small river
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:30 am
Finally got the chance for my first session on a river since the season opened.
River of choice was the penk, its a small meandering river that runs through the county of staffordshire.
Tools for today were an avon rod and a med lure rod, bait was bread and worms, plus a few lures.
Arrived at the river with my mate ian at around 4:00, it was up slightly and had a tinge of colour.
After sorting out our “game plan” we headed off to bait a few spots.
We baited with liquidized bread, then walked back to the start to begin fishing.
I left my lure gear in our caravan, the plan was to fish with worms/bread for a couple of hours, then swap to lures.
With a piece of bread on the hook, cup of tea poured, I made my first cast and set the rod on its rest.
After 20 mins without a tap I moved to the next spot, same thing, piece of bread on the hook, sit back and relax, waiting for a bite taking in the wildlife.
After a few mins, I was getting small taps on the tip, then it whacked round and it was fish on.
Soon I was netting a chub that weighed in at 3½lbs.
After it was released, it was time to move to another spot.
I tried the same, piece of bread, nothing, worm brought me plenty of taps, but nothing solid to strike at.
So after about 20 mins in that spot I moved again, same thing, plenty of taps if I had worm on the hook, nothing when using bread.
So it was a warm evening, I got carried away with the wildlife etc and sat a bit longer in each spot than I normally would, the night was drawing in so I started to head back.
Met up with ian on the way, he had caught a chub of around ½lbs.
As we headed back we stopped and fished, I was using worm on the hook and still getting plenty of taps.
Then I got a bite to strike at, a few mins later I was netting a rather nice 1½lbs perch.
By this time it was starting to get dark so we headed back, my lure rod never even came out, but no worries, it was simply good to be back on the banks.
Overall, a seriously enjoyable evening, one that I cant wait to do again.
ray.
River of choice was the penk, its a small meandering river that runs through the county of staffordshire.
Tools for today were an avon rod and a med lure rod, bait was bread and worms, plus a few lures.
Arrived at the river with my mate ian at around 4:00, it was up slightly and had a tinge of colour.
After sorting out our “game plan” we headed off to bait a few spots.
We baited with liquidized bread, then walked back to the start to begin fishing.
I left my lure gear in our caravan, the plan was to fish with worms/bread for a couple of hours, then swap to lures.
With a piece of bread on the hook, cup of tea poured, I made my first cast and set the rod on its rest.
After 20 mins without a tap I moved to the next spot, same thing, piece of bread on the hook, sit back and relax, waiting for a bite taking in the wildlife.
After a few mins, I was getting small taps on the tip, then it whacked round and it was fish on.
Soon I was netting a chub that weighed in at 3½lbs.
After it was released, it was time to move to another spot.
I tried the same, piece of bread, nothing, worm brought me plenty of taps, but nothing solid to strike at.
So after about 20 mins in that spot I moved again, same thing, plenty of taps if I had worm on the hook, nothing when using bread.
So it was a warm evening, I got carried away with the wildlife etc and sat a bit longer in each spot than I normally would, the night was drawing in so I started to head back.
Met up with ian on the way, he had caught a chub of around ½lbs.
As we headed back we stopped and fished, I was using worm on the hook and still getting plenty of taps.
Then I got a bite to strike at, a few mins later I was netting a rather nice 1½lbs perch.
By this time it was starting to get dark so we headed back, my lure rod never even came out, but no worries, it was simply good to be back on the banks.
Overall, a seriously enjoyable evening, one that I cant wait to do again.
ray.
yup, everyone know there are no fish at cow creek.
