jules007 Posted April 6 Report Posted April 6 Finally broke my record long blank and hooked and landed a lovely 12lb common today, while playing it i kept it up in the top layers and it looked a right belter, thought it may go 16lb plus but seems not, good to get a fish, no pic as no one to do the honours salokcinnodrog, commonly, jh92 and 2 others 5 Quote
jh92 Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 Went on a quest for my first catfish this weekend, I lost one the other night as it was steaming towards a bridge, I was felt a bit defeated lol. Anyway I carried on and managed this beauty this morning at 29lb 8oz 👍buzzing 👍👍 Anyway I feel like I got the bug for these things so getting some catfish rods ordered, I now want a bigger one but have learnt I need stronger gear lol. I'm wet and covered in slime, so packing up and going home 🤣 mission complete 👌 jules007, elmoputney, crusian and 6 others 9 Quote
yonny Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 Caught my first carp of the year this weekend after a winter in which I did next to no angling for one reason or another. The weekend started well with 3 carp and a tench. Another bite resulted in a loss on Saturday morning but it was enough to have me blagging another night. Unfortunately, despite that warm sunshine, that cold easterly had them backing off and without a move on the cards I was stuck camping for the night. Still, a lovely weekend and I just hope I can get back out at some point soon. Here's the best of them. The linear is I think an original, typified by the little melted heart-shaped tail that most of the OG's in this water have. The common is I think a stock fish but no less welcome for it. Clearly one on it's way to being a real biggun. B B, jh92, commonly and 9 others 12 Quote
ouchthathurt Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 1 hour ago, jh92 said: Went on a quest for my first catfish this weekend, I lost one the other night as it was steaming towards a bridge, I was felt a bit defeated lol. Anyway I carried on and managed this beauty this morning at 29lb 8oz 👍buzzing 👍👍 Anyway I feel like I got the bug for these things so getting some catfish rods ordered, I now want a bigger one but have learnt I need stronger gear lol. I'm wet and covered in slime, so packing up and going home 🤣 mission complete 👌 1 hour ago, yonny said: Caught my first carp of the year this weekend after a winter in which I did next to no angling for one reason or another. The weekend started well with 3 carp and a tench. Another bite resulted in a loss on Saturday morning but it was enough to have me blagging another night. Unfortunately, despite that warm sunshine, that cold easterly had them backing off and without a move on the cards I was stuck camping for the night. Still, a lovely weekend and I just hope I can get back out at some point soon. Here's the best of them. The linear is I think an original, typified by the little melted heart-shaped tail that most of the OG's in this water have. The common is I think a stock fish but no less welcome for it. Clearly one on it's way to being a real biggun. Great result lads, well done 👍🏻 yonny and jh92 2 Quote
jh92 Posted April 8 Report Posted April 8 Off the mark with this mirror at 19lb 8oz, not the species I'm after but I will take it 🤣 nailed it on a size 2 wide gape double 20mm boilie 🤣 yonny, kevtaylor, salokcinnodrog and 6 others 9 Quote
jh92 Posted April 8 Report Posted April 8 21lb 12oz common 👍 kevtaylor, ouchthathurt, yonny and 5 others 8 Quote
B B Posted April 8 Report Posted April 8 6 hours ago, jh92 said: 21lb 12oz common 👍 Looks like the same swim you had the cat in 👍 jh92 1 Quote
yonny Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 15 hours ago, jh92 said: not the species I'm after Starts fishing for cats...... catches carp. I think it's clear if you want a cat you need to get the carp gear back out 😅 jh92 and commonly 2 Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 On 07/04/2025 at 07:56, yonny said: Caught my first carp of the year this weekend after a winter in which I did next to no angling for one reason or another. The weekend started well with 3 carp and a tench. Another bite resulted in a loss on Saturday morning but it was enough to have me blagging another night. Unfortunately, despite that warm sunshine, that cold easterly had them backing off and without a move on the cards I was stuck camping for the night. Still, a lovely weekend and I just hope I can get back out at some point soon. Here's the best of them. The linear is I think an original, typified by the little melted heart-shaped tail that most of the OG's in this water have. The common is I think a stock fish but no less welcome for it. Clearly one on it's way to being a real biggun. 16 hours ago, jh92 said: Off the mark with this mirror at 19lb 8oz, not the species I'm after but I will take it 🤣 nailed it on a size 2 wide gape double 20mm boilie 🤣 Those mirrors are impressive looking fish. jh92 1 Quote
jh92 Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 12 hours ago, B B said: Looks like the same swim you had the cat in 👍 Yeah mate as I'm new to catching cats it seemed like a good idea as it's away from everyone else lol 5 hours ago, yonny said: Starts fishing for cats...... catches carp. I think it's clear if you want a cat you need to get the carp gear back out 😅 🤣🤣🤣 just my luck mate lol, they were proper on it though, I landed 3 and had a hook pull on 1 and a drop back that lead to nothing lol. Not much of a fight on the cat gear though, the rods are 4.5lb or 5lb tc I can't remember exactly but they are like broom sticks, and was using 25lb line 🤣 5 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said: Those mirrors are impressive looking fish. Thanks mate, not sure if its the strain but they had really weird eyes lol I did another mirror at 3am this morning, a mid double I expect, didn't bother weighing it or doing pictures, temps dropped and had ice on all my gear 🤣 That's me done for the next 10 days now, oh and the locking pins on my barrow broke as I hit a pothole with the wheel, barrow ended up rolling over, smashed my shin up as i tried to stop it🤣🤣🤣 yonny 1 Quote
jh92 Posted Monday at 07:07 Report Posted Monday at 07:07 Managed to sneak 3 nights in for this week to test my new rods 😏🤣 Had this one around 2am this morning at 29lb, caught it on a piece of chorizo sausage topped with half a pink wafter 👍 the rods are like broom sticks to cast with, but have got a decent back bone, enough to put pressure on the fish and turn it when its heading towards snags 👍 elmoputney, yonny, B B and 1 other 4 Quote
jh92 Posted Tuesday at 10:13 Report Posted Tuesday at 10:13 Done a mid double common yesterday and just done this one at 17lb 12oz, it's hammering down and my hood wouldn't stay up, it all went wrong 🤣 Anyway it will be my last night tonight, hopefully get another cat 👍 elmoputney, ouchthathurt, salokcinnodrog and 6 others 1 8 Quote
jh92 Posted 23 hours ago Report Posted 23 hours ago Shambles lol, I should of deffo checked the weather and put a bit more thought into where I was setting my bivvy up, the rain continued all through yesterday and got heavier over night with thunder, lightning and hailstones. The rain was so bad it made its way through the bivvy, the groundsheet some how failed and had water running across it. The ground I set up on just bogged down, this morning I was basically set up in a giant puddle, the bugs vacated the ground and decided to crawl in the bivvy, I had worms and slugs making the way up the bivvy, it was a complete mess 💀🤣 thrown the towel in this morning and just packed up in the rain, piled it all into the car soaking wet 🤣🤣no more fish to report lol crusian, B B, yonny and 1 other 1 3 Quote
chillfactor Posted 4 hours ago Report Posted 4 hours ago Great stuff lads .... good to see you out catching. I'm off to churn pool at the end of the month with a few mates . First time fishing in a long time ! Hopefully have something to write about. kevtaylor, yonny, elmoputney and 1 other 4 Quote
yonny Posted 4 hours ago Report Posted 4 hours ago 47 minutes ago, chillfactor said: Hopefully have something to write about. No doubt you will fella 👌 Quote
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