Rockingham 27-09-10

The Codling came in two by two!
Not quite
But the wishbone rig produced 4 codling.
One was a keeper and the rest were released.

The top of the tide was at 10.01 and 12.1 mtrs.
I fished from 08.15 till 11.15

This was the first fish of the day,
a baby Codling of 2 inches.

Baits used were Lugworm, Squid, Sandeel and Bluey.
Lug worm accounted for all fish including
this little Whiting.

Not sure which type of animal
made these tracks.
It went out onto the mud

then came back dragging something along.

Was it a fox, Minx or Otter.
Guess I'll never find out.

Rockingham 24-09-10

Library photo.

Fished down the grass bank again this morning with
my son Russell (Rusty).
High water was at 08.35 and fished from 06.30 till 10.00.
It was a 12.6 mtr tide.
The usual rods and rigs were used.
Baits taken were Squid, Bluey, Rag and Lug.
It was a warm morning until high tide when the wind picked up
and that took the edge off the temperature.

I caught the first fish, a Codling, just big enough dinner. It was caught on a Wish bone rig
with Lug as bait.
There was then a lull in the bites untill Rusty had a
had another Codling.
In the end I had 9 fish 5 Codling, 3 Snotties and a Whiting.
Rusty had 2 Codling.

Nice company, nice trip.

Yatch Club 10-09-10

Library picture

Fished the shingle bank this morning from
06.15 till 10.15. High water was at
09.15 and 14.3mtrs.

Two small Codling (3 and 8 inches) were caught on the first two casts.
Then ever cast after that the bait was stripped in 5 minutes
by those pesky crabs.

On top of that the local dogs kept trying to get at the bait buckets.

and to top it all the local swimmers came out and swam accross
the bay.

Time to give up and save the rest of the bait for an other day.

Rockingham 30-08-10

Popped down to Rockingham at
09.00 till 12.30.
High tide was at 10.55 and 11.8 mtrs.
This photo says it all about the weather.
MAGIC!

Baits used were
Squid, Sand Eel, Mackeral, Rag and Lug.

4 species were caught.
This Whiting on rag and lug cocktail on
3/0 pennel pulley rig

This flounder was caught on
ragworn to 1/0 hook on a wishbone rig

These two Codling were both just sizeable
one on the wishbone rig and one on a 4/0 pennel pulley rig

Crews Hole 16-08-10

Back to Crews Hole again this morning

and what a lovely morning it was.
I took the pole and feeder today,

This was view down stream, upstream was a bush.

Across from from me was a small over hanging bush.
That was the spot where I was casting the feeder.

I used a maggot feeder with a ground bait feeded
in its place every 4 or 5 casts.
Bait was maggots, most bites taking white ones.

It was not full of fish but there were a few Perch around the 1/2 pound
mark and small Roach and Snotties. I had 3 of these Perch (above).

I fished the pole at around 9mtrs out.
My 1 1/2 gram float can be seem to the right of the pole tip.

Baits used were Tares and maggots.
The tares did not work today but the maggots did.
Again most fish coming to the white ones.
This 2 1/4 ld Skimmer was the best, Perch, Roach, Dace and Snotties
were also caught.

I used Preston Innovations PR355
size 14 hooks but still the tiny Dace were caught?!!!

What a lovely day and watching two Fox cubs playing
was a real treat.
See
www.lockleazezapper.blogspot.com
for details and pictures.

River Avon Crews Hole, Bristol 12-08-10 pt 2

While waiting for the tide to ebb the trains on the Bristol to Bath
line and the wild life kept me entertained.
A stone training towards Bristol.

The bush down stream of me which I hoped some better fish,
but nothing seemed to home.
The water level rose 8 feet.

No not a speed float,
but a 4AA+ Crystal Avon.

These two Morehens used this raft of reeds to change locations?!!

This is the mess that the Silver Eels (Snotties)
make of the hook links.
My hook and maggots can bee seen at he top of this mess.
The hook is sticking out to the left and maggots to the right.

I won't be fishing this venue on a big tide like this again.

River Avon Crews Hole, Bristol 12-08-10

Back to Crews Hole.
I decided to fish here again as there was a 14 metre tide
in the Bristol Channel.
High tide was at 09.41 at Avonmouth 8 miles downstream.
I got there at 07.15 and started fishing at 07.30 with the feeder rod.
Straight away I had bites and soon a small Perch was on the bank.
A few more Perch were caught before the float rod was up and running.
Dace were caught straight away on the float rod.
Until around 08.55 when all the bites stopped.?!!!!!!!
Then my float started moving up stream??????
and soon my feeder was bouncing upstream as well.
Then the river went from clear to brown and loads of rubbish
flowed upstream.

This was the usual level of the Avon.

The level rapidly rose and I had to stop fishing as I lost
2 swim feeders and 10 hook lengths.

The tide is nearing the top.

There it is, the top of the tide.
The wall and branches have disappeared

The only bites I could get were a dozon of these Snooties

Once the tide had turned and the flow had slowed down
the Perch were very active again.
This one was around 5oz.