Catch of the day [Fishing]

[RedStripe]

cheers Peter, thats the one, tench. Very strange to find it in turbulent water.

Hope you have good time at the cabin - do you lure fish, or live/deadbait for the pike?

[Peter]

I will be lure fishing, jerkbait to be precise. The water is very shallow and I can no longer get my hands on a boat. The waters are supposedly famous for pike and sea trout, but I've always had shit luck haha.

[RedStripe]

[Giles]

BONUS…..

[RedStripe]

I took a friend who wanted to catch his first  barbel to the weir last week.

I set him up and just watched and advised.

He managed a couple of babies, a trout and a couple of chub

Hopefully better luck next with another mate in two weeks time.

I've been staying away from the weir and fishing a local mill stream where some very big barbel come out.

No luck yet, but great location.

Baby robbin, fat on maggots:)

[Giles]

I'd take that….

[RedStripe]

whoops

[RedStripe]

back on track

[Peter]

Love your posts, RedStripe!

[Giles]

Jealous of your posts @RedStripe

[RedStripe]

Peter, Giles : 

Thought Id give the barbel fishing a rest for a week or so;
I need a rest and a rethink if I'm going to get one over 10lbs.

I met my mate at a local backwater, he was on the stickfloat :

and I was on the light lures :

Quite refreshing.

I think I'll get the float rod out for a bit of stick float practice, as I've been invited to S'hampton in November for some Grayling fishing

[Giles]

Dial me in for some of that…

[RedStripe]

He made me hold it 

Fresh on IH-634S-B now not smelling too good

[Hereforthebeer]

^Nice catch!

[RedStripe]

cheers HfB, bit of a slimey one though:)

[RedStripe]

greedy

[RedStripe]

After falling asleep barbel fishing last week I've given it a miss until today.

I've been really enjoying learning to use a centrepin + stickfloat with the added bonus of an excellent (free) tutor

Anyway, I took my friend to the weir today, 10 beautiful baby barbel + 1 trout and 2 perch.

No matter the size, at first it always seems to feel like you've hooked some thing 4x as big
as what comes out!

Great fun.

[RedStripe]

Tip off from a friend who did a match on the river recently…something kept nicking his fish.

1/2 hour today, then time to go home 

[Giles]

Perfect….That must have been a brilliant feeling - I heard, I came, I conquered....

[RedStripe]

It was Giles, and the pike put up a good fight on my light gear.
Only downside was that I trod on my camera seconds before taking the shots;
those were the last 3 pictures of its life ::)