In reply to Post #59
Just had a 42-03 mirror from peg 10/11 to save the dreaded blank..12 hours to go still....
Just had a 42-03 mirror from peg 10/11 to save the dreaded blank..12 hours to go still....
In reply to Post #61
Nice one mate, that's great
Nice one mate, that's great
In reply to Post #61
Well done buddy
Well done buddy
Anyone else been out there this summer?
I'm on with 4 others plus another group of 3 on the 22 October. Have been following the catch reports pretty closely.
Any poisson chat about or the Crays been worse than normal recently?
I'm on with 4 others plus another group of 3 on the 22 October. Have been following the catch reports pretty closely.
Any poisson chat about or the Crays been worse than normal recently?
In reply to Post #64
Fished a week in June, no probs with nuisance fish or Crays in any of the 2 swims I fished which were 2 and 13. I don't believe any of the other lads had any probs either
Fished a week in June, no probs with nuisance fish or Crays in any of the 2 swims I fished which were 2 and 13. I don't believe any of the other lads had any probs either
In reply to Post #65
Nice one, thank you.
Nice one, thank you.
got back Saturday. had a great trip. all 8 anglers caught and had 23 fish between us (4 x 60lb+ 
)
the krays weren't bad but id still mesh up. what were becoming a nuisance though are the rudd. some of them are 2/3lb now and completely massacre the bait you put in. a couple of the lads caught them on carp gear or when dropping the rigs in!
next year i'll be taking bigger (20mm) baits and wont be chopping them at all.
) the krays weren't bad but id still mesh up. what were becoming a nuisance though are the rudd. some of them are 2/3lb now and completely massacre the bait you put in. a couple of the lads caught them on carp gear or when dropping the rigs in!
next year i'll be taking bigger (20mm) baits and wont be chopping them at all.
In reply to Post #67
Cheers for that, glad you posted, I was literally Just About to hit send on an order for a load of smaller baits for my trip.
Sounds like a good week
Cheers for that, glad you posted, I was literally Just About to hit send on an order for a load of smaller baits for my trip.
Sounds like a good week
In reply to Post #67
thanks Foxy - me and Deeps are out 2nd week Oct
thanks Foxy - me and Deeps are out 2nd week Oct
In reply to Post #69
good luck Chris! (and others)
some of the rudd were huge. we had the odd fish for them and had them to 1-9. but there were a lot of 2s and even 3s swimming about!
I've got to wait until October next year now
good luck Chris! (and others)
some of the rudd were huge. we had the odd fish for them and had them to 1-9. but there were a lot of 2s and even 3s swimming about!
I've got to wait until October next year now
In reply to Post #71
That sounds like a good way to spend a bit of time. Il bring a float rod.
Good luck to you guys!
That sounds like a good way to spend a bit of time. Il bring a float rod.
Good luck to you guys!
Spoke to my mates last night there are 3 of them there this week 1 is blanking 1 has had a couple both 30's and the other has had a few 50's,40's and 30's mostly through the night as it cools down a bit but generally it is a bit slow all over the lake with odd fish out to other anglers I'm sure it will get better moving into the second half of the week.
In reply to Post #67
hi, due on Island Lake in a few weeks, just looking for some advice on boilie sizes. Reading the thread it would seem that it would be best to take, maybe 18s and 20s, We normally use 16s and 18s. Also hook sizes, given the average size of the fish in the lake I would feel that a size 4 would be about right. I normally uses 6s and haven't had too many issues dropping fish, and obviously its a personal choice, but maybe 6s a bit small for this lake ? any comments welcome. thanks.
hi, due on Island Lake in a few weeks, just looking for some advice on boilie sizes. Reading the thread it would seem that it would be best to take, maybe 18s and 20s, We normally use 16s and 18s. Also hook sizes, given the average size of the fish in the lake I would feel that a size 4 would be about right. I normally uses 6s and haven't had too many issues dropping fish, and obviously its a personal choice, but maybe 6s a bit small for this lake ? any comments welcome. thanks.
In reply to Post #74
Go for the larger bolies and hooks plus strong line too.
Have some hardened ones and mesh too, some pegs have a few crays knocking about, don't forget your MCF dumper lead clips, good & mandatory
Tight lines Chris
Go for the larger bolies and hooks plus strong line too.
Have some hardened ones and mesh too, some pegs have a few crays knocking about, don't forget your MCF dumper lead clips, good & mandatory
Tight lines Chris
In reply to Post #74
I took 16/18s. next year will be 18/20s. we had rudd take a 16mm pop up
i was using a mix of different size 4s mainly.
I took 16/18s. next year will be 18/20s. we had rudd take a 16mm pop up
i was using a mix of different size 4s mainly.