In article , Gandalf
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You raised a memory though and I have already done the liquorice thing in
principle anyway. One day whilst walking home along the Thames after a
reasonable fishing trip I saw a couple of nice chub under a tree. I had no
bait left but I did have one sausage sandwich but it was covered in mustard.
Ignoring that I set the rod back up and climbed the tree as it was the only
way to get the bait to the fish and I temped a 4 lb chub of sausage and
mustard. At that point I also wished I had thought ahead a bit more as I was
now fighting both the fish and gravity as I was stuck in the tree. I did
land it without getting wet so allow as well but maybe I should market this
"never fails" chub bait that is 100% successful ( tried it once and it
worked ).
Why do you never have a camera when you need one :-)
Here is a good one for you Derek, the lake I fish has a rule that one half
of the lake is left free for matches on Fridays which I observe. Most of the
people fish it every week and are mainly OAP's, they do not catch much as
they are worse than kids and make so much noise I can feel the vibrations on
the other side of the lake. Most of them have had chats with me and told me
I am doing it all wrong and I should try to fish how they fish, I may
disagree with their methods but I am polite and carry one catching fish, the
last few times I have landed fish while they are telling me I am doing it
all wrong which went down like a lead balloon. Last Friday I was the other
side of the lake and my methods worked yet again as I landed 10 or so fish
most of which ranged from 2 to 3 lbs, nothing great just an enjoyable days
fishing but I could hear them muttering every time I banked a fish. Other
than catching when they can not I have not done anything wrong, have I?
Yes, you've shown them that their lack of fish is not because the water's
rubbish, the light/weather wrong and the fish off the feed. You've taken
away their excuses. They would much prefer it if you were using a new,
highly secret bait - it would supply a new excuse.
( well other than feeling smug when one of them started glaring at me when
I was chatting with the owner who I have known for years )
Going again next Friday.
If you have a similar session allow yourself to be heard muttering that all
those **** carp keep getting in the way of your roach fishing.
Thanks for the info on the pellets, I took a look at them today and they are
expensive and odd flavours as well. I have to say that a guy in a market
stall put his money where is mouth was as he has given me a small packet of
halibut hook pellets ( sonubaits.com ) and says that if I do not catch with
them I get them free and if I do catch and want more I can pay him for them.
Unusually trusting that me thinks but I will live up to his challenge and
try them for an hour next time. He says they can be used directly on the
hook and they seem soft enough but firm enough to stay on. Time will tell
and at £3 for a 140g packet ( enough for a three or four sessions with light
feeding ) it is not too bad.
- that works out about 21k ukp per ton - or to put it another way, he's
charging you three quid for about 4p worth (in bulk) of pellets...
Fyi: With about 4p worth of bread this morning I took 18 fish in just under
two hours, eight of which I kept for eating (slightly OT as I wasn't coarse
fishing) - four of us will eat one each tonight and the others will be
frozen for another day.
Cheerio,
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