Fishing

Noticed we haven't got a fishing section.

Any of you chaps care for a spot of fishing now and again?

About time for a fishing section in my opinion.
I fish most weeks but more in the winter months

Been fishing for years absolutley love it , so who are Carp anglers among us and who prefer Predator fishing ?

Personally i like to sit at a lake and float fish .

Anyone caught any really big fish ?

I've always wanted to take it up but just have never got round to it.
As someone who would be going into it totally green what advice would you give?

I have a small boat on the Thames, 90% of my fishing is after pike, but will spend the odd evening float flishing bread on the surface. pb 22lb pike 26lb carp, but my favourite is a 15lb crass carp,
For beginners i`d suggest going out with a pal who has experiance, the bigger fish need to be handled with care

Your always learning new techniques whether its new baits or rigs , like sherm says if you want to get into fishing go with someone who knows what their doing and learn from them .

My pb's 23lb 5oz carp, but my 2 favourite fish were a near 4lb Perch and a 6lb 3oz Tench .

4lb perch is a dream of mine, only managed to just brake the 2lb barrier, ansd that was on a lure almost as big as the fish itself

I couldn't believe my eyes when it came in , caught it on worm from a little lake near York my mate fishes regular .

My favourite type of fishing has to be running a stick float down the river. Can't beat it.

Used to do a bit of pike fishing, my personal best is a pretty impressive 27lb 10oz pike caught dead baiting in the winter. Can't imagine I'll ever beat that one!

Carp fishing doesn't appeal to me too much, though I indulge now and again, personal best of about 10lb, which shows that I haven't put any effort into it. Only fish for them on a pole, mind, if I do.

Given that fishing is the single most popular sport in the world, in terms of numbers, I think we should have a bit of a fishing section. If you fellas are in agreement, I will have a think about setting one up.

i`m in complete agreement fof,, even if i am a little bitter about your pike pb;)

Me too , about the thread and the pike !

I haven't actually done any dead baiting for years, but just for the record it was a sprat that I caught my pb on. Tell a lie, it was actually two sprats that had frozen together and had yet to melt given that the temperature was damn low. Stuck them both on my trebles and an hour or so later that beast decided to pick them up.

It came in like a dead weight, until it realised it was getting into the shallows and then it had an almighty thrash around. Really impressive fish, and a shock given that my 2nd pb is all of 15 lb or so.

Alright fellas I will set up a section for us later on today.

Hopefully there will be enough call for it FOF,
on the old beeb i got some good advice, and was recommended a guide that i used whilst fishing in Sweden, did tend to lure the odd wum though

If we can get round any wumming then a Fishing Thread would be a great place to maybe get advice or pass on knowledge .

Good thing about this site is that it isn't moderated by the imbeciles over at the Beeb.

First sign of wumming and it'll be removed, with us able to punish them for doing so. In that case, I think it'll be wum free.

sounds great, lets hope there are more then just the three of us

yeh it would be good to get a proper thread going with a few more posts .

Agreed, i like to fish all over the place so any local knowledge is always much appreciated

And i get something other then the boxing board to read

Right, that'll be set up tonight fellas.

Looking forward to it.

Fists of Fury wrote:My favourite type of fishing has to be running a stick float down the river. Can't beat it.

Used to do a bit of pike fishing, my personal best is a pretty impressive 27lb 10oz pike caught dead baiting in the winter. Can't imagine I'll ever beat that one!

Carp fishing doesn't appeal to me too much, though I indulge now and again, personal best of about 10lb, which shows that I haven't put any effort into it. Only fish for them on a pole, mind, if I do.

Given that fishing is the single most popular sport in the world, in terms of numbers, I think we should have a bit of a fishing section. If you fellas are in agreement, I will have a think about setting one up.

Wow.

Seen you guys talking here now and getting this set up, nice job. My personal best is a 10lb 6oz Rainbow. Had a 1lb 8oz Perch at Loch Awe but nothing near 4lb, that would have been some sight. My mate lost a massive Rainbow last year at last light. Fighting it for about 15 mins, never seen it, the fish had nearly straightened the hook and it came out. Going out on Sunday, maybe course fishing at Livingston.

Let us know how you get on Giant .

Will do mate, barring torrential rain i'll be there. Not totally decided on when and where yet will wait and see what the weathers like.

Wanted to go myself this weekend but got 2 family birthdays and a wedding to go to , dont think the missus would be impressed if i missed them .

As the weather is so good today gonna take a loaf up to a local lake and try get some off the top.. think this could be the last of the good weather.

Good luck, mate, be sure to let us know of any success!

Nice day for it...

Always found that method of carp fishing the most entertaining, watching them glide in toward it, suck it in and just waiting for them to turn with it before striking. They seem to fight more vigorously this way, too.

It is keeping the ducks away that gets my goat,, used too use a lazer pen untill the balliff banned me using it,, bloody jobsworth

Yeah that can be an issue. Thankfully the carp fisheries I do go to haven't got too many of them about.

I did catch a duck once, though, took a bit of restraining whilst my old man got the hook out of it's gob. Not something I'd want to happen again!

Got a day planned spinning on the Thames tomorrow, hopefully ill be able to post a pic of my new pb;)

Good luck mate!

I've just organised another river fishing trip to Wales for next weekend. Intend to have another great day catching brown trout and grayling trotting a stick float.

Just had a day full of jack pike, must of had over 10 and nothing above 2lb.
Didn't even see anything bigger, but the river looked great....

Been laid low with a bug so not been out all week, anyone else been out catching?

I've also had a bloody bug mate, so my planned river trip had to be postponed.

Good fun catching jacks, though, they're certainly lively! What were you doing, a bit of spinning?

The closest i will get to fishing for a few weeks will be reading this , had my back op last week so stuck in hospital .

Good luck to you guys

Hope it went well kenny?

When I do finally get out on the river I'll let you guys know how it went.

started on spiners just going from weir to weir, then moved to small deadbaits looking for perch and had nothing

I always find worms are the best bait for perch.

Looks like there might be some decent weather around this weekend, anyone off out?

Possible 18degrees down my way on sunday, day on the kennet with my box of lures, how about you fof?

Don't think I'll manage to get out unfortunately, though I might see if I can squeeze a quick trip in on Sunday afternoon for a bit of spinning.

Didn't manage to get out, anyone have any luck?

i went yesterday, and caught a 28lb common carp lake fishing

fair play mate, that's a quality fish. you fish much?

Thats a really nice fish CF

yh i fish all the time, whenever's possible.

Any favourite ponds or rivers CF ? Do you just fish for carp ?

i do mainly fish for carp, but i have been river fishing a few times, have caught a few barbel.

Barbel are a great fighting fish , love going stalking for them . Whats your biggest fish ? I'd imagine its a carp

Barbel, pound for pound, have to be the strongest of fresh water fish, that first run they make is as exhilarating an experience as you are likely to get when fishing. Superb stuff, and a beautiful fish, too. Pure muscle.

I don't do much carp fishing, and only tend to visit small ponds when I do, so my PB is only around the 10lb mark.

To this day my overall PB stands at 27lb 10oz, a pike which I believe I mentioned earlier in this thread.

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Barbel are a great fighting fish , love going stalking for them . Whats your biggest fish ? I'd imagine its a carp

34lb common carp.

34lb thats a monster cricketfan well done,,
27lb pike has been mentioned a few times fof,,, but i`d do the same