proper buzzen as I didn't blank :D

9.01lb of tees pike ;)

Sat it out another half hour without a touch so thought a move was in order, so walked for about 5 mins and found a nice peg with a tree on the inside bank.

Cast out and put the bite alarm on as it was low and I wanted to sit back out the way a bit so I didn't spook any pike.

Sat it out for a bit and not a touch so thought what the hell time to move on, just put my bag on my back and the rod roared off but this time I left my net setup ;)

Struck and it felt like an ok fish, about 5 secs after I struck it went on a 30 yard run, managed to stop it and got it a rod length from the bank and then it decided it didn't wanna come in and tore off, the little tw@t nearly pulled me in.. Got it close in again and this time I flew off the other way straight under a tree, just couldn't stop the run.. It managed to stop its self cause it wrapped its self round a branch.. I thought I was gonna loose it!! Anyway the branch snapped so I wound it in as quick as I could, straight into the net she went.

Weight her, quick photo and I thought she was gonna go 10lb but nope! 

9.15lb 

I'm knocking on the door of these 10lb tees pike! It's only a matter of time..

Seem to be having a good run of 9's atm.

Anyway after this fish I decided to head home as I had to be home by 11:30 to go sort some stuff out..

Needless to say I didn't wanna come home! But I did go home a happy chappy ;)

Disappointing Night On The Swale - :(

Decided at last min to go to a quick over nighter at Cundall for some barbel and got my mate to come who I haven't been fishing with in months.

Got there for about 6:30, got setup and baited up by about 7:30, day shelter setup, bed chair and sleeping bag all set out, the wind was bang on, the Swale was low but fairly murky, conditions seemed ideal!!

I nearly fell in as the bank was slippy as hell and my mates howling at me, then 10 mins later he goes down the bank to cast out and he does fall in! Funny wasn't the word LOL.

Unlucky mate ;)

Got to about 8:30 and my mate had a run but the fish dropped the bait, possibly just a chub mouthing the bait?

The night was drawing on and seemed to be a few fish rolling but a few times it sounded like pike striking? Possibly was pike cause there was a full moon and it light the river up a fair bit..

Nighttime passed and nothing had happened, spoke to the lad a couple of pegs down and he had nothing either and his mates never, but he seemed to think there was an otter hanging around the swim most of the night, I didn't see one so can't be sure.

Was a disappointing night as that's 2 blanks in 2 sessions in 2 days on 2 rivers :(
It was great to go fishing with my mate though, had a good laugh and that so that made up for it ;)
I kinda expected not to catch going with him on a night lol, reason being he's done 6 night sessions and never had a fish and Everytime I've went with him I haven't had out, and the few times I have gone without him I've always done well! Noisy tw@t lol...

Think my babel hunt it over til next year now, be out a week Tuesday with Marty probs for pike.

Luring On The Tees - 2 Different Stretchs, 2 Different Species

Checked my rota yesterday and realised I had a 1pm finish today and since I'm not fishing til next Friday I thought I would go throw a lure about for an a hour or two..

Finished work and jumped in the car and headed to my first stretch, I was hoping to not have to go to the other place as I was gonna see how the luring went..

Got setup and headed for my first peg, my tactic was use darkish lures as water was coloured, made 10 or so casts and nothing, on went a nice colourful lure with plenty of silver on it, tried a other 10 casts nothing, tried another 3-4 pegs and nothing, went to my final peg I planned to fish and cast out and first reel in I felt tap tap, tap tap, struck and felt the fish shaking about! Reeled in and got a perch about the same size of the lure! Greedy little sh*t :D

Walked back to the car and off to the next stretch, I got in every peg I could making 15-20 cast each peg, started to get fed up cause didn't even have a touch, that's when I thought one last peg! I knew a peg that held a pike as I had it on before and lost it!!!
So walked down to the peg and made around 10 casts and I thought I'm not gonna get my pike :(
Thought Bollox to it one more cast, got the lure half way in from the far bank and just felt some thing hit it hard!
Struck and zzzzzzz went the reel, my face lit up ;D after a 5 min scrap I thought I was gonna loose it but managed to get her in the net,, quick weight and pic and back she went to get fat for winter for some other angler to catch

She took the scales to 9.05lb

Was hard work but I'm happy, tees was coloured up a fair bit and had an uncanny flow about it, but just shows hard work can pay off ;)

Cracking Days Pike Fishing, Still No Tees double!! - For Me Anyway!

Decided to go fish the tees for pike yesterday but mick was heading off to dinsdale, mick being mick couldn't resist my boyish charm and decided to come with me down the tees for a days Piking...

I got there about 8:30 and cast out 2 rods and sat back in me chair, 20 mins later my rod screamed off, give us a good little scrap and in the net.. 7.11lb

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Just I was taking my photo of the pike my other rod screamed off!! Arghh but cause i had set the timer on camera and wanted to get the pike back ASAP I left it, quickly put the pike back and grabbed the other rod but it took me into a snag and got off :(

Anyway mick arrived and I borrowed him a rod, a reel, some dead bait, and a trace? Least he brought his own bank sticks lol

Hour or so later and I had another run, this time it felt a bit bigger and after a good fight, she came into the net!

9.10lb

Ps: jim notice the camo!! Yes I've worked on it ;)

A short while later had another dropped run! Thought poor mick was gonna blank til his rod tip started bouncing gently, he left it a couple of secs wound down and struck!

Fish on!! After a very good scrap and it came to the top I seen it was a big fish and told me, he was buzzen! But it didn't wanna go in the net, eventually we managed to get it in, mick had a beaming smile..

Weighed it and she took the scales to 15.02lb! Jammy t**t!! Here's me still waiting for my first tees double and he pulls one out the hat

Them stripes on the back of the fish are amazing!!

We sat for a few hours and no more runs but the banter was bang on as usual...

Mick left about 4:20 and I stayed on, brought a rod in and casted it to the far bank, managed to miss the tree above me I caught I dunno how many times lol
20 mins later and had another run, stuck and felt like there was nothing there, so I reeled it in and as I got it to the edge I realised I had a small pike on, got it in, quick photo and weighed it and took the scales to 2.14lb

I packed up shortly after and headed home, rather pleased with my self ;)
3 pike in my first proper outting but then I had a blank and then 3 pike again today..

A summary of today
3 pike and 2 dropped runs for me
1 pike for mick and 2 dropped runs also

All in all not a bad day at all, on the bright side I did beat my tees pb, still not a double though!
My arch nemesis the double figure tees pike will come to my net one day ;)

Cheers for a good day as usual mick ;) legend mate

First Roving Session - - - > Success!!

e and Jim been talking all week about roving and Piking and it got me in the mood to go roving, I was gonna go to the middle tees but the missus wanted me back early'ish to take kids out with it being there last day off, so I thought why not try a smallish stretch on the Swale.

Got there for about 6 and walked to the end of the stretch to work my way back up, so jumped in a peg near the end and my plan was to sit in the first swim for around 1-2 hours til the sun got up a bit more...

Set the net up and then the rods, I had two rods set up, one on ledger one on float so I opted to use the float rod, cast it out and left it for a good half hour and no bites or touches, so reeled it in and casted it slightly further this time, another half hour gone and still nothing..
This time I tried closer in, half hour passed and still no bites, just as I started reeling! BANG..  Fish on ;D
It literally took 30 secs to get it cause it decided to weed its self up in the edge, so was only a matter of scooping it up.

Go her out the net weight her, she went 6lb 8oz, nice fish but not the monster I wanted. Saved a blank anyway ;)

Moved down to the next swim about 10 mins after the pike but nothing, just kept moving and then found a nice peg so jumped in there, opted to fish the ledger in this swim.
Casted out a half a joey and within 5 mins the rod screamed off.. Hit into it and was still stripping line, I knew I was into a good fish...
She fought like a beast! Got her half way in when she decided to tail walk before stripping more line, managed to get control over her and as I was reeling in I seen the pikes head, the pikes huge head!
Got her in the net and was well pleased with my self.
Weighed and quick photo and back she went.

Here she is all 12lb 7oz ;)

Tried a few swims up and as I was reeling in a small pike chased the joey so I stopped reeling and seen the pike pick up the dead bait but dead bait was a bit big for the pike so it dropped it, in Hindsight I should if struck when I seen it pick it up, the joys of shallow water ;D

So kept moving and kept trying pegs with no luck and I was just what's apping Jim about other parts of the stretch and was just about to move so I picked up the rod and it must of slightly moved the fish and bang a pike grabbed it, struck but it got off... Bollox!
Time for a bait change, put the smelt on the trebles and cast it to the same spot as I just lost the pike, the fish didn't even hit the bottom when the rod screamed off again...
Was a little fighter this one, launching its  self out the water, tail walking.. Anyway got it in and done the usual, camera and weighed it ;)

6lb 13oz:

Tried a few more swims with no luck, but did find a barbaric rig in one of the swims, looks like they were fishing for small stuff but used a wire trace to put the lead onto the line :/

Headed off home about 12:30 with a beaming smile on my face ;)

Roving is the way forward! It's a great skill and I am greatful to learn this skill from the true roving master, jimlad!
Cheers Jim!!!!!

What a session! - Chub, Chub And More Chub!

Decided to join middlesbrough angling club yesterday and spoke to mick and we arranged to fish dinsdale today.

Mick had to help his dad with a couple of jobs so whilst I waited for the phone call to pick him up I headed over croft, unfortunately didn't catch out..
Got the phone call about half 10 and headed over for mick and off to dinsdale we went..

Got there and found col and set up, opted to try inline lead with PVA stick mix.. Tried all over the swim and didn't get anything, had one good bite but missed it..

Col however did get 2 chub, 2.15lb and a 3.06..nice one mate!!

I decided to fish downstream near col and mick! Naughty ;D
I waited a couple of hours then next thing my rod nearly gets pulled in so grabbed the rod and felt like a chub! And guess what!! It was a chub!!
This was my first river chub so i was over the moon, col was over the moon, mick was over the moon and so was Jim after mick sent him the photos

So this is my first chub and my pb of 2.06lb

We got the handshakes over and done with and cast back out, a little bit later Col packed up and went home so I took the opportunity to jump in his peg, so cast a stick mix out and waited for a bit and the rod just kept bouncing, arghh just bloody take!! And nope! So me And mick were like 10 more mins and we will go.. But the bites kept coming but no fish! So we just kept waiting, 35 mins after we said we would pack and we were still there but we deffo were gonna only give it 10 more mins and then we were going..
5 mins past and my rod tip was banging like mad!! Struck and boosh I'm into a nice fish! Another chub.
Got it in the net and weight it and scales went to 4lb 4oz.. Woohoo another new pb.

Mick was jumping for joy and so was I, two pb Chub in a day is sweet...
I was just releasing my chub back into the water when micks reel screamed off, fish on!!!
Yet again it was another chub, mick saved a blank ;)
Weighed the chub and it took the scales to 3lb 4oz

After that we headed home, with both of us smiling :D

Was good to see basha, who was good enough to pop down for a chat.

Mick is my lucky charm, he's got me my first chub, first grayling, first westgate tench, can he help me with my next goal? A tees double pike?

Quick Session On The Tees - Another Summer Pike

Decided last night I would go dead baiting for an few hours, headed down to my banker peg, and got setup.
Opted for two methods one on float and one on ledger both with smelt as bait as that's all I had in freezer ;D

Got setup for about 8ish and had my first run about half hour later, was a very small jack but it managed to get off before I landed it.. Shame :(
Recasted and was enjoying the scenery for a bit when my rod screamed off again, jumped straight on it and had a good fight, with the pike stripping a bit of line off!!
In the net she went! Woohoo
Got her out weighed her and a quick photo and back she went, luckily a bloke just come down as I had a run and he was kind enough to take a photo for me.
The pike weight 8lb 08oz, not a monster but I was happy ;)

Stayed a few more hours without any lucky and packed up about 12ish, the bloke in the next peg was getting plenty of dace and some small chublets, but he did managed a clonking bream of 3.11lb, mental note made!!
He also lost a pike..

Really wanted to stay but had to go home cause missus wanted to go get school uniforms for kids

Enjoyed it though :)

A Day On The Tees - My First Ladie Of The River

Me and mick had a chat yesterday about where we were gonna go and opted for the lower tees

Went and picked mick up this morning and off we went, got there for about 6:30ish.
Got down to the river and it was like a jungle, we we had a quick walk and found a peg we could both jump in.
Plan was to go for the chub, so out came the corn, opted for double corn fished over corn and pellets.

First put in and after about 5 mins had a very unconvincing bite, second put in same again... Deffo chub but missed them!!!!!
As the rain continued to pour down, we were sat behind motionless rods, time passed by and mick went on the maggot feeder and had a few dace..
He then decided to fish the worm and had 2 nice perch of just over a lb..

I was still fish less so jumped on the bomb, I had no maggots and mick didn't have enough for me and him so I nicked a handful and just used double maggot, had a few dace..
Then mick had a stunning female grayling, I was a bit envious as I'd never caught one :(

Then an hour or so later, bang! Start reeling it in and mick shouts its an 'eel'..
Spec savers mick?!?!?!?
And to my surprise it was a lady of the river, a grayling! My first grayling, was only around 10oz but that didn't bother me :)

After a few more dace I opted to fish for pike, managed two runs but they snagged me up both times, didn't loose any gear so always a bonus for me and the pike ;)

Didn't get no more fish, but was happy I got my first grayling, always good to catch a new species.

Although the fishing wasn't the best mainly due to the river up and down like a yoyo, the entertainment was... Slightly worried about mick though, he kept shouting,
'You saying its not ok for a man to wear a bra'
as well as other stuff!

First Ever Session @ LadyWood - Few Carp For My Efforts

Finally got some time to have a few days away fishing, I opted to fish ladywood lakes for a 48hour session..

Car packed and off we went to mirfield, arrived at around 8am Monday morning to fish the 10 acre lake!..

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Had a quick look around the lake and nearly all the pegs were full, great.
We got to the far end of the lake and seemed to be a fair few fish showing, so I jumped in peg 14, was looking good for a bite or two the first few hours but nothing, then the wind changed direction and seemed to push the fish out of the corner I was in.
Got to about dinner time and I decided to get the marker rod out, reason I left it so long is I didn't wanna scare all the fish that were in the corner where I was.
Flicked it out all around my swim but couldn't find many features, just seemed to slope off from 9ft a rod length out down to 21ft.
After finding this out there was only really one thing for it, fish the margins!!
Chances of catching a carp in deep water in hot weather isn't likely.

Owner came round at tea time and I got some pellets off him (5kilo for £10, bonus!) and some specially made dumb bell boilies,
So brought the rods in and took off the bright fluro, they been doing the damage down there but not today! so dumb bell on and tipped it off with some pink korda corn, fished it over a solid bag down the margins with some nice slack lines.

Evening and night past without a bleep, but then around 5am my left hand rod screamed off, and I was into a fish.

First one in the net! And were off :D
Only a baby at 8.11lb but means I saved a blank

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Put the rod back on the same spot, same bait over a soild bag of pellets,
So back to sleep for a bit.. Dreaming about catching fish when the rod screamed off again!!

This fish didn't feel heavy but it put up an awesome scrap.. 2nd one in the net!!

A nice 9lb 15oz common

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By this point I couldn't be bothered going back to sleep so I just chilled out for a bit before making some zig rigs, didn't really wanna fish zigs cause I had no subfloats to make an adjustable one, so threw one out in the middle @ 12ft but it was in 21ft of water, not ideal :(
Just casted it out and put the rod down and the left hand rod screamed off again.

Felt like a better fish and it was, a nice 14lb 0oz, proper little fatty

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The day pasted by without a touch, not even a touch on zigs.
Evening and night went by and not a bleep, had a run early morning but struck and there was nothing there.. Got to about 9am and packed up and left.

Although I only got 3 fish I done considerably well, there was 16-18 of us fishing the lake and at least 10 blanked and a couple only had 1 fish.
The lake had fished its tits off over the weekend and the owner said its never seen back to back action like it did this week.
Although I didn't have one of the better pegs on the lake, but certainly wasn't the worst ;)

I did wanna move pegs for the last 24 hours but couldn't as I wanted to go to the other side of the lake where the fish were due to wind direction but was only one peg and wouldn't of been room for my mate, wasn't I didn't wanna leave him, was the fact I owned all the cooking equipment and he would of got hungry >.<
So lesson learnt! Go on ya own...

I will deffo be returning, prob not this year as I've got one more 48 hour session at another venue to do then onto the green monsters the mighty pike ;)

A Quick Productive Session - More Westgate Tench

Went for another trip to westgate, got there about 6pm, opted for the method feeder fishing a 4mm cell pellet, had a few wrap rounds on the rod but no fish,  wasn't til it got dark the tench come out to play!.. I was only fishing 3lb line as I forgot my reel with 6lb line on, oops!!
Hit into my first proper bite and bang a nice small tench of about 1lb, 15mins or so later bang! Another small tench..
By this point it was pitch black and the isotapes came I to play and really helped ;)
Rod went again and this time was a small bream of prob just over 2lb...

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Was just about to pack up and rod went again, this time was a awesome tench of 3.11lb and a new pb for me ;D
Things were getting busy! Line and rod tip twitching with line bites, was to good of an opportunity for me tench to go home yet! Managed another bream of just over 2lb again..
Kept the micros going in to keep the tench there and then hooked on and it went mental and snapped me :(
Got set backup but used my last method feeder! Bollox..... So had to use my pellet swim feeder which I'm not a fan of, anyway it did the job and bagged me a new pb tench of 4lb 1oz

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After no more bites for about 20 mins I was getting tired so packed up and went home a very happy man! Fish ain't the biggest in the world! But westgate is such a solid place to fish it gave me great satisfaction bagging 6 stunning fish.

Westgate and my first ilucive tench - WOOHOO

The chosen venue today was westgate for the 3rd time in a row trying to catch this illusive westgate tench..

Mick has been kind enough to help me out with venues/rigs since I've started to fish rivers over the last few weeks since I joined stockton ac.

Most of you will know from the blogs I'm a big carp/pike angler so fishing for smaller stuff isn't my strong point, give me a specimen carp rig and I'm well within my comfort zone ;)
But sir mick came to my rescue and today he helped me bag my first westgate tench, its only took me 3 goes lol, wasn't a monster only about 1lb BUT he has also helped me achieve my pb bream of 3.03lb..

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I was fishing the lift method and wasnt catching, so mick was kind enough to show me a new method to fish (one i already knew but wasn't confident with), and In the end I finished the session with 8 perch, 1 hybrid, 3 bream (3.03lb, 2.04lb, 2.06lb) and a 1lb tench.

Some people might think well that's not much, but the venue we fished is well know to be a solid place to fish, and I caught more in an evening that the people who had been there all day and evening :D happy days!

All were caught using my new drennan feeder rod curtious of jim for selling me it and dropping it off for me :p
(Cheers jim ;) )

Mick bagged the biggest tench of the trip at 3.07lb and he also had a nice bream!

Really enjoyed tonight, different from how I normally fish ponds..
Big thanks to mick for the help..

Quick Over Nighter On The Swale - A New PB!!!

Got down on  the Swale last night about 6ish and all setup for 7:30, took me that long to choose a peg! Was canny busy last night and all the good pegs were took or so I thought ;)

Fished two rods both with cage feeders and 2ft hook lengths, one with corn one with pellet over a bed of groundbait and mixed particles..

I was sat down on the next peg with two lads having a few beers with them, always nice to meet new people when fishing :D

Anyway got to just before 12 and I said I'm sure my bite alarms just lite up, didn't light up on the receiver? So went over to check and all seemed fine, whilst I was there I went to take the rod out the water and the line was over my other rod, hmmm seems I had a run!.. Started to wind in when alls I felt was bang!!!! Fish was still on!! After a good long scrap one of the lads from the next peg come and netted it, got it up the bank weighed it and the scales went to 5.15lb... New PB woohoo..
I was happy I improved on my 4.08lb from last week (which was my previous personal best)..


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Went to sleep a happy man, wasn't bothered if I caught any more cause that was 2 in 2 and 2 personal bests in 2..
Got to 2:45 and my rod screamed off again! This time the one with pellets on.
Fish headed straight upstream? Wasn't expecting that I thought they normally went down stream.. Got the fish near the edge and then it decided it wanted to go in the snags...
So tightened the drag up and was trying to hold it away from the trees, thought my arm was gonna get ripped off, ran down the bank and netted it.
I could see straight away it was deffo bigger than the last, I took the hook out the fishes mouth and noticed that the pressure the fish was pulling at whilst I was holding it had snapped the tip of the hook off :/
Note to self: don't use korum specimen hooks again...
Got the weigh sling out and zeroed the scales, put the fish in and scales went straight round to 9.01lb!! W00000T another pb!! I was on a roll ;)

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So rebaited both rods and at about 6am, the sweet corn rod screamed off again!!!! Couldn't believe my luck :D
After another battle with a barbel I got it in weighed it and scales showed 7.09lb..

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This turned out to be one of my best and most rememberable river trips yet :)

Hard Days River Fishing - On The Tees

Mr mick took time out his busy fishing schedule to come fishing with me, very kind of him ;)
We went to one of the Stockton stretches, had a quick walk about and chose our swim...

I opted for the cage feeder fishing maggot, whilst mick also fished the feeder but with worm and pellet.

Was hoping for some chub and bream but didn't pan out like that lol.. Started off well plenty of bites but couldn't seem to hook them, was probs just small dace, persevered with the feeder and managed to hook a decent roach of about 10oz, after a few hours on the feeder I thought a change of tactics was in order and stuck a pike rod out.
Shortly afterwards I had a run but missed it.
My theory was I was using a fixed treble trace for small dead baits but i was using a bigger bait so didnt cover enough of the fish, around an hour later no more runs mick said to pop my pike rod out near the tree in his swim, was out about 30-40mins and i heard
Mick shout 'ronny ya pike rods going off!!!'...
I leaped up and hit the run, fish on!!!   After a spirited fight for a few mins the fish was in the net.
Weighed  it and scaled went to 7.05lb, can't grumble at that :)


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Shortly after my pike I tried with the cage feeder again but the bites dried up. Tried the maggot feeder for a bit and managed 3 small dace, switched back to the cage feeder and got another good roach.

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Time was getting on so packed up and headed home, enjoyed the day, even if the fishing was hard!

Mick stuck it out on worm and pellet all day for the chub, he managed a small perch, least he never blanked ;)

A Mixed Day Fishing - Rudd & Pike

Went over to firthmoor ponds for 3 hours whilst my mate took his daughter to swimming lessons, wouldn't of normally bothered but fancied a change and beats being sat at home..
Opted for the waggler with single white/red maggots, and from the off I was pulling Rudd out for the fun..
98 Rudd, 3 perch and 3 gudgeon.

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Nothing big but good sport!

Once my mate got back we went pike fishing, that was the plan all along but cause of swimming our plans had to change.. Anyway off to our chooser venue for a few hours (won't name where as I dont like saying on an open forum when it's about pike but sure most will know)

Got there set up and within 10 mins was into a pike, nothing big but I love summer piking, the tail walking is awesome, anyway got it in and weighed it and it was 4.04lb

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Bit more time past and managed to bank another! This time at 5.15lb

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Then another come run! And felt a bit different? Got it close to the edge and seen flashes of red! That's when I knew I was into a nice perch, a personal best perch! Weighed a nice 2.09lb.. Not a uk record but I was well over the moon

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Ended with 2 more runs and 2 more pike, 4.03lb and 3.08lb

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Enjoyable day and so happy with the perch

First Carp Session - 24 Hours @ Catterick Complex

We arrived at around 5pm Monday, had a quick drive round the lakes and spoke to a taxi driver who said he fished the back lake all winter and faired quiet well, so we opted to fish the far bank of the back lake.. Got all the rods set up and baited up with pva bags and ground bait, plenty of fish topping, wind was spot on with a slight breeze.
I opted to fish 3 rods (bought two licence this year after my mate got caught fishing 3 rods), snowman rig, popup and a standard boilie was the hook bait..

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So rods setup it was time to set up camp for the night, out come the fox royale bivvy (cracking bivvy I must admit), got the bed etc all setup, all gear put in bivvy so I didn't have to mess about later, so was all set for an evening to chill

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Just as I had everything sorted the bloke fishing the other side of the pond had a run which resulted in a carp of 13lb, seemed promising!
We got the BBQ out and realised we had no sauce or booze, so I nipped to shop and got the essentials, just as I got to the shop my mate rang saying he had a nice fish on but got off, he was a bit upset cause he said the power of it was immense and it would of beat his pb carp of 14lb, anyway back to the complex and we started the BBQ..
Sirloin steak (english and hung for 20 days), chicken and sausages were on the menu!

We sat and had a laugh all night whilst getting p**sed but no more runs so was time to go to bed!.. Was windy as hell all night and the wind kept knocking the alarms off..
Morning come and no more fish, so we packed up and went onto the other lake.
We baited up and within a couple of hours my mate had a couple of runs, the next cast he had a run which managed to land.. To our surprise it was a 2.5lb brown trout, must of got in when the Rivers flooded the complex last autumn..

I got a bit bored so I got the sauce out and thought I would a go at being an artist..

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What you think? Next piccaso possibly?? (after my fun I did clean it up lol)

Around 4pm I had my first run of the session but my drag was to loose and couldn't keep the tension on so it got off! Wounded...

Packed up around 6pm and headed home.. I think the venue is still struggling to recover from the floods, I dread to think how many carp he lost during the floods cause all 3 lakes joined onto the river for at least a week or so.. Either way I enjoyed my fishing trip..

Next venue: the willows @ oaks