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.
Monday, 22 July 2013
Sunday, 14 July 2013
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..
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..
Friday, 28 June 2013
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 :)
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 :)
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
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 ;)
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 ;)
Saturday, 1 June 2013
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
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
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
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
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
Monday, 8 April 2013
My Pike Season - Finally Over
Its finally over, after a hard season i feel happy as i finally have a new PB of 12.13lb and managed to bank 6 doubles and 24 pike under 10lb... the weather didnt help us at all, one day it would be sunny then the next snowing, but me and my mate persisted and although we had a few blanks we did have a good season.
The one i will remember the most is when we fished cundall lodge! managed my first double figure pike there but managed to get stuck in the mud near the river bank and had to be pulled out by the farmer with his tractor, then the time after that we got half way home and my alternator went! the joys of cars..
We tried a lot of new venues and learnt a fair bit about them even if we did blank at a few of them.. This year has been one big learning curve and i feel we are ready to tackle next year much better ;)
The last Piking trip was yesterday and we went to selby 3 lakes, we got there for about 7:30am and was all set up for around 8am, i opted to fish 2 running leads and a sliding float, around 8:30 i had my first run and went to hit it and nothing there! so casted it in the same spot and about half hour later i had a run again! MISSED IT!!... from fishing selby before i knew the pike are very wary so i chopped the bait in half (trout) to get better coverage with the trebles, so i casted it to the same spot and within 15mins i had another run! this time i managed to hit it and it resulted in a small pike around 3lb
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The day was passing and no movement on the water except the cormrants! so i ended up having a little snooze waiting for the alarms to scream but nothing!
It got to around 4PM and i thought fuck it im gonna move to the other side of the lake, so i upped sticks and went to the corner peg and there was bait fish rolling on the top!
I put fresh bait on and casted out the rods and within 30 mins i had a run.. but MISSED IT, got a bit excited and hit it to early! doh.....
An hour passed and still no runs, so fresh bait was needed, so i put a fresh Bluey tail end of and casted it around 1.5 rod lengths out and waiting 20mins or so before my rod went screaming off, this time i left it a bit longer and hit it and felt a nice fish, the new fox warrior rod i got really did me proud, handled the fish with ease and i felt in control at all times, something i didnt really get with the diawa black widows...
Anyway managed to get it in after a short scrap, i wasnt convinced it was a double and gary thought the same til he tried lifting it out! he thought it was around 13-14lb, i also thought the same... we got the trebles out and put it in the weigh sling and it tipped the scales at 12.07lb! although not a PB i was well happy with it being such a hard day.
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That was the last fish of the day although Gary had a few knocks on the float they just werent taking his bait.. we ended up leaving around 8pm, i left rather pleased as it was a nice fish to end the season! roll on next season but til then the carp/tench/barbel are screaming my name ;)
The one i will remember the most is when we fished cundall lodge! managed my first double figure pike there but managed to get stuck in the mud near the river bank and had to be pulled out by the farmer with his tractor, then the time after that we got half way home and my alternator went! the joys of cars..
We tried a lot of new venues and learnt a fair bit about them even if we did blank at a few of them.. This year has been one big learning curve and i feel we are ready to tackle next year much better ;)
The last Piking trip was yesterday and we went to selby 3 lakes, we got there for about 7:30am and was all set up for around 8am, i opted to fish 2 running leads and a sliding float, around 8:30 i had my first run and went to hit it and nothing there! so casted it in the same spot and about half hour later i had a run again! MISSED IT!!... from fishing selby before i knew the pike are very wary so i chopped the bait in half (trout) to get better coverage with the trebles, so i casted it to the same spot and within 15mins i had another run! this time i managed to hit it and it resulted in a small pike around 3lb
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The day was passing and no movement on the water except the cormrants! so i ended up having a little snooze waiting for the alarms to scream but nothing!
It got to around 4PM and i thought fuck it im gonna move to the other side of the lake, so i upped sticks and went to the corner peg and there was bait fish rolling on the top!
I put fresh bait on and casted out the rods and within 30 mins i had a run.. but MISSED IT, got a bit excited and hit it to early! doh.....
An hour passed and still no runs, so fresh bait was needed, so i put a fresh Bluey tail end of and casted it around 1.5 rod lengths out and waiting 20mins or so before my rod went screaming off, this time i left it a bit longer and hit it and felt a nice fish, the new fox warrior rod i got really did me proud, handled the fish with ease and i felt in control at all times, something i didnt really get with the diawa black widows...
Anyway managed to get it in after a short scrap, i wasnt convinced it was a double and gary thought the same til he tried lifting it out! he thought it was around 13-14lb, i also thought the same... we got the trebles out and put it in the weigh sling and it tipped the scales at 12.07lb! although not a PB i was well happy with it being such a hard day.
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That was the last fish of the day although Gary had a few knocks on the float they just werent taking his bait.. we ended up leaving around 8pm, i left rather pleased as it was a nice fish to end the season! roll on next season but til then the carp/tench/barbel are screaming my name ;)
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