In reply to Post #1
That's quite a list, good luck. My target is to get more proficient with the old fly gear. I also need to be more zen on my circus / circuit water and avoid dickheads winding me up
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That's quite a list, good luck. My target is to get more proficient with the old fly gear. I also need to be more zen on my circus / circuit water and avoid dickheads winding me up
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No targets. No campaign lol. Just to continue fishing regularly
at my club water. The last 3 years have been my most prolific
and biggest but then I've been there over 15 years what were 20s are now 30s.
At 55 it's just keep working out and stay fit and strong enough to keep
enjoying it.
at my club water. The last 3 years have been my most prolific
and biggest but then I've been there over 15 years what were 20s are now 30s.
At 55 it's just keep working out and stay fit and strong enough to keep
enjoying it.
I never set myself targets other than try to and improve on last season and to enjoy my fishing .
My target is to get out for more than 10 sessions this year. Youngs kids and work sucks 
In reply to Post #19
Agreed entirely. I normally like to look back at my fishing at the end of each year, but when I did recently there wasn't an awful lot to look back on. I'm certainly going to try really hard to make time on some work nights and a bit of time on the rivers in evenings
Agreed entirely. I normally like to look back at my fishing at the end of each year, but when I did recently there wasn't an awful lot to look back on. I'm certainly going to try really hard to make time on some work nights and a bit of time on the rivers in evenings
In reply to Post #19
I'd be more than happy with 10 sessions. Working 6 days a week and looking after mum with dementia and alzheimers make it impossible to do the long sessions I prefer to do. Can't be arsed to shift all the gear for an overnighter. Not as young and fit as I used to be.
I'd be more than happy with 10 sessions. Working 6 days a week and looking after mum with dementia and alzheimers make it impossible to do the long sessions I prefer to do. Can't be arsed to shift all the gear for an overnighter. Not as young and fit as I used to be.
In reply to Post #21
Good luck with your mom mate my mom has had a stroke but we are lucky we got family around her
Good luck with your mom mate my mom has had a stroke but we are lucky we got family around her
My fishing targets are;
- do more fishing that this year.
- catch a 30lb mirror
- catch a 20lb pike on the lure (managed a. 17 on the 2nd of Jan - when it first broke surface I thought I'd completed my mini mission int he first session).
- do more fishing that this year.
- catch a 30lb mirror
- catch a 20lb pike on the lure (managed a. 17 on the 2nd of Jan - when it first broke surface I thought I'd completed my mini mission int he first session).
In reply to Post #21
Hope all goes well for you and your Mum.
I'm dealing with the same with my Dad.
Alzheimers is cruel, taking away the person you love to a shell.
Hope all goes well for you and your Mum.
I'm dealing with the same with my Dad.
Alzheimers is cruel, taking away the person you love to a shell.
In reply to Post #24
Yes it's bloody cruel. My dad died of it. Worst thing I've ever had to endure.
Yes it's bloody cruel. My dad died of it. Worst thing I've ever had to endure.
In reply to Post #1
A 15lb Barbel, same as last season. Thought I'd done it in September when an absolute monster came up out of the depths of the Trent, as soon as I saw it I thought ‘PB'. Netted it and still thought the same, it's frame was huge, lifted the net and I knew it wasn't even close, 12lb dead! It was easily the biggest framed Barbel I've caught but just didn't have the weight.
Also after a 20lb Pike, got a couple of new fishing mates I met when they were working on my house and it's nice to have a social now and again.
I did have a PB Chub at 6.6 this year though.
A 15lb Barbel, same as last season. Thought I'd done it in September when an absolute monster came up out of the depths of the Trent, as soon as I saw it I thought ‘PB'. Netted it and still thought the same, it's frame was huge, lifted the net and I knew it wasn't even close, 12lb dead! It was easily the biggest framed Barbel I've caught but just didn't have the weight.
Also after a 20lb Pike, got a couple of new fishing mates I met when they were working on my house and it's nice to have a social now and again.
I did have a PB Chub at 6.6 this year though.
In reply to Post #1
I'd just like to enjoy some uninterrupted peaceful time on my WAS club waters this year.
Go without any expectation or pressure and provided there's no disaster at home involving my three teenage kids and I get there and back safely that will do me in 2023.
A hassle free year please.
I'd just like to enjoy some uninterrupted peaceful time on my WAS club waters this year.
Go without any expectation or pressure and provided there's no disaster at home involving my three teenage kids and I get there and back safely that will do me in 2023.
A hassle free year please.
In reply to Post #21
Hope everything goes ok mate, I really do my Nan passed two years ago from it and now going through exactly the same thing with my other nan it's horrible she doesn't even no who we are
Hope everything goes ok mate, I really do my Nan passed two years ago from it and now going through exactly the same thing with my other nan it's horrible she doesn't even no who we are
Target this year is to enjoy my retirement and make the most of it angling wise and just maybe catch a rather large scaly 0ne.
Got a few targets for 2023
1 to hopefully catch the Box Common from the North Met Pit
2 to catch a double figure Barbel and a 20lb carp from the River Lea in the same session
3 the most important one is just to enjoy my fishing
1 to hopefully catch the Box Common from the North Met Pit
2 to catch a double figure Barbel and a 20lb carp from the River Lea in the same session
3 the most important one is just to enjoy my fishing