Category Fishing

A lifelong passion

Spring has sprung

Level 9.8mEllenthorpe Middle – Peg 25 Lovely Day – eventually The weather has been much nicer as of late. However, we have had a ground frost for the past couple of nights. There hasn’t been any rain for the past few days so the level is near normal and the clarity is improving. It was frosty when I awoke but…

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Stripey City

Level 10.8m Temperature Rising The temperature has been rising over the past week. It was below zero all day when I fished one week ago but has been into double figures this week. Unfortunately there has been more rain so I have been watching the river level prediction like a hawk. At one point it looked like the level would…

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Thank heavens for Chub

Cold Winter Day It has been very cold for the past few days. It was -7 yesterday morning and -5 when I awoke this morning. I am glad that we have a local river as all of the ponds and canals are frozen solid. As I headed out today I knew that there was only one species that might take…

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Snowy Day

Chilly Day It was supposed to stay dry until lunchtime but the snow started about 9:30am and persisted on and off most of the day. I was hoping for some Chub but tried lobworm, cheese paste and breadflake all to no avail. Early afternoon I got one bite from this nice Perch on lobworm. You can tell that the water…

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Pre-baiting, No Result

Great Expectations Having had a couple of nice Bream from peg 25, I decided on a pre-baiting session to see if I could get a shoal of Bream feeding. Therefore I went out at 7:30am and lunchtime for each day from Mon to Thu, intending to fish it on Friday. I really had no idea how much to feed at…

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