In reply to Post #15
You could we'll be right. I do know that not a lot comes out and is the hardest on that whole complex. Strange pit.
You could we'll be right. I do know that not a lot comes out and is the hardest on that whole complex. Strange pit.
In reply to Post #12
Thanks fellas, really looking forward to it, especially the quiet banks. Bait and rigs sorted, only minor tweaks I'm planning on. I've had a good look around and lead about and it's as weedy as, which is fine but does limit where you can sensibly fish. Stock is probably 1 an acre.
Thanks fellas, really looking forward to it, especially the quiet banks. Bait and rigs sorted, only minor tweaks I'm planning on. I've had a good look around and lead about and it's as weedy as, which is fine but does limit where you can sensibly fish. Stock is probably 1 an acre.
In reply to Post #11
Top advice that, catch them on your own terms. Just got to get my head around the blanking!
Top advice that, catch them on your own terms. Just got to get my head around the blanking!
Be prepared to go bat s@@t crazy. Be prepared to question your own sanity. If you are currently in the mindset to put up with the weeks of mind numbing tedium, then this is the time to do it, cos once you lose the drive to do it, then it's very hard to get it back. So make hay whilst you can. When I was younger I fished some pretty hard waters and loved it. Now I can't be arSed with it anymore. I'm fortunate to have tickets that give me challenging right through to a fairly decent chance of a fish. I'm not embarrassed to say I rarely ever fish the hard waters now, in fact I'm so over campaign fishing that I rarely even fish nights anymore, probably 3/4 of my fishing these days is days only, so if you are up for it and excited for the challenge there'll never be a better time to have a crack at it.
In reply to Post #1
I agree with a lot of what other have said but would add one thing, keep fishing an easier water, just every now and again, to keep your confidence up. If you've blanked for months then you have a dayion an easier water and have a fish or two it does the world of good for your confidence.
And good luck!
I agree with a lot of what other have said but would add one thing, keep fishing an easier water, just every now and again, to keep your confidence up. If you've blanked for months then you have a dayion an easier water and have a fish or two it does the world of good for your confidence.
And good luck!
In reply to Post #12
Vic Gillings once wrote something along the lines of, “a lot of big pike seem to be caught by a noddy on a sprat fished 18” under a pike bung or big carp are caught by a carp angler's girlfriend float fishing a chunk of luncheon meat and it makes you think”
I think we all know a lot less than we think we do!
Vic Gillings once wrote something along the lines of, “a lot of big pike seem to be caught by a noddy on a sprat fished 18” under a pike bung or big carp are caught by a carp angler's girlfriend float fishing a chunk of luncheon meat and it makes you think”
I think we all know a lot less than we think we do!
In reply to Post #21
The pub chuck newcomers and the inexperienced have caught as many big carp as anybody, quickly too!
Key point, they have caught them because they have landed a bait on the right spot and presented a bait that the fish wanted to eat on the day, it really is that simple!!!
Takes a set of circumstances to catch a fish and the biggest factor that a lot of people overlook is the fish!
The pub chuck newcomers and the inexperienced have caught as many big carp as anybody, quickly too!
Key point, they have caught them because they have landed a bait on the right spot and presented a bait that the fish wanted to eat on the day, it really is that simple!!!
Takes a set of circumstances to catch a fish and the biggest factor that a lot of people overlook is the fish!
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In reply to Post #23
Oh shut up 🤫
Oh shut up 🤫
In reply to Post #1
A low stock water can also produce multiple good fish over a short time span. Location is key, as well as knowing what season or even week they are there. So fish hard the first year(s). After that you can reap the benefits at the right time of year and fish another venue during the time your lake hardly produces anything.
A low stock water can also produce multiple good fish over a short time span. Location is key, as well as knowing what season or even week they are there. So fish hard the first year(s). After that you can reap the benefits at the right time of year and fish another venue during the time your lake hardly produces anything.
In reply to Post #25
Just fish the new, big winds. Entertain yourself elsewhere in the meantime
Just fish the new, big winds. Entertain yourself elsewhere in the meantime
In reply to Post #1
Spend most of your time looking for the fish at every opportunity, if you can at least walk the lake a few times a week will pay off massively oh and have patience.You will probably find that if you can locate where they frequent ...they will be alot easier to catch than fish in high pressure venues, no need mess around with rigs either. stick to what you know. Its easy to start tinkering when you aint getting results.....but if you are on em you will have em!
Spend most of your time looking for the fish at every opportunity, if you can at least walk the lake a few times a week will pay off massively oh and have patience.You will probably find that if you can locate where they frequent ...they will be alot easier to catch than fish in high pressure venues, no need mess around with rigs either. stick to what you know. Its easy to start tinkering when you aint getting results.....but if you are on em you will have em!