Another Session on the Bridgewater Canal

Had a short session on the Bridgewater Canal yesterday (Sunday) but the canal is not producing as I would have expected. The weather was slightly better than Saturday.
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.

Session on the Bridgewater Canal

Arrived at the canal around 2pm, the weather was once again in and out but quite humid.
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.

Five Hours on the Bridgewater Canal

Had a nice session on the Bridgewater Canal today, i fished close to the car park at Oghtrington.
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.
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

Finished off the session with this Pike, I'd had a Pike rod out all day with no luck, just as I was about to pack up my float went! and I was attached to this little beauty! it weighed in the region of four pounds.

Early Summer

I cant believe the weather so far this summer, it's been the worse I can remember. It's been so long since I've beeen able to get out for a session, I hoping next weekend will be better so I can 'wet a line'.
Not sure where I'll go but Rixton is favourite!

First Pike of the Year

For 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.
The weather was dry but very windy, saw no one else fishing at all.

Freezing Day at Rixton

Over 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.
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.
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.
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!

Having a Long Day at Rixton Tomorrow

I'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!