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Post by Andrew Burgess on Sept 26, 2004 19:27:42 GMT
September 26th 2004. Venue: Lodge Pool - Peg 1 "The Animal Peg" Time started Fishing - 0730Hrs Time finish Fishing - 1645Hrs Tackle set up: 1 x Peter Drennan 12ft Heavy Feeder Rod with a 2oz Quivertip 1 x Shimano Nexave Reel with Maxima 6lb B.S. 1 x Peter Drennan Open Cage Feeder. 1 x Peter Drennan Double strenght 4lb Hooklenght (Upgrade later to a 5lb Hooklenght) 1 x Peter Drennan Super Barbless Specimen size 16 Hook (upgrade to a size 14 Hook later) Baits: Very dark groundbait lace with carp pellets and bronze maggots Went fishing at Lodge Pool today and I could not beleive what fish was comming out of the water today. 1st Bite - was a medium sized Roach which was nice to see. 2nd Bite - was a 4lb 5oz Common Carp on a double bronze maggots 3rd Bite - lost a good size carp which  the hooklenght in the weeds. 4th Bite - again another carp me again. Decided to upgrade the hooklenght and a bigger hook. 5th Bite - a 2lb Tench which fought really well right upto the landing net. 6th Bite - a really big bite - a carp was hooked but nothing I could do to stop it as it me! 7th Bite - a really good bite with a new personal best on a Crucian Carp of 2lb 4ozs 8th Bite - a good sized carp of 6lb which went nearly to the weeds and manage to apply a lot of side strain  to bring him out into the open water. 9th and 10th Bite - hooked good sizes carp but twice hook come out just before netting. So not bad for a day which was really hard to fish where only a few anglers was struggling to catch some fish around the pool.  Me with my personal best Crucian Carp of 2lb 4ozs |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 17, 2004 18:25:33 GMT
17th October 2004 Venue: Lodge Pool - Peg 8 Boozer Peg!! (sorry don't know all the name of the pegs but made one up at the time!!)  Time Started - 0800 Hrs Time Finish - 1400 Hrs Tackle set up: 1 x Peter Drennan Heavy Feeder Rod with a 2oz Quivertip. 1 x Shimano Nexave 4000R Reel with Maxima 6lb line. 1 x Peter Drennan Open Grip Feeder. 1 x Peter Drennan 4lb B.S. Hooklenght 1 x Kamasan Barbless Animal Size 12 Hook. Baits: Brown Groundbait lace with mixed colours maggots with Sweetcorn and Luncheon Meat I should have stayed at home  1st Bite at 0830 - 3lb Common Carp and only bite 11.30 am Disaster stuck snap the rod on the second section, just above the spidgot  I did have the spare rod with me but it not just the same as using the first feeder rod! |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 25, 2004 14:41:52 GMT
October 25th 2004. River Avon - Abbots Salfords - Earlswoods Lake (Terry's Waters) Time started - 0830 Hrs. Time Finish - 1000 Hrs. Earlswood Time Started - 1030 Hrs. Earlswood Time Finish - 1400 Hrs. Baits used. Dead Roach. Tackle set up 4 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12ft, 2 1/2lb T.C. 4 x Shimano Areo 8010 Bait runners with Maxima 15lb B.S. line 4 x Wobbling Trace 30lb with 2 Fox semi barbless Treble Hooks Size 6 The River Avon water level was well up from the normal level, well it was 6 or 7ft up above normal and very coloured indeed. : Me, Frank, Dave and Eddie did some wobbling in the slacker current of the river but the pike was not showing at all! We made a decision to in order to fish over at Terry's Lake (Formerly the private lake) again pike was not showing at all |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Nov 7, 2004 21:53:22 GMT
6th / 7th November 2004 Venue: Pike Teach In / Angling Projects, Horton, Berkshire. Peg 23 Time started: 6th November 2004 - 0800 Hrs. Time Finish: 6th November 2004 - 1800 Hrs. Tackle Set Up 2 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a sunken paternoster (Livebait rig) 2 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a link leger (deadbait rig) 4 Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels with Maxima 15lb line. 2 Fox Treble Hooks Size 6 with Fox Easy Twist Wire trace 20lb B.S. This Angling Projects is run by a person call Les Webber. This is a non profit organistion. Les like to help the less privilege children who never do any fishing in their life. Les have a small lake which have some low double figures carp, pike and some specimen bream. My Brother - Budgie had always done this Pike teach in numbers of years now and he invited me to join and have a nice weekend pike fishing. Nothing was caught by me on that day. A another person at the teach in did managed to catch a small jack of 3lbs. November 7th 2004 Venue: Pike Teach In / Angling Projects, Horton, Berkshire. Peg 18 & 19 Time Started: 0700 Hrs Time Finish: 1600 Hrs Started well today caught a small jack about 2lb I did have a job to get the hooks out but managed in the end without breaking any filament/gill rakers see pictures in fjames.proboards6.com/index.cgi?board=pre&action=display&n=1&thread=205&start=0I did miss a run at 9.45am but had another one at 10am a a pike around 10lb   I did miss another run at midday and not long after had another small jack of 3lb ;D ;D One more fish was caught on my rod as I did let my brother have it. Only a very little jack ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Jan 22, 2005 10:12:00 GMT
November 21st 2004.
Venue: Private Reservoir.
Time started - 0730 Hrs.
Time finish - 1430 Hrs.
Tackle Set Up
2 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a sunken paternoster (Livebait rig)
2 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a link leger (deadbait rig)
4 Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels with Maxima 15lb line.
2 Fox Treble Hooks Size 6 with Fox Easy Twist Wire trace 20lb B.S.
Baits - 2 x Dead roach, half mackerel, half herring
This is a private reservoir which I cannot reveal due to the club fishing rule. It was also the first day of trying to snow but only a few flakes appeared but a nice clear and cold day for piking.
Me and Budgie (as a guest member) was that our plan was to leap frog around the reservoir but never happen just move every now and again.
Unfortunately no fish was showing so we decided to pack up and go home |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Jan 22, 2005 10:37:27 GMT
31st December 2004. Venue: River Avon - Abbots Salfords. Time started fishing: 0930 Hrs. Time finish fishing: 1400 Hrs. Tackle Set up 3 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12ft, 2 1/2lb T.C. 3 x Shimano Areo 8010 Bait runners with Maxima 15lb B.S. line 3 x Wobbling Trace 30lb with 2 Fox semi barbless Treble Hooks Size 6. Baits: Dead Roach After our first Lodge Park Piking trip was a disaster after the River Avon water level was well up. Well I did arranged this a short notice after Christmas period. Me, Carpy and EddieJ went again to the Avon. Water Level was normal but like chocolate so therefore you have no hope! We tried again but my heart was not in it again, sorry lads. ;D ( Must put in a better effort next time! ;D) I did show Carpy and Eddie on how to make a pike snap tackle which took me no time to make one up. |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Feb 21, 2005 19:44:32 GMT
Saturday 19th February 2005 Venue: River Itchen, Southampton Time Started Fishing - 0900 Hrs Time Finish Fishing - 1530 Hrs Tackle Set Up: 1 x Diawa Jaguar De luxe 14th Float Rod 1 x Leeds Centrepin 5.5" with Drennan Float Fish 3.2lbs B.S. Line 1 x Drennan Loafer 2 1/2 Swan Shot 1 x Dennan Super Specialist Size 14 Hook 1 x Drennan Heavy Feeder Rod with a 2oz Quivertip 1 x Shimano Nexave Reel with Maxima 6lb B.S. Line 1 x Kamasan Bockend Feeder 1 x Maxima 4lb B.S. Hooklenght 1 x Drennan Super Specialist Hook Size 12 Bait 3 Pints of Red maggots This fishing was organised by a member of the AnglerNet Website - www.anglersnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi which I am a member of This is my result My day start really slow after seeing Budgie catching his personal best grayling at 2lb 5ozs. I could not get going on the art of troting/float fishing. (but mind you I first started float fishing about twenty years ago but for some reason can't get back to it) ;D So I walk back to the car to get the feeder rod and started looking to see "where" I could catch my first grayling. After seeing and trying a couple of nice spot and twenty minutes in each one there was still no sign of fish to my credit! So thinking of me having a blanked day as always me being rubbish at fishing.  ;D ;D As I wander down to towards the bridge I saw a nice looking shallow water running into a deep bay of a bend in the river. So I decided to chuck the block end feeder right against the iron corrugated iron sheet place in ther water to stop the bank wearing away. As I was looking at the tip of the feeder seeing some "knocks" as I thought the cold wind playing tricks again and all hell broke lose! bang the bite which results my first ever grayling at 2lb 8ozs as I was plying this grayling I suddenly realized that my landing net was 4ft away from me so playing this grayling and reaching for the landing net and thankfully managed to grab the net and netted the fish. So I called Budgie to "prove" that my first grayling was caught and after a couple of pictures (Hopefully Budgie will get them deleloped as soon as possible and post them to me to put on here. )  So went back to my peg and started catch a load of fish in the same peg as before. My final tally was 22 Grayling and 1 Brown trout again another new personal best brown trout of 12ozs. |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Mar 9, 2005 21:23:05 GMT
Saturday 5th March & Sunday 6th March 2005
Venue: Pike Teach In / Angling Projects, Horton, Berkshire.
Tackle Set Up.
3 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a sunken paternoster (Livebait rig)
2 x Peter Drennan Pike Deadbait 12'ft 2 1/2lb T.C. Rods with a pop up deadbait rig
5 Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels with spiderwire 50lb B.S. Braid line
2 Fox Treble Hooks Size 6 with Fox Easy Twist Wire trace 20lb B.S.
Baits used.
Live Trout
Half Mackerel
Sardines
This Angling Projects is run by a person call Les Webber. This is a non profit organistion. Les like to help the less privilege children who never do any fishing in their life. Les have a small lake which have some low double figures carp, pike and some specimen bream.
My Brother - Budgie had always done this Pike teach in
numbers of years now and he invited me and my mate partner to join and have a nice weekend pike fishing.
Unfortulatly 1 small jack of 2 1/2lb was caught by someone on a spinner. Fishing was hard due to the water was very clear and the anti cormorant lines were in place we were unable to cast out further than a few yards.
It was more than made up for by the good fun we all had. Also both the raising of awareness for Les's Angling Projects and Junior Course Angling (UK) (which if you dont know is actually getting angling on various schools curiculums!) In addition to this members from this site raised a very creditable donation of £130 for Les's projects which are both funded entirely by himself! |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on May 30, 2005 17:55:06 GMT
Monday 30th May 2005. Venue: Private water in Worcestershire ;D ( can't name the water due do the fishing rules) Time Started: 0530Hrs Time Finish: 1800 Hrs Tackle Set Up 2 x Leeda Carp Duo 12ft, 2lb T.C. Carp Rods 1 x Diawa S Carp Rod. 12ft, 2 1/4lb T.C. Card Rod 3 x Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels, 15lb B.S. Fox Warrior Line 3 x Various Weight 2ozs Flat Bombs 3 x ESP T6 Barbless Size 8 Hooks Baits: Kevin Nash Classic 15mm Boilie in Strawberry Jam Kevin Nash Classic 15mm Boilie in Pineapple Venom Bloodworm Pellets. This is the second time in a few week seeing this new water in the size of 2 acres and it is deep in some place with a single island. This is the only place I know apart from Larford fisheries that allow you to used three rods! I settle for peg near to the Island on the left rod baited with Strawberry Jam Boilie with a stringer of Boilies with it as well. The middle rod was Baited with Pineapple Boilies again with a stringer. The third rod was a PVA bag with Bloodworm pellets and a single pineapple boilie hookbait. Things started very slow with a few false line bite until 1020 the right rod with the PVA bag went into a screamer bite which result a 14lb 9oz Mirror Carp. Twenty minutes later the middle rod went which also resulted a 15lb 2oz Mirror Carp. Unfortunately the left rod did go but missed the bite as I was too slow getting off my backside to hit the strike quicker. No more further action but seeing a lot of Carp cruising near the surface, will be looking a different approach when I see the carp cruising again in a few days time.  This one weighed in at 14lb 9ozs |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Jun 14, 2005 22:11:50 GMT
Saturday 11th June - Monday 13th June Venue: Wingham Coarse Lake - Kent Time started fishing: Saturday 18.00Hrs Time Finish Fishing: Monday 12.00Hrs Tackle Set Up: 3 x Wychwood Specimen Barbel 12ft, 1 3/4lb T.C. rods 3 x Shimano 8010 Baitrunners Reels with Fox Warrior 10lb B.S. line 3 x Korda 1 1/2oz Lead 3 x Drennan beads stops 3 x Drennan Super Specialist 5lb B.S. mono hooklenght 3 x Drennan Super Specialist Size 8 Hooks Baits: 20kg Brown Breadcrumbs 1kg of Dendrobaena 8 tins of Sweetcorns 1kg of Mash Layers (additives) This fishing was organized by a member of the AnglerNet Website - www.anglersnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi which I am a member of. Also met another member of the LPAA - MrMatthew also fishing there. Wingham is the most beautiful place I have ever fished. And it was my first time fishing there. Fishing is not easy but in my case very hard indeed. Me and my fishing partner Budgie we had some classic laughs on our tactical fishing at our 1st Wingham event. The first laugh is never ever buy a Prologic Connector for the buzzer bar as Budgie managed to a depth testing when trying to push the bankstick in the ground when all of suddenly just pop into the air and into the water(good job the Fox bitealarms were waterproof) My tactical approach was going to target the tench and the bream. Using a worms and sweetcorn cocktail on the two of the rods and the third rod with a hair rig sweetcorn. Me and Budgie starting fishing at 6pm and the very first minutes, I was getting some blips from my old optonics on the hair rig sweetcorn as Steve Burke(the organizer of this fish-in) was talking to Budgie about the fishing at Wingham. Throughout the night I was constantly getting blip from the sounder box and my vibrating pillow pad (which Budgie converted part of the sounderbox because of my deafness) Unfortulatly the fishing was very hard as at 1.40am had a belting run on the hair rig sweetcorn and was into a good fish but the main line was snap I would reckon a good tench maybe around 7 -8lb at that point I was completely gutted. Also in the later early morning had a typical bream linebite. Budgie also had a nice Perch at 3lb 9ozs in the early sunday morning  Budgie - what a great fish mate I can't wait for next year fish in at Wingham |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Aug 13, 2005 15:21:09 GMT
Date: Sunday 3rd July 2005 Venue: Private water in Worcestershire (can't name the water due do the fishing rules) Time Started: 0530Hrs Time Finish: 1800 Hrs Tackle Set Up 3 x Leeda Carp Duo 12ft, 2lb T.C. Carp Rods 3 x Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels, 15lb B.S. Fox Warrior Line 3 x Various Weight 1 1/2oz Inline Bombs 3 x ESP T6 Barbless Size 8 Hooks Baits: Kevin Nash Classic 15mm Boilie in Pineapple Venom Bloodworm Pellets. I have done it again. Well nearly! Been out carp fishing today on a private pool with my fishing partner Alec Stephens and it been a few week since I last visited the pool due to me being a junior match secretary and a few odd jobs around the home as well. The Last time I visited the pool I broke two new personal best carp in the space of twenty minutes. fjames.proboards6.com/index.cgi?board=car&action=display&n=1&thread=177My set up was still the 3 rods with two of them using the PVA bag with bloodworms pellets and a single Pineapple boilie. As usual my mate Alec pick the wrong side of the so called favourite peg so I was going to fish the other side but on the second thoughts I stayed with him. My first cast was into a little marginal shelf before it drop off deep. The second rod was a bit further down the bushes and the third rod with a single pineapple boilie with a stringer of 5 extra boilies out in the open area. It was not long after a fruitless hour the first rod of the marginal shelf was away. Picking up the rod and into a sweeping arc and into a big fish. After a lengthy battle it's finally broke the surface and I really thought I have broke the 20lb barrier but until I weigh the fish and the weight was showing 15lb 2ozs. Ah well maybe another time. That equal the personal best!  Again after another hour went by my mate was plenty of line bite despite using backsleads and still no sign of a fish to him. My second bite was not long after the first bite which resulted a single figure mirror carp of 9lb 12ozs - Guess me on a winning peg today and Alec was still getting more and more line bites and false bites as well. The wind was also changing every few minutes in all directions. Alec broke his duck after 1pm when earlier I was making some more carp rigs with a hair rig and a size 8 hook and he pinch one of my made up rig and casted out and within a few minute was into another fish again which result a 10lb 6ozs  And not long after that Alec was into another mirror carp of 9lb 4ozs. Me still had another 3 fish on the bank of 10lb 9ozs, 10lbs 3ozs 7lb 4ozs as well. Just after 2pm my mate Alec was going home as he had visitors coming to his house in the afternoon and I still carried on fishing. After Alec went home the carps started cruising near the surface, so me being like stalking them on a pedigree chum mixers and as I was getting into the hang of this lark my main first rod suddenly burst again as I hooked it, played a bit and it came off. Well can't win them all! |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Aug 13, 2005 15:31:52 GMT
Date: Thursday 28th July
Venue: Private water in Worcestershire (can't name the water due do the fishing rules)
Time Started: 0530Hrs
Time Finish: 1545 Hrs
Tackle Set Up
3 x Leeda Carp Duo 12ft, 2lb T.C. Carp Rods
3 x Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels, 15lb B.S. Fox Warrior Line
3 x Various Weight 1 1/2oz Inline Bombs
3 x ESP T6 Barbless Size 8 Hooks
Baits:
Kevin Nash Classic 15mm Boilie in Pineapple
Venom Bloodworm Pellets.
Today I secret took a friend of mine to do a bit of carping. Weather was against us all the time. Did well to catch a few fish but lost one good size fish maybe a twenty pounder? Should have stayed at home due to the rain and strong winds, but who care!
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Aug 13, 2005 15:48:55 GMT
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Aug 13, 2005 15:54:40 GMT
Date: Saturday 13th August 2005
Venue: Private water in Worcestershire (can't name the water due do the fishing rules)
Time Started: 0630Hrs
Time Finish: 1445 Hrs
Tackle Set Up
3 x Leeda Carp Duo 12ft, 2lb T.C. Carp Rods
3 x Shimano 8010 Baitrunner Reels, 15lb B.S. Fox Warrior Line
3 x Various Weight 1 1/2oz Inline Bombs
3 x ESP T6 Barbless Size 8 Hooks
Baits:
Kevin Nash Classic 15mm Boilie in Pineapple
Venom Bloodworm Pellets.
Today Me and Alec did a bit more carping. Weather was against us all the time. Did well to catch a few fish but again I lost one good size fish using Alec rod as he was playing a fish as well! Should have stayed at home due to the rain and strong winds, but who care!
At least I managed to christen the new bite alarms with catching 2 carp of 7lb and 8lb.
Try again next time
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to bring him out into the open water.
;D ;D