i went for a walk round a local lake yesterday looking for signs of pike, either spawning or young uns already spawned ... and general signs of life (being springtime n all)
i saw 2 little pike about 6 inches long basking in the sun, 2 frogs getting frisky, 6 very small pike (pencil thin), a large shoal of tiny roach fry (i think), and the 6 chunky resident carp .....
as i walked around 2 young lads started fishing on very basic beginner type rods (the type i had at their age) both said they were after the roach ...then 2 men showed up with a rod, reel, and float setup each, some maggots and some bread ..... after 5 mins or so a big ghost carp which is easily a high double came thru their swim on the surface .... straight away then men were getting excited and switching their maggot for bread and casting towards it ....unimpressed, the ghostie left the party lol
the point i'm making is, they had no landing net, no unhooking mat, and i think 1 disgorger between them .... imagine if they had hooked that or any of the carp!!!! it would have been a total farce and they would probably have damaged a very impressive fish
when will these idiots ever learn?
i saw 2 little pike about 6 inches long basking in the sun, 2 frogs getting frisky, 6 very small pike (pencil thin), a large shoal of tiny roach fry (i think), and the 6 chunky resident carp .....
as i walked around 2 young lads started fishing on very basic beginner type rods (the type i had at their age) both said they were after the roach ...then 2 men showed up with a rod, reel, and float setup each, some maggots and some bread ..... after 5 mins or so a big ghost carp which is easily a high double came thru their swim on the surface .... straight away then men were getting excited and switching their maggot for bread and casting towards it ....unimpressed, the ghostie left the party lol
the point i'm making is, they had no landing net, no unhooking mat, and i think 1 disgorger between them .... imagine if they had hooked that or any of the carp!!!! it would have been a total farce and they would probably have damaged a very impressive fish
when will these idiots ever learn?