Monday 8 September 2014

Predators


In the mornings and evenings you can definitely feel that autumn is on it's way, I'm not letting these bright afternoons fool me... Time to find some predators - firstly pike!

I'm heading back to my home-turf River Wye later in the week, beating the floods for a change. And try to make a dent in the 200lb challenge, but first things first - be great to catch the first pike of the season - fingers crossed.

Towards the end of the month I plan to have a serious go at catching my first zander, I've read everything I can find on them and have been sorting out some venues and kit (scaled up chub gear this time, not scaled down pike gear) - 49 strand soft knottable nylon coated wire leader at over £3 a meter - they won't see that coming!

And hopefully along the way I'll drop on a perch or two, I have a 2lb 1oz personal best to beat.

As well as predators I'm going to keep having a blast at the species closer to home, and I'd like to tick all the fish of my targets for the season below (yeah the zander is on this list as well). And that 5lb bream still eludes me.

SpeciesTargetAchieved
Crusican1lb+2lb 9oz
Tench5lb+5lb 4oz
Bream5lb+(3lb 14oz)
Zander5lb+--
Grayling1lb+--

Only 187 days left!

10 comments:

  1. That's the same type of wire I use, only in black and in the 220Lb size!!
    Good luck this week. Hope to see that big 30 in your report.

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    1. Bet you can get it cheaper than me, had to get it from New York. Savage Gear make a version but it got really bad reviews.

      Cheers, if there's a 30 in the report I hope I'm the one who catches it... Going fishing with a seriously jammy b*stard!

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    2. Is there someone else joining us??? Lol.

      I can't wait, it reminds of Xmas as a child!

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    3. Only kidding, it's all skill! But I've been chasing one for 28 years; so if you hook one I'll do net duty, take some fantastic photos and be genuinely happy for you. But I will push you in!

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    4. I love it!, I am a jammy b'stard no denying that one, but I'm going to fish my proverbial bollocks off fri - mon, game on....... Oh and the falling in part?? I'm bringing thigh waders, I may not get wet even if I do fall in!

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    5. Plenty of 12 foot plus deep swims! But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Step one, locate a pike. It's not going to be easy fishing, especially at this time of year.

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  2. He might fall in. It does happen when you fish with Brian, trust me.

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    1. 23lb you 'fall in', 30lb it's a similar story - except I put stones in your pockets!

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  3. Let me know if you want some more wire, I'll mail some over for you. It's $15 for 20 meters here.

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    1. Cheers, I'll let you know how I get on with it.

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