tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85040035788841469342024-03-13T00:16:39.076-07:00Fish talesAngling adventures with Christopher Lambert and chumschristopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-26749317666301497712017-06-26T11:33:00.000-07:002017-06-26T11:33:00.703-07:00PLAYING THE GAMEHello to all<br />
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In a time dominated by politics and news of horrific acts a grey cloud of uncertainty looms over myself and humanity as a whole! the tittle tattle of the election and all the bullshit on social media is getting right on my tits.As a species we are totally fucked! I don't mean Armageddon is round the corner......just that we are so unnecessarily complicated.One thing I am certain about is that I fucking love angling! the water is always there to offer us a degree of escapism.....The hunt continues,<br />
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Not a lot to shout about recently....not for the lack of effort mind!<br />
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The Bristol channel has been kicking my ass,I fished a session on a low water mark a few weeks back which ended up being a stern reminder of how harsh shore fishing can really be to ones inner Zen.upon arriving at the mark I was blinking knackered due to a week on the grind and a few to many cervaza's the night before,The wind was up way more than the weather man had told me but I decided to brave it,In all honesty I was that desperate to catch a Ray I would have fished no matter what,in my head I knew this was not going to be a walk in the park....I opened my rig wallet to grab a pair of pulley rigs when the whole lot was blown from my grasp sending the contents everywhere! I was flapping about like a madman trying to save my valuable rig bits whilst the dog just sat there with a bemused look on his face.I'm sure he was thinking what the hell are you doing bringing us here on a day like this you fool.<br />
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I just about got my act together along with a couple of baits in the water,an hour or so passed in which time my tripod had shit itself a couple to many times for my liking....my reels were caked in sand and I was beginning to feel that mother nature was repeatedly kicking me in the bollocks...however on that particular day I was too stubborn or some might say stupid to walk away from this procession of calamity's fish-less.<br />
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My first ever Turbot was my reward for staying calm and braving the shit winds,My next few trips on the channel were complete blanks,the weather was scorching hot but the fishing was cold as ice...other than that I have been scratching around on a few local marks catching a few fish here and there mainly on quick after work sessions.<br />
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christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-19325768309185050152017-05-17T12:24:00.000-07:002017-05-17T12:24:28.824-07:00ON A ROLLHello to all<br />
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Unfortunately I have felt the need to take a few days of work,my back is and knees are sending me a rather painful message to slow down for a bit.....bloody right an all I can barley pull a sock on let alone go plastering or fishing......uffff I hate being out of action stuck indoors whilst all the while I just want to be next to some salt-water casting a few baits,it really drives home how for granted I take able bodied-ness! any way I have had a few needles pushed into the pressure points at the old giroprachtor's and thankfully things are beginning to ease......I wont be entering any gymnastic competitions any time soon but hey.<br />
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On a brighter note I had a very busy weekend angling so enough about my battered bones......after the capture of the Thornback's last weekend we decided to hit the channel again, but this time the target would be small eyed ray from a different mark.Myself ,Sensai Collingridge, Big H and Pepe Headed up the M5 all buzzing at the prospect of a few Rays.We made a quick stop of at West coast tackle to pick up a few bits and bend Craig Butler's ear.....who was more than helpful so cheers buddy.Next came the obligatory trek to the mark which the dog enjoyed but the rest of us that were lugging heavy items of tackle found it a bit less pleasant.<br />
Being predominately a low water mark we had jumped the gun a bit as the tide still had a lot of water to shed before we could comfortably cast over the boulders onto the sand,we weren't in a hurry mind so we took our time setting up whilst enjoying the sun and surrounding's.<br />
I made a few casts with just a lead to check if I could make it onto the clear ground,after successfully retrieving the lead a few times I clipped on the baited pulley rigs......as did the boys.<br />
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I didn't take long for the pooches to home in on the juicy fish baits,we were hauling from the off .I had two on a rig at one point....proper tricked me into shouting Ray on!Thankfully once the tide had fully receded they seemed to bugger off for a while.We scooted our tripods down with the tide and it wasn't long before Tom connected with a decent fish....<br />
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Excited as ever I made my way to the water's edge hoping it was Toms Small eyed,upon grabbing the leader a pair of wings flapped up in the muddy water...."You've got it" I shouted back.<br />
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Two target species in two trips isn't bad uh? "on a roll boys" I looked up to notice one of my lines had gone slack.....I clambered my way to the rods to checkout the enquiry which turned out to be a small Conger....bloody thing tricked me into thinking I had a Ray.<br />
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Soon enough the tide was quickly on its way back in, forcing us to retreat up the boulder's; which is a bit of a chore and not for the average pleasure angler.As tide and time pushed we were not catching anything... it was getting close to calling it a day but not before both myself and big H hooked into good fish....I lost mine about a minute or so into the fight, all the while H looked like he was hooked into a monster! " keep reeling!!!" I pleaded.... by this time I was already in the drink trying not to break my ankles amongst the boulders. after a tense few minutes I had the leader in my hand....All our jaws dropped as I lifted a hefty Blonde ray safely from the water.<br />
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What a jammy git....an amazing catch by anyone's standards....second trip,third Ray for Big H! on a serious roll. We were all so happy the walk back was a breeze,the next day I ventured out of Weymouth on a rather choppy day.....there were a few lads chumming the water with their stomach contents,I maneged to keep what little colour i have and even caught a pb Spurdog of 16lb's all in all a bloody good weekend.....<br />
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<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-4804879696786089312017-05-09T11:16:00.001-07:002017-05-09T11:16:49.521-07:00RAY VONHello to all<br />
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Firstly let me congratulate man like Moxey on coming second place in the South west lakes trust Perch competition which was held at Tamar lake in dire easterly winds making things more than complicated for the anglers that were brave enough to take part.Some great fish were landed and pb's broken.......congrats to my pal Dom Garnett who took a long overdue personal best! and big up my man Lee Garner who won the comp during which he extracted a 4lb'er.....Nice one lad's top dangling!<br />
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Aside from the Perch, my love affair with the salt water angling continues to run as strong as the the Bristol channel.Which aptly brings me to my latest session....earlier on in the week I had arranged to go Ray fishing with my friends Ty aka big H and sensia Collingridge.I got a bit pissed on Saturday night and passed out with the telly on.In the morning my alarm sounded to alert me it was time to go fishing,I woke up a bit fuzzy headed and looked up to the television.....I couldn't believe it! the show Everybody loves Raymond was on.I chuckled to myself and took this as a definite sign the we would catch the target species that day.<br />
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So we headed up the motorway to fish a well known Ray mark in Somerset,The venue has a reputation for throwing up lots of Thorney's which hopefully Tom and Ty would tangle with as neither one has yet had the pleasure of catching one the proper way......from the shore.<br />
After negotiating a few hundred steps and a bitch of a walk we were scuppered to find three lads had beaten us to our chosen mark, slightly peeved we trekked on until we found a safe place to perch ourselves for the day, most importantly with a suitable and safe place to land anything we might catch,the last thing you would want is to fall in.....no fish is worth risking your life for.<br />
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Standard Ray tactics were employed,long pulleys with fish baits mounted on 4/0 Varivas Big mouth extra's pennell style,we soon had our baits out and the excitement was building,as was the tide.Ty couldn't believe the speed and force the tide possess whilst watching it smother the boulders and mud flats that laid in front of us.With the flood also came a rather uncomfortable on shore blow,however we were kept busy landing strap congers and dogfish but there seemed to be no sign of the target species....the wind increased as we reached the top of the tide....it was becoming harder to get the baits out,and with the wind blowing the opposite direction of the powerful tide holding bottom was was border-line....it was looking like time to do one when I noticed Ty's rod buggering off towards Wales.He eagerly lifted the rod prompting the line to play a high pitched tune as it whistled in the blustery wind."Ray on" I enthused.....hastily clambering down the rocks like a mountain goat with a meal ticket,the fish held low using the tide to its full advantage.The bend in Ty's blank was spectacular,I thought he had something serious on the line but upon grabbing the leader and giving the fish a bit of persuasion a modest sized thorney broke the merk of the surface.<br />
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The size was irrelevant,we were all chuffed and decided it would be best to stay on for a little while longer to see if Tom could get in on the Rays....lucky we did too,soon after returning big H's ray Tom was hooked up.I was back on climbing duty quickly at the ready to leader the culprit,which gratefully was the target species....Toms face when I came up the rocks holding what he so dearly wanted was priceless......some proper kid at Christmas shit.Big H was soon back on the rod to land his second of the day....my rods weren't receiving any attention but I was happy to see the boys get what they wanted and be a part of it so happy days.<br />
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So I'm back already......matter of days between posts,he must be excited.<br />
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Well I am;also knackered mind but that's what happens when you fish and work hard.As you will know the flavour of the month is definitely the old Raymond's.I don't quite know what it is about them that captures my attention so much but these guys are high up on the favourites list.<br />
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So After a week on the grind with no angling for 5 days I was going stir crazy,It was Friday at last.Me and Neil aka Randy Schliffe threw the tools to one side and pondered an impromptu trip to a local beach for the evening,I could see old Rand looked how I felt but I had a good feeling and decided to ignore my fatigue and the lure of the pub to go in pursuit of a Ray.<br />
With the van rapidly loaded we made a quick stop off to grab some Bass and chips for dinner ( which were bloody delicious I must add ) Moments later we arrived at the beach,The sea looked beautifully calm and inviting.<br />
With fish-baits being the order of the day I had packed some squid,a big Bluey,some Mackerel and Sand eels.<br />
Rig wise I opted to fish a standard pulley pennell on one rod and a pulley dropper on tutha.Both made with long snoods around 3.5 ft to ensure Raymond doesn't sit on my gripper lead spikes and get spooked.With everything set I punched out the rods, one short at around 60 yards and the other as far as I could put it.<br />
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We still had an hour or so until the top of the tide and from what I had gathered the venue fishes better on the ebb so it was a case of sitting back and waiting for the sea and the fish to do there thing.<br />
I was enjoying just lying there relaxing for a moment,but It wasn't long before Rand and I started landing a procession of dogs.....they were really making us work hard.<br />
After a couple hours of pure dogfish carnage It was becoming a bit of a chore baiting up time and time again but he who dares wins.... according to Del boy Trotter that is.<br />
He wasn't wrong either....I was watching the blue tip-lights awaiting a tap tap from another pooch when to my amazement the pulley dropper fished long on a bluey and squid had been seized by our target species,the rod pulled down almost in slow motion before I grabbed it from the tripod.I wound down and leant into a satisfying weight,I could feel the fish pulling back hard and knew exactly what I was attached to.After a tense few minutes I had her close to the shore but she was having non of it and wanted to go elsewhere but with a bit of persuasion and a good wave I had her beached,flapping angrily in the light of my head torch there lay the prize I had worked so hard to get.<br />
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To say I was made up is an understatement,We didn't have any scales so couldn't get a weight on my first shore caught Small eyed but never mind.We stayed on for a couple more hours hoping for another but other than a small Huss and a few more Dogs that was to be it.<br />
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Been a while again folks but if I'm honest I have not had much to talk about unless your interested in Dogfish?<br />
anyway we'll touch more on that later but travel back to February and early March where it was still a bit dingy and cold.As readers of this blog will know,I am a full on Perch pervert and spend a lot of my free time in the winter chasing these feisty little critters,This one has been no exception.<br />
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With my time being severely limited due to work and a social life the results have been good.Myself and Mox have clocked up a number of 3 up specimens,The highlight being a 4lb Corker to Mox.<br />
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With the season drawing to a close we had a gap in the weather which allowed us one last dabble on the rezzi,upon arrival the water looked a bit lumpy....Mox gingerly announced that he had forgotten the Kylie Minogue (drogue) "FFS" I replied.<br />
Undeterred we hit the water and headed straight to a hot spot we had previously marked,I decided to go with a larger lure than I usually use ( 4 inch black Fox pro-shad) to couple with a heavier jig head (20g) as we were speed drifting and the wind was rather blowey.On the first drift I had a big bang as I lifted the lure to skip bottom I wound down and proceeded to do battle with a decent fish, the arc of my lure rod was oh so satisfying.<br />
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At 3lb 8oz I was a happy man,shortly after returning her the weather took a turn enabling us to fish far more effectively.we caught fish on a number of methods that day including drop-shotting and vertical jigging on a slow drift,the fish were of a decent stamp too! mainly 2lb ers but old Mox did it again with a brace of 3's during last knockings....well in mate!<br />
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Now that we are getting a slight sneak preview of summer my attention has been firmly drawn to the ball breaking but very enjoyable pastime that is beach-casting.I am completely obsessed with it at the moment!<br />
Hell bent on catching a Ray from the east Devon coast line myself and Neil aka Randy Schliffe have been burning the candle at both ends.After work trips (on a school night ) into the early hours of the morning are becoming common,the pursuit of a fish from the sea is so exciting yet so difficult.Our by-catch so far has included as many doggies as you could shake a stick at,Bull Huss,Conger (both from clean beaches funnily enough)Smoothhound and Pout.Nothing to make the headlines but I am loving it none the less and those Rays will come sooner or later....just a case of sticking to it and wading through the pooches.<br />
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As I write this piece my fingers are almost punching the keyboard! Over the last four months I have been planning a hunt for a proper lump of a perch for myself and I use this term loosely ...mate,the destination being Holland....where else? Hotel booked ,ferry booked,hell I had even booked 5 days afloat with a top guide.To say I was excited would be a huge understatement,now...my so called buddy which I wont name sent me a poxy text at 5am days before we were meant to leave saying he "couldn't make the trip...soz"<br />
I could have snapped my phone clean in half...Fuming doesn't come close! for me to make the trip is going to cost me an extra shit tonn of euro's, which is not viable...so there goes all that,I promised myself I will be there soon!people tell me violence is not the answer...I'm struggling to agree.Any way its rare to meet a complete stitch up lying c%+£ so let me tell you about a proper nice guy I have had the pleasure of meeting.<br />
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A few years ago I was invited to go fishing on a friend (of my crazy lure fishing buddy Seb Nowosiad) of a friends boat out of Watchet marina to sample some angling on the mighty Bristol channel.Myself and Mox met the boys at the marina where Seb introduced us to the skipper Mike,<br />
After a briefing and a strong Polish lager supplied by Mr Nowosiad we were on our way out the harbour to see what fishes were up for a munch.The day produced many congers and my first ever Ray which bent my rod double in the strong tide.Anyway we had a great day out,which is documented in an earlier post on Fish tales.Since then Mike and I have become good friends,I cant thank him enough for including me in his fishing adventures on the channel plus he cooks up a prime lunch every trip so big up Mike!<br />
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Our most recent adventure began with Mox turning up outside my house at 2am pumping out Dead prez at a very unsociable volume.We had to meet Mike at the Marina for 3.30am so we could get out before the gate closed at 4am.<br />
I had barely slept but the prospect of a Big cod or a Blonde ray just about kept me on my feet,the forecast looked spot on for a calm day afloat with nobody turning green.....hopefully,the tides also looked good plus we had a shit load of bait.<br />
With everything ready we made our way out of the sanctuary of the marina into the dark foggy abyss of the Bristol channel,Mike suggested we started on a spot not to far away and then make our way down when it was light and the tide was in our favour.We were soon anchored up and ready to start fishing,four rods were sent out all on simple running ledger set-ups with lug and squid cocktails whipped onto the ever reliable 6/0 Varivas big mouth extra courtesy of Veals.It was a very Erie experience being anchored up in almost total darkness,there was no wind and all that could be heard was the trickle of the tide as it scoured the flanks of the boat,that was until mikes ratchet let out a screech.He briefly hooked up to what he thought felt like a reasonable Cod.Not this time ay bud? the Dogs turned up for a bit then just before first light Mike and Mox both had a codling each,the fishing was very slow but it was still great to be out in good company on such calm conditions.<br />
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We headed off when the sun came up to an area noted for some good Ray,unfortunately there were Whiting everywhere taking even the largest of baits,they were good sized fish mind,but we were after something flat with a spikey tail preferably over 20lb.We endured the whiting plague for a while but another move was in order.<br />
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Mike told us of a spot he had recently hooked into some big eels and had his hooks straightened,not the big mouth extra's I may add.anyway We made our way to the area, anchored up and started to fish once more.It became apparent that the Whiting were in force everywhere,unless the shoal followed us a couple of miles (joke) we each took them on huge fish baits intended for other species.Mox was rolling a cigg, meanwhile his rod started to nod alerting us to yet another whiting.Mox decided to leave it be whilst he smoked, a couple of puffs later the ratchet went ape shit,Mox flew to the rod but when he reeled in all he had on the hook was half a whiting,"looks like the congers are here" said Mike.The poor fish was re hooked to what was left and sent back down to the eels,the same thing happened but this time Mox hooked up for a minute or so before the bait was spat.There was nothing left of the whiting but a few mashed pieces and entrails....gory stuff,I went to put the kettle on but a very subtle bite started to develop on my rod.I picked it out of the rest and could feel a very gentle pluck,the sort you get from a tiny doggy.Anyway I wound down and struck to be met with a hefty weight...my rod was as bent as a nine bob note, "Conger on" I shouted as the fish took a load of braid from my cheap multiplier.I had to do some serious pump and wind shit to raise the beast up in the strong tide.I was shocked when I saw the size of its head as it breached,she started to spin up the line and I wondered if the snood would part. luckily I had brought my big boat net, mikes is about as useful as an ash tray on a motor bike.I grabbed the leader and dragged her up against the tide where Mox was waiting with the net.The next decision was to bring it on board or not,I had never caught a big eel so I thought fuck it,bring her on deck.After a bit of thrashing about I worked out how to safely pick up such a creature and found its gill flaps,unfortunately I put her back without getting a weight but at 5 ft long with a head like a staffy its safe to say its well into the 30 lb bracket.<br />
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<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-71942379057758386032017-01-11T15:14:00.000-08:002017-01-11T15:14:21.370-08:00STRIPE HUNTERSHello to all<br />
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Happy new year to all my readers<br />
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Another year bites the dust,I cant believe its 2017.<br />
I can remember the millennium celebrations as if it were yesterday,twatting around as a yoof drinking cheap cider on the streets...some proper jumpers for goal posts shit but 17 years later here we are.Time certainly flies and 2016 was no exception.<br />
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My slack attitude on last years blogging still leaves us with much to catch up on so lets go back to the Autumn,a great time for fishing for my most treasured species, the mighty Perch.<br />
It would be fair to say that nearly all of my limited time has been dedicated to chasing the stripes,I just cant seem to get my pike head on at all, but then again who cares as long as enjoyment is paramount.<br />
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Anyway,The perch is a very versatile fish indeed.It lives in many environments and can be caught on loads of different baits and methods but perhaps the most exciting way of catching them is to lure fish.Myself and old Mox have been doing exactly that,we must have chucked more rubber at em than a bouncy ball factory!<br />
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We targeted an 80 acre lake that has recently opened a boat rental service for those wanting to fish for perch using lure fishing tactics.The lake reaches depths of 35 ft has a huge head of silver fish and lots of underwater humps and troughs,oh yeah and no Pike...pretty much the perfect place for old peter the perch to do some serious munching.We had some great fishing but we had to graft,it wasn't just a case of random drifts and pub chucking lures here there and everywhere......we tried that but it didn't work.<br />
Time was spent exploring using the echo sounder to pin point bait fish shoals and underwater features that perch would be drawn to.Once we had cracked that the results started to improve! one afternoon we found a very productive area where Mox whipped out a trio of 3 pounders and a 4 in the space of an hour or so I chipped in with a good 3 and a few sprats but Mox was on fire that day.<br />
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I hope that you are enjoying all the recent content? with so much still to tell I have realised just how much time I spent by the waters edge last summer.<br />
Before anyone assumes I am a full time angler I must digress that I also hold down a full time job, so picking the right conditions conditions and tides was rarely an option,in-fact I missed out on lots of good sea angling due to the fact I couldn't get the right area's when the fish were actually there.<br />
A classic example of this was the great Plaice haul that went down in the south hams! my facepaint feed was full of smiling faces with good bags of flatties....by the time I got there it was all over,17 anglers were all blanking on the same beach that produced littrally hundereds 24 hours ago.It was the same with the Ray fishing but that's the harsh reality of sea angling and most-forth that dreaded work thing.<br />
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Myself and Mox had a back up plan much closer to home to fill in the gaps between the sea angling.<br />
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We went halves on a shit load of discounted krill boilies and pellets with the idea of creating a restaurant on a forgotten area of our local river,after agreeing on a suitable spot we began a two week baiting campaign feeding a couple of kilo's over a fairly large area daily.<br />
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The first session started very slowly but as the sun went down one of the traps was sprung,I was into what felt like a good carp when out of the blue the other buzzer went into meltdown,Mox and I looked at each other and burst into laughter.After an epic tangle and a game of knitting with the rods we somehow both landed a carp each.<br />
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After a few sessions it was clear the fish were bang on the bait,we soon concluded that it was only necessary to fish short dusk sessions as the bites would often come in the first hour of a hook bait being in the water,they were either there or not, or maybe just too full. but I believe river carp to be greedy creatures that will not pass up a meal so I guess they were else where.Any way, more often than not there was a few fish in the restaurant.<br />
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<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-8674952182384061612016-12-12T15:39:00.000-08:002016-12-12T15:39:51.768-08:00UP THE BLUESHello to all<br />
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So it seems winter is now firmly upon us,my god it's cold in the mornings.A classic scene for any pike fishers out there! not me tho,too much work to do right now but I'm sure I will be soaking some dead-baits in the not to distant future.<br />
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I still have a lot of material to get through so lets make this one snappy.So as you have seen the sea has offered me an almost new lease of life when it comes to angling.Shore fishing has become a real passion for me but every now and then I have left the relative comfort of the land and set aboard a few charter boats.<br />
I cannot help but feel that its kind of cheating, but then again my decent catches of coarse fish from a boat have always brought me the same level of satisfaction and feeling of achievement as that of a fish caught from the bank.So why is the sea any different?<br />
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I kinda saw the charters as a confidence booster when the shore fishing was really kicking my ass,a bit like visiting a commercial for carp after a ton of blanks fishing proper waters.<br />
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I love fishing for big fish so as you can imagine I was made up to receive an invite from Pete Gregory to fish for blue sharks on Bite adventures out of Penzance.I had everything possible crossed in hopes of the weather not scuppering my excitement.<br />
After weeks of waiting the session was looming,we decided to head up a day early to meet the rest of the lads that were also booked in on the trip.The traffic was a bloody nightmare but Pete kept me entertained with many a piscatoral yarn.After finally arriving we headed straight to the dock to grab a bite to eat and meet up with fellow predator angler Chris Lowe who was due to be back in from a shark trip that evening.<br />
After a quick chat we were told that the fishing had been a little bit slow,and the conditions a bit rough.But still, the lads had managed a few Blues and a bonus small Porbeagle! which I thought was a great days fishing!anyway,we got the go ahead from Chippy (our skipper) that we would definitely be going out the next day.<br />
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That evening we met up with the rest of our gang which consisted of Wayne Thomas, his son James and Nick Hart.All three are very handy anglers but had yet to tangle with a Blue shark.The next day,spirits were high as we boarded the boat.I must admit to feeling rough as shit after sleeping in the back of Pete's van and perhaps a pint to many the night before.<br />
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The first thing we had to do was catch some fresh bait,a bit of feathering about produced a shed load of mackerel. I even caught a pb Coal fish of around the 2lb mark.Chippy commented that it had not been easy gathering bait recently so we could count our selves lucky.With no time wasted we were soon steaming out to the sharking grounds,after about 30 minutes or so the boat slowed,by now I was feeling dodgier than Trotters independent traders.Chippy had a quick look about and told us we would need to go another ten miles or so where the water clarity was more favourable.Bloody hell I thought,the boat was in danger of being decorated by my internals.My iron gut survived the trip and we set about drawing straws to see who would be up first,I drew second which I was happy with, as after all who said we are going to tempt five fish that day?<br />
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Three float fished mackerel baits were placed in the chum trail, each at various depths.The furthest being the deepest to compensate for the torch-beam like fall of the slick.<br />
A fourth rod was kept on deck to pitch to any sharks that may come into sight as the scent trail picked up.It was now just a case of playing the waiting game.A mill pond it was not and after bobbing around for 20 minutes with no land in sight my stomach took a bad turn.A generous amount of thatchers chum was ungracefully dispatched.<br />
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I felt rather embarrassed but the attention was soon taken away from me as that sweet tune of a ratchet rang aloud.<br />
James was first on the straws so up he went into battle with what would be his first blue shark.These fish pack an incredible amount of power,and bearing in mind we were fishing in 300 feet plus of water they have a lot of room to show it off! however, after a good old tussle James did a sterling job of taming the first blue of the trip and his first of the species.I still felt like shit and knowing that I was up next sent my stomach into a bit of a flutter,the thought of passing my turn briefly crossed my mind before a much wiser part of brain told me to stop being such a wimp and get a grip.<br />
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A few minutes later I was called into action,I struck the long rod to be met with one very angry shark.This thing just took off nearly taking the rod from my hands,a few minutes into the fight the adrenaline had firmly kicked in.The sickness had gone and I felt great but I would feel even greater if I was to land the fish and get it on board for a cuddle.<br />
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As you can see the above was achieved,after 20 or so minutes of enjoyable punishment Mr blue decided to let me have my moment.The day went on to be that of a red letter ting for all of us.<br />
Firstly the weather changed completely bringing calm sea's and a warm sun, and the fishing....well that went off the scale!<br />
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The blues came thick and fast,during the day we had multiple double hook ups and even got the chance to pick out fish on the free line rod.Sight fishing for them was fantastic!watching them circling the boat and seeing the take was breathtaking.Over all we landed 35 blues with the 2 largest going to me....which was nice.Overall I rated the day as one of my best ever,not quite as extreme as mine and Chidgey's sharkin exploits but a dam site safer non the less.<br />
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Big up Chippy,Bite adventures Penzance.<br />
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<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-79730839634407626532016-11-28T11:35:00.001-08:002016-11-28T11:35:27.936-08:00EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMONDHello to all<br />
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Back on for my big update,I thank you all for reading.<br />
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Some more salt water angling to get through before I reveal my coarse fishing exploits.After my success on the smooth hound fishing my attention was turned towards catching a few rays.And no,I don't mean a week in a cushty all inclusive lounging about like a lizard.<br />
Far from it,I'm talking about those flat things with the long tails.I have become fascinated with the species as a whole,<br />
Undulate,Spotted,Small eyed,blonde and thorn backs were the target.I wanted to collect them all over the course of the season....But then again we don't always get everything we want....yet.<br />
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To catch them all from the shore was a tall order,Me and the likes of Moxy,James and Tom Collinridge Clocked up some miles trying to do so.<br />
The tally of dogfish and packs of blast frozen eels we got through was also excessive.<br />
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The hunt for Rays became a bit of an obsession,long drives after work to the likes of Poole and other favoured Ray territory's all to often ended in no Raymonds,but hey I am learning and each unsuccessful session only spurred me on to rectify that matter more and more.Like I said...a bit of an obsession.<br />
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The Thorny was fairly easy to catch from shore and boat,I had a few from the Bristol channel and a bonus one whilst trying to catch flounder or plaice from the Kingsbridge estuary.<br />
We all had good Small eyed whilst fishing a lads trip out of Watchet aboard Seafire.A few spotted's were also boated along with huss,smoothys,eels and the ever prolific pooch fish making for a cracking day out and a few more Rays under my belt.<br />
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With 3 down I still pursued the Blonde and Undulate,the latter really kicked my ass.To cut a long story short I still have not got my grubby hands on an Undulate,and not for the lack of bloody trying for that matter.I think it will have to wait until next year now but hey ho that's fishing for you.<br />
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On a positive note I did manage a Blonde! my main plan was to fish out of Dartmouth but<br />
After 3 trips in row got the thumbs down right at the last minute due to the shit winds I had to look else where.<br />
With a little gap in the weather ear-marked myself and Tom managed to get a last minute charter out of Minehead<br />
Most of the lads on board were targeting cod but me and Tom had our hopes on some ray action,Mike(the 18 year old skipper of Teddie boy) assured us that when the time and tide were right we would move over a deep gully he had found to be especially good for a blonde or two,that will do me I thought.<br />
Sure I like a Cod or two but I couldn't wait to move! finally the time came to up-sticks and after a short steam up the channel Mike seamlessly anchored the boat in the perfect position for our baits to be presented bang on the money.<br />
He wasn't wrong either, 10 minutes or so passed before Tom was into something that was pulling back with intent, his rod was as bent as a nine bob note whilst heaving the creature up against the strong tide.A few tense moments passed before we got to see what was causing all the commotion.Sure enough it was the Blonde ray Mike had promised us.<br />
However, time was getting on, the window for me catching a Blonde was closing.<br />
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Meanwhile Tom was into his third! the thought of throwing him sea-bound ran hard in my mind when out of the blue my rod was nearly pulled into the pond.<br />
I grabbed the rod to be met with heavy resistance! playing a good Ray as calmly as I could I was praying the hooks held,bloody good job they did too! I think the smile says it all.<br />
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A big thank you goes to Mike! I cant recommend a trip out with this keen young Skipper enough,he will keep you on the fish and trust me you'll be pissing tea from your ears if you accept every brew offer.Four out of five is not bad,but trust me I will get my Undulate sooner or later!<br />
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Ain't Rays brilliant!!!!<br />
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christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-226044023088915972016-11-22T10:53:00.000-08:002016-11-22T10:53:43.032-08:00SMOOTHLY DOES ITHello to all<br />
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If there are any readers of this blog left out there? I salute you all<br />
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So Fish Tales has had more long breaks than your average painter and decorator, but alas my fingers are back on the keyboard with much to tell.<br />
So what's happened since the last post all that way back in January, well....Donald flippin Trump was somehow elected as the next American president, oh yeah and that other Brexit thingy the world has gone nuts but F that! I have some good news...I have been up to a fair bit of the old angling, fresh and salt water but lets start with the latter.<br />
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The sea is like a magnet to me right now, to some up the last six months sea fishing is easy, it has been a succession of highs and lows.The long slogs and effort made to catch specimen fish from the shore can be crushing to a man's spirit.<br />
After re rigging in a shit storm for your 20 th dogfish of the session whilst targeting Rays can be a bit of a punisher and a very common occurrence.Or perhaps having crabs maul your valuable and carefully presented bait within a few minutes of it hitting the seabed! frustrating stuff.<br />
But then it all goes right and the target species is caught.<br />
The feeling is amazing!<br />
after all you have just caught the fish you wanted from the biggest piece of water ever....the sea!<br />
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This photo was taken on Chesil beach,I think I caught one dogfish whilst my friend James had a brace of smoothy's and a nice cod.<br />
Talking of Smoothhounds,one of my summer targets was a double figure sample from the shore.<br />
Hinkley point reef on the Bristol channel is probably your best bet for a real whacker, but I wanted to concentrate on a venue a bit closer to home and a dam site less hostile so Branscombe seemed a good bet.<br />
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I was at work on a boiling hot day when James called asking if I fancied soaking some crustation's,I had nout on that evening and with the tides and conditions looking good for a hound or two how could I say no.<br />
We arrived at the beach at around 5.30 ,there were already a few anglers plotted around the shingle and after a chat with a couple of them it seemed the beach wasn't exactly crawling with fish,both party's had caught nada.This didn't bother me to much as the tide was still yet to push and the sun still held high above the cloud.<br />
After rigging up a couple of pennell pulley rigs I baited them both with fresh peeler crab including a slither of squid to bulk the bait out a bit.I then donned my trusty finger stall, clipped the baits down and proceeded to do my best Danny Fairbrass at Gigantica impression.<br />
A couple of fruitless casts later the tide really started to push, my six ounce gripper leads could barely hold bottom.<br />
The tips of my sturdy beach rods were bent right round in the tide looking very uncomfortable,when all of a sudden one of them pulled round then sprung back on its self as a fish broke the lead out of position.<br />
I picked up the rod, wound until I could feel something then struck into what felt like a decent fish.I took a few more turns of the large reel handle confirming something special was on the end.<br />
"This ain't no doggy" I enthused to James.A few minutes later I had the fish close in,it was really pulling so I let a tiny bit off the drag.A bit to much! the fish aggressively kited with the tide igniting a few expletives from yours truly.Not worry tho I soon regained control as James hurriedly made his way to the waters edge,after a bit of a splashy rummage He lifted out a Huge Hound from the Drink."You jammy bastard" he said. <br />
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I couldn't believe my first shore caught smoothy was a double,11lb 1 oz to be precise.I was literally dancing on the beach .....great times.<br />
A short while later my other rod completely shit itself and was nearly dragged off the rest, I was in again.The fish felt like another goodun really scrapping on what I consider to be a heavy outfit.It turned out to be a 7lb'er but my god these creatures are ridiculously powerful.<br />
Over the course of the summer I went on to catch a few more hounds mostly from the Bristol channel and Chesil but nothing compared to the magnitude of the Branscombe beast.<br />
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Plenty more to catch up on so please watch this space.<br />
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Good luck<br />
<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-83865738655836987472016-01-28T10:49:00.000-08:002016-01-28T10:49:42.538-08:00PHOTO BOMBZHello to all<br />
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Firstly let me wish all my readers a very belated happy new year, tight lines and all that shit.<br />
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So a new year begins! on a brief reflection of last years angling exploits I suppose its fair to say I had a pretty good One.I taught myself more about sea angling than I would ever thought,I must also thank the likes of Jon Patten, James Nichols and Del boy Thorman for showing me the ways and a good few tricks to get me onto a flying start!<br />
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Its been a long time (again) since I last updated fish tales,I,m beginning to sound like a broken record! what can I say.....I have been busy.As I said in my last post, Perch Pike and Zander are at the top of my hit list right now.So I took almost a month off work over Christmas Which allowed allot of fishing time,far to many trips to write about but lets just say I went on a bit of a hot streak and bagged myself some cracking fishy Christmas presents.<br />
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Good luckchristopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-4102720948049999132015-12-08T10:32:00.000-08:002015-12-08T10:32:36.434-08:00CANAL CROCKINHello to all<br />
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As I write this piece I can hear the generic drone of a must spend all the money you own on shit for Christmas commercial.Now I'm not a Scrooge or grump but I will admit this is my least favourable time of year,mainly due to the harsh weather and lack of sunlight.This time last year I was sat on a sports fishing boat sipping rum,smoking high quality cigars and partying my time away with the beautiful people of Cuba.....<br />
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A far cry from recent day to day life.I mean the weather has been proper rough here in the south west as late.so rough that it has scared off the majority of anglers from even looking at there rods,once again mother nature had scuppered my plans for the weekend and I woke up Saturday morning with not much of an agenda,The wind was howling through the streets of Topsham like the apocalypse was on its way,old ladys were being blown about like the lottery balls as I waded my way through it all to fetch a wake up call from the local cafe.<br />
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with my stomach now happy I now needed to scratch another itch,that being the disease that is angling.Stepping out in such conditions is not exactly inviting,more like essential! either way I spoke to Moxy who is just as dumb and desperate as me when it comes to catching Pike and so it was,a quick load up of the pike tools into the van and off to get blown inside out on the canal with Mox and Pepe.With a bait rod plus a lure setup each, we planned to cover the water spending 20 minutes or so in each swim.Thankfully the first swim produced 2 fish almost straight away,one on each method too!had the winds whipped em up into a feed? the lack of action over the forth coming few hours answered that notion,just another small jack and a greedy perch of a pound or so was our reward for hanging on.<br />
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The next day was even dirtier than the last,I even spent the morning trawling consumer zombie lands for a new freezer,I mean how boring is that,Comet was numbing the shit out of me when again old Mox was on the blower,He talked me into going back down to the wind tunnel,I didn't need much convincing mind.<br />
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We started as we began the previous day but the wind was to much so we opted to find somewhere a bit more sheltered where we could settle for the afternoon to soak a few baits.After casting out the traps I kept my self busy fanning a lure around the swim when out of the blue my float rod was away,I was really excited as I wound down.For some reason I was expecting a big fish but a sprat sized jack was no big fish,still we were off the mark.<br />
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I continued to work the Replicant twist using a number of different retrieves when Bingo, a speed up of the lure provoked a savage take! the tip of my rod hammered down as a few yards of braid crunched off the heavily set clutch.This aint no jack I enthused to Mox.She went berserk for a while but our charms persuaded her otherwise,a lean double was my prize.<br />
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Minutes after slipping her safely back Mox's dropback indicator clanked against the metal bank stick,the line was pissing off the spool at a rate of knots.Mox was now into something intent on snapping his rod,the fish held stubbornly deep and although perfectly in control of the fish, Mox had that slightly worried look on his face.The nerves were settled minutes later as he scooped the net round a huge framed canal Crocodile.....Buzzing!<br />
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Well done mate, fully deserved.<br />
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For more canal pike fishing check out this weeks Angling Times,where I explain my methods in more detail.<br />
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<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-47628102328075990042015-11-08T14:03:00.000-08:002015-11-08T14:03:40.413-08:00SCRATCHING ABOUTHello to all<br />
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After a fairly long slog of a weeks work, I set my self the pain staking task of sorting my fresh water predator gear for my up coming assault on all things toothy.<br />
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after a good rummage round the house I had managed to gather myself a huge pile of goods,something that resembled a hand grenade being lobbed into the local tackle shop.I reunited myself with some faithful old bits but without getting too nostalgic I did wonder how the hell I had built up such a collection,the realisation of having to sort through such a mess had me a bit cold, but needs must.<br />
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With predatory plans in the diary I had found the inspiration I needed to get the chore done,I must admit that it felt good to have all the gear in order,Perch,Pike and Zander watch out!<br />
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Fishing-wise I have still been on the salt water tip trying to catch a big Bull huss,these things are definitely my bogey species of the moment.The amount of hooked fish I have lost and unmissable bites I have struck with chuff all on the end are uncountable.Such is angling I guess,there's nothing wrong with the rigs and hooks!The rough ground I have been fishing also provides home for many other species which can prove entertaining whilst waiting for the bigger traps to be sprung.<br />
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That point being proven by my buddy James Nicolls here with a fine Ballan Wrasse and a specimen rockling taken whilst fishing for Bull Huss.I think I will have to wait until next year to get a big Huss,I may have missed my chance plus the fact that I need to concentrate more on the freshwater side of things now.<br />
That being said I took a trip out with the dog and some other angling chums to a small commercial that I had not visited in a few seasons to reacquaint myself with still-water and see if any Perch were about.<br />
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The weather was ridiculously hot for November,so hot I had to take my shirt off and scare all the fish away with my pale complexion.That may of been the reason for a bite-less morning but I still remained confident and didn't really care to be honest,I was content enjoying the warmth and surroundings.With two livey's out in prime spots and a lure rod to explore the water with it was just a case of waiting for the light to drop a bit and keep on casting the lure in the hopes of provoking something with stripes.<br />
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Eventually my persistence paid off as the livey that I had placed amongst some old pads got slammed.It felt a goodun and was scrapping like a bitch,I have heard people say that perch don't fight....wrong.<br />
A fish of around two pounds had given me the proper run around,I thought it was going to be a big perch but what he lacked in size he made up for with aggression.I was pleased to be off the mark with my first stripey of the season and went on to catch a couple more which made my day.<br />
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Good luckchristopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-22932104666020404752015-10-14T11:04:00.000-07:002015-10-14T11:04:57.354-07:00WATER BOYZHello to all<br />
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What can I say..... no blog for 2 months,that's a bloody poor show! since I last wrote on fish tales allot has happened in my angling life.As I mentioned in my last couple of posts,I fished my way to the final of the Fox Rage salt water British lure angling championships.To cut the story short I ended up taking the trophy and a £500 prize package to which I donated to get hooked on fishing.On the day I managed to tempt 14 species which clinched me the podium finish.The highlight for me was catching a rare leopard spotted goby,I love Goby's.<br />
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On another LRF trip I caught myself a small Coalfish Which brings my ultra light lure caught tally to 34 species.Im sitting here struggling to think how to write up 2 months of angling,its been a busy day at work and the thought of looking at the computer all night is not a good one so I will keep things brief and let the pictures do the talking for now and try to keep things a bit more regular in the future.<br />
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I have been spending an awful amount of time hanging around various coastlines having a great time learning about sea fishing.Catching fish from the shore gives me a real buzz and sense of achievement.A few of my other coarse fishing pals have also caught the sea fishing bug but that's not to say the freshwater predators wont be targeted when it gets a bit colder but for now every fish from the sea is a result and to say I am enjoying it would be an under statement. </div>
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A stand out moment would have to be a session on Budleigh Salterton beach that I spent in the company of Ty and Pepe,we opted to fish a quick evening session in the hopes of getting a few bites,I really wanted to catch my first flat fish as I had heard there had been some nice Plaice being caught in the area but the worm baits I put out for the flatties were to much for the hordes of pouting and whiting to resist.</div>
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The evenings draw in far to quick for my liking, it was soon dark and we were running low on bait which led me to sack off a rod and switch the remaining over from a worm flapper to a pulley pennell with one of the bait stealing pout as the bait, after-all we all know where there are concentrations of bait fish the predators wont be far behind,plus the fact I was fishing after a few days of harsh onshore winds which often sees the larger fish move close in to feed on the freebies left buy the sea's rough conditions.</div>
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An hour or so passed and we were now at the top of the tide,despite it being spot on for a big ol Bass I was feeling hungry and decided that I was going to do one,after a quick natter with Ty I walked over to my rod and it gently nodded twice.I wound down to inspect the enquiry and the rod started to bend and bend and bend some more until it was at the full test curve.I stared to howl at Ty to get the head torch as a heavy fish took off in the surf towards Exmouth.My thoughts were that of a donkey Bass,but when I eventually hauled it to land we were all gob-smacked at what laid on the beach.</div>
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I hope you have been catching lots of fishes and enjoying the summer!<br />
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Summer used to mean lots of lazy days sat behind rods in the hopes of catching Carp and Catfish,but since I have been infected by the lure bug my efforts towards these species has taken a bit of a dive.Not that it matters as I am loving my fishing and that is all that matters so what the hell am I banging on about?<br />
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Well I keep looking at my lovely set of carp gear sat dormant gathering dust and thinking to myself that I must get out and give the Horizons a good flexing.Back in the winter I was invited to a catfish fish in at Todber manor with the motley crew of the region 12 ( Somerset )Pike anglers club,<br />
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A few months passed and the time had come to load the gear into the van,head up to Dorset and give those rods a good bashing.upon arrival the lads were itching to get going,but not before Paul Western presented us all with some excellent t shirts he had knocked up in his sweatshop,I mean factory.Anyway we drew swim numbers from a hat to keep things fair and as luck would have it I drew a nice little peg with an island feature a short chuck in front of me and some lovely reedy margins flanking my swim.Old Mox had drew the peg next door to me so if anything we would have a laugh even if the fishing was shit.<br />
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Thanks for the shirt Paul,spot on!<br />
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It was a boiling hot day so after lathering myself in crem de sol and setting up my home for the weekend , cracked a beer and mused on my tactics for the session.I know this was meant to be a cattin trip but I had Carp in mind and after having a bit of a lead around I found a silty patch located at the bottom of the island shelf,on this I presented 2 naked choddy's either side of the feature and pulted out a bunch of boileys around the area.After giving the line a moment to sink and settle I attached the bobbins and began the waiting game.<br />
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The going was slow on the lake and the first night only produced a lone Cat of around 10lbs which fell to a whole squid on one of Moxey's rods.Not the haul we were all hoping for but as we all knew cats can be very fickle,nevermind,we still had another night ahead of us and a day time bite is not unheard of.I was a bit peeved that I had not had an inspection of either of my pop ups so I wound in and put on fresh glugged baits with a plan to cast singles around over the course of the day whilst keeping an eye on the area I had been baiting.<br />
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An hour or so later I was boiling the kettle to fix a brew when I noticed the limp line tightening on the rod I had pubbed to a reed-line past the right hand side of the island.the alarm was yet to sound but before it did so I piked up the rod and wound down the slack to be met with what felt like the bottom,a bit of pressure was applied which woke the fish up and sent it ape-shit.The line was being ripped of my reel as the fish went on a huge unstoppable run to my left getting her self round the back of the flippin island.I had the worst angle on the fish and could feel the line grating on the side of the island,this left me no choice but to strip off and get into the drink to get a clean angle on the fish and do some serious arguing with what was clearly a good Cat.I got into the lake and made my way along the reeds to get to the channel between the islands,thankfully I persuaded the fish to come out into clear water.A few tense minutes passed before she gave up to the charm of mox's seamless netting skills.<br />
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Its wasn't until we had the fish on the mat did I realise how big she was,the gutt was huge.She had certainly been living the good life.At 62 10 I had landed myself a UK PB beating my last by 8 ounces! on a chod rig of all things.After a few snaps it was time for her to go back into the pond,I held her for a moment before she swam off strongly to go and fill her face again I imagine.<br />
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What a result! I wasn't about to win any prizes for clever angling mind,what a jammy git.The second night was a bit more active with a few of the lads taking cats in the dark,all in all we had a great laugh and managed to bank a few kippers in the process, so cheers to Paul Curry for organising the jaunt and here's to next years smash up.<br />
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If your not already bored of seeing Mullet and Bass pictures, here's another fine example of the fun that can be had using ultra light lure tackle.<br />
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I cant believe that its nearly August already!!! where does time go?</div>
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I attended the very first BLAC salt water event which was held at Portland near Weymouth,I have always wanted to have a go there as I have seen many awesome pictures of big Wrasse as well as some hefty Bass posted up on facepaint.The rules for the saltwater comp differ to the freshwater heats as it is all about the number of different species caught rather than overall length,Which I think makes for a much fairer and interesting challenge!</div>
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It was a scorching day with a light breeze blowing, perfect Wrasse conditions I thought.My plan was to try and bag a Ballan at the start of the match then search around rockpools and slacks to try and maximise my species count,I had both LRF and HRF rods to hand but it was the latter that I started with in the hopes of a pig of a Wrasse.The terrain looked amazing and certainly wasn't for the faint hearted.after spending around an hour casting slug like soft plastics on the Texas rig, I had caught bugger all and was staring at a blank scorecard,I couldn't find a Ballan or a Pollock, so it was time to break out the spracking setup and go scratching.</div>
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I setup a size 14 hook on a leader of 6lb fluro carbon to which I mount a sliding 4g olivette sinker,I dropped a small peice of Isome worm into a dark slack spot which instantly scored me a long spined sea scorpion.</div>
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Happy days I love those little creatures,after exploring a few more spots I had caught 4 Corkwing Wrasse which I was really pleased with but wondered where the hell the Ballans had got to? (the capture of the Corkwing puts me on 32 ultra light lure caught species) </div>
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With only 2 species on my score-sheet I decided to target the rockpools,the trouble was that most of them had already been plundered by other anglers but eventually I found Tyrone Norah winkling a few Shanny out of a secret pool he had discovered,I sneaked in and managed to poach a Shanny of my own which put me on 3 species just in time to make it back to the car park for the results.</div>
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I was pipped of the podium finish on the biggest fish rule as me and Julian Chidgey had both caught 3 species each,he caught a Ballan Wrasse that was 2 cm larger than my biggest Corkwing.That twice now,last time it was a matter of a single centimetre that done me out of a top spot at Ferry meadow last year,still a place in the final will do nicely at this stage.</div>
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As you may have now gathered I have been turned into a bit of a lure nut, Ultra light finesse style especially.Without sounding to romantic I can honestly say it has brought back the fun element into my day to day angling.Which is invaluable as we all go fishing to enjoy our selves right?<br />
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Last Year myself and Mox booked ourselves Some flights to Amsterdam,now we all know what goes on in the Dam but this was just an innocent fishing trip.....honestly<br />
For those of you that have not visited the city is a beautiful place and its seems like no matter where you may be you will never be further away than a stones throw from some water containing Zander (or Shnookbah as they are known to the Dutch ) and the ever present Perch.<br />
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Our first stop was to be the nearest tackle shop so we could seek some local knowledge and licences,we got the documents no problem but the geezer in the tackle shop was useless when it came to info,I think he'd been puffing on Amsterdam's finest or perhaps he didn't like the English,either way we came out the shop with a few lures but chuff all regarding the hotter spots of the labyrinth of water we were about to embark on.<br />
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Fear not,After a shit load of walking, snagging and casting old Mox's rod arched over and it wasn't a plastic bag or some old crap from a houseboat.After a short battle I did the gentlemanly thing to do of scooping the first Schnookbar of the trip!<br />
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I went back to the hotel fish-less that night but whilst making our way back we bumped into another street fisher who kindly invited us out on his boat the next day,turned out this dude ( Leo )is a top guide that knows his way round the maze very well,talk about right place right time.<br />
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The next day we met up and headed to the marina were Leo's boat is moored,I couldn't believe my eyes when he pulled the cover off her.this was a serious bit off kit,fitted with just about everything known to man in terms of fishing technology.Leo took us out to a huge rig of some sort situated smack bang in the main part of the river,P&O ferries went past us to give you a picture of the size and depth of the water.<br />
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I sat back in the luxury leather swivel seat with a drop-shot rod in one hand and a beer in the other,Buoootiful;it wasn't long before my lure was inspected,a gentle lift saw me connect with a feisty perch of around a pound or so,My next drop produced a lovely sprak sized Zed.<br />
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I was lovin life,teasing Leo about me thrashing him on his home turf.He soon replied with a zed that could of eaten mine for breakfast,next came a double hook up with Mox and Leo simultaneously playing fish Mox was unfortunate as his made an escape,We were on some fish alright.<br />
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The wind started to blow a bastard so Leo suggested we went into the inner city canal to troll small crank baits for Perch.bloody nice bloke that Leo and if you are thinking of fishing Amsterdam I would suggest getting in contact with him via his facebook page Predator fishing Amsterdam,trust me this guy will put you on some fish even when the going is tough.<br />
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The trip out on the boat was great but we still had two more days of casting from the bank,Thankfully the fishing was allot better than our first day on the street.Both of us caught both species at a pleasing rate. Couldn't of asked for more really,other than a kipper of a zed but hey you cant have it all.<br />
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The time has come for me to go out and get my hands on some dedicated sea fishing tackle,this salt water fling is turning into more of a full blown affair.I almost feel like I'm cheating on my fresh water friend's.<br />
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The other day I found one of them tripod things ( that the fella's on the beach use ) under a rarely moved pile of tackle belonging to my old man.I took it out for a quick bait session for bass where I planted a couple of carp rods fitted with standard fixed spool reels on it.Basic running rigs on both rods with peeler crab for bait and 3-4oz leads which just about did the job of holding bottom was how it went down.<br />
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I sat back admiring my cobbled together set-up,it looked awesome in my eyes but I'm sure any proper sea angler would not agree,anyway just as the tide was about to reach its limit my left hand rod slammed over.I wound down and connected,the sea noddy strikes again I thought to myself ; after a spirited tussle I banked myself a beautiful Bass of 3lbs,no monster but I have only caught them on lures and live baits from a boat previously so I felt it was a bit of an achievement.<br />
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Another salty day<br />
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I was kindly invited to join Mox and Seb on-board Sebs friend Mikes boat that he runs out of Watchet harbour,upon arrival I noticed an immediate problem.There was no water in the harbour leaving the boat sat stranded on the mud.Not a problem replied Seb "we set tackle and drink beer" he said,Sounds like a plan pal.<br />
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After a good catch up over a can of strong Polish lager the water had flooded in setting it all good for the go,We were soon on our way out of the harbour making our way into the mighty Bristol channel.Conger and Thorn-back ray were the target species and it wasn't long before my squid bait was being investigated,tap tap tap was met with a strike.I could feel a fish thumping away in the strong tide,I soon was leading a dogfish to the boat.A few more doggy's made an appearance before I hit into something that felt like the bottom,I soon realised it wasn't the deck of the sea and got my crank on.<br />
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Kinda felt like a plastic bag that had the ability to perform the odd glide,sensations were all pointing towards a Ray of some sort so I wasn't surprised but very pleased when a nice Thorn back hit the surface.<br />
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My first ever Ray,What an amazing creature it was too! with all those sharp spikes and the lovely mottling pattern make them a awesome looking fish.Another first was the capture of a Conger eel,now I have seen plenty of them being caught on the box and web and some bloody big ones to boot,but my first must have been around 6lbs hardly the loch ness monster but a conger non the less.Moxy had a larger one that fought like stink in the tide but again not really a proper'un.<br />
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Through the use of what I think is called a T bar all the eels were effortlessly unhooked an sent on there way,good job we had it an all as I would rather unhook a big shark than put my hand near one of those skwirmy chaps.We had a great day out with Mike so thanks buddy and here'to a big eel next time.<br />
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It has just dawned on me that I have not been coarse fishing in over a month now, If I'm honest I cant say I'm missing it..... for the moment anyway.<br />
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The rivers will be open soon so that will probably all change come the 16th but for now there is no finer place to be than down the seaside.I don't have a whole lot to report since the last post but lets try and keep this blog more regular,a climb down the rocks in the company of Neil and Moxey turned out to be very eventful.Not with the fishing mind,only the one Wrasse around the pound mark which I snared on a weed-less soft plastic fished texas style on a 10g sinker.<br />
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But aside from that, after fishing for around half an hour it dawned on us that we were stood on the dance floor of what looked like the aftermath of boy Georges birthday gang bang,not that have been to one of his bashes,or even been invited for that matter. But this quiet cave entrance was completely littered with used Johns, not to mention the many packs of lube strewn about, man can only imagine the carnage that went down on the rough terrain of the newly named Batty rock.<br />
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Pepe was not interested in our dirty discovery,he was busy exploring.Whilst working a lure over the rocks I looked round to see the dog almost nose to nose with a big ass seal,My god did I get a fright. Pepe was unperturbed as I franticly jumped down the rocks to scoop him up.Mr seal didn't give shit either he just lazily wallowed waiting for me to give him a fish,I told him there would be no fish as he had scared them all off but I don't think he understood.<br />
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Aside from the Wrasse I have been attempting to catch a flounder on lrf tactics,no flounder so far but a couple of Bass showed up for me and mox whilst bottom bouncing strips of Isome,I can tell you; when these things go on a 1-7g finesse rod you really know about it.<br />
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Well what can I say? I have failed you on the regular blog updates.<br />
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Anyway since we last spoke I am pleased to say a shit load of fish have been caught by myself and my chums,I am struggling to know where to start as I have no shortage of material,so I will keep it brief and more of a catch report in gallery form.<br />
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It was screaming reels at Todber manor,I fished for the carp with a boiley only approach whislt Mal fished loads of pellet for an all out cat assault,the lake was very kind to us producing 33 catfish to 42 04 and 5 carp to 26 02.Malk had 28 of the cats mind, but I took all the carp and 5 slightly unwelcome cats to 30lb.Hella session!<br />
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I'm still loving the finesse fishing,my lure caught species list now sits on 31,<br />
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recently I have been experimenting with some new methods,well new to me.Whilst HRF fishing I have been using the jika rig and Texas rigs to present weedless slugs deep down in the rough stuff where the Ballans hang.<br />
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As allot of you will know these things go like stink and when hooking into them its a real hit and hold affair,this style of fishing has really got me going.Exploring new territory and climbing some proper dodgy terrain all adds to the excitement, especially when you finally find that special gully you just know screams Wrasse.<br />
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christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-23754761816964372222015-03-11T12:17:00.002-07:002015-03-11T12:17:43.288-07:00KILLING TIMEHello to all<br />
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You know when you are really looking forward to something?Maybe a holiday or in my case a really special fishing trip to a venue that you know contains the fish of your dreams. Then, time seems to plod along at the pace of a snail.Yet when your are doing what you have been waiting for the clocks run at what feels like 30 seconds per minute, an it is over in a flash.This has certainly been the case for me lately,couple this with my preconception and fantasy's of cradling that monster fish with the reality of a miserable cold blank and your usually left with that feeling I would describe as disappointment.<br />
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Welcome to the world of specimen hunting! well, my account of it anyway.<br />
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I'm not an angler that turns up to a venue and expects to catch a whopper every time,that would be a stupid notion.Saying that I did fish a BLAC event up on the Thames which proved to be very tough.I blanked along with most other's but 2 exceptional Perch were caught during the match at 3lb 02 and 3lb 10 this along with the amazing news of a friend catching a 5lb 01oz triple whopper from another venue left me feeling,and I don't mind admitting, a bit sour,with myself not other's,anyway the point I was getting too was a joke I made to a competitor about turning up and catching easily.<br />
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I had just made my five thousand four hundred an fifty ninth fruitless cast of the day when a geezer dressed up as a Nazi solider crept round the bush near to where I was fishing.I turned to him with an expressionless face and said "this is rubbish, I thought Its 4lber's every time on the Thames?" he looked at me as if I had some dog shit on my chin and carried on his way probably thinking what a fool I was,I got the impression he had the sense of humour of the average twot that lives in my village but there you go.I also attended the Exeter match,which also was rock hard but I did get to spend the day in the company of Adam Kirby,who proved to be a bloody nice bloke and a top angler, and I also caught......which was nice.<br />
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your probably sensing my catch rate has not been the richest recently? that is true,I have spent allot of time on the banks suffering allot of things that rhyme with banks,tis not all doom and gloom tho,I have managed to trick a few of our finned friends, the highlight being a 21lb 8oz river Pike.But it is the striped ones I really want and I'm buggered if I'm packing away the perch gear until I get a big one!<br />
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A bit more LRF in the evenings has produced countless sprack pollack and a unusual capture of an Alice shad.<br />
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Good luck<br />
<br />christopher lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333377099182888592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504003578884146934.post-86075609905175290392015-02-11T10:43:00.001-08:002015-02-12T09:42:51.608-08:00PLENTY OF FISHHello to all<br />
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With January gone in what felt like the blink of an eye I'm beginning to think this year will be done before I even know it. My angling diary is already looking very busy,Which is a good thing but it highlights how little time in life there is to do the thing's we all love,but on a good note the evenings are becoming increasingly lighter and we will be soon feeling the warmth of spring.<br />
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I have not the time to wait for warmth an fair weather,as I am what you may call an angling addict;I need to be waterside at least a couple times a week be it a session or a quick chuck of lures. plus the fact we've finished Sons Of Anarchy and True Detective,so now I'm bored shitless of watching movies and playing video games an other mundane things we all do to pass the time of a winters evening.<br />
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It may be cold and dark out there but the fish don't mind and there still in the water for those willing to brave such situations. LRF has been the key to beating the boredom,<br />
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For those of you that are unfamiliar with the term LRF this means light rock fishing,an art that is rapidly growing in popularity along with the ultra light lure fishing and dropshotting.The aim of the game is to use super light tackle and small lures to target the many types of small fish that live around our coastlines.Trust me this is great fun and often throws up a surprise or two.</div>
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A quick Dip on a slack tide did Me and Neil a bite a chuck,Micro fry or small curly tales on 2g jig heads were being smashed up by the Pollock that were shoaling in a dockland taxi channel, on a 1-8g finesse rod these little sprack's proved to be fine sport.</div>
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On another recent trip to the sea I caught the smallest fish I have ever had on a lure,come to think of it he may be the smallest fish I have ever caught on rod and line full stop.The Pollock Were not there in numbers this time so I scaled right down to a tiny piece of Isome mounted on size 10 1g jig head to target the mini beasts that can be found tight into the grooves of the steel piles that hold the place together,after a few fruitless drops I received the lightest of plucks, a gentle lift was made and I had caught a fish.Me or Neil neither knew what it was but a quick look on tinternet confirmed I had caught my 24th species on a lure,that being an epicly small Sand Goby.<br />
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Aside from the lure fishing another trip up the M5 in search of them Zander was made,unfortunately I did not have much luck.The freezing cold conditions and ice in the margins may have had something to do with that but never the less we held on well into dark as the day had produced chuff all.<br />
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As you can see from the photo above we didn't blank, Danny had a pb Zed of 7lb's on the nose, I also managed to get one too.Not the monster I have been dreaming of but non the less the target species.<br />
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As I mentioned in my last (well over due) blog post I have promised myself more big fish as a new year resolution. Well, I have set myself a few targets to work at that are not going to be easy to achieve, catching a 30lb Pike would be better than an orgy in the playboy mansion with me as the only geezer present but I'm going to need a bit of luck on that one,especially as I did not manage to pick up a single day on the Mecca that is Chew valley,I'm not saying that Chew is the only place to do it as that is far from the truth but it certainly is the best place to try so good luck to all you bastards that got days.<br />
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Anyway, a double figure Zander also sits high on my to do list,Whilst a pb Perch would also raise a smile it is the latter that I have been working on during my latest session.Zander have always fascinated me, there's something about them that really gets me going but unfortunately ( some would disagree with me on that one ) we do not have Zeds in Devon so I don't get to fish for them as much as I would like to.However a recent lure fishing outing with the region 12 PAC on the Gloucester canal Ignited my need to lay my hands on a proper Zed.<br />
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Also keen for some predator action were my good pal's Neil Zedgar an Danny Price,after agreeing to target the Gloucester canal We planned the session around bait fishing. Zander being top of our wish list but we also wanted to see what the canal offered in terms of Pike so off we set with the van loaded up with all things needed to give it a bloody good go.<br />
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Being ultra keen to make the most of our trip we were bank-side by 6 am. after a quick scan around we found a area of water that looked like it was bubbling from all the ringlets on the surface created by a large shoal of fodder fish.On a pretty much featureless canal we knew Zip about, quickly finding the food fish was a gift from the angling gods, we eagerly pubbed out a few small roach dead's into the area and then set about trying to catch some live ones.<br />
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Thankfully single maggot on a size 20 produced a decent flow of tiny Roach so we now had options,Myself and Dan each put out a sub float paternoster with a single hooked livey as the baits we had were little blips so there was no need to reach for the trebles on this particular set up.<br />
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The baits were placed along the near shelf in 16 ft of murky water,with the rods all set and some bait in the bag we sat awaiting the sun to rise and some pred's to strike.It was soon dawn,the darkness had not produced and the sun rose with power leading the path for a very chilly bright day.Hardly text book predator fishing conditions but with more than a few baits out between us surely something would spring the traps?<br />
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The tension broke as Danny,s patted livey was away, we gathered round to watch him playing what looked like a Decent fish,the rod was hooped over a goodun.After a few tense minutes Dan had landed the first predator of the session in the form of a pristine 18lb 12oz croc....A good start we all agreed,minutes later my paternoster got slammed and I was soon guiding a proper Pike of my own over the net.<br />
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Two good fish in quick succession set our spirits high,a couple more jacks were banked on the noster before I was alerted to a small stuttery bang on the bobbin of my deadbait rod.It was a bit of a gamble hitting such a minor indication but its a bloody good job I did as I was now attached to a good fish that didn't feel like old Esox.I knew what I was playing and felt very nervous but also very excited, the feeling of her thumping away in the deep water put a big smile on my face, Zander are not the best fighters but on a 1.75tc rod the ordeal was very enjoyable.<br />
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At 7lb 14 oz I had caught myself a pb Zander,needless to say I was well chuffed,After returning her I sent out a fresh dead bait and sat back basking in the winter sun hoping more Zander would arrive.A couple more double figure pike made an appearance,Again one each for me and Danny on the paternoster.I love Pike but I really wanted another Zed so I changed the paternoster over to another running ledger rig and made a long cast to the far bank.Dusk was approaching, and as we all know this is prime time for a lump.<br />
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The session had been very productive but things were about to get a whole lot better,Neil had a belter of bite and made a clean strike; the bend in the rod confirmed it was a good fish.The culprit held deep and we both half assumed he was into a big pike, given the number of them present in the area on the day.<br />
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Wrong!!! Neil had better of the fish an it was tiring,I grabbed the net as she was now plodding under the tip. A gentle lift to catch sight of what was on the end revealed a kipper of a zed,she came up without a fuss an I quickly sniped her with the landing net.I turned to Neil (whose jaw was firmly on the floor) and let out a flurry of expletives before giving him a hug and waking Danny,who was dreaming of all the pike he had hauled that day.<br />
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12lb on the button,bearing in mind this was Neil's first ever Zander, to say he had been lucky would be an understatement.To see such a big Zed in the flesh was awesome! I really really want one of my own so lets hope I can borrow a bit of luck from Neil as I know there are many Zed anglers that have been at them for years but still can only dream of landing a double,every dog has its day tho.</div>
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Danny also landed his first UK Zed; all 10 oz's of ,and Neil caught another too but again it was a fish that his first could have snorted for its breakfast.A fitting end to a great session,time to do some research and find some more Zander water's.</div>
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Firstly let me wish you all a belated happy new year.<br />
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Massive gap in the posts again, sorry.... again!<br />
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Its been a busy couple of months what with the lead up to Christmas, new years eve and all the jazz that goes with the festive season.But before all that I jetted myself off to Cuba for 3 weeks of fishing and relaxation....well that was the plan but it didn't go down like that at all,I did catch lots of fish and will post the pictures as soon as my buddy sends them over but the main high of being in Cuba was meeting so many top notch people and making some great friends.<br />
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Cuba is like no other country I have visited,communism and sanctions limit the people in what they can do and even where they can go, from what I experienced during my time there I would say its more of a dictatorship.However this does not stop the Cubans from making the most of what they DO have,truly amazing people! and trust me,there ain't no party like a Cuban party!<br />
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All good things come to an end and I soon found myself back amongst the grind of ol Blighty,my new years resolution is to up my game and catch more fish.That's exactly what I have been doing and so far this month has been very fruitful<br />
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go to Cuba!</div>
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