Posts Tagged ‘night’

Short and sweet !

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

by Pat Gillett
30-03Over the last few weeks I have been doing a few short / sessions, with the longest one being no more than 10 hours. This really is my type of . I have kept the to a minimum and been very mobile in my . By moving around a lot (sometimes up to four or five times) and closely watching the of the I have been able to catch one or two when the going has really been pretty slow.
The Estate Lake I have been is about 4 acres, clear and very shallow (no more than 3 ½ feet deep). It also has an increasing amount of has the weather warms up. Stocking levels are not particularly high with approximately 35 . Because of the conditions it really is a better ‘ ’ with most angler’s catching very little in the . But I have always believed in the old adage of ‘catching on my own terms’ and as such I have still not fished a on this . (I get more enjoyment catching in the daytime). (more…)

Reader’s Query: New Water

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Steve Vaughan wrote:
I have just started a new with a large head of to 28lb. It has seen little and hardly any , however it does get fished for the large that live in the lake.
The depth varies from 5ft to 18ft, could you give some as to how the bloggers would go about for the .
Shaun Harrison replies:
Good this one and one which could be answered in many different ways.
My to any new if the allows is to put small traps of bait in likely looking areas then keep walking around the venue until either I am lucky enough to stumble upon a few or until it becomes clear that the don’t particularly visit the margins during hours.
If I’m lucky enough to find I can then experiment to find what sort of baits the prefer rather than going in with the I want to use.
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Carp Fishing Questions: What time did you catch that fish?

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

By Roy Van Goor

What did you catch that ?

This is one of the things I seem to be most interested in when I talk about catches that other anglers have had. I would say 70% of the anglers on the waters I are doing overnighters.. This means arriving at 18.00 in the and until 09.00 in the .

What I hear a lot is that they are not confident in the days, because the at , and not during daytime. Well, in my view some of this is true, they tend to catch during the , and . But I would never overlook the hours of . I hardly overnighters anymore because I catch my with no during daytime. But a lot of anglers cant get there heads around daytime only. Is it a confidence thing? (more…)