Reply to: Scots - Fishing

[conned tractor]

Heres a method for you to try - catfish noodling

[OrangeHopper]

I have just sent you a pm scots. Thanks.

I would normally be like you and wouldn't expect to get the rods out again until the mayfly hatch but I have now decided to try and fish through the winter. Got some pike stuff today then saw a monster grab hold of a 2lb plus chub this afternoon. Poor chub was struggling away for ages.

The trout reservoirs now stay open during the winter as a result of the warm/hot weathers we now get down here. One of the reservoirs actually closes June/July/August. Weird!

[scotspine]

nice one! you're lucky being able to get out just now. our season has closed until january, although i probably won't wet a line till around late march/april.

did you get my pm about the site?

[OrangeHopper]

Not a bad day. Only now getting a bit cold.

A small bag of chub and roach with the best being a 1lb roach.

[Lockhouse]

Photos can now be found at The Adur. Will only be available for a day or so.

First time I have used iWeb. Quite impressed.

Nice pics

[scotspine]

best of luck if you do.

[OrangeHopper]

sea trout? it might be worth having a go for them next june/july during the nights if you have parts of the river where there is some good flow?

Shush! That would mean I would have to buy a Salmon and Sea Trout licence.

Might get out there tomorrow.

[scotspine]

sea trout? it might be worth having a go for them next june/july during the nights if you have parts of the river where there is some good flow?

i'm the same. i never fish stew ponds. if i'm trout fishing, i'll head for a hill loch where a good trout might be 1 - 1 1/2 lbs. not as big as the stewponds but preferable and infinitely more rewarding.

you're getting some great fish there oh.

[OrangeHopper]

All the carp I've had out of there have been in superb condition unlike the bream and that particular chub.

Yes the Adur. Enters the sea at Shoreham harbour which is at the western extreme of Brighton/Hove. It is only a small river but it has carp and pike over 30lb and most other species go to good sizes. The eldest's tench was 5lb 8oz which is bigger than any tench I've caught. I saw a sea trout the other day that was certainly into double figures.

Far prefer the river to any commercial puddle. You really have to work at it if you are going to consistently catch good sized fish.

[scotspine]

some cracking fish there oh. i love that common carp. is the adur the name of the river?

[OrangeHopper]

Photos can now be found at .... Will only be available for a day or so.

First time I have used iWeb. Quite impressed.

[OrangeHopper]

when are you coming up for a throw?

Would love to but won't be for a long while yet.

I see your river is a touch wider then the one I splash in.

Blimey, size pieces! I have a sage xp and I too think it is too fast for me. Beautiful rod but I should have gone with a 6 weight or something a little more forgiving.

I'll see if I can sort out some photos.

[Lockhouse]

I hope you put them back.

Indeed - we only keep what we are going to eat. My mate's missus makes pate from the mackerel (they call it "fish dip") and we have huge deep fried grouper fillets in hamburger buns with hot chilli sauce and salad - what they refer to as a "fish sandwich". Sounds odd but with freshly caught fish, just lightly fried they taste amazing.

Who allowed a sea fisherman in here!

Sorry...I'm more a sea drinker than a sea fisherman though - and definitely a fair weather one.

Nice photos by the way sp...

[scotspine]

hi oh.
i have managed to get a fair bit of fishing in this season, on the tummel, the tay, the deveron and the lochy mainly. it's been pretty hard going for most of the year but most times we were getting fish. not many grilse around this year, mainly bigger summer salmon. the trout fishing in the hill lochs has been quite good too. i got meself a new 6-piece, 9' trout rod, a redington which is actually quite a handful. very fast action. i find a 16' b&w norway easier to handle!

some pics, with apols if i've posted these before...:

http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01094.jpg - fish being released on lochy
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01557.jpg - late spring on tummel
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01558.jpg - fish being returned
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01561.jpg - fish being returned
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01564.jpg - tummel
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01568.jpg - tummel
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01621.jpg - burnbane beat on tay
http://www.podsol.co.uk/photos/fishing/dsc01627.jpg - burnbane beat on tay


when are you coming up for a throw?

[rootsnall]

I've eaten Pike a time or two with mixed results

I had an Uncle Jock who loved eating Perch but I think he'd been half starved as a kid in the back streets of Glasgow.

I've not managed a trip for a few years, even when benched I must make an effort this year but I'm not so sure the Mrs will see the benefits it will bring to the household. I tried fly fishing but found it a bit chuck it and chance it compared to proper fishing.