Peter Bishop
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Know I haven't been posting lately - been too busy - but I have certainly found time to fish and have to tell you all of a day in roach heaven catching the most wonderful bag of perfectly conditioned red fins I have ever had the pleasure of reporting. The catch of a life time- and not a carp in sight...
Given the water is primarily the preserve of one dimensional carp anglers no one ever fishes for the roach but my mate and I did using simple waggler tactics with corn, banded pellets and sono baits crab and mussel hookers.
In all I had 58lbs of pristine roach, averaging 8-12 ozs, with several just under a pound and 13 over including four of 1lbs 1 oz, two of 1lbs 2 oz, two at 1lbs 3 ozs, two of 1lbs 5 ozs, and one apiece of 1lbs 7oz, 1lbs 8ozs and a new PB of 1lbs 11 ozs, however I have still to crack my 2lbs Holly Grail! This water certainly holds them and I'll be back.
My pal did even better today with 164 fish for 83lbs. The carp heads thought we were Mad!
Carp-you can keep em...a day with the much ignored roach is my idea of heaven!
Given the water is primarily the preserve of one dimensional carp anglers no one ever fishes for the roach but my mate and I did using simple waggler tactics with corn, banded pellets and sono baits crab and mussel hookers.
In all I had 58lbs of pristine roach, averaging 8-12 ozs, with several just under a pound and 13 over including four of 1lbs 1 oz, two of 1lbs 2 oz, two at 1lbs 3 ozs, two of 1lbs 5 ozs, and one apiece of 1lbs 7oz, 1lbs 8ozs and a new PB of 1lbs 11 ozs, however I have still to crack my 2lbs Holly Grail! This water certainly holds them and I'll be back.
My pal did even better today with 164 fish for 83lbs. The carp heads thought we were Mad!
Carp-you can keep em...a day with the much ignored roach is my idea of heaven!