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 ;)