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Perch, Cats & Cataracts
With no float rod to use at present, in the week I took the pole down to the Ilminster Canal to try and catch a carp or a tench before work. I didn't have much time but did have decent bait and so...
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Ilminster Canal (longer session, shorter blog)
Today, I introduced Dominic to the Ilminster Canal and took the opportunity in a longer session to fish the pole in a more methodical way than I have been able to in my shorter sessions. In essence,...
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Exeter Canal
Four hours on the Exeter Canal this evening produced only two roach, a rudd, and this 2lb 5oz, personal best-equalling eel, plus another decent fish lost in weeds; either a tench or another eel, I...
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Prebaiting and Pike Trouble
In an effort to clear space, over the past week I have been removing leftover groundbait from the freezer and depositing it in a swim on the Grand Western Canal after work. I think I did this on three...
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Casting around Bridgwater
A couple of leftover half-loaves were dunked, mashed, and slung into a swim on the Taunton - Bridgwater Canal last night, along with perhaps a pint of hemp, in the hopes of attracting some big rudd and...
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Canal Fishing - A Practical Guide, by Dominic Garnett
I was chuffed to have this come through the post the other day, from my fishing friend Dominic Garnett. Strangely enough, I probably owe our friendship to an 11lb 4oz carp I caught from Tiverton AC's...
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Perfect Pond Fishing
I should've been fishing for a big tench today but I've found myself temporarily without a car, so my planned trip to a clay pit was put on hold, and instead myself and my dad stole a few hours at...
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Canal Silver Bream - For The Record
Both Dominic and Jeff Hatt should be commended for compiling a list of UK canal records based on evidence gathered from various sources. I have found myself on there too, for a rudd I caught a few...
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Seven, by seven.
For the second consecutive morning, I was up with the sparrows, or perhaps even before them, with high hopes of a big tench. There would be no company on the bank today, so I made my way to Exeter...
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Pit Tenching
I met Dominic at his house in Exeter slightly after 5am this morning, owing to a troublesome SatNav, or user error; either way I found myself on the wrong side of the city at our agreed meeting time....
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Park Lake Bream & Tench
It's a bit of an irony that the more I wish to whittle down the amount of kit I am bringing with me to the waterside, the more money I seem to spend in the tackle shop in a bid to achieve this. My most...
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Grand Western Canal
As mentioned in my previous blog, the plan is to always have a rod in the car set up ready for fishing whenever the opportunity presents itself. At the moment the rod is set up with a 3BB peacock...
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Only recently I was discussing with Dominic lost fish which have left a lasting impression, and after hearing Dominic talk of huge pike coming adrift whilst fishing at places like Chew Valley Lake and...
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Prebaiting progress?
I think I may have made some prebaiting progress over the last week or so. My results up to now have not really justified the effort I have put in when it comes to prepping a swim for tench and bream...
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Search for a Twenty (Take 3 - Lakeside)
It was off with the tie and on with the wellies for a quick session at Lakeside after work this evening. I used to love this fishery when we first moved to Devon, before it seemed to go through a...
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The Great Rudd Race
I woke up feeling pretty ropey today, so the planned up-early-and-home-by-lunchtime trip was out of the window, and instead I had a lie in and whiled away the latter part of the morning wandering...
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Lunchtime Chub and Hometime Rudd
I have been working in Exeter for a couple of months now and often on my lunch break I like to take a walk down to the River Exe and the Exeter Canal basin for a bit off fish spotting (plenty of fry...
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Summer Canal Tench - Evening Sessions on the Waggler
At some point over the past week or so, I’ve realised that I had been putting off fishing the Grand Western Canal for tench, just because I didn’t feel it was likely to throw up my target seven...
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Tidal River Carping
The carp have been showing themselves to me a bit this year. But does that mean that I have been able to catch them? Of course not. I’ve continued to occasionally check the location where I lost the...
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Species Hunt - Bleak Beginnings
Apologies to all those who were getting used to reasonably regular updates on this blog, but there was little to report after several blanks in search of another Tidal Exe carp. All short sessions of...
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