Rockingham 13-10-12

Well the 13th was unlucky for me.

Only managed to get Rag worm from the shop,

and taking some Squid I trundled down to the grass bank.

Fished from 16.00 till 19.30

with high at 18.30 and 12.5mtrs.

Well short story even shorter,

one tiny 3 inch Whiting on the last wind in.

Two rods used

both on pulley rigs

and a cocktail of

Squid and Rag on one 

and Rag on the other one.

Wind was light south westerly

and the afternoon

thunder storms and hail had cleared.

I guess that the heavy fresh rain

run off and warm sea must 

be the problem.

Roll on the frosts!!!!!!

Bagwood Lake 10-10-12

Took the pole for an outing today,

fishing the same swim as last time,

I used Maggot and Caster 

over Hemp, Sweetcorn and Pellets.

Also put the Barbel rod out with Sweetcorn 

over Hemp, Pellets Corn.

The Barbel rod only managed

3 small Skimmers

and this

9lb 9oz

Common Carp.

 The pole at 11.5mtrs 

with a 1.25g Durafloat

to 5lb line and 2 1/2lb hooklenght

with a size 14 hook.

Fished just off the bottom

the Roach started feeding

straight away.

By 10am the the fish

switched off.

Except these two perch

the best was 2lb.51/2oz.

The Roach which was caught in the afternoon

was 1lb 2 1/2oz.

In total I had 17lb 11oz on the pole.

Weather was warm

overcast with a light breeze.

Next trip

Saturday evening sea fishing

with Rusty,

venue to be confirmed.

Road Closures in Bristol 30-09-12

Many roads around the docks will be closed

on sunday 30-09-12.

So if your thinking of fishing 

the docks.

You will have to get down there by

05.30 

for Baltic Wharf .

04.30

for Welsh Back and 

Bathurst Basin.

The roads start opening at

14.00.

I'll be running the 1/2 marathon

again this year,

so if your there and you 

number 22181

give me a cheer.

Me at Wapping Road

swing bridge last year.

Bagwood Lake 14-09-12

What the heck's going on!

I went CARP fishing.

Well in the first hour I managed

2 fish.

This 16lb 6oz Plated Mirror

 and this

5lb

Common.

Both caught on Sweet corn

 Shortly after I had a couple of Bream 

on Mash Monster Squid Boilies.

I have to thank my son Rusty

for putting me on the fish.

He managed to catch a 

couple as well best was 17lb 7oz.

At 1pm I got bored 

and set up my waggler rod and 

Centre Pin Reel.

Maggot on size 14 hook to 3lb line.

Wow that did the trick,

Rudd, Roach, Perch

and Skimmers

were hungry for the wrigglers.

5lb ish in an hour

was superb fun,

this Bream looking like it might have

been a Rudd cross. 

All in all a nice day and very good company.

Rockingham again 06-09-12

As I managed to get some

lugworm at the last minute,

and had a free morning.

I popped down to  the grass bank again.

Fishing from 09.30 till 12.15 I took

my carp rod down as well as my

usual rods.

The usual rigs were used on the beach casters

and flowing trace on the carp rod.

First cast on the wishbone rig caught

a small flounder. After that 

a number of rattles and knocks

teased me. Having changed the hook sizes,

I could not hit any of the bites.

The carp rod caught a couple of small

of small silver eels, Snotties.

The targeted flounder did show.

For an hour to the top of the tide

this fishing boat,

the SEA SPORT,

fished over the spot, 

I walk out over the mud to

fish on a rising mid range tide.

Didn't see any fish caught on it.

Rockingham 30-08-12

Wow! 

Escape chit in hand

1/2lb of Rag, frozen Squid and Crab

in the bucket,

I 

headed to Rockingham.

High was at 19.30

fished from 17.30 till

20.00.

13.1mtrs

I stomped out on to the mud for 

an earlier than usual

cast.

This produced this little Sole.

 It was caught on a 

wishbone rig

with rag on 1/0

hooks.

That was the high light

of the trip.

One other drop back bite

failed to produce.

As can be seen

the weather was great

with the usual

choppy splash

on to the bank.

The two other fishermen

also failed to catch.

River Frome 16-08-12

With everything settling down at home

I popped down to

the Frome.

Started fishing around 9am

in a swim I've not

fished before.

The water had a good pace

but quite coloured after yesterdays rain.

After 20 or so runs down the swim

with a Crow Quill Avon float,

size 18 micro barbed hook on 2lb line

to 5lb main line.

I caught this Gudgeon on 

double red maggot.

Not seen one in a while.

 Also managed a 

small Dace.

I fed a dozen or so maggots at least every

run through the swim.

This was my second swim 

but it failed to produced.

It was getting dark now 

as can be seen

with this photo

of a small dace from swim 3.

This was a harder swim to fish

with plenty of over hanging

trees.

 The fourth swim had a longer

run plus the over hanging

branches on the far bank.

Once again I could not 

tempt the fish out of this swim.

 Really expected to catch some thing

from here

as I've seen some good

fish in the past.

I moved on to what proved to be my last swim.

Same tactics were the same.

However the the smaller Roach, Dace

Gudgeon and Minnows

were out to play here.

BUT!!!!!!!

After catching 10 fish

in quick succession

the heavens opened

and it ended up more

like autumn!

As a usual when it rains that hard

the river started pushing hard and there 

was loads of leaves, branches

as well as other rubbish.

I could not get the float to run through properly

so packed up

and paddled back to car.