Hello & Help!

Hello to everyone from a Newbie!.I am 52 years old and live near Southend on Sea in Essex.I have been winter pike fishing for thirty years or so.for the last eight years I have been mostly fishing my local the River Chelmer,and have had many pike over the years including a couple of twenties.I have a narrowboat which I have recently moved to the River Nene near Wansford along with my dory.This season I have done OK,with a twenty and several smaller doubles.Does any member know of any hotspots on the Nene,and also if there are Zander present in the Wansford area?, I have never caught a Z and would dearly love to do so..It is a big river,so any local knowledge would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks and merry xmas to all

Esoxman

Welcome to the forum Esoxman

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Regards

Andy Webster

Hi,yes that's a great idea.I was really looking to find out general areas,the size of the average fish caught,and what I could hope to catch from the Nene.

Esoxman

Welcome to the Forum, Esoxman.
Its great on here

Thankyou very much,it's great to be here.!It should be educational reading up on fellow anglers techniques etc.

Esoxman

welcome esoxman
i'm new myself its a brill site you cant fail to learn a few things on here mate well i can't not with my skills lol
cheers wymo

Hey,.....what a friendly bunch around here.Thanks to everybody for the big welcome.Perhaps I will meet up with some of you own on the river.I should have turned up here years ago.

Esoxman

welcome to the forum,hope you enjoy good set of lads on here.tight lines

Welcome aboard Esoxman. We look forward to reading more mate.....

Thanks Andy,my abbition is to beat my present PB before I get to old!.I would love to get a high 20,or even better a 30.Iv'e got the time now I just need a bit of luck and many hours behind my rods.

Esoxman

That looks like a fair old lump in your picture. What weight was she?

Hi Andy,This was only last month on the Nene,weighed in at 21 1/4 in the net,so probably a 20 scraper.I fished with a pal we had 2 fantastic days the river was just coming out of a long flood.The weather was perfect,very mild and rising.We had two 20's two at 17,and several more smaller doubles and jacks.In all 18 fish in the two days,something that doesn't happen (to me) very often!,and only my second proper session on the river.Being new to the river I was thinking of trying one of those cheapy fishfinders,really to survey the banks and find the deep holes.Anybody got one,and more important do they work?.

Esoxman

Hello Essoxman, and welcome to the forum, it sounds like you had a heck of a two day adventure, doesnt happen often but when it does its wonderful, a mate has a cheapo depth finder, one that you cast out, he used it twice and reverted back to normal, got to say though it did give a good indication of depth and features.

Hi Steve,Yes I really want one as a depth sounder.Being new to the Nene I thought having a transom mounted transducer on my dory,it would be simple to slowly chug up one bank and plot the deeper areas on a map.Then simply turn the boat around and repeat the process on the opposite bank.The Nene seems to be a deep river in places,so finding these deeper areas could be a very worthwhile exercise.On Ebay,you can pick them up for £30ish,BUT do they work?....

Esoxman

Welcome BIG YINs