john conway (CSG - ACA)
Well-known member
Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...16/06/09
Time Fished:...00:00hrs to 08:00hrs
Weather Conditions:....Clear sky, big half moon put in an appearance about 01:30hrs, early morning very bright and warming up fast. Water Conditions:..Rivercall at 15:15hrs on the 15/06/09 @ NJR 0.28M ANSL & Steady,
Air Temperature:...11.5C @ midnight dropping to 3.8C about 03:00hrs then climbing to 13.3C by 08:00hrs
Water Temperature:...14.8C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet and curry paste with PVA bags of pellet and micro pellets.
Results:...7 chub (best 4lb-12oz & 4lb-6oz) one eel and one trout. Two chub taken on Pellet and paste the rest fell to sweet corn including both 4lbers.
Brief description of the session….This was the usual 00:00hrs start for the 1st day of the coarse fishing season and I noticed the odd light from other Ribble anglers with the same intensions. I don’t normally do very well on opening day but today was OK with two decent chub. I’d decided to pick a shallow swim, about 3ft deep, with a decent flow and targeted the chub. It was good to be back on the river.
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Date:...19/06/09
Time fished:...21:30hrs to 06:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Overcast and breezy till dusk, started to rain about mid-night and was on and off right up to dawn.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 15:15hrs @ NJR 0.25M ANSL and Falling.
Air temperature:...13.7C dropping to 11C
Water Temperature:...13.7C
Bait:...Bread flake, Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet and curry paste with PVA bags of pellet and micro pellets.
Results:...5 Chub (3 over 4lb) and one Barbel 9lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river looked very much the same as on opening day, except it was overcast and the weather was very unsettled. All the 4lb Chub looked a bit battered and felt quite empty, as did the Barbel. The barbel was OK on release but it just sat on the edge of the flow for a good half hour before drifting off into the main channel. Plenty of bat bites during the night and at dawn I watched two herons fishing on the far bank.
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Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Ribchester area
Date:...21/06/09
Time fished:...18:15 to 22:15hrs
Weather conditions:...dry, mild and light winds
Water conditions:...Marginally above NSL
Air temperature:...N/T
Water Temperature:... N/T
Bait:...Hemp, Caster and corn
Method:..Waggler
Results:...2 barbel, 5 big chub, 2 trout and about 10 chublets
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Short evening session to kick off the new season. Surprisingly few anglers about. Had a great start with a 4lb barbel 3rd cast and then a chub of 3.5lb minutes later. Had 2 more chub of 4lb and 4.5lb in the first hour, before lots of tiny chub moved in and were attacking the bait on impact, not letting it settle before shelling the double caster. Switched to corn on and off, but just trout taking a fancy with one at 1.5lb. Had a number of small chub 4 to 6oz with one about 1.25lb, before finishing with another 4.5lb chub and a barbel. Plenty of better fish showing, but just lacked the medium size chub that used to nicely fill in the gaps between the bonus fish! Lots of mink about on the far bank too.
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Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...26/06/09
Time fished:...21:00hrs to 04:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Light cloud, no wind no moon.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 15:15hrs @ NJR 0.13M BNSL and Falling.
Air temperature:...18.1C dropping to 17.5C
Water Temperature:...21C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet with small PVA bag of Hal pellets and loose fed Hal pellets.
Results:...6 Chub to 3lb-10oz and 4 eels, best about 2lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm. Both rods tapping away all night but most of the chub were small and I was pestered by eels. The four eels all took sweetcorn, which I thought I'd use to avoid them???? Got home at 05:0hrs and had a couple of hours sleep before our Lass and I where on the road up into the Lakes to a wool and felt event/exhibition (our Lasses hobby). By the time we hit the M6 I was away with the fairies, until I shot out of my sleep to pick up my rod which was banging away. This was triggered off when our lass flicked on the indicators to over take. This happened three time before I really dosed off. Never had this happen to me before!
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Section of Fishery or river stretch:...by Preston
Date:...29-30/06/09
Time fished:...19:00hrs to 09:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Light cloud, no wind,very little rain not enough .
Water conditions:...very low
Air temperature:... hot
Water Temperature:...not taken
Bait:... Hal Pellet,bread,slug.
Method:..4 rods, 2upstream rods halibut +bread in margins, 2 downstream rods halibut +slug
Results:...blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm.It looks that need some rain to relise the fish from hiding holes.Had one bite and hooked what it felt like a good double fig.barbel and lost it due to hook line snaped.It was my 3rd session on the ribble this year ,no barbel and just had too many eels till i changed the bait.
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Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...04/07/09
Time fished:...21:30hrs to 05:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Overcast and showers, some very heavy but short lived, moon low in the sky behind cloud.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 16:15hrs @ NJR 0.05M ANSL and Steady.
Air temperature:...18.1C dropping to 16.1C
Water Temperature:...18.2C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, hemp and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet with PVA bag of micro pellets & dry ground bait plus loose fed Hal pellets.
Results:...5 Chub to 4lb-6oz, one barbel 9lb-3oz and 1 eel.
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm, however there was just enough rain to put a tinge of colour in the river. Fish spread out over first 5.5 hrs of session last, couple of hours everything went dead. Also lost one decent fish to a badly whipped hook. 3 chub and eel on sweetcorn, 2 chub, including the 4 pounder and the barbel on halibut pellet and paste. The barbell was the same barbel I had two weeks ago but 3oz heavier, same soars around the anal fin, left flank.
Nothing much happens on these through night session except the usual slug invasion and ten minutes watching a small mouse helping it's self to my sweetcorn. It didn't seem to mind my head lamp.
---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------
Just playing about copying some Ribble post from old site. This venue report doesn't work like the old site????
Date:...16/06/09
Time Fished:...00:00hrs to 08:00hrs
Weather Conditions:....Clear sky, big half moon put in an appearance about 01:30hrs, early morning very bright and warming up fast. Water Conditions:..Rivercall at 15:15hrs on the 15/06/09 @ NJR 0.28M ANSL & Steady,
Air Temperature:...11.5C @ midnight dropping to 3.8C about 03:00hrs then climbing to 13.3C by 08:00hrs
Water Temperature:...14.8C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet and curry paste with PVA bags of pellet and micro pellets.
Results:...7 chub (best 4lb-12oz & 4lb-6oz) one eel and one trout. Two chub taken on Pellet and paste the rest fell to sweet corn including both 4lbers.
Brief description of the session….This was the usual 00:00hrs start for the 1st day of the coarse fishing season and I noticed the odd light from other Ribble anglers with the same intensions. I don’t normally do very well on opening day but today was OK with two decent chub. I’d decided to pick a shallow swim, about 3ft deep, with a decent flow and targeted the chub. It was good to be back on the river.
---------- Post added at 01:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:39 PM ----------
Date:...19/06/09
Time fished:...21:30hrs to 06:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Overcast and breezy till dusk, started to rain about mid-night and was on and off right up to dawn.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 15:15hrs @ NJR 0.25M ANSL and Falling.
Air temperature:...13.7C dropping to 11C
Water Temperature:...13.7C
Bait:...Bread flake, Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet and curry paste with PVA bags of pellet and micro pellets.
Results:...5 Chub (3 over 4lb) and one Barbel 9lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river looked very much the same as on opening day, except it was overcast and the weather was very unsettled. All the 4lb Chub looked a bit battered and felt quite empty, as did the Barbel. The barbel was OK on release but it just sat on the edge of the flow for a good half hour before drifting off into the main channel. Plenty of bat bites during the night and at dawn I watched two herons fishing on the far bank.
---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 PM ----------
Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Ribchester area
Date:...21/06/09
Time fished:...18:15 to 22:15hrs
Weather conditions:...dry, mild and light winds
Water conditions:...Marginally above NSL
Air temperature:...N/T
Water Temperature:... N/T
Bait:...Hemp, Caster and corn
Method:..Waggler
Results:...2 barbel, 5 big chub, 2 trout and about 10 chublets
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Short evening session to kick off the new season. Surprisingly few anglers about. Had a great start with a 4lb barbel 3rd cast and then a chub of 3.5lb minutes later. Had 2 more chub of 4lb and 4.5lb in the first hour, before lots of tiny chub moved in and were attacking the bait on impact, not letting it settle before shelling the double caster. Switched to corn on and off, but just trout taking a fancy with one at 1.5lb. Had a number of small chub 4 to 6oz with one about 1.25lb, before finishing with another 4.5lb chub and a barbel. Plenty of better fish showing, but just lacked the medium size chub that used to nicely fill in the gaps between the bonus fish! Lots of mink about on the far bank too.
---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 PM ----------
Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...26/06/09
Time fished:...21:00hrs to 04:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Light cloud, no wind no moon.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 15:15hrs @ NJR 0.13M BNSL and Falling.
Air temperature:...18.1C dropping to 17.5C
Water Temperature:...21C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, garlic and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet with small PVA bag of Hal pellets and loose fed Hal pellets.
Results:...6 Chub to 3lb-10oz and 4 eels, best about 2lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm. Both rods tapping away all night but most of the chub were small and I was pestered by eels. The four eels all took sweetcorn, which I thought I'd use to avoid them???? Got home at 05:0hrs and had a couple of hours sleep before our Lass and I where on the road up into the Lakes to a wool and felt event/exhibition (our Lasses hobby). By the time we hit the M6 I was away with the fairies, until I shot out of my sleep to pick up my rod which was banging away. This was triggered off when our lass flicked on the indicators to over take. This happened three time before I really dosed off. Never had this happen to me before!
---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------
Section of Fishery or river stretch:...by Preston
Date:...29-30/06/09
Time fished:...19:00hrs to 09:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Light cloud, no wind,very little rain not enough .
Water conditions:...very low
Air temperature:... hot
Water Temperature:...not taken
Bait:... Hal Pellet,bread,slug.
Method:..4 rods, 2upstream rods halibut +bread in margins, 2 downstream rods halibut +slug
Results:...blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm.It looks that need some rain to relise the fish from hiding holes.Had one bite and hooked what it felt like a good double fig.barbel and lost it due to hook line snaped.It was my 3rd session on the ribble this year ,no barbel and just had too many eels till i changed the bait.
---------- Post added at 01:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------
Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...04/07/09
Time fished:...21:30hrs to 05:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Overcast and showers, some very heavy but short lived, moon low in the sky behind cloud.
Water conditions:...Rivercall at 16:15hrs @ NJR 0.05M ANSL and Steady.
Air temperature:...18.1C dropping to 16.1C
Water Temperature:...18.2C
Bait:...Sweet Corn, Hal Pellet & Curry Paste.
Method:..2 rods, upstream rod Sweet corn with liquidised bread, hemp and sweet corn in feeder, downstream rod halibut pellet with PVA bag of micro pellets & dry ground bait plus loose fed Hal pellets.
Results:...5 Chub to 4lb-6oz, one barbel 9lb-3oz and 1 eel.
Brief description of the session & remarks:...The river was very low and warm, however there was just enough rain to put a tinge of colour in the river. Fish spread out over first 5.5 hrs of session last, couple of hours everything went dead. Also lost one decent fish to a badly whipped hook. 3 chub and eel on sweetcorn, 2 chub, including the 4 pounder and the barbel on halibut pellet and paste. The barbell was the same barbel I had two weeks ago but 3oz heavier, same soars around the anal fin, left flank.
Nothing much happens on these through night session except the usual slug invasion and ten minutes watching a small mouse helping it's self to my sweetcorn. It didn't seem to mind my head lamp.
---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------
Just playing about copying some Ribble post from old site. This venue report doesn't work like the old site????
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