River Dane

[EC]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Holmes Chappel
Date:19 August 2003
Day Ticket/Club/Private: Club
Time fished: 4pm til 9pm
Weather conditions: Generally overcast
Water conditions: Very clear
Water Temperature: 63 degrees C (17F)
Bait: Halibuts/Boilies
Method: Running leger
Results: Blankety blank
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Very low and very clear, but I was highly entertained by half a dozen chub which kept swimming virtually to my feet, feeding on small pellets, and then even picking up my bait swimming off with it, bending the tip round, yet somehow remaining unhooked!

 

[rob d]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:lymm ac stretch
Date:19/10/03
Time fished:2pm till dark
Weather conditions:bright still
Water conditions:bit of color
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Bait:halibut pellet
Method:link ledger
Results:6 chub to 4lb 1 barbel 8lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:
fished to a overhanging tree lossefed pellets bight were steady most of the day
1st barbel of the dane so well pleased

 

[barrie roberts]

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Time fished:11 am-- 4pm
Weather conditions:cool then rain
Water conditions:low and clear
Air temperature:9
Water Temperature:8
Baitellet,paste and bollie
Method:touch ledger
Results:1 barbel 4lb 7oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:river to clear to expect anything else

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:12/11/03
Time fished:7am-4.30pm
Weather conditions:Mild
Water conditions:Low, clear
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Bait:Curry flavoured Meat, Halibut pellets
Method:Light lead on tip
Results:1 Chub 3lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:
Absolutely nothing till about 4pm (had a kip for two hours about 1.30), then got the chub on pellet, started to get bites on both meat and pellet as light dropped. I think it needs more water and colour to fish better.
Put a carpet of hemp and chopped meat down at start.

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above byley
Date:17-11
Time fished:1pm-5pm
Weather conditions:very mild and drizzle
Water conditions:still low and clear
Air temperature:12dec
Water Temperature:
Baitellet,paste, cheese paste
Method:touch ledger
Results:2 chub best 3lb+
Brief description of the session & remarks:river still very clear must have missed 20 bites in the last hour

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Above Byley
Date:03/0120/03
Time fished:8am til 4.30pm
Weather conditions:Mild, overcast, dull
Water conditions:Coloured, normal level
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Bait:Halibut Pellet, maggot
Method:Caster, hemp and maggot filled feeder. Hair Rigged Pellet
Results:6 chub, 3 under a pound on bunches of maggot, 3 about 3.5lb on pellet, 3 barbel average 5lb, 2 roach 6 oz, 1 gudgeon
Brief description of the session & remarks:
Lost another barbel on my last cast, it ran the hook link over a rock as I tried to net it, snapping the hook link

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:07.12/03
Time fished:12.30pm till about 5.30
Weather conditions:Cold, my temp dial in the car said -1 when a got back to it and my landing net had frozen stiff when I was packing it up.
Water conditions:about 6 inches lower than previous visit
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Bait:Halibut Pellet
Method:Caster hemp and pellet filled Feeder, har rigged pellet on the hook
Results:4 barbel, two about 4.5lb two around 7lb
Brief description of the session & remarks: Dead till about 3pm then had 4 good bite for four fish, had another couple of good knocks at dusk but didnt develop into a proper take.

A good result I thought, given the temperature

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: above byley
Date:7-12 03
Time fished:1.30 till about 5.30
Weather conditions: sunny and clear but cold out of sun
Water conditions:clear
Air temperature:50 in 35 when outsunshine
Water Temperature:40.3
Baitellet and boille
Method:touch ledger
Results:blanked
Brief description of the session & remarksnly had 2 raps about 4 o'clock 1 other angler on other bank he blanked, well done john on a cold day

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:14.12.03
Time fished:12.30pm-5pm
Weather conditions:mild,overcast
Water conditions:Couple of foot up, cocolate
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Bait:Halibut Pellet
Method:4oz feeder
Results:Blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:
Needed 4ozs tp hold the bottome, but had a lot of problems with debri fouling the line.
Had a couple of bites later on but they wouldnt develop into proper pulls, I think the current was making good presentation too difficult.
If the weather stays mild, it should fish well when this extra water runs off.

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:16.12.03
Time fished:11.30am-5pm
Weather conditions:Cold, Brghitish to Dull
Water conditions:About a foot up
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Bait:Halibut Pellet
Method:Maggot Filled Feeder
Results:Blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:

Had two bite all day, missed them, conditions looked perfect, maybe too cold for the barbel but I thought that the chub may have fed, Had a go on the stick with maggot but found it too difficult to see the float properly in the peg I was fishing,so I packed it in after the first time the terminal tackle got snagged.

It was so cold in the water, the feeder was taking an age to release the maggots, maybe should have used an open ender or filled it with something smelly.

John

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above Byley
Date:26-12-03
Time fished:11 till 3.45
Weather conditions:mild and dry till 2.30 then heavey rain
Water conditionserfect
Air temperature:9.5 dropped to 8
Water Temperature:7.7 steady
Bait: meat, corn and cheese
Method:touch ledger
Results:blanked
Brief description of the session & remarks: i thought i was going to do well as coditions were good, thats fishing

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above byley
Date:4-12-04
Time fished:11.30till5pm
Weather conditions:dry overcast
Water conditions:running off with nice colour
Air temperature:7 max
Water Temperature:4.7 max
Bait:cheese meat pellets
Method:ledger
Results:3 chub -2 at 3lb 1 at 2.5
Brief description of the session & remarks:missed 3 bites all bites and fish came between 3pm and 4pm,nice to start the new year with a few fish

 

[John Prendergast]

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Date:08.01.04
Time fished:8am-2pm
Weather conditionsissing down, Mild but a bit windy
Water conditions:Lovely until about noon when it started to rise and change to chocolate
Air temperature:
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Baitellet, Curry flavoured meat and cheese
Method:Tip
Results:5 chub about 3-4lb each
Brief description of the session & remarks:
Getting bites on the meat, but nothing I could hit, changed to cheese and had three fish in three consecutive casts, the first taking the cheese on the drop after the next two fish, the river began to rise rapidly and the fishing slowed down just as rapidly. Before the level rose, I thought that I was on for a netful, those chub were going just mental for the cheese, whith only minimal interest for the other baits I tried.

 

[barrie roberts 2]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above byley
Date:sat 24
Time fished:12 till 5
Weather conditions:dry sunny spells
Water conditions:1 ft up but dropping
Air temperature:10 in sun
Water Temperature:6.4
Bait:all
Method:ledger
Results: 1 smaal barbel only 2.5lb

Brief description of the session & remarks:dident expect it to be so high= only 1 bite

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:23.01.04
Time fished:10.30am till just after dark
Weather conditions: mild with showers later on
Water conditions:up a couple of foot but steady
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Bait:Cheese and pellet
Method: tip with small feeder
Results:1 chub about 3lb, 1 barbel about six pounds
Brief description of the session & remarks: surprisingly slow for bites. Got the chub on cheese and the barbel on pellet, I was getting a few bites later on with the pellet from chub but just couldnt hit them with a hair rig. Got the barbel just after dark and it gave the most savage bite I have had. Judging by the way it fought, I thought it was over double figures, it didnt half go.
Barry, were you the Barry I was speaking to?, forgive me, I dont know your surname.

John

 

[barrie roberts 2]

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Brief description of the session & remarks:sorry John not me u spoke to were u on saturday??

 

[John Prendergast]

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Brief description of the session & remarks:No Barry, I was talking about Friday.
It must be a different "Barry"

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date:25.6.04
Time fished:11.30 - 2200
Weather conditions:Hot, Sunny
Water conditions:Up about a foot, very coloured
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Baitellet, Maggot, Luncheon Meat
Method:Tip, Stickfloat feeding hemp casters and maggots
Results:2 barbel, best about 7lb, about 10 chub, best about 4lb, I Grayling and a few dace
Brief description of the session & remarks: Pretty steady days fishing,Caught the barbe and the bigger chub on pellet or luncheon meat, had most of the chub pust the grayling and dace on stick float and maggot.
It was probably a tad to coloured for the stick to work well.

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above byley
Date:31 july and 1 august
Time fished:afternoon and evening
Weather conditions:sunny
Water conditions:low and clear
Air temperature:23
Water Temperature:
Baitellet and boilie
Method:touch ledgering and freelineing
Results:3 barbel all around 5lb and 1 chub
Brief description of the session & remarks: river low and clear so did'ent expect much, only saw 2 other anglers both days so had a nice w/e

 

[Ric Elwin]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Above Byley
Date: 03/08/04
Time fished: 10.00- 17.00
Weather conditions: Thundery showers
Water conditions: Normal, touch of colour later
Air temperature: 22C
Water Temperature: Not taken
Bait: Pellet
Method: Running leger
Results: 3.0 Chub, 5.8 Barbel
Brief description of the session & remarks: Fortunately the heavier showers passed me by. Nicew quiet day, only me on. Also foulhooked a small Barbel in the Dorsal. 5.8 Barbel came from a 'suicide' swim but landed with few problems.