Not Bristol area bur the Chesil Beach

 Fished the big shingle bank down 

Abbotsbury way.

After a long walk I set up 4 rods.

2 cast in close,

and 2 out at varying distances.

Saw the sun rise,

sun set,

and Moon rise.

As for the fishing

not a bite seen.

Varying rigs were used.

Squid and Blow Lug were the baits.

Result was 1 tiny Pouting

was wound in on the very last cast.

So a long walk back to the car.

Back to Duchess Pond during the week,

I hope.

 

Bites were few and far between. 28-09-22

Couldn't escape till 7.30

so walked  down and chose the

south bank.

From the start I could not get 

a bite, Maggots, Casters and Sweetcorn

could not tempt any interest. 

As can be seen, the sun was out 

but soon went back to bed. The wind gradually 

got stronger and I soon

had to put the float rod away

and used a maggot feeder 

along side the usual ground bait feeder.

Ended the day with 12 small Perch

and 6 small Roach.

Very slow morning down Duchess Pond. 24-09-22

Later start than usual usual

down the pond.

Cool and calm at first then the breeze

picked up.

Fished a different swim,

this one didn't have any Lillie's

and is a bit deeper. 

I did my usual start,

5 tennis ball size balls of my ground bait mix

on the float rod line and cast out 10 

full feeders to my feeder swim.

No live Maggots this time but some frozen

ones. Loose worms and Sweet corn

were also added to the swims.

Well trying to get bites was really

difficult.

Just a couple of small Perch on the feeder 

line and about 2lb on the float.

All in all very pleasant,

shame the fish didn't show.

 I now know which swims I

will fish.

I might try another venue

next time dependent

on free time and weather. 

A couple of hours down Duchess Pond. 19-09-22

Trundled down to Duchess 

for a couple of hours this 

morning.

Fished 07.00 till 12.00.

Baits were Worm, Caster, Maggots and Sweet corn.

Used a feeder cast out to the trench and

a float rod , cast to Lillies on the my right

and about 10 meters further out.

Plenty of small Roach and Perch,

to the float rod and 

a couple of Perch on the feeder.

This 1lb 9 1/2oz Skimmer Bream

was the biggest on the day.

 Flat calm all the time,

over cast at times.

Chilly at first but eventually

it warmed up.

Catching something with something different. Duchess Pond,

Caught this morning by the camera lens.

The local Grey Heron in iconic 

Heron fishing pose.

Then it flew over to

the north bank,

It managed to keep it's catch

a small Roach.

 

Nothing big down Duchess Pond.

It was quite atmospheric on the

walk to Duchess this morning,

Again using my old float rod and Quiver tip,

I set up on the east bank this time.

Again I set up the Quiver tip with a cage feeder

 and size 14 .

I made 10 casts before hooking on sweet corn

and red maggot.

Then a Peacock 2 1/2BB float,

 again to a size 14 hook.

It was a very slow start with out

much interest.

Again I tried Sweetcorn, Red Maggot 

and Worm.

Started at 6am and it wasn't till

after 9am that the swims started 

coming alive.

In the end I managed about 5-6 pounds 

of Roach and Perch.

This photo shows the last 20 or so minutes

before I packed up at 11.00.

 A very pleasant mornings fishing,

with plenty of wild life to keep me

entertained.

I didn't take a keepnet so put these in

my landing net.

A morning down Duchess Pond.

A walk through the wood in Stoke Park,

down the hill found me in a swim on the south bank.

Usual ground bait mix, Vitalin, Baillies No1

Sweetcorn, maggots, and Casters.

First cast was the feeder rod to just short 

of the halfway point.

The second rod was a float rod cast

too the Lilly Pads on my left.

Maggot and Worm caught Perch and Roach,

not many today very slow.

I had put in 5 tennis ball size ground bait balls,

and loose Corn, Maggots and chopped worm.

The feeder line was even slower, 

with the same ground bait.

At around 7.30 the feeder rod pulled slowly

round and after a short tussle

this 5lb 3oz Bream was landed. 

I then changed the float rod to

a feeder rod. this was because the 

wind had picked up making 

good presentation in possible.

Just as well, as shortly after

this 5ld 1oz Bream was on the unhooking mat.

By 11 there were no more bites so I headed home.