Being threatened?

steve_knight said:

I wonder if anyone else has come across this. Being threatened while fishing.
Today around 530pm I was fishing the Windsor Stretch of the Thames, just under the relief road, when a car bearing Polish plates pulled up and a man got out and approached me. In the exchange of words, he told me that I was in his spot and that he and his friends were going to get some bait and if I was still there when they returned they would throw all my stuff in the river. They drove off leaving me a little shaken and concerned.
I did pack up most of my things, and left just a rod out (dam if I was going to bait a swim for others). There were a few youths jumping from the relief road bridge in the water, and the local plod appeared. One of the policemen asked me if I’d seen which kids had jumped, I told him what happened and he told me that I’d not been the first to be approached, He also reassured me that for the time being the police would have a heavy presence in the area, due to complaints about the kids. I carried on fishing on my one rod. (Caught two 4 - 5lb Perch on the float with caster wrapped in a cheese ball (size 12 hook).
Up till I caught, I was seriously contemplating packing in fishing, and have already resolved in future to fish “private club” waters or lakes.
Just a little note guys and girls

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shaunfox said:

I think I'd risk life and limb if there were perch of that size to be caught (two 4-5lb perch).

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esox2914 said:

I ended up being well done over by a foreigner, I was unhooking a pike at the time and he came down the bank and knee'ed me in the side of the head, my mate managed to punch him and push him in, while he was in the water I unhooked the pike and returned it, then he got out and kicked my several more times in the head, and ended up in hospital, the police caught him and let him off with a caution
I will never return to where it happened

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steve_knight said:

(Caught two 4 - 5lb Perch on the float with caster wrapped in a cheese ball (size 12 hook).

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Morespiders said:

now if they were 10lb

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Ray Roberts said:

Sorry about your misfortune mate, but WTF is; "caster wrapped in a cheese ball", not a bait I've heard of before.

I've never had such an experience as yours, I usually carry a machete for clearing the bank, bit hard to explain when your fishing a concrete bank, but "Hey ho".

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Ray Roberts said:

Sorry about your misfortune mate, but WTF is; "caster wrapped in a cheese ball", not a bait I've heard of before.
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A friend mentioned that Cheese was a good bait, so I had some processed cheese slices (you know the kind you put in burgers,) first I tried it on the hook, and on a hair line, but the cheese fell off, however with a caster threaded on the hook, and half a slice wrapped in a ball around the caster, the cheese stayed on the line whilst casting (don’t ask me why, just did. I figured if I lost the cheese I still had the Caster). Fishing on the Windsor side, on the other side of the bridge from the slipway, about two rod lengths out on a 4BB float with size 12 hook on a 3ft 4lb hook line. The cheese ball remained on the hook for three casts, on the third cast the first Perch took and gutted, the second perch was about 20 minutes later.

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barbelboi said:

You'd be OK Del, just hit 'em with your scales - if they whack as heavy as they weigh you're safe.
Jerry

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Peter Jacobs said:

. . . . . they'd have had to be weighed on your scales Del . . . .


LOL

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esox2914 said:

I ended up being well done over by a foreigner, I was unhooking a pike at the time and he came down the bank and knee'ed me in the side of the head, my mate managed to punch him and push him in, while he was in the water I unhooked the pike and returned it, then he got out and kicked my several more times in the head, and ended up in hospital, the police caught him and let him off with a caution
I will never return to where it happened

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steve_knight said:

Ray Roberts said:

Sorry about your misfortune mate, but WTF is; "caster wrapped in a cheese ball", not a bait I've heard of before.
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A friend mentioned that Cheese was a good bait, so I had some processed cheese slices (you know the kind you put in burgers,) first I tried it on the hook, and on a hair line, but the cheese fell off, however with a caster threaded on the hook, and half a slice wrapped in a ball around the caster, the cheese stayed on the line whilst casting (don’t ask me why, just did. I figured if I lost the cheese I still had the Caster). Fishing on the Windsor side, on the other side of the bridge from the slipway, about two rod lengths out on a 4BB float with size 12 hook on a 3ft 4lb hook line. The cheese ball remained on the hook for three casts, on the third cast the first Perch took and gutted, the second perch was about 20 minutes later.[/QUO

I think the perch went after the bait thinking it's a small fish rather than the cheese flavor,try a small spinner next time,but after hearing about your misfortune i guess you'll never know,keep safe everyone

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steve_knight said:

Fishing on the Windsor side, on the other side of the bridge from the slipway,

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steve_knight said:

I wonder if anyone else has come across this. Being threatened while fishing.
Today around 530pm I was fishing the Windsor Stretch of the Thames, just under the relief road, when a car bearing Polish plates pulled up and a man got out and approached me. In the exchange of words, he told me that I was in his spot and that he and his friends were going to get some bait and if I was still there when they returned they would throw all my stuff in the river. They drove off leaving me a little shaken and concerned.
I did pack up most of my things, and left just a rod out (dam if I was going to bait a swim for others). There were a few youths jumping from the relief road bridge in the water, and the local plod appeared. One of the policemen asked me if I’d seen which kids had jumped, I told him what happened and he told me that I’d not been the first to be approached, He also reassured me that for the time being the police would have a heavy presence in the area, due to complaints about the kids. I carried on fishing on my one rod. (Caught two 4 - 5lb Perch on the float with caster wrapped in a cheese ball (size 12 hook).
Up till I caught, I was seriously contemplating packing in fishing, and have already resolved in future to fish “private club” waters or lakes.
Just a little note guys and girls

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