tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post6057419213147673715..comments2024-03-29T07:26:27.225+00:00Comments on Of Esox & observations : Hot August NightDylan Wrathallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-8114573175027345502018-02-01T18:00:02.330+00:002018-02-01T18:00:02.330+00:00Hi Dylan ..a mate has been on the canal again eeli...Hi Dylan ..a mate has been on the canal again eeling ..<br />1 eel .2.2 <br /><br />2 pike <br />12.6 <br />17.14 <br />Nuisance bloody pike 😁nicksuper7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03974707131188036599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-22219911112620871432018-01-31T22:52:23.329+00:002018-01-31T22:52:23.329+00:00Nick,
Double figure Zander are common as muck in 2...Nick,<br />Double figure Zander are common as muck in 2018, such is the level of illegal fish stocking of UK waters. In 1987, very few waters contained such specimens and, therefore, those that we knew about were a magnet for us speccy boys. <br />As for 9 lbs plus eels - the fish of dreams. - DylanDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-19148356730274984362018-01-31T22:44:09.795+00:002018-01-31T22:44:09.795+00:00BB - have some very fond memories of time spent ar...BB - have some very fond memories of time spent around Upwell. The late John Foster was the PAC Regional Organizer for Fenland and we had many wonderful nights out on the drains. They were fantastic times with some good fish adding to the experiences - some bloody good pubs out there too! - DylDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-45311435969630325132018-01-31T22:39:02.962+00:002018-01-31T22:39:02.962+00:00Ric,
I sometimes think that the fish are just as s...Ric,<br />I sometimes think that the fish are just as surprised as we are. That hit and haul tactic, designed for stopping eels, completely different to what we would expect to do should we be fishing for tench, bream, roach or carp. So you were mentally prepared for one species yet caught another. If only we had the ability to put "target species only" labels on our baits! - DylDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-53931894847312301042018-01-31T21:54:32.056+00:002018-01-31T21:54:32.056+00:003 Holes.Heard that was a spot.Just up the road fro...3 Holes.Heard that was a spot.Just up the road from TT as it happens.Bureboybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517207672662059349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-31756897762719278172018-01-31T19:18:19.626+00:002018-01-31T19:18:19.626+00:00Double fig zander still a sort after fish Dylan . ...Double fig zander still a sort after fish Dylan . Going the other way a mate of mine while eel fishing hook what he thought was a big bream played it hard .. only for a 9.10 eel to pop up ...his 1st over 9lb ..now he has had 4 .. all the huge he has caught ..all kited like carp no banging . They have the power to swim forwards away from you...<br /><br />Nick nicksuper7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03974707131188036599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-59589100024561912282018-01-31T13:27:16.370+00:002018-01-31T13:27:16.370+00:00We've all had one of these Dyl. Mine was a car...We've all had one of these Dyl. Mine was a carp when I thought it was a Tench. Mind you, carp were a rarity in 1979 so that argg!lasted about 2 seconds. <br />The funny one was when fishing the margins of a gravel pit one night for eels. Bait was a bunch of lobs on a size 2 hook & 12lb line. The rod was one my brother had made and it had an aluminium tube in the lower section to 'beef' it up. I was set to hit and haul. Anyway it got dark, I had a twitchy bite, and I hit and hauled. Even in the split second it took to lift the fish off the bottom, into the landing net and onto the bank, I could make out that the leading end was a little more bulbous than an eel should be. Turned out to be a tench of 7lb's 1oz. The hook was so bedded in I needed long nosed pliers to remove it.<br />To this day I cannot believe that anyone has ever put a tench of that size on to the bank faster. It was obscene. I felt quite sorry for it.Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com