KarltheUKFisherman
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Hi my name's Karl if you didn't already guess and I'm returning to fishing after a good 10-15 year break!
My dad got me into it back when I was a young lad by taking me and my mighty telescopic pole to Burgess Park where I caught a bunch of roach and launched one into orbit by striking with the force of six freight trains (as he adequately put it!) After that we moved to Notts where I did a bit of feeder fishing but nothing major and now I return back to the banks...but not to main feeder like I used to.
I want to try my hand at a bit of predator fishing and so went out and bought a tidy little "backpack setup" as I call it. My rod is a Abu Garcia Black Max with a Silver Max 3 reel since I'm not good with a left handed reel (Like to have my rod in my left hand and reel with the right like I was taught!) and a bag of lures ranging from amazon bought topwater frogs, Savage Gears Suicide Duck and Salvo little bug 3 to a nifty 23g spinner and a bunch of bright shads. Been twice to the Trent ( Netherfield via the Colwick Industrial Park) but sadly not had any luck except for some harsh as hell sun burn and a case of heat stroke (yes I chose the hottest two days in June to go fishing which later I found isn't great for predator fishing apparently!) So I'm here to hopefully pick up some tips, some nice spots around the colwick route of the Trent and to hopefully find some fishing buddies!
My dad got me into it back when I was a young lad by taking me and my mighty telescopic pole to Burgess Park where I caught a bunch of roach and launched one into orbit by striking with the force of six freight trains (as he adequately put it!) After that we moved to Notts where I did a bit of feeder fishing but nothing major and now I return back to the banks...but not to main feeder like I used to.
I want to try my hand at a bit of predator fishing and so went out and bought a tidy little "backpack setup" as I call it. My rod is a Abu Garcia Black Max with a Silver Max 3 reel since I'm not good with a left handed reel (Like to have my rod in my left hand and reel with the right like I was taught!) and a bag of lures ranging from amazon bought topwater frogs, Savage Gears Suicide Duck and Salvo little bug 3 to a nifty 23g spinner and a bunch of bright shads. Been twice to the Trent ( Netherfield via the Colwick Industrial Park) but sadly not had any luck except for some harsh as hell sun burn and a case of heat stroke (yes I chose the hottest two days in June to go fishing which later I found isn't great for predator fishing apparently!) So I'm here to hopefully pick up some tips, some nice spots around the colwick route of the Trent and to hopefully find some fishing buddies!
