Dutchess Lake 23-03-11

Fished the lake from 08.00 till 13.00.

Weather was frosty at first and warm later,
light easterly breeze and bright sunshine.

Fished half way along the the northern bank next to
a large reed bank.

Used pooped up sweet corn and Tiger Nut Boilies
over a bed of pellets, sweet corn and chopped up boillies.
The Carp rig as usual produced a big fat nothing.

The waggler float rig wasn't much better.
Maggots, Casters and sweet corn
producing around 2 1/2ld of small Skimmer Bream and Roach.

I think it was just to bright on top of a frost.

Hmmmmm better luck time.

Up Rockingham way 18-03-11.

Popped over to the Grass Bank by the Estuary
yesterday evening.

High tide was at 17.34 and 12.1 mtrs.
I fished from 15.40 till 18.45.
Baits used were Lug and Rag worm.
Rigs used were
3/0 Pennel Pulley, Size 1 Wishbone rig and Zip slider flowing trace.

Bites from the off on all rigs produced
5 small Codling best about 8 inches.

Weather was sunny and warm at first
turning to drizzle and chilly later.
a light westerly wind was blowing all the time.

Portishead Yacht Club 15-03-11

Title should read "Plonker out fishing"

Popped down at 09.45.
Set up two rods with pulley rigs and one with
a wish bone rig.
Baits were Rag, Squid and Bluey.

That was the good bit.

After that my casting was rubbish,
and the line on one of the reels
proved it needs changing.

After 2 hours of dodgy casting
and messing about,
I called it day and went home!!!!!!!!!!

Snuff Mill 24-02-11

My younger brother Micheal popped down for a few days
and wanted to try some "trotting a river fishing".
Well with the Frome feeling a bit under the weather,
running with some light brown colour, we had a chuck or two.
Maggot was the bait, reds and whites, and 5BB
Avon and 4BB stick floats to size 18 hooks.

Micheal was first in with this P.B. (personal best) Minnow

He was well chuffed, bless him.

Then he pulled in a nice surprise

a small Dace. First one I've seen here ever.
Magic having these great little fish on this stretch.

My turn next, I manged this little Brown Trout
Micheal's favorite fish.

A very slow couple of hours fishing,
good fun and good company.

Portishead Yacht Club

Using up left over bait I headed
to the shingle bank.
Everything the same as Sundays trip
including the size of fish.

High water was at 09.54 and 14 mtrs.
Flat calm and misty.

I managed to miss a possible Thornback Ray whilst

winding in through the rocks and weed.
Great bite, bit of a rattle, then a slow
pull down of the rod tip.
It stayed still for a while, more rattles
then a good drop back.

Also had a hook length bitten through on a gentle rattle.

An other enjoyable mornings fishing.

Pipes near Severn Beach 20-02-11

Popped down to the Pipes this morning
Fished 06.50 till 10.00.
High was 14.4mtrs at 08.00.
Used 3/0 pennel pulley rigs
and 1/0 Wishbone rigs.

Baits used were Lug and Rag worm.

It was a dull, flat calm morning with

a light south easterly now and again.

First bite was around 07.20 on the Wishbone.
with a few more bites till o8.30
when this little 8 inch Codling took
a lug baited pennel pulley rig.

Had 10 bites in all but only little knocks.
With 5 other anglers near by and not seeing anything else
caught looks as if the codling stayed in bed.

The worst problem was the grass a weed causing a
lot of washing on the line and getting stuck in the eyes.

Thats why I go fresh water fishing at this time of the year.

Dutchess 08-02-11

Back to lake this morning.
The fog was so thick when I got there at 08.00
that I could not see the bank opposite me.
This was taken at around 10.00.

The photo below was taken around 11.30!
WOW.

This is the swim I fished
the same one as last time.
I used a ledge / feeder rod about 15mtrs beyond
my kit, around a meter from the edge of the reeds.
Later I cast it out around 30mtrs straight out.
I also used 2BB AND 4BB waggler floats
straight out in front as well as to the left and right.

Baits used were homemade bread crumb (very cheep)
ground bait with hemp, maggots, caster, sweetcorn
and mixed pellets.
Well it was alright whilst it was foggy,
catching on the float regularly.
As the sun burnt the fog away
so the bite dwindled.
Result Ledger / Feeder NIL again.
Float 31 roach and 1 Gudgen (New new species for the season)
Weight 1ld 15 and a 1/4oz.
Best Roach 13 1/4oz.
Hmmm hard days fishing but the weather superb.

The carp angler who fished the other bank had not
caught anything by the time I left.

Hay Ho! thats fishing.