Friday 27 July 2012

Mission: RedFin II


I've been baiting up the swim where I spotted the shoal of roach a few times this week. And climbing the overhanging tree with polaroids on I've spotted my target 1lb+ roach, there are probably 5-10 of them mixed in with the smaller fish - a pretty big shoal for this river.

Now I've no idea how to target the bigger fish, so I planned on playing the numbers game, if I catch enough of them I'm bound to hit a pounder!?!

First session was in the midday sun and they just didn't want to play, so today I tried an evening trip. Fishing bread I was soon catching fish, roach to about 8oz, tiny chublets and a dace getting on for 10oz (need to get some delicate scales).

As the light was fading I hit another typical bite, but this one really pulled back with that jagged roach-like fight... Sadly I only had it on for a few seconds before the hook pulled - bugger.

And with that the rain started and the bites stopped, time for home, but I'll be back.

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  1. And I've just finished off the bait with smoked ham, black pepper and far, far too much mustard.

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  2. Brian, try fishing without any ground-bait whatsoever and large bread baits, up to 25mm on a size twelve very fine wire hook. Put a single BB shot four inches from the hook otherwise the bait floats about well up in the water, hence the small fish you're catching.

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    1. Thanks Jeff, I'll give it a try... When I relocate the shoal.

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  3. Pity we didn't get to see a photograph of you climbing up the tree! Which makes me think that there could possibly be an idea there (i.e. climbing up a tree for your fishing) for a cartoon - oh, well, you're the artist... :-)

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    1. I was on my own so a timer photograph of me climbing a tree over a river would probably have had disastrous (funny) results!

      Jack's Pike #102 :)

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