Nice 6 hours down Portishead way. 24-06-12

Decided to use up the 

left over bait from my last trip.

Looking at the weather and 

thinking about the 

problems of the last trip,

I decided to fish the 

shingle bank at the Yacht club.

Fishing from 07.00 till 13.30

high was at 10.59 

and

12.00mtrs.

Weather was dull then light showers

as the cloud broke up

and warm.

Stiff gusty breeze

was from the south west.

Baits were

rag, lug and squid.

Rigs used were 

wishbone pennel pulley and 3 hook flapper.

I had 3 known bites

two were codling around

3lb.

One was caught about 8.30

the other 45 minutes before 

high water.

The third was a possible 

Conger.

The bite was a good pull down

and line was pulled off the reel.

On striking I could feel the fish

but the rig was snagged.

It pulled well and

I guessed I was also dragging

in a rock.

However the rig snagged

and the line broke.

I found the rig as tide

dropped 

and it was well tangled

and indeed had a rock

attached.

Wet, windy and loads of washing

Fished down Rockingham

this morning, 22-06-12.

Wet and windy conditions greeted me

on the grass bank.

Set up my usual wishbone rig

and pennel pulley rig.

First rod out baited with 

rag and lug,

fell around 20mtrs short of my usual distance.

The tide was pushing in about 20 / 30

minutes earlier than usual.

Brad from Bristol Angling Centre

also came down and decided to

only use one rod.

Straight away the line was covered

with grass and weed,

which caused us both trouble

while winding in.

After another couple of casts,

we gave up and went home.

Manor Farm Lake, Linear Fishery.

My middle son Jason

has seen the light!

He no longer chases 

the women as much,

he chases CARP.

Not my style

but some fine fish.

 Caught on Tiger nuts 

over

a bed of

seed.

 His best was 31lb 6oz

He also managed a nice Tench and other

Carp.

Welcome back to the real 

world Jay.

Baltic Wharf 20-06-12

Had a pole session down the 

Wharf

this morning.

Fished from 08.00 till 12.00.

Maggot and Caster were the hook bait

fished over my usual 

ground bait with added liquidized 

bread, with loose fed maggot, hemp, halibut pellet

and caster.

Perch, Roach and Dace

up to 6oz

were feeding really well.

With 3lb of mixed grill in the net by 10.00. 

they legged it and then I

Struggled to get a bite.

However this nice

Rudd was a real surprise.

What a beauty.

 Rusty popped down with

the Gandkids

as did Andrew,

who used my spare

top 4 with Kyle.

They managed to catch

the biggest fish of the day

a plump Roach of about

8oz.

Another great day's fishing.

First river trip of the new season. 17-06-12

Popped down to some of my old haunts

on the Bristol Frome today.

Trotting a

Drennan No 2 Avon float

on 6lb main line

to size 14 hook on 3lb hook length.

Started on my usual Chub swin,

Failed to catch a Chub but managed

4 small Roach and 3 Dace plus the usual Minnows. 

 That swim died off as expected

so moved down stream 50 or so mtrs

that failed to produce anything.

Another move to below a weir 

produced 7 chub to 1/2lb plus more Roach again to 1/2lb.

 Another move and no bites until 

I changed to bread flake.

Then the Chub really switched on.

Using my new Maver 12ft Abyss X match rod

with Okuma Sheffield S 1002

Centre Pin reel,

I trotted along the flow crease.

The chub were taking the flake on the drop

giving a good scrap.

The best was 1lb 9oz, 

really plump.

Maggot was the other bait used.

Watch out! Loads of people and dogs

use the paths. So fish it early or late

and on rainy days for best results. 

Harescombe Fishery, Stroud 04-06-12

Went up to Stroud to try out

my son, Andrew's, local fishery.

A 4 lake fishery,

1 x Match lake

and

3 x mixed fish lakes.

We fished the north bank

of the largest lake.

Fished from

08.00 till 16.00.

Andrew has this lake wrapped round his fingers,

and from the off caught steadily.

Carp all the way, up to 12lb.

I struggled but still managed

a hand full of Carp and a Bream.

My first fish, about 7lb 4oz

was caught on a waggler rod 

and Centre Pin Reel.

My first carp caught with a

centre pin reel.

The fishery is tucked 

away in a very secluded area.

Nice and quiet compared to most

venues around Bristol.

Happy chappy Andrew.

with a near double Mirror Carp

caught on Tuttie Fruttie sweet corn.

My

2lb 6oz Bream

caught on the pole

to chocolate pellet.

Still Andrew caught, mostly

on the feeder under a Willow tree 

on the far bank.

We were told by the owner

the fishery was fishing quite poorly

because of the recent

bad weather.

What's it like on a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!