Hi Folks,
I have not posted for a very long time, but thought i would make some of us local lads aware of what is happening at some of our local free ponds?
Last night thought i would pop out for a few hours fishing with the youngest at a local free pond. It was one of the ponds at the local disused golf course in Hawkesbury Village. After catching lots of small rudd, two eastern european men turned up to start fishing. I witnessed them putting the larger fish into a black sack, i did causally mention to them that i hoped that they were putting the fish back, the shy response was that they were? then the guys even had the bals to ask me if i knew if they were bigger fish in the pond, my response was that nothing bigger than 6oz that i knew of.
On another occasion i would have tackled them with a bit more aggression, but as the youngest was with me, nothing could be done.
So just beware all you local guys who fish these ponds.
Gaza
Sunday 18 July 2010
Friday 12 March 2010
AT LAST!!!!!!
Well Fridays trip had been planned for a couple of weeks, with the time being booked off work ready in earness. It was to be our last trip out for the pike, before concentrating on the coarse fish again.
Anyway after having a few fishing trips since January and blanking on every single one, i was starting to get desparate to get a run, and hopefully a fish before the season finished.
The day was planned that we would head down towards the lower Avon at Nafford on BAA water. We arrived to find the conditions looking near perfect, we gathered the tackle and headed down towards our first swim, just below the weir. I started out with a paternostered sprat, and trotted roach in the slack water at the far bank. For the first hour, nothing was happening, with my colleague Mark trying similar tactics, but different baits next to me. Anyway i decided whilst waiting i would set up the spining rod, and just fish the roach deadbait. Within a few casts the first fish was on, a little jack of about 3lb was in the net and my monkey was broken for this year. (although i was trying to break that duck with a deadbait lol)
Nothing more happened in this swim, so a change was decided upon. Again various rigs / baits were tried and no fish were forthcomming. we stayed at this venue until lunchtime when it was decided that we would try a change of venue. Fishing gear packed away, off we started our short car journey to the next venue, this time Pershore was the destination.
We soon settled down, and got our baits in the water. Then the local baliff turned up and started to point out where the pike normally were, typical everywhere but where we had chosen to start. Anyway after his departure, it allowed me to cast my second rod. This rod was set up with a herring tail and ledgered har to the bottom, very close to a overhanging tree. Within ten minutes of being in the water, the drop back indicators sounded interest and i struck into another fish.
The fish felt a decent size and was giving a good scrap, even on 15lb line. The short fight ended when the net slipped underneath the big girl. She was duly unhooked / weighed then had a quick picture with her capturer. At 13.25 lb she is PB for me beating my previous of 12lb.
Not the best of pictures, but one all the same.
The day petered out with neither of us having any more bites. So a rewarding day for in the end. Heres to next october when i can start for them again on the deads, although i might be having a go at the pike with spinners through the summer.
Anyway after having a few fishing trips since January and blanking on every single one, i was starting to get desparate to get a run, and hopefully a fish before the season finished.
The day was planned that we would head down towards the lower Avon at Nafford on BAA water. We arrived to find the conditions looking near perfect, we gathered the tackle and headed down towards our first swim, just below the weir. I started out with a paternostered sprat, and trotted roach in the slack water at the far bank. For the first hour, nothing was happening, with my colleague Mark trying similar tactics, but different baits next to me. Anyway i decided whilst waiting i would set up the spining rod, and just fish the roach deadbait. Within a few casts the first fish was on, a little jack of about 3lb was in the net and my monkey was broken for this year. (although i was trying to break that duck with a deadbait lol)
Nothing more happened in this swim, so a change was decided upon. Again various rigs / baits were tried and no fish were forthcomming. we stayed at this venue until lunchtime when it was decided that we would try a change of venue. Fishing gear packed away, off we started our short car journey to the next venue, this time Pershore was the destination.
We soon settled down, and got our baits in the water. Then the local baliff turned up and started to point out where the pike normally were, typical everywhere but where we had chosen to start. Anyway after his departure, it allowed me to cast my second rod. This rod was set up with a herring tail and ledgered har to the bottom, very close to a overhanging tree. Within ten minutes of being in the water, the drop back indicators sounded interest and i struck into another fish.
The fish felt a decent size and was giving a good scrap, even on 15lb line. The short fight ended when the net slipped underneath the big girl. She was duly unhooked / weighed then had a quick picture with her capturer. At 13.25 lb she is PB for me beating my previous of 12lb.
Not the best of pictures, but one all the same.
The day petered out with neither of us having any more bites. So a rewarding day for in the end. Heres to next october when i can start for them again on the deads, although i might be having a go at the pike with spinners through the summer.
Sunday 7 February 2010
Surprise Session.
Foreword....
I manage a local U16 boys football team, so Sundays are pretty much taken up with matches etc.
Anyway, after organising lifts and maps for the players for a trip to Rugby, imagine my dispair as the opposing manager lets me know on friday that the game is cancelled. After a few phone calls and texts my sunday is now free, the misus is not working so no need to worry about a sitter for the youngest one too. A phonecall to Mark, my fishing pal, and sunday was planned. Wasperton for some pike hopefully.
Anyway, we met at seven am in the car park went walked the short distance to the pegs. The river was running high still with a lot of colour, not the best of conditions, but beggers cant be choosers when it comes to quickly arranged sessions.
Anyway the fishing was slow, well actually not existent, both of trying different baits and methods to try and tempt the pike to feed.
Imagine our amazement when a fellow angler turns up the fish the wide bend with a salmon rod and fly!!! We both just couldn't believe our eyes and both had a laugh to ourselves lol. I actually had remarked to Mark that this guy is proberbaly not fishing but praticising, but the travel all the way from Coventry to do was mad!!!
Shortly some volunteers appeared to do some repairs to the track, and as the voices got louder we could see the guys eventually end up in the bottom car park. One of the guys comes over to ask how where doing, and after a very short while introduces himself as the Salmon fisherman, and indeed that he was praticising for an up and coming fishing trip. Keith (as i now know him)said that is what he was upto, who are we to dis-believe him ;).
One oclock arrives and it was time for me to leave and go home, Mark staying on for a little while. The text arrived at 3:50, showing Marks catch of a 6lb jack pike, showing that if you put the effort in, you are rewarded.
As the good weather starts to come back again, my sundays will be taken up, so hopefully one more session on the river before the season ends and back to the lakes again. I think it may have to be a Saturday next time.
I manage a local U16 boys football team, so Sundays are pretty much taken up with matches etc.
Anyway, after organising lifts and maps for the players for a trip to Rugby, imagine my dispair as the opposing manager lets me know on friday that the game is cancelled. After a few phone calls and texts my sunday is now free, the misus is not working so no need to worry about a sitter for the youngest one too. A phonecall to Mark, my fishing pal, and sunday was planned. Wasperton for some pike hopefully.
Anyway, we met at seven am in the car park went walked the short distance to the pegs. The river was running high still with a lot of colour, not the best of conditions, but beggers cant be choosers when it comes to quickly arranged sessions.
Anyway the fishing was slow, well actually not existent, both of trying different baits and methods to try and tempt the pike to feed.
Imagine our amazement when a fellow angler turns up the fish the wide bend with a salmon rod and fly!!! We both just couldn't believe our eyes and both had a laugh to ourselves lol. I actually had remarked to Mark that this guy is proberbaly not fishing but praticising, but the travel all the way from Coventry to do was mad!!!
Shortly some volunteers appeared to do some repairs to the track, and as the voices got louder we could see the guys eventually end up in the bottom car park. One of the guys comes over to ask how where doing, and after a very short while introduces himself as the Salmon fisherman, and indeed that he was praticising for an up and coming fishing trip. Keith (as i now know him)said that is what he was upto, who are we to dis-believe him ;).
One oclock arrives and it was time for me to leave and go home, Mark staying on for a little while. The text arrived at 3:50, showing Marks catch of a 6lb jack pike, showing that if you put the effort in, you are rewarded.
As the good weather starts to come back again, my sundays will be taken up, so hopefully one more session on the river before the season ends and back to the lakes again. I think it may have to be a Saturday next time.
Monday 11 January 2010
My First Blog? 3rd January 2010.
Well, this is my first go at blogging, anyway me and my friends first chance to get out fishing together this new year. Pike was our quarry, (Mark, desperatly wanting to catch his first ever Pike) and the Avon at Wasperton was our venue? Deadbaits were the preferred bait of the day and this is how we got on?
The day was a frosty one, with clear skies. The temperature was about 0-1c. The ground had a layer of frost on it which crunched under foot?
We arrived at first light to be the first anglers there, Mark had already got his kit out of the car and was busy getting his warm winter clothing on by the time i pulled up? I arrived just after but soon had my winter clothes on and tackle out of the car? We choose two pegs which were about 60 yards from the lower car park? We settled down and tackled up ready to fish?
It was a very quiet start to the session, there was plenty of small bait fish showing and topping with the odd bigger fish making an appearance. We tried different areas around the swim but my oppinion was the pike were elsewhere this day? Anyway with nothing happening i wandered up the river to a swim right next to the car park.
A young lad was fishing the swim for small roach and dace, he was getting bites, having plenty of them whilst i was talking to him? He reported that he had caught a few fish but every so often there would be a swirl and possibly something bigger down there which would make the fish scatter. Sure enough whilst talking to the lad, the swim erupted with roach and dace trying to escape the predator which was down there?
Anyway once i was back at our swim i told Mark about the swim and made reference to moving down that way soon. An hour passed and i had made the decision to move, i gathered my gear together and made my way towards the swims that were near to the car park. by a stroke of good fortune, the lad was packing up and invited me to have his swim, i didnt need a second invitation and set my tackle down.
I made my way back to Mark and told him of the available swim, he soon gathered his tackle and soon both of us were in the swim. I decided that because Mark had not caught a pike, and there was definatly something dowm there that Marks rods were the ones to go out and hopefully catch. The waiting game was on, but the swim was alive with small fish and some sort of predator that was down there chasing them. The float soon bobbed then slid away, Mark struck and was into his first pike, a quick battle followed but his first ever pike was on the bank, a nice fish of approximatley 10lb. A quck photo on the mobile and the fish was returned safely and unharmed to fight another day. The pikes stomach was very large, so i assume she had had some good hunting of the prey fish whilst down there. No more fish were to come to the net but either some more predators were down there or she decided to make hay whilst the sun was shining to use an old phrase.
Anyway time had beaten us and it was time to go home, Mark buzzing all the way to the car and all the following week at work too. Me, well i blanked again, but to see the enjoyment on Marks face when the fish was on the bank was enough for me to enjoy.
Heres to next time when he can return the favour he he.
The day was a frosty one, with clear skies. The temperature was about 0-1c. The ground had a layer of frost on it which crunched under foot?
We arrived at first light to be the first anglers there, Mark had already got his kit out of the car and was busy getting his warm winter clothing on by the time i pulled up? I arrived just after but soon had my winter clothes on and tackle out of the car? We choose two pegs which were about 60 yards from the lower car park? We settled down and tackled up ready to fish?
It was a very quiet start to the session, there was plenty of small bait fish showing and topping with the odd bigger fish making an appearance. We tried different areas around the swim but my oppinion was the pike were elsewhere this day? Anyway with nothing happening i wandered up the river to a swim right next to the car park.
A young lad was fishing the swim for small roach and dace, he was getting bites, having plenty of them whilst i was talking to him? He reported that he had caught a few fish but every so often there would be a swirl and possibly something bigger down there which would make the fish scatter. Sure enough whilst talking to the lad, the swim erupted with roach and dace trying to escape the predator which was down there?
Anyway once i was back at our swim i told Mark about the swim and made reference to moving down that way soon. An hour passed and i had made the decision to move, i gathered my gear together and made my way towards the swims that were near to the car park. by a stroke of good fortune, the lad was packing up and invited me to have his swim, i didnt need a second invitation and set my tackle down.
I made my way back to Mark and told him of the available swim, he soon gathered his tackle and soon both of us were in the swim. I decided that because Mark had not caught a pike, and there was definatly something dowm there that Marks rods were the ones to go out and hopefully catch. The waiting game was on, but the swim was alive with small fish and some sort of predator that was down there chasing them. The float soon bobbed then slid away, Mark struck and was into his first pike, a quick battle followed but his first ever pike was on the bank, a nice fish of approximatley 10lb. A quck photo on the mobile and the fish was returned safely and unharmed to fight another day. The pikes stomach was very large, so i assume she had had some good hunting of the prey fish whilst down there. No more fish were to come to the net but either some more predators were down there or she decided to make hay whilst the sun was shining to use an old phrase.
Anyway time had beaten us and it was time to go home, Mark buzzing all the way to the car and all the following week at work too. Me, well i blanked again, but to see the enjoyment on Marks face when the fish was on the bank was enough for me to enjoy.
Heres to next time when he can return the favour he he.
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