Carpbell3 Posted May 19 Report Posted May 19 Saying that I did do a reccy last week to see if I could see any signs of the larger ones said to be in hiding I found this little tank mooching about, if you can make out the dark shape not a good pic. salokcinnodrog 1 Quote
kevtaylor Posted Monday at 21:06 Author Report Posted Monday at 21:06 (edited) First year on the syndi complex I did a night on the medium sized lake after being chucked off the big lake due to spawning. This turned my head big time. After a couple of sessions I found what I believe to be the main holding snag within a bay. With the lake quiet I took the entrance to the bay fishing directly at the snag locked up as it's the best option. The spot did 3 bites that day and I was made up thinking I'm gonna catch them all over time here. Next trip I'm obviously keen as mustard, arrived early to get the swim and quickly got a rod on the spot, I have another fish quick time - happy days! Mid morning a guy plots up within the bay itself, he sees I'm there but doesnt come and speak to me, we're 40 yards apart as the crow flies. Now he's casting near my line that's accross the bay. I'm fuming now, loads of swims available and his is a poor poor choice, you'd never choose it EVER imo obvs. I have to reel in and can't get it back out coz I'm cutting accross the bay and dont really want him seeing me recast and give the spot away. This happened again the following week and the next, so I move on, spot can't be fished from the side pegs safely. Now we talk about etiquette being lost but these are old boys they fish the same peg every week regardless. I honestly get much more respect/consideration from the young super keen lads than the oldies, they get it. Maybe I should have just shouted accross or gone round and asked him to move, I really dont know but the situation angling wise is the most frustrating I have ever experienced? What would others have done? Edited Monday at 21:10 by kevtaylor elmoputney and yonny 1 1 Quote
yonny Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago 9 hours ago, kevtaylor said: What would others have done? Tricky one that mate. I think if the choice was fish the spot or walk away, I'd have just fished it in front of the guy. I don't think it's fair to ask him to move, but maybe when he saw your lines were cutting the bay off, he may have decided to move himself anyway. Sure it gives the spot away, but it's better than having to walk away imo. Very frustrating. I'd fully expect him to pop round and ask where your lines were in that situation. Poor show. elmoputney and kevtaylor 2 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 16 hours ago Author Report Posted 16 hours ago 2 hours ago, yonny said: Tricky one that mate. I think if the choice was fish the spot or walk away, I'd have just fished it in front of the guy. I don't think it's fair to ask him to move, but maybe when he saw your lines were cutting the bay off, he may have decided to move himself anyway. Sure it gives the spot away, but it's better than having to walk away imo. Very frustrating. I'd fully expect him to pop round and ask where your lines were in that situation. Poor show. It is tricky mate because in this case I'm fishing out of the norm areas/angles on a quiet lake early spring, then it gets busier. 🤷♂️ So the next part of this tale is a move to the bottom point, again quiet, this time I'm facing 2 swims in a bay, in front of the right swim I find a lovely spot and that's the only spot I'm finding. 2 rods on that and some spodding, following week same again and I have one, following week I wake up and someone's setting up opposite - I quickly reel in and cannot fish again - same scenario. Now this guy could have been baiting there being local, fished it the previous year or found the clearing from my baiting and capture - who knows but again no asking where I'm fishing and I had to move on/start again. yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted 16 hours ago Report Posted 16 hours ago 8 minutes ago, kevtaylor said: this time I'm facing 2 swims in a bay, in front of the right swim I find a lovely spot Even more tricky. Was fishing from that swim an option? kevtaylor 1 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 16 hours ago Author Report Posted 16 hours ago 4 minutes ago, yonny said: Even more tricky. Was fishing from that swim an option? Yeah of course I could have gone round, didn't know at that stage how busy it would get or which were fished swims, both opposite were overgrown before the path mowing started 🤷♂️ When you're on a point it seems like you've got it all, in fact you've only got half way across and that doesn't feel like the one. I guess all this shows is how great late winter/early spring is coz you can do what you want and how that freedom goes come May and that barely anyone asks where you're fishing before plotting up. yonny 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago (edited) I would have spodded both times and annoyed them out the zone 😂 Might have blown the secret but it would probably put them off a bit. Either that or get the marker rod out find another spot and spomb the granny out of that 😂 Edited 10 hours ago by elmoputney kevtaylor 1 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 10 hours ago Author Report Posted 10 hours ago 1 minute ago, elmoputney said: I would have spodded both times and annoyed them out the zone 😂 Might have blown the secret but it would probably put them off a bit. Have it! 🤣 elmoputney 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago 2 minutes ago, kevtaylor said: Have it! 🤣 Keep taking the bait boat out for a spin you could pretend to fish spots all over the place then that would confuse them. kevtaylor 1 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 10 hours ago Author Report Posted 10 hours ago This takes me onto another scenario lol So on that end point I noticed a bait boat come out from the bay on my left to a snag bush late at night. several trips. This happened 2 weekends running. Mass prebaiting 40 yards from someone? Discuss... Quote
kevtaylor Posted 10 hours ago Author Report Posted 10 hours ago 9 minutes ago, elmoputney said: Keep taking the bait boat out for a spin you could pretend to fish spots all over the place then that would confuse them. You can actually fish behind the snag, I wanted to do it but didn't know how people would react if caught. But now Joe Morgan's done it on video - game on. 💪 elmoputney 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago 49 minutes ago, kevtaylor said: This takes me onto another scenario lol So on that end point I noticed a bait boat come out from the bay on my left to a snag bush late at night. several trips. This happened 2 weekends running. Mass prebaiting 40 yards from someone? Discuss... I wouldn't do it if anyone was fishing 😂 kevtaylor 1 Quote
greekskii Posted 6 hours ago Report Posted 6 hours ago 3 hours ago, kevtaylor said: This takes me onto another scenario lol So on that end point I noticed a bait boat come out from the bay on my left to a snag bush late at night. several trips. This happened 2 weekends running. Mass prebaiting 40 yards from someone? Discuss... Big no no! Can’t be baiting next to someone. but depending on someone’s situation they may just do it anyway. Imagine driving an hour to bait up and someone’s in the area but not on the spot, 2hr round trip and no bait, can see why some may just wing it out anyway. other scenario is, did they even know you were there with it being dark? Seen this happen multiple times in the dead of night, someone creeps round trying to be sneaky and ends up baiting on top of someone in the next swim about 10yards away. Then someone rocks ups 2hrs later and does the same thing, still under the cover of darkness. Club water antics at their finest! kevtaylor 1 Quote
kevtaylor Posted 5 hours ago Author Report Posted 5 hours ago 1 hour ago, greekskii said: Big no no! Can’t be baiting next to someone. but depending on someone’s situation they may just do it anyway. Imagine driving an hour to bait up and someone’s in the area but not on the spot, 2hr round trip and no bait, can see why some may just wing it out anyway. other scenario is, did they even know you were there with it being dark? Seen this happen multiple times in the dead of night, someone creeps round trying to be sneaky and ends up baiting on top of someone in the next swim about 10yards away. Then someone rocks ups 2hrs later and does the same thing, still under the cover of darkness. Club water antics at their finest! I think it's a case of I've made the effort to get here, it's going in regardless, they wont hear anyway. I let them know I'm here with the head torch etc. Quote
framey Posted 5 hours ago Report Posted 5 hours ago There is a lake on one of my club tickets where a certain point is only a foot away from someone else’s water (close to an island.) plenty of times there has been arguements on whose it actually is. Quote
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