Fishing

[Stryker]

He has to be having us on!  if not, contact the wildlife trust or something and get them to ID it!

[smilodon]

Day two of my fishing saga. I went back to the same part of the Grand Union Canal. This time though I moved about half a mile away from the bridge heading upstream. There's a bend here and the man from the fishing shop said the water flow speeds up slightly on the outside edge of a curve in the canal. He reconned I might catch some bream here?

Anyway I only had a couple of hours as it gets dark about 4.30 this late in the year. The man opposite me caught a chub (his identification not mine).  Then suddenly I hooked something really big. The rod bent right over! Sadly my line broke (it was 2lb breaking strain). I have no idea what it was but the man across the way (who cought the chub) recon'd it was probably a pike!  So I re-hooked up and added a new spinner. Ten minutes later i got another bite and caught a fish  :dribble:

The other man had gone by this time so I couldn't ask him what it was I caught. I think it might be a roach but I'm not sure? And ideas?
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[Squonk]

Yup thats a Roach  

[Norm]

Definate wind up lads,anyone can see its a Rudd.

Smilo well done. :worship:  :worship:  :worship:

[Benny]

Kill it, kill it hard.

[Dingo]

Lesser spotted Smilodonicus if you ask me.....catch em all the time round our way  

[smilodon]

I knew this should have gone in 'Seriously though...'.

This is a roach


And this is a rudd

[Zok]

and this is a red herring

[BigFatCat]

Has to be a wind-up, no-one would go spinning with 2lb BS. And the 16ft rod earlier was flagged as either a noob mistake or iffy.....

Tench and Pike are best, BTW.

[smilodon]

I've only been fishing twice in my life and never professed to have a clue. The first fish was caught on 4lb line with a little metal thing the shop owner called a spinner. It was about an inch and a half long, very shiny with a hook fixed to it.  I can take a photo of it and post it up if you like?

This latest fish was a tiny thing and I got that on two pound line. It's hard to scale the size of the second fish, but it would fit in the palm of your hand and only weighs an ounce or two. I had a tiny little hook on the end of the line with a maggot on the end (urgh!)

My neighbour is taking me fishing on the Thames tomorrow morning at 7am  :blink:  
Watch this space?

[Norm]

"So I re-hooked up and added a new spinner. Ten minutes later i got another bite and caught a fish"

Then you say:

"I had a tiny little hook on the end of the line with a maggot on the end (urgh!)"

 :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:  

[ChimpBoy]

Originally posted by smilodon@Nov 3 2004, 10:19 PM
Now that it looks increasingly like I will soon be unable to hunt with hounds, I need an alternative sport where I can legally kill animals. So fishing looks a safe bet.

Therefore on Monday I went out to our local Angling Supplier and bought all the gear he said I needed. Today I went on my first fishing trip. And would you 'adam and eve it' if I didn't actually catch something! Trouble is I know sod all about fishing and have no idea what it is? So any of you fishing experts? And if so do you have a ny idea what this is?

Caught in The Great Union Canal, Uxbridge Wednesday about 3pm.

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I find it highly dubious that you would catch the Pacific Spookfish in the GUC

And the second one looks like a John Dory, but I may be wrong.  Again, a species unlikely to be found in the fresh waters of this great isle

[BigFatCat]

Ah, sussed it.

The second one is the vessel crewed by the dodgy green geezers in "Stingray"

Dead Fishy

Guess I'm showing my age now :blush:

[smilodon]

This is the final log of Smilodons fishing expedition.


That's it I have packed in fishing for good. Clearly it is a sprt far to complex for me. I admit I got all my 'tackle?' mixed up. I did indeed catch fish two with a hook rather than the spinny metal thing. The man, mentioned above told me I'd catch sod all with the set up I was running. I was trying to put of stabbing a maggot onto a hook for as long as possible. Frankly I was hoping they'd turn into flies and err fly off. I burst the first one  :blink:  getting it on the hook but the second one went on no problem.

Anyway onto Sunday on the Thames. Things were looking up. Weather was OK, if a little grey, and I was fishinmg with my mate who actually has a clue. So for the first time I felt confident. Two hours in and disatser struck. I got a bite and began realing in...then suddenly this 'THING' burst from the dank waters of the Thames and leaped up onto the bank. It waved a sort of pointly metal thing at my make and demanded to be taken to our leader!

Fortunately there was a small rowing boat close by, and I and my friend managed to grab and oar each and beat the bugger to death.  We've stashed the body in my mates shed and will burn it at a late Bonefire Party being held tomorrow.

A snap just before it died......

[Norm]

Quality smilo

 :thumbsup:  :thumbsup: