sam vimes
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I'm currently fishing a fairly big (30 acres), deep (down to 30ft averaging around 15ft), gravel pit. There isn't much in the way of shallow margins or underwater features. It's a little out of my comfort zone fishing a water as deep. We know that it's home to carp, tench, bream, pike, perch and the odd chub. We've also had the odd small roach and rudd. The only thing that shows up fairly regularly are the carp and, in previous years, perch. The pike are fairly evident, though I don't fish for them.
The roach and rudd are caught very infrequently. I've managed eight rudd at around 12oz or so in one session in three years of fishing the place. I've never caught a roach. We know that there are bigger examples in there as the odd one or two well over a pound have washed up dead. We also have good numbers of yearling fry show up every spring. This year is no exception, I netted some roach fry from the margins myself a couple of weeks ago. We've also occasionally seen large shoals of what we suspect to be rudd and/or roach.
The suspicion is that the roach and rudd usually sit beyond float range. However, they may well be sitting mid-water so a leger might be up to around 25ft below them, depending on the depth of water. Try as I might, I can't, with that one exception, catch the roach and rudd. Despite usually fishing maggots, in the hope of picking up anything that swims, it's only the carp that show.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how these awkward fish might be caught?
The roach and rudd are caught very infrequently. I've managed eight rudd at around 12oz or so in one session in three years of fishing the place. I've never caught a roach. We know that there are bigger examples in there as the odd one or two well over a pound have washed up dead. We also have good numbers of yearling fry show up every spring. This year is no exception, I netted some roach fry from the margins myself a couple of weeks ago. We've also occasionally seen large shoals of what we suspect to be rudd and/or roach.
The suspicion is that the roach and rudd usually sit beyond float range. However, they may well be sitting mid-water so a leger might be up to around 25ft below them, depending on the depth of water. Try as I might, I can't, with that one exception, catch the roach and rudd. Despite usually fishing maggots, in the hope of picking up anything that swims, it's only the carp that show.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how these awkward fish might be caught?