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.

What no fishing

Still problems at home

but I hope

to start 

getting 

back out again

next

Week.

Trip two ;- New Passage 21-07-12

Needed to use up the Lug and Rag

from the morning trip.

I invited my son Rusty

along.

The weather was again

perfect.

The high was at

21.46

and

12.8mtrs.

To keep a great story

short,

had a great chat and time with Russell,

watched the Mullet frolicking at the

waters edge as tide rose,

saw a few rattles on the rod tips

and BLANKED!!!!!!  

Once again

a great fishing trip.