Duchess 25-05-14

Maggot attack again

on the

centre Pin and float road.

Also put out a ledger

with sweetcorn

over a bed of

Trout pellet and sweetcorn.

The wind was right in my face

with strong gusts.

This gave me some good

practice at casting a float

on the centre pin.

The Roach were

not quite as abundant

as last time

but were of a better size. 

I had a few at around the 

1lb mark.

Skimmers and perch made up

the rest

as well as a single Gudgeon.

Around 10lb of fish was caught,

all on the float rod.

The ledger didn't even twitch.

I fished from 2pm till 7pm,

I had a short chat with a carp angler

he told me that only 1 carp had come out

in the previous 48 hours.

I know what type of fishing I enjoy

the most.

The lake was packed.

Role on the the 16th June.

Rivers here I come.

Duchess tomorrow????????????????????????? 24-05-14

Well at long last 

problems around the house

have settled down,

So I hope

to pop down to Duchess lake

tomorrow.

10K Result

I completed the 10K in

49mins 18sec

was 2274

and averaged 

4min 2sec mins / K

T'Shirt and medal

What no fishing!

With doing whats got to be done,

training for the Bristol 10K.

and a new boiler and heating system being 

put in next week.

I'm not sure I will be able 

to get out again for

quite a while.

As for the 10K

THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES

Starting with

Anchor Road 3.00am till 3.pm

Hotwell Road 6.00am till 11.30

Portway 6.ooam till 1.00pm

Cumberland Road 5.30am till 12.00noon

Whapping Road and Broad Quay 5.00am till 12.30

St Augustines Parade 7.30am till 1.00pm.

So if your heading for Baltic Wharf you'll 

need to get there early.

The run starts at 

09.30

I hope to finish by

10.20.

Misty start down Duchess. 30-03-14

Leaving home the fog was 

down to under 100 meters,

down by the lake

it was starting to clear.

As can been seen it was also

flat calm.

 I'm not sure but it may have been the

mirror flat surface that caused me

to have a slow start.

However after 15 minutes or so

the Roach had woken up.

They readily gobbled up the

Maggots and soon the Skimmers, Perch

and Gudgeon were feeding as well.

 

 The two Roach above weighed

1lb 3oz between them.

Also as can be seen

they have some damage to their

scales. Quite a lot

were in this state.

I wonder if they have been

spawning.

The fish were not quite so numerous

but still came in thick and fast.

Maggot was the main attack

on waggler, with

pellet on the Quiver rod.

Maybe the pole next time

with ground bait.

I saw quite a few Carp

on the surface so guess

its floater fishing next time!

Really? Me Carp fishing?

Unheard of. 

Met a reader of my Blog,

very nice to meet you,

look forward to seeing down there fishing.