Tag Perch

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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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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A new personal best

Average session with a cherry on top The river had been near normal for the last couple of days and it had been a mild and bright day. So my attention turned once again to Perch fishing at the Corn Dryer part of the Ellenthorpe stretch. I fished my Barbel rod mid river with a hair rigged Halibut pellet for…

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Stripeys

Now for something different I generally fish through the daytime on a Friday but these daytimes have not been very productive. So, today I decided to switch to a Friday evening. I also decided to try a different stretch of the river from my usual Cricket Field stretch. The idea being to see if the Chub and Barbel have started…

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