muftyboy Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 I'll start it off this month if I may. It started raining when we got to the car park Saturday morning and didn't stop till about 5am this morning. Managed about a dozen perch. The biggest being 2lb 2oz. Had a lovely common about 2,30am around the 20lb Mark, no photos or weighing as it was absolutely hammering down. Then about half hour before I was due to leave I saw a nice mirror having a good old splash about , reeled in , put on a stick and cast straight out on top of it. 10 mins later a 28lb mirror . Happy days. He didn't want his photo taken at 1st. 😆 Its-grim-up-north, kevtaylor, yonny and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 Well done mate... finishing off what's been a good angling year for you 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, chillfactor said: Well done mate... finishing off what's been a good angling year for you 😎 Yeah not to bad considering I haven't been out anywhere near as much as previous years. Bit of a bonus session too as I didn't think I'd get one in before the new year. Cheers Phil.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 5 hours ago, muftyboy said: I'll start it off this month if I may. It started raining when we got to the car park Saturday morning and didn't stop till about 5am this morning. Managed about a dozen perch. The biggest being 2lb 2oz. Had a lovely common about 2,30am around the 20lb Mark, no photos or weighing as it was absolutely hammering down. Then about half hour before I was due to leave I saw a nice mirror having a good old splash about , reeled in , put on a stick and cast straight out on top of it. 10 mins later a 28lb mirror . Happy days. He didn't want his photo taken at 1st. 😆 Well done Mufty , your perseverance paid off ; I think I would have been too busy sulking about the weather to catch anything let alone 2 x 20s' and a nice chunky perch . 😃 muftyboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 42 minutes ago, crusian said: Well done Mufty , your perseverance paid off ; I think I would have been too busy sulking about the weather to catch anything let alone 2 x 20s' and a nice chunky perch . 😃 To be fair mate there wasn't a lot of fishing skill involved. It was pub chucking at its finest. My mate also had a pb , lovely ghost common.  crusian and commonly 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, muftyboy said: To be fair mate there wasn't a lot of fishing skill involved. It was pub chucking at its finest. My mate also had a pb , lovely ghost common.  Yes a lovely Ghost Common , by your mate who wishes to remain anonymous ? . 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, crusian said: Yes a lovely Ghost Common , by your mate who wishes to remain anonymous ? . 😃 Haha. No mate. It's the only photo I had of it on my phone. I took the rest on his. crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well in mufty. Pretty consistent this year again mate. muftyboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, Dannygooner said: Good work mate. What method were you nicking the perch on? Fishing half a king prawn and feeding red maggots over the top mate. It took a while to get them going. Most of the fish were caught in the 1st couple of hours after dark.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, Dannygooner said: On a light ledger set up? Running or fixed if so. Sorry to drill ya, I've been targeting some stripeys but without much prevail I'd normally float fish but the weather was against me. So this time I used a 3/4 ounce lead on a running set up with a 4lb flourocarbon hooklink. The hooklink was roughly 18- 20 cm with a size 10 wide gape hook.  Donnygooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 36 minutes ago, Dannygooner said: Nice one. Similar to what I'm doing. But without the prawn. I'll give them a bash One thing I sometimes do is start off with a smaller hook and smaller pieces of prawn. I've picked up some nice roach this way too. If I start getting small perch I'll up the bait size to try and pick the bigger ones off.   Donnygooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 On 03/12/2018 at 19:44, muftyboy said: One thing I sometimes do is start off with a smaller hook and smaller pieces of prawn. I've picked up some nice roach this way too. If I start getting small perch I'll up the bait size to try and pick the bigger ones off.   Hi Fellas Do either you Mufty or you Dal. use small spinners for Perch ? . 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, Dannygooner said: I do without much joy. I get lots of follows on mepps Thanks Danny , not Dal , I got the wrong gooner - again ! . 🙄 Donnygooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, crusian said: Hi Fellas Do either you Mufty or you Dal. use small spinners for Perch ? . 😃 Haven't tried it yet mate but will do in the near future .  crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh92 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Had this one within 10 minutes of walking the canal bank lol. No idea how heavy it is but it did put up a good fight in light gear lol. Anyone tried using them bait caster reels? Absolute pain in the ass 😂😂  finchey and Donnygooner 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Polski supper. Donnygooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Just out for a Wednesday night. Not expecting much, hot water bottle at my feet laying in the bag drifting off for a nice early night and I get the tell tale beep beep of a bream bite. Ignore it for a few minutes hoping it’ll drop off and then this happens.... oscsha, bluelabel, chillfactor and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 33lb on the button. And it’s still early! 😀 finchey and chillfactor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Fair play .... right result big congrats 😎 Dave Hedgehog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcross Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well done buddy. Dave Hedgehog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonly Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Bar o gold! Lovely fish, good angling! Dave Hedgehog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 hours ago, commonly said: Bar o gold! Lovely fish, good angling! I’ll be honest it was a pub chuck and a stringer. But I’ll take it!😂 commonly and yonny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 39 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: I’ll be honest it was a pub chuck and a stringer. But I’ll take it!😂 Six month baiting campaign or pub chuck - makes no difference, the end result is the same. Well done. commonly, kevtaylor and Dave Hedgehog 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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