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The 20lb carp :-)
Both my regular readers will be bored with me moaning on about not being able to catch a twenty, luckily this’ll be the last article they have to read on the subject.With holidays to burn I set the...
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Strangest day fishing ever!
So off I went after tench and bream, with the emphasis more on the harder fighting of the two species. A picturesque Cheshire mere was the chosen location and I was going to stick with sweetcorn,...
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A short session tench PB
If there’s two things I would tell any angler about fishing from my, not so great, knowledge it would be to make sure the fish you are fishing for actually exist in the lake/river/pond etc in front of...
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Cat Scratch Fever
Ever since losing a big cat on Anglesey John’s had catfish fever. So when I got the call asking if I fancied attempting to break both our catfish virginities I jumped at the chance of a nights fishing...
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Autumn Tench
It was that awkward weekend, too cold for summer fish, 3 days too early for the piking season. A trip to the river would have been good but I only had the morning so wasn’t prepared to spend more time...
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PIke n zeds n stuff
Yay – the predator season kicked off at the start of October. Got off to a good start with the local pike, not so good with road trip zeds. Got the Fur 'n' Feather match on a commercial next weekend,...
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TFI Friday Grayling
Pike – blank, blank, blankety blank and a couple of jacks … time for a change.It had thrown it down all week and the rivers had benefited from a good flush through, so the first grayling trip of the...
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In search of Chub
I needed a break from piking, results had been pretty terrible and I’ve recently only caught 4 fish and one of them was the same fish twice! My thinking is that with the mild weather anglers have been...
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Search for a 3lb perch.
Perch – arguably, with the exception of a grayling and zander the coolest looking fish that swims. They’re quite popular at the moment especially with the “non-carp specimen guys” and although rivers...
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Search for a 3lb perch. Part 2
The search continues and twice more I have returned to the same peg on the same lake. I really should be trying different swims but everyone I meet at this small fishery seems to confirm that I’m in...
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Search for a 3lb Perch: part 3
Every trip now is producing a number of 2lb plus perch to me or whoever I’m fishing with at the time. Tactics are shared and we are pretty much team fishing trying to cover water and baits. Prawns are...
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Search for a 3lb Perch: part 4 success!
Boxing Day 2013: Scraping ice of my car at 6:30 in the morning to go on a “Billy no Mates” perch trip, still after that ‘3’. As I wound down the window to breathe some fresh air, spouts and stilton...
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Lost mojo and PB grayling!
Fishing has taken a back seat for the start of the 2013 as a few things have conspired to piss me off with the result that I seem to of lost my fishing mojo!I last fished on New Year’s Day in weather...
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If Carling did pleasure fishing ….
With a house to renovate and a lot of crap going off fishing has been nearly non-existent. Since my last post I’ve had a short day on the Etherow just before the seasons close, a new river for me...
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Cat Scratch Fever
Ever since watching John Ling catch two 20lb+ catfish at the end of last summer I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that I’d like to bag one of these remarkable fish myself. I’m not sure where...
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Barbeling – the learning curve.
Buxton was always going to be a struggle for barbel. All the local rivers are renowned fishing waters, the Dove, Dane, Goyt and Wye however I lived at the very source of these rivers.Interestingly a...
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Annoying bastards and the haircut!
Today’s blog title comes courtesy of two old men and an angling myth…… more later.Barbeling has gone quiet at the moment as the fish, possibly because of the hike in temperatures and drop in oxygen...
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There’s a certain car dealership in Stockport, who if you fancy missing all the good fishing in August and the beginning of September it is advised to buy a car from. You get to sit at home unable to...
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Goyt Grayling.
Ok I needed to go fishing but being the proud driver of a Toyota Aygo (non) courtesy car meant that by the time I’d put a box of French Fancies in the poor excuse for a boot I was left with no room...
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Specimen Perch and Lancaster Bombers!
Still no decent car and my dis-courtesy car has been changed from a knackered Toyota to a knackered Hyundai. Well that’s a lie, it works fine and they even gave me a full tank of petrol but it’s still...
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Piking time is here again.
Spending quite a bit of time revisiting an old venue in the hope that it chucks up a surprise or two. I’m catching jacks and my fishing partner, John, is empting the place!I wouldn’t mind catching the...
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Winter Post
Blimey it’s nearly Xmas and I’ve just realised I haven’t blogged for ages, probably because I haven’t fished much and definitely because I haven’t caught anything impressive. Autumns been slow and with...
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Slow going .....
Snowed in, busy with, work and social activities and a general can’t be arsedness has led to a grand total of two fishing trips in 2015 and it’s already mid February. Why does it always snow at...
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The slow day ....
The close season came with a bit of a whimper, I got amongst a few chub and river perch but never managed anything massive but had some good days when it had decided not to snow.The first few...
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Blimey I’ve not posted here for a while!
I’ve been fishing a fair bit, but in my opinion badly. Blanking for tench, carp barbel and big bream seem to have taken up most of my summer. It’s been hard to say the least and I’ve not been fishing...
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