its almost over ....if not over for some already

time to put the piking rods away guys
but what shall we do with ourselves , which target species will you fish for and pb we will chase this coming coarse season
anybody going for a special fish.....

My target until June is a 12Lbs+ Bream and an 8Lbs+ Tench, I've already had a night on one of my target lakes for them, lets just say I had a good nights sleep. From June onwards I'll be targeting Catfish from another clubs waters where last year they eluded me all summer.

David Wynne wrote:My target until June is a 12Lbs+ Bream and an 8Lbs+ Tench, I've already had a night on one of my target lakes for them, lets just say I had a good nights sleep. From June onwards I'll be targeting Catfish from another clubs waters where last year they eluded me all summer.

hi dave
I know a water were the bream run to 17lb probably bigger now , it wont give them up easily , you would have to put the hours in and bait up big style , my mate who fishes for the carp in there said they are enormous  , I will pm you if you interested muck...... and tench to 11lb

We'll have a big change in August as we move from near Edinburgh to Devon. 430 miles, new house, new business and better quality of life (we hope). And the fishing will be so, so much better too.

Hoping to return to small river coarse fishing (childhood love), fishing for some proper carp (as opposed to the tiddlers we have up here), try my hand at catfish fishing and then get onto Chew Valley come winter. Good times, I hope!

J Robinson wrote:We'll have a big change in August as we move from near Edinburgh to Devon. 430 miles, new house, new business and better quality of life (we hope). And the fishing will be so, so much better too.

Hoping to return to small river coarse fishing (childhood love), fishing for some proper carp (as opposed to the tiddlers we have up here), try my hand at catfish fishing and then get onto Chew Valley come winter. Good times, I hope!

sounds good pal
hope everything works out for you  
regards
stubbo

First I will have another go at catching a Ferox then a weeks fishing in Ireland. Come June the 16 it will be Barbel and Chub. The end of August I will be on holiday with the wife in Canada when I have a fishing a few trips planned to have a go at catching a Halibut.

Chew Valley is a great place to fish but is not that easy to get on to and it's now getting very expensive.

psion wrote:Chew Valley is a great place to fish but is not that easy to get on to and it's now getting very expensive.

True enough. My hope is that I know a local pike and zander fisherman very well through work, and a reasonably local professional footballer who is fishing mad. Between them I should have half a chance of getting on!

No Pike for me this last 6 weeks, not much trout fishing either I always plan to get into the tench but theres always a reason not to go (excuses really). good luck everyone and see you back here in September

stubbo wrote: hi dave
I know a water were the bream run to 17lb probably bigger now , it wont give them up easily , you would have to put the hours in and bait up big style , my mate who fishes for the carp in there said they are enormous  , I will pm you if you interested muck...... and tench to 11lb

Steve

I'd be very interested in Bream of 17Lbs and Tench of 11Lbs

so would i stubbo . i will also be after bream and tench this summer from a localish water that has bream to 15lb and tench to almost 10lb. not easy and no night fishing though.

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:so would i stubbo   . i will also be after bream and tench this summer from a localish water that has bream to 15lb and tench to almost 10lb. not easy and no night fishing though.

I have pm you pal on the details if you are interested......club owned water ........

Its crazy the size of coarse fish in the UK now, I used to dream of a 7lb tench and a 10lb Bream. they are huge now. Over here and still naturally fed the fish are far smaller as a rule. In 15 years running the B&B so hundreds if not thoousands of fishing days, ive only ever had one 10lb bream and one 7lb tench to the house. Ive had 2 x 299lb bags of bream and tench hauls to 275lb, but never huge fish. Good luck lads

lowdouble wrote:Its crazy the size of coarse fish in the UK now,  I used to dream of a 7lb tench and a 10lb Bream.   they are huge now.  Over here and still naturally fed the fish are far smaller as a rule.  In 15 years running the B&B so hundreds if not thoousands of fishing days,  ive only ever had one 10lb bream and one 7lb tench to the house.   Ive had 2 x 299lb bags of bream and tench hauls to 275lb,  but never huge fish.  Good luck lads

thinks its down to all the specimen carp waters we have over here and all the high protein baits going in year after year and a lot of anglers are focused on carp , the bream and tench get left alone , but occasionally get caught from time to time , like all fish they thrive on neglect and just get bigger ....don't get me wrong you might just get the 1 or 2 a season.. and are quite elusive but they are out there waiting to be caught if you have the patience........

It sounds about right, high protein foods put in by the bucket load go get them steve

lowdouble wrote:It sounds about right,  high protein foods put in by the bucket load    go get them steve

wish I had the time pal ,    lol   don't do a lot of summer coarse fishing to be honest , I like to target the bass on my boat  like these .[img][/img]

Heres the only bass I ever caught lol,  on bread in Portugal.  I want one like yours