elmoputney Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Decided to try and fish one of the new lakes on the complex this year, first time out had a walk round and found the motherload of the fish all tucked away and chilling had to barrow through a swamp and lots of flooded pathways but when my rod ripped off this morning I knew it was worth it, what I realised pretty quickly though was it felt pretty heavy, when I saw it I knew it was quite heavy, I chucked my other rod in the reeds and made sure I wasn't going to lose it by playing it as delicately as I could, I needn't have worried it was nailed on the ever faithful spinner rig, as I sit here contemplating what just happened I've realised I still haven't had a proper cuppa yet today so kettle on and chill time. 31lb not bad for a first night on a new lake 😊 danhfromwales, Golden Paws, Higham1987 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonly Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 What gem mate. Sounds like like it was well earned. Happy days👍👍👍 elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Great result Elmo ! A 30 nice 👍…how long you got left to fish ? elmoputney and commonly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted April 13 Author Report Share Posted April 13 37 minutes ago, B B said: Great result Elmo ! A 30 nice 👍…how long you got left to fish ? I'm on borrowed time but I'm only just having breakfast and it is nearly my birthday so a couple more hours at least I think 😂 commonly and B B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 1st bass of the spring kevtaylor, commonly, elmoputney and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 commonly, kevtaylor, bluelabel and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 kevtaylor, bluelabel, finchey and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 commonly, mrmud, finchey and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Had quite a few dogfish too 🙄 finchey, bluelabel, mrmud and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 On 13/04/2024 at 10:31, elmoputney said: Decided to try and fish one of the new lakes on the complex this year, first time out had a walk round and found the motherload of the fish all tucked away and chilling had to barrow through a swamp and lots of flooded pathways but when my rod ripped off this morning I knew it was worth it, what I realised pretty quickly though was it felt pretty heavy, when I saw it I knew it was quite heavy, I chucked my other rod in the reeds and made sure I wasn't going to lose it by playing it as delicately as I could, I needn't have worried it was nailed on the ever faithful spinner rig, as I sit here contemplating what just happened I've realised I still haven't had a proper cuppa yet today so kettle on and chill time. 31lb not bad for a first night on a new lake 😊 What hook bait did you get it on ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted April 15 Author Report Share Posted April 15 25 minutes ago, B B said: What hook bait did you get it on ? Good ole fashioned match the hatch actually, I went with a white choc orange, match the hatch and a yellow tutti as my opening gambit, so far this year I've caught on matching and choc orange. B B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 5 hours ago, elmoputney said: Good ole fashioned match the hatch actually, I went with a white choc orange, match the hatch and a yellow tutti as my opening gambit, so far this year I've caught on matching and choc orange. Love the smell of chocolate orange…I use a 6mm and 8mm wafter for my feeder fishing. elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmud Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 @elmoputney nice fish fella. elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmud Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 On 13/04/2024 at 15:23, ouchthathurt said: Had quite a few dogfish too 🙄 These things are a pain. Last time I went I must have had 20 of the things, They're like the bream of the sea lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higham1987 Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, mrmud said: These things are a pain. Last time I went I must have had 20 of the things, They're like the bream of the sea lol. On 13/04/2024 at 15:23, ouchthathurt said: Had quite a few dogfish too 🙄 Away on holiday a few years back, I had a sea food dinner and thus was the main course, nice going down....horrible coming back up 🤮🤢🤮🤢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 12 minutes ago, Higham1987 said: Away on holiday a few years back, I had a sea food dinner and thus was the main course, nice going down....horrible coming back up 🤮🤢🤮🤢 They call them Rock salmon on the menu…difficult to skin you need a Stanley knife and long nose pliers, couple of slits down the side of the dog then use the pliers like a tin opener…. Not to my liking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higham1987 Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 3 minutes ago, B B said: They call them Rock salmon on the menu…difficult to skin you need a Stanley knife and long nose pliers, couple of slits down the side of the dog then use the pliers like a tin opener…. Not to my liking Don't get me wrong, it tasted nice, but on the plane home day after 🤢🤮 B B and commonly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Caught a new club water, 2lb even... delighted🥰😍 B B, mrmud, Its-grim-up-north and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted April 15 Author Report Share Posted April 15 4 minutes ago, bluelabel said: Caught a new club water, 2lb even... delighted🥰😍 WOW that's a clonker well done 😍 bluelabel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 45 minutes ago, bluelabel said: Caught a new club water, 2lb even... delighted🥰😍 Oh my giddy aunt ! 😳 Corr Blue what a Crucian nice one 👏 bluelabel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Cheers lads... my heart was in my mouth when it surfaced... it's a stunner...👍😎 elmoputney and commonly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 11 hours ago, bluelabel said: Caught a new club water, 2lb even... delighted🥰😍 2lb Crucian on a ‘pin , float fishing ? , what’s not to like ?. You just need your pipe , and a young apprentice called Peter . 😃 bluelabel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 I don't smoke and have no apprentice... got a tweed hat and jacket though...😛🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 5 minutes ago, bluelabel said: I don't smoke and have no apprentice... got a tweed hat and jacket though...😛🤣 Just get one that blows bubbles (the pipe not the apprentice that would be a bit wacko jacko😏 ) 😂 bluelabel and crusian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhfromwales Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Landed my 1st ever Tench coming in just over 2lbs. Need to work on those photo skills haha kevtaylor, crusian, B B and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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