I am fishing the Union Canal Apsley on Sunday for my club match. I am a Canal virgin! What is the best bait? I always bag up on Luncheon Meat with Preditor Plus on our lakes! Where are the best spots? I have read Canal bends and Barges plus the usual features! I was thinking my usual bait plus small pellet and maggots/Castors! HELP!!
Union canal apsley! Help for a canal virgin!
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peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
You don't necessarily get the best spot in a match.
Fish as light as you dare and go for anything that swims...
Good luck...
Fish as light as you dare and go for anything that swims...
Good luck...
skullsat
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in a match you wont always get a good peg,but maggots,casters,worms might save your day and fish light,good luck with the match.
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alan whittington
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Mate,you've picked a very different venue to your norm,i would say 1 pint of squatts,half a pint of pinkies,half a pint of casters and maybe a pot of worms,feed squatts 10-20 near and far side of the cut every cast,fishing pinkie or squatt on a 22/24 fine wire hook,when fishing this way it often pays to feed thumbnail sized balls of sloppy groundbait occasionally,if you have a feature,or think bigger fish are present feed 8-15 casters reasonably regularly,fishing mainly one,but possibly two on an 18 but more likely 20 hook,hope this helps.
bennygesserit
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nicepix
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The thing to remember about most canals is that there are no shallows and few deep spots. The bank goes straight down vertically to the bottom and the bottom is usually flat.
This means that bigger fish often lurk right next to the bank as that is the biggest feature.
This means that bigger fish often lurk right next to the bank as that is the biggest feature.
bennygesserit
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Surely there is a deeper track in the middle where most boats pass ? And a shallower region either side ? Hence the term fishing down the track
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
The canal at Apsley is a constantly flowing pound and matches are usually won with bags of chublets, roach and the odd bonus chub or big perch.The last match I fished there I used a 6m whip and trotted down the track with pinkies.
I also caught on the far shelf with the pole. If you have a barge moored on the opposite bank try waggler down the side of the boat.
I also caught on the far shelf with the pole. If you have a barge moored on the opposite bank try waggler down the side of the boat.
nicepix
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The one's I've fished had been dredged with a flat bottom.
chub_on_the_block
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Usually a narrow ledge on each side, 2-4ft deep, maybe 2-3ft wide, with a deep uniform and sometimes muddy bed down the middle.
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
How did you get on?