Before heading to my mates for the weekend I had a few hours on the canal and met up with Ade and Kev from TLF. We caught a few fish between us but lost more than we landed, in my case that meant 6 fish both Perch and Zander and mainly just as the net was being deployed, a classic Zander tactic to piss me off.
The first fish to stay hooked
Saturday morning started pretty much the same way with the
first two Perch letting go of the lure at the net, one held on for too long and made it on to the
bank. Kev had given me a couple of D-Fins in lime green and the fish seemed to
like them.
Shortly afterwards I picked up this little chap from the
same spot so I had a clearly found a shoal of stripeys.
I had a short walk to a spot that always seems to hold a Zander or two on either side of a snag. I dropped in directly below the rod tip and gave the lure a shake and got a hit which I missed. I swam the lure around in a circle and then converted the next knock into a fish.
Having made my way back to the car for something to eat I decided on a move. On arriving at my next spot I got a nice Perch on my second cast on the lime green D-Fin again, lost the picture due to a smudged lens. I struggled for a while after that so changed from a drop shot rig to yellow Duck Fin Shad and 7g football jig head and picked up a Zed and a Perch. I then went fishless for about two hours before losing a really nice Zed, usual routine, hook fish, play fish , grab the net and the fish lets go of the lure.
Big goggle eyes this Zed. It had a few scars as well, maybe mating or a big Zed as there are not many Pike in this canal.
I had a short walk to a spot that always seems to hold a Zander or two on either side of a snag. I dropped in directly below the rod tip and gave the lure a shake and got a hit which I missed. I swam the lure around in a circle and then converted the next knock into a fish.
I then worked my way around the snag again and picked up a
surprise Perch
Having made my way back to the car for something to eat I decided on a move. On arriving at my next spot I got a nice Perch on my second cast on the lime green D-Fin again, lost the picture due to a smudged lens. I struggled for a while after that so changed from a drop shot rig to yellow Duck Fin Shad and 7g football jig head and picked up a Zed and a Perch. I then went fishless for about two hours before losing a really nice Zed, usual routine, hook fish, play fish , grab the net and the fish lets go of the lure.
I can’t see me being able to fish for Zander for a while
now. If the opportunity presents itself later in the year I might sneak a few
out around October or November.
2 comments:
some great pics from your spiky action, i guesss the next spikys youll encounter will be bass?
Cheers Col, you might be right although that might be mid June. I'm busy with my wedding at the end of May and start of June. But you never know, mild winter and good spring, maybe could pick one up at the start of May... sooner the better
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