Spinning

[Adamd7514]

Hi everyone, I fished canals maggots and floats when I was 13-15 ish I'm now 30 and tuke up spinning on canals and rivers had few small pikes but mainly perch.

Now my question is mainly for advise, apart from canals and rivers can I go to lakes big ponds and spin like I do on canals ? I don't want to look a complete tool by turning up to a lake or big pond with all spinning gear and lures ? I just want a heads up before I go out buying day permits

Thanks in advance

[Flipflopjoe]

Your best bet is to ring up and ask.
Most day ticket waters probably don’t allow lure fishing.
If you have any park lakes nearby they may allow it, or contact some of your local angling clubs and see if they do.
I’d stick with your rivers and canals, they may surprise you!
Good luck with it

[Mike J]

Hi and welcome

As joe says, canals can surpise anyone.

Public access lakes often have manmade snags of dumped stolen items, unless well managed most lakes with trees around can give you megga fights with submerged tree branches.

Note; a lure angler can arouse extreeme suspicion in some locations.

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[Adamd7514]

Thanks for advise guys it will be taken in , I have been doing alot reading and watching videos on YouTube as I am self teaching and was just curious to no . I need to go more river fishing because 97% of my catchs are small perch on canals. Im still trying new lures out, and im stuck in mind what size lure to use on canals feel like i never catch anything on bigger lures (e.g over 6cm) I sometimes think I have had a few bites but then Its just snag on weeds haha so always switch back to a smaller lure after an hour

[Mike J]

Being a better angler is not about utube or f*book anglers, its about asking yourself the right questions.

To begin - if all your getting in your canals is small Perch what does it tell you?
Did they fall from the sky, of course not, they were bred there so the question you ask is = where are their Mums and Dads!
Why are the small Perch in those locations and not the bigger fish? Now you know must be in there......somewhere!

No Pike - if everyone tells you they will be in there, but where are the apex predators you seek?
Think, think, think.....look at other apex predators, lions for instance, lots of food so plenty of time to rest and relax, but when they are hungry they go hunting, when everything is in their favour.

Not for nothing are many of the better fish caught by the anglers who think. Be one.

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks for advise guys it will be taken in , I have been doing alot reading and watching videos on YouTube as I am self teaching and was just curious to no . I need to go more river fishing because 97% of my catchs are small perch on canals. Im still trying new lures out, and im stuck in mind what size lure to use on canals feel like i never catch anything on bigger lures (e.g over 6cm) I sometimes think I have had a few bites but then Its just snag on weeds haha so always switch back to a smaller lure after an hour

What lures are you using? 6cm is still pretty small, even for perch. I'd advise sticking with some slightly bigger lures and keeping at it. I like using small lures, but it pays to switch it up during a session. A lot of my bigger perch on lures have been on good sized cranks or even jerk baits of 15cm plus - they do like a meal.

[Milvuss]

Get on the decent sized lures and jerks, like Mark suggests - above.
You won't look daft. A bigger lure should cast further, and on bigger waters, the features that hold the fish could be a wee bit further out than those you're used to hitting with a small spinner.
Before you buy your books and tickets, have a look at when the clubs consider the 'predator' season starts. Some specify October as being the first month when restrictions don't apply. Good luck.

[delboy]

Note; a lure angler can arouse extreeme suspicion in some locations.

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Especially if you are on the same water as me

[Monts]

Note; a lure angler can arouse extreeme suspicion in some locations.

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