Mike J wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17 2019 09:37 -At some point I intend on trying fishing in a spot I found that is within London but on Thames tidal waters. Waiting for a day I don't feel like moving much beyond turning the pages of a book. I have been told that the Chinese people fishing the relevant spot tend to turn up with dozens of rods between them and leave with buckets of whiting. Not witnessed it myself but informed by locals.Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21 2019 12:45 -Something i`ve noticed is that with chub, casting upstream or across has always worked better than lures cast downstream and worked back up. Might be coincidence but I cant recall a single chub coming to a downstream cast. Anyone else noticed that?
Precisely the same as you Mark.
Up and across and retrieved at a speed so it never goes beyond 45 degrees downstream, anything near the margins and its teeth only.
Planning to take the rod for a walk along the river some evening this week, simply because there are less mozzies than on the lake. Here chubby chubby
J-P
The place I PMd about, the Chinese tried scavanging bass off the local lads, when they were refused they came on a bit heavy and the kids went home, but it came to a quick end when a few Fathers intercepted the offenders.
Since then they have bought their own tackle and copied the locals mackerel snatching method, at mackerel time its a free for all anyway so nobody worries.
I sometimes see a Chinese guy fishing Hurst Spit and he is very skillful, fishing through the worst of the weather and always helpful with the latest catch news.
I get the impression that there is a serious lack of funding to pay for the policing of waters. Quite sad really, but I suppose I'm not surprised as much of the country is struggling. Reminded of that when I visited the GP yesterday after having not been there in well over a year. Half the doctors had left, and a post-it note on the door informing patients that they no longer offer same day emergency appointments. I asked when I the next appointment was available, they had one just under two weeks later. Shocking as this was the biggest practice in the area.