What no fishing!

Due to this Covid Virus I have had to 

                                     stay at home and isolate to protect my wife as she is at risk

                                      Also the river has been out of sorts and there has not been 

                                      very much caught in the Bristol Channel.

                                      I am not sure when I will be out fishing again, not to long 

                                                                            I hope.

Lacock blank 26-11-20

 A chilly but sunny session on the Avon which was very enjoyable as usual.

I started in my usual swim, I call it the Twisted Tree swim. the Avon was up and running and very coloured. The level dropped a little during the afternoon.

I used one rod only with CC Moore Tuna Dunbels 

with loose fed pellet mix in PVA bags and Dumbels, cut in half and held by PVA stringers.

Well sat in that swim for an hour and a half with out any sign of life.

I then moved to a swim upstream about 100 meters,

SAME AGAIN.

No sign of any life.

W3aited another 1 1/2 hours then moved to my third swim.

N o photo of this swim.

Again same style of fishing and rigs,

but no interest.

All in all another great day out but no fish.

Sorry for the delay to posting this session.

I am a carer for my wife, so have been busy with

that but also have had builders so have been

sorting that out as well.

With my area in Tier 3 at the moment I can't go to Lacock.

I hope to get out sea fishing soon.

Caught a couple more Chub. 10-11-20

Back to Lacock for another go at the Chub.

Arrived at a regular swim around 11.00,

with my usual Dumbell and pellets and 

Luncheon meat with a new ground bait

mix.

After about half an hour

I had knocks and rattles on both rods.

The Dumbel rod was first to show

a take, a small 1lb 4oz little Chub.

Before I managed to release  it,

a Chub of 4lb exactly pulled  the tip

on the second rod round.

It wasn't very long but chubby

round the waist.

It had a number of black spots on it's

cheek. 

By midday I had moved to my second swim,

this one I haven't fished much.

Again there wasn't much sign of life.

At 1.30 I had a shy rattle on the dumbel rig,

which turned into a 3lb 1/2oz Chub

 Shortly after I moved to my last swim,

this one looked to have been fished before I got there.

However the two other swims I wanted to fish

 were not fishable. 

The first was being fished and the second 

was under 3 feet of water.

I packed up at 4.30.

Another great day and the wildlife was good as well.

not 

Decided to have a sea fishing trip today.

After a short stop at Reel Fun 

in Portishead,

 headed down to Ladye Bay.

Fished from 11.00 till 15.00.

A breeze was blowing from my left

a south west wind.

Mainly sunny with

occasional patches of cloud.

The  showers luckily passed by

and left me alone.

Baits were

Squid and Rag and

Squid and Lug wraps

to size 3/0. 4/0 and 5/0 hooks.  

Well from the off the baits were coming

 back trashed, as can be seen below.

Until this 7 to 8lb

Conger came along.

I had four other

bites,

pull down of the rod tip,

drop back of the rod tip,

big bow in the line.

STRIKE

Nothing.

How bad was that.

One of the Squid I was using

had this strange

crab cross prawn

type crustacean in it.

 

Well that was about it.

On the way back

spoke to other 4 fishermen.

Result was 2 small conger for one of them

the rest blanked.

Hope they caught after I left.

 

Later start at Lacock. 18-10-20

Lacock was under an overcast sky,

with 7 degrees and a light southwest breeze.

Started with the usual baits in

a usual swim.

The river was almost back to

to it's usual  state, and clear.

Again the fish were still in  bed

and not out to play.

One new swim tried today

but the steep banks were just to 

slippery and after ten minutes I moved 

further down stream.

I have fished this swim once before

with a good result.

The river had a bit of pace

and was quite clear.

 

This 3lb 3oz Chub was a welcome arrival

on Luncheon Meat.

It put on a good fight

and was quite plump.

The Chub swam straight across

the river into a tangled mess

of branches and brambles.

 I had to move down stream to

 get it out.

It then came to the reeds under my feet

with the help of the landing net I managed

to  get it out and land it.

I packed up at 6.30pm.

Early start at Lacock. 07-10-20

Lovely early start, at 06.00,

cool, 7 degrees and calm.

The reflection is reflecting

the pink sky.

The river was dropping from being over its bank

and was back with in its bank and clearing.

 

First swim was one of the

usual ones I fish

but I didn't get any sign the fish 

were hungry.

I them moved on to

one of my new swims for this year.

I had a few knocks on

the both rods but nothing positive.

My third swim was very much the same

again, not much interest in the baits.

The fourth swim was a new one.

The river does a sharp left hand turn

with a big back whirl pool on the near bank.

This 2lb 5 3/4oz Chub took a fancy to

Tuna flavored Dumbell. 

Not the most inspired fishing day,

I think the bright sun put the fish down.

I packed up at midday. 

 

Another Blank down the Tanks. 29-09-20.

 An evening down the Avonmouth tanks

turned out to be rather atmospheric.

I had frozen Lug and Squid wraps

because I couldn't get any fresh bait. 

I cast one rod, small baits, about 30 to 50 yards and

a second, big baits, out to about 80 yards.

The worm on the furthest cast baits would be stripped out

very quickly, without me seeing any movements 

on the rod tip.

Of the two other anglers,

one blanked 

and the other

caught two Flounder.

The weather however

was really something.