tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566580946861916062024-02-21T17:01:32.202+00:00A Fishermans Journeylpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-22859527255666428632012-09-15T22:49:00.000+01:002012-09-15T22:49:34.893+01:00Afternoon and Evening Session Ay Cicly MillHad a six hour session at Cicly Mill yesterday, the conditions were poor, a very strong wind with occasional heavy downpours.<br />
I used my pole attempting to build up a good weight of fish, I wasn't disappointed, I must have landed almost Fifty small Roach with two small Perch thrown in for good measure.<br />
I was hoping to hit a Pike or two, but saw no sign of any Pike attacks.<br />
I had the mill to myself for most of my session, it's always a pleasure to fish the Mill, although the weather was against me I still enjoyed myself.<br />
Once again during a break from the fishing I fed the horses who put in an appearance.lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-17657174084241636792012-09-08T19:17:00.001+01:002012-09-08T19:17:09.374+01:00Having a try for the Cicly Mill PikeI have another early finish next Friday so I'm going to visit Cicly Mill to have a go for the Pike.<br />
When I was there yesterday I saw what looked like a number of Pike attacks, which sent the prey fish leaping clear of the water.<br />
I'll take my pole as well, to try to build a decent weight of fish.lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-42130315285923696072012-09-08T12:52:00.001+01:002012-09-08T14:48:04.955+01:00Cicly Mill 7 September Had a six hour session at Cicly Mill yesterday from 2 p.m. onwards. Fishing was was very poor, everything looked right,it was nicely overcast, fairly humid with very little breeze, but for some reason the fish weren't playing at all.<br />
As it was early Autumn, traditionally a time of plenty,I'd been optimistic of plenty of sport, thinking today, would be a day of none stop fish. I was hoping for a 'day of plenty' this would help dispel the dark thoughts of the oncoming Winter<br />
Speaking to Angler next to me, he said the morning session had been good, he had 12 Crusian Carp but from 1 p.m. it had 'gone off', such is fishing. Another Angler, fishing an early morning session had caught the 'Big One', a Common Carp of 31 Pounds<br />
All through my session, a couple of Large Carp had been 'cruising' up and down the lake, their backs clearly visible in the shallow water.<br />
Through out the session there was a strange 'melancholic' feel to the lake, never experienced that feeling before at the Mill.<br />
Around about six p.m. I began to think it would take a 'Lazarus' like resurrection to bring the fish back on to the feed, normally at this time of the year, this is the time, when the lake would come to life, fish feeding bubbles would be visible, fish, 'topping' would be clearly visible, but it just didn't happen<br />
I used a feeder approach, using a mixture of Sweetcorn, Fishmeal Pellets,Boilies and Luncheon Meat, nothing worked until around 7p.m. when my tip flew round, I was connected to beautiful Crusian Carp of around Two Pounds, Crusians put up a spirited fight for such a small fish. I was delighted, as it was my first Crusian for almost 3 years, they rearly are a splendid fish!<br />
That was the end of the fish for the day, as I'd had an early finish from work it was a very pleasant way to spend a Friday afternoon/evening, even though sport had been poor!<br />
The highlights of the day must have to thousands of Dragon Flies all round the lake, there was Blue, Red, Green and Brown ones, of all different sizes and shapes. I also made friends with a couple of horses in the field behind my peg, I ended up sharing my biscuits with them.<br />
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lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-17808671613784113312012-09-06T19:53:00.002+01:002012-09-06T19:53:27.783+01:00Afternoon and Evening Session at Cicly Mill TomorrowI have an early finish tomorrow so I'm making the most of the good weather and having an afternoon and evening session.<br />
I'll target the Bream at first but as the light begins to go I'll have a try for the Tench. I'll be using my Telescopic Feeder Rod with a Groundbait Feeder and a Hair Rig set up. It would be nice to hit a Crusian Carp as I've not had one for a couple of years.<br />
This be only my second visit to Cicly Mill this year as I've been concentrating on Rixton Clay Pits for most of the year.lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-61186739944635360232012-09-02T19:08:00.000+01:002012-09-02T19:08:08.332+01:00Autumn Arrives<div style="text-align: left;">
September has arrived and it's time to go back to work, would you believe it the weather for this coming week is excellent, just typical I've had three weeks off work, with rain most days, I now have to go back to work and the weather picks up. This summer according to all the experts has been the worst since records began. We managed only four days camping this summer and we had rain during those days. The weather caused me to stay off the rivers apart from one visit to the Bollin.</div>
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This could well be my last try for the Tench as the nights are drawing in fast now, September is a strange month, the weather can be good but it can also be very wet and cold. By the end of September an after work session is out of the question.</div>
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With the oncoming Autumn my mind is shifting towards the Pike season, I'm going to give the Bridgewater some serious attention, following the recommendations from the Warrington Anglers web site. </div>
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I'm hoping to try for Pike in Grey Mist Mere, which by all accounts are BIG!</div>
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This early part of the year I've concentrated on Rixton Clay Pits, which I've been successful in landing some very good Skimmers and a few nice Tench, including my personal best, a Tench of six pounds. The Skimmmers came on to the feed in March and have kept going all through the summer, bad as it was.</div>
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lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-33374671391894436022012-08-30T21:44:00.000+01:002012-08-30T21:44:08.719+01:00Eight hour Session at RixtonHad a long session at Rixton today, starting around lunch time through till 20.30, the weather alternated between threatening clouds and bright sunshine, although the temperature was very disappointing.<br />
Sport was slow in starting, but once again the ever dependable Skimmers saved the day. It took till around 2pm before I caught my first fish, my casting was all over the place today so I was scattering goundbait all over instead of concentrating it in one small area. Just couldn't concentrate today.<br />
There was little evidence of the Tench feeding during the day<br />
Up to the end of the session I caught Five Skimmers all around One Pound. As the light began to go the Tench began to come on the feed, at eight o'clock I hit in to a good tench of around three pounds, which was a good end to the session.<br />
I saw the usual array of wildlife for which Rixton is rightly famous, Kingfishers, herons and a huge Rat.<br />
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lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-72620773985227267492012-08-28T09:39:00.000+01:002012-08-29T20:37:28.097+01:00Three Afternoon & Evening Sessions at Rixton, With Rain and More RainSpent Saturday, Sunday & Monday Afternoon and early evenings at Rixton, the conditions on all three days were appalling, never have I fished in August in such heavy and continuous rain, the Clay Pits were a quagmire, all my gear was filthy, and I do mean filthy. I had to completely wash everything I took with me before putting it away.<br />
On the positive side the fishing was good, I caught some nice Skimmers of over a pound in weight, but more importantly I managed to catch a Tench on each visit, Including my biggest ever Tench of six pounds.<br />
I used a Hair Rig set up using Sweet Corn, Spam and Fish meal pellets, this set up seems to be the definitive set up on Rixton. I managed to keep my casting fairly accurate so my groundbait was kept to small area thus concentracing the fish in a smaller area.<br />
All the Tench were caught in the last hour of each visit, just as darkness was falling, I'd forgotten just how powerful a fight they put up, my Telescopic Feeder Rod was bent double, it felt wonderful fighting with my favourite summer species.<br />
The tench I caught tonight had the most awful growths on it's head, to be honest it looked like the Elephant man, I was in two minds weather to knock it on the head but it was feeding so it cant have been too ill, it put up a splendid fight!<br />
As I'm off for the next week I'll have a couple more sessions before I return to work, I had hoped to get on the Bollin, but in these weather conditions it would have been unfishable.lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-92045541296396020532012-08-17T11:57:00.000+01:002012-08-17T12:16:16.214+01:00Rixton Tench,Afternoon & Evening SessionHad a very good session at Rixton Yesterday, the weather was windy but it was a very mild wind. There was varying amounts of cloud. <br />
I began around 2pm, using my Browning Ambition Telescopic Feeder Rod with a hair rig set up, alternating between Pellet, Sweetcorn and Luncheon Meat. The first bite wasn't long in coming, once again, it was one of the what seems like thousands of Skimmers Rixton is full of! I continued to make contact with the Skimmers for the rest of the afternoon, sport was steady throughout the day, with periods of inactivity. <br />
Obviously I was hoping to make contact with the Tench ,which Rixton is famous for, I'd all but given up hope of one of the mythical Tench when around 6pm my tip flew round, how I missed it I don't know, but miss it I did, it must have been a Tench. Although a missed bite is annoying it does fill you with confidence, so I decided to stick it out till dark.<br />
I was fishing my favourite peg on the opposite side to the car park facing the large bed of Lilly's I noticed as time crept on and darkness was closing in, definite signs of feeding Tench, so I concentrated on my casting trying to keep it as accurate as I could, concentrating on a definite area. <br />
At 8.30 my tip flew round, I was on, there's no mistaking a Tench, the fight was powerful and long, a couple of times I thought the Tench would get to the overhanging bushes and smash me but I managed to slip the net under it, I'd done it, my first Tench for over 18 months.<br />
Once I'd unhooked the fish and released it, as quick as I could I re-cast to the same spot, as soon as I put my rod down the tip flew round, I was in to another one, if anything this Tench fought harder and longer but I managed to persuade the fish to see things my way, gently slipping the net under what must be my second favourite fish, the Pike being my first, but defiantly my favourite Summer species.<br />
These two Tench were the biggest fish I'd landed on my telescopic feeder rod, I was pleased the way the rod felt and handled the fish.<br />
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lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-83321002338255683232012-07-30T19:26:00.002+01:002012-07-30T19:26:54.828+01:00More visits to the Bollin PlannedAfter Saturdays visit to the Bollin I'm planning a few more visits, so because where I was fishing was a little uncomfortable, I'm going to dig myself a peg, I'll trim a few overhanging branches, then I'll be able to get myself set up for a nice long session.<br />
Next time I go I'll take a ledger rod with me and my small folding seat. I've been reading reports from the fishing forums, there are reports of good sized Brown Trout and reasonable Chub and Dace not to mention the odd Pike. As the river is not too far from home and not often fished, I could have a little Gem all to myself!lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-6310328615141484052012-07-29T11:05:00.001+01:002012-07-29T11:05:54.309+01:00Once again the weather has changedAround a week ago it looked as if the weather had changed, it looked as though summer had arrived at last. The experts were saying the Jet Stream had moved further north, meaning we would have a more normal summer. The improved weather lasted a week, it's now back to the way it was all through June and July. The long range weather forecast for August is appalling. I think this is having massive effect on fishing for this year, I've been to places where I would expect to catch but I've failed for no apparent reason, lets hope the Autumn Pike season is a good one or this year will be the worst in my Angling Journey.<br />
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I set up my 13 ft John Wilson Trotting rod with my Rellum Centre Pin reel, I used a Drennen 4 No 4 Wire Stem Stick Float, set at around 3foot.<br />
I trotted through various swims at various depths, didn't get a bite in the three hours I stayed. In the past I've had some very good sessions on the Bollin, also I've had sessions like this one, fishless, there wasn't a sign of a fish all day, nothing was topping, except for a fish that fell to the ultimate angler, The Kingfisher, I saw the bird take a fish, it then flew off at an incredible speed right over my head, what a beautiful site. I also saw two of the most beautiful Butterflies I've ever seen, they were a vivid Blue colour, almost the same colour as the Kingfisher I saw.<br />
Although I caught nothing, I enjoyed the session the peg was pure Mr Crabtree (see photo's below) On a different day I'm sure I would have caught a few fish, but today it just wasn't to be!<br />
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Long trotting used to be my chosen method of fishing the River Tame on Tiviot Dale stretch of the River Tame. I'll be using my John Wilson 13ft Trotting Rod and my beautiful silky smooth Centre Pin reel, both of these I received as presents for my 40th birthday, a long time ago now!<br />
I'm off to the Bow Green Farm stretch of the River Bollin, on the Warrington Card, I'm not going too early, around lunch time. It's been quite a few years since I fished this stretch of river, I went for a look at it a few months ago, it had changed from what I remembered, so in all it'll be an interesting daylpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-4633258946883097352012-07-23T22:03:00.002+01:002012-07-23T22:03:40.533+01:00This SaturdayTo my surprise I have this Saturday free, so I'm torn of where to go, I'm thinking of Rixton or Cicly Mill, Rixton is the more interesting, but Cicly is probably a better bet for conecting with a Tench, which for this weekend is my chosen quarry. Npt sure what to do, I'll have a think during the week.lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-78399745251733488112012-07-22T17:27:00.000+01:002012-07-22T21:39:37.664+01:00What has happened to the Bridgewater CanalThis is the third weekend in a row when I've fished the Bridgewater Canal, each weekend it's gotten worse, bites have been few are far between culminating in today when, I had a four hour session, getting two bites, landing one Roach.<br />
I'm the first to admit that I'm not the most accomplished angler in the world, but this section of the Canal at Oughtrinton is normally guaranteed to proved you with a good days sport, but for the last three weeks I've struggled like never before. It could be the weather, it was bright and sunny, but I have fished here in similar conditions, catching a reasonable number of fish, it could be the cold wet summer we've had to date, maybe the dreaded Cormorants have been devastating the stocks of fish.<br />
I'm going to give this stretch of the canal a rest for a month or so, maybe have a go at Cicly Mill on my next outing.<br />
Below are some photos of where I was fishing, at least it was a nice place to waste a Sunday, anything rather that watch the Open Golf Championship on T.V.<br />
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I finish work for three weeks on the 10th of August so I have a few sessions in mind, I fancy a full day at Cicly Mill hoping for a Tench or two,with luck get a session on the Bollin and a day at Rixton.<br />
To celebrate the arrival of the dry weather I'm going for an afternoon/early evening session on the Bridgewater Canal tomorrow.<br />
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I had a nice Perch on the first cast, but after that fish were few and far between, I ended up with 8 fish, five Perch and three Roch. Once again I had a Pike rod out, I saw a couple of Pike attacks but didn't manage to connect with a Pike.<br />
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I was using my Pole and Red Maggot as bait, it was one of the hardest sessions I've had, bites were few are far between. It took 2 hours before I had a bite, in total I caught 4 small fish, 2 Roach and 2 Perch, I had a Pike rod out as well. Around 8 pm I was packing up, throughly fed up, when I had a take on the Pike rod see the video below, I must admit this is the worst Pike handling I ever done, I will never try to video myself handling a Pike again.<br />
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The weather was in and out,had periods of heavy rain followed by bright sunshine. Early in the session the breeze was strong but once the evening arrived the wind died off completely.<br />
I caught steadily all through the session, I was using my Pole, fishing the nearside drop off, using red maggots as bait I caught some nice Roach and nice Perch, see photos below<br />
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Not sure where I'll go but Rixton is favourite!lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-53055732812828288232012-05-13T20:15:00.002+01:002012-05-14T21:47:33.768+01:00First Pike of the YearFor the first time this year had a Walk Trolling session on the Bridgewater Canal, started at Oughtrington walk to the church stretch, caught nothing then walked back towards Agden Bridge. Got the slightest take I've ever had, which produced the smallest Pike I've ever landed, It can't have weighd 1 pound! see photos below.<br />
The weather was dry but very windy, saw no one else fishing at all.<br />
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<br /></div>lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-44671462499639211582012-04-11T16:45:00.003+01:002012-04-11T16:47:41.504+01:00Freezing Day at RixtonOver the years I've been fishing I've never had a colder more miserable day than I had yesterday. My wife dropped me off at 07.30, I got my favourite peg, no other bugger was daft enough to be there, the only problem was, my wife was going out for the day so I had to stay till she picked me up, which turned out to be 20.30.<br />
By 09.00 I was shivering, the wind was cutting right through me, it didn't help that the fish didn't want to play either, it took till almost 10.00 till I landed my first skimmer of the day, caught on 6mm pellet. After sticking with pellet for 3 hours I switched to maggot, and the bites came thick and fast. I caught steadily for the rest of the day despite the conditions which included wind hail and torrential rain followed by thunder and lightning.<br />
The highlight of a very bad day was a beautiful Roach of a pound in weight. I've still not seen a Tench this year at Rixton, but the weather has been strange, short warm periods followed by arctic blasts.<br />
To make a miserable day worse, when I was cooking some Sausages I knocked the bloody pan over, dropping the Sausaged into some mud! so no tea either!lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-4823620685139496412012-04-09T16:01:00.002+01:002012-04-09T16:02:09.994+01:00Having a Long Day at Rixton TomorrowI'm having a long day at Rixton Tomorrow. The weather is not looking good,just hope it's not as wet as today. I hope the Tench have come on the feed at last. I'll have a go for the Pike as well!lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-22540866318113392942012-03-31T22:21:00.000+01:002012-03-31T22:22:07.269+01:00Day of the SkimmerI had an eight hour session at Rixton today. The weather was overcast and disappointingly cold, very different from the weather over the past week.<br />
I fished my favourite peg on the opposite side to the car park. I fished with my Quiver Tip rod, I started off using six mm pellets on a hair rig using an open ended cage feeder. It took a while for the first bite to arrive but when it did I was rewarded with a splendid Skimmer of around One Pound in weight, this was followed very quickly by an almost identical fish.<br />
After the first two fish the action slowed down so I switched from the hair rig to a standard size 16 hook, fishing double maggot.<br />
I then caught fish steadily for the rest of the day, I must have landed over twenty five fish, all Skimmers. I must be honest but I hoped the Tench would be feeding, I saw no evidence of Tench at all,none of the other Anglers caught one either. I don't think the weather helped, it was defiantly colder than of late, with a steady northerly breeze.<br />
Fish aside, the highlight of the day was watching the various birds that live around Rixton, I spent the day feeding a Robin, I didn't realise just how territorial Robins are, I threw a steady supply of Maggots to the Robin throughout the day, he accepted the lot, if any other bird dropped by to share in the largess, the Robin wasted no time in chasing them off. There was a beautiful Tree Sparrow who enjoyed the Maggots I was throwing for them to eat, but if the Robin saw the Tree Sparrow he attacked him.<br />
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</tbody></table>lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156658094686191606.post-16343190886464531812012-03-30T22:18:00.004+01:002012-03-30T22:18:57.576+01:00Having a try for the Tench at RixtonGoing to Rixton tomorrow, hoping that the Tench have started to feed. With the warmer weather over the last week I have high hopes of connecting with my first Tench of the season. I'm sure the Skimmers will be on the feed. The weather forecast is for cooler conditions than of late but it should be dry, which at Rixton is always a positive!lpphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312864224107927011noreply@blogger.com0