Alan Whitty
Well-known member
Look nice.
Thank you all on float.Look nice.
Nice looking reel Ray - it reminds me of the Biomaster to look at but in a different (nicer) colour scheme!I had a strange day’s fishing. I went to a club venue which has two lakes. One is a tench and crucian only water and after having a walk around both I opted to fish that one. It has natural banks which I like. No early start for me today, I didn’t get set up until about 11o/clock. I chucked a couple of handfuls of 6mm pellets when I arrived and by the time I had my first cast it was fizzing away merrily. I started catching immediately but the stamp of the tench was rather small. I tried a variety of baits and settled on 9mm hard pellets I ended up with 76 tench up to 4.5lb and one solitary crucian. I think the crucian’s were bullied out. Two things happened that were strange, the first came when I netted a tench and scooped up two small crucians. The second was a grass snake that managed to get itself entangled in my landing net. It must have been patrolling the margin when it managed to snag itself up in the mesh. What a mess, it took me at least half an hour to free it. As snakes go it was very well behaved and very docile. When it was freed I put it on my unhooking mat, so it had the option of going back into the water or along the bank. It went back into the water and seemed none the worse for its adventure. It was a very good day’s float fishing and the tench put up a great fight on my Acolyte plus and three pound line. I would estimate that at least half of today’s fish were over three pounds, which made for an enjoyable day. Only one other angler was on the lake and he didn’t show up until late in the afternoon, which was also a bonus.
I bought a reel a few years back, it’s a Shimano twin power with a triple drag system. I’ve hammered that reel, not abused it, but it’s had a lot of use including lure fishing and if I could never buy another fixed spool reel I would be happy to fish with that one forever. A testament to how good quality tackle is these days. It still looks and works like new new.
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Lovely Tench Keith but those look like Brown goldfish to me, but Mark Wintle will give you a definitive answer. One of our ponds is fairly stuffed with them and they are extremely popular with the majority of the membership, self included!The first Tinca I’ve had for a long time as they’ve been fairly absent since the pollution incident in the estate lake that I usually fish; which happened a few years ago.
Only a couple of pounds (not weighed) but a great result never the less.
Caught while testing out my new Drennan X-Tension Specialist float rod with a light waggler.
I also had a few Small Crucians plus quite a few hand sized Roach and Rudd, but this Tench was the icing on the cake as Tench are my favourite species regardless of their size.
Keith
Jon you must have just returned from your weekly wine tasting night as I only showed the picture of the Tench in my postLovely Tench Keith but those look like Brown goldfish to me, but Mark Wintle will give you a definitive answer. One of our ponds is fairly stuffed with them and they are extremely popular with the majority of the membership, self included!
I think the photos are of Alan’s fish. They look like brown goldfish to me too.Jon you must have just returned from your weekly wine tasting night as I only showed the picture of the Tench in my post
Keith
Can you still fish Milton on a day ticket Skip? I had some nice roach out of there, I just had a look back at some photos and was shocked to find that it was ten years ago. The best one was 1lb 12oz. Like most people I mainly fished it for crucians.Down at Bury Hill in the fog this morning….a beautiful still day but I am so out of practice I really ought to have done better than I did. I overdid the 2mm micros which are great to get them started but if they get preoccupied then the bites are a nightmare to hit.
Anyway….I did get a few fish on 4mm expanders, I tried maggot but got bitted out and should have tried corn but was too lazy. I packed early because my hernia does not get on with seat boxes and poles and once the sun got on the water the decent fish retreated to the lily beds. I ended up with a dozen nice crucian to about 1-8 and 3 tench 2 of which were good uns for there
I’ve not missed the M25 at all…..2 hours to get home. I’ll never tire of catching fish like these