the roach are in very good condition at this time of the year ..
nice to have a change from the pike fishing .......just waiting for another cold front to come in , then back on the pike..
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stubbojo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29 2024 20:32 -I've always got a few tins in the tackle room! If you have a Boyes store local to you, they quite often have it quite cheap!Bob Watson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29 2024 19:41 -you can buy it by the tin bob ready cooked with additive think it was 2.45 .....not worth fannying about with tbhI soak my hemp overnight with a good bit of bicarb of soda before boiling. It usually splits but I'm not too bothered if it doesn't.
A local tackle shop used to sell ground hemp, a fine powder which gave me some good results years ago.
A search returns some results but they all look like crushed hemp to me.
its enough for a few hours fishing ......
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I very rarely prep' my own now, the price of the big sacks I used to get went through the roof a few years ago, so much so that my local Maddox's animal feed centre started bagging hemp in kilo bags so thy could sell it.
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Quick trip out with worms on a small ditch feeding into a mainstream, had a few gudgeon, dace and Roach .. about 3 ft in width and 18" deep at best
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nice , one big Cheshire mere i fish has a small ditch going down one side of it , its black with fry in winter and the perch are big that follow them in there...you wouldn't think they would venture into the very narrow ditch .........
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had a few hours on the res the other day, wind was howling from the left made it difficult casting tbh , but had some decent fish in the end....
had a bite within minutes of getting my rig in the water ....
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dont know what the guy was doing as i got there , he was just leaving and said he has not had a bite in 3 hours ......had a bite within minutes of getting my rig in the water ....
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stubbojo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07 2024 20:24 -nice , one big Cheshire mere i fish has a small ditch going down one side of it , its black with fry in winter and the perch are big that follow them in there...you wouldn't think they would venture into the very narrow ditch .........
We have seen a lot of rain last 24 hours Steve, I like to venture onto side streams to see the effect of flooding and holding areas for fish, my best was 7 species from a small stream in a very condensed spot, the best bit was people crossing over a bridge telling me I won't catch and the main river is over the next 2 fields away.
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stubbojo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07 2024 20:38 -On a feeder rig? I trotted worm today as out of the usual cheap'Squash ball bread'.had a few hours on the res the other day, wind was howling from the left made it difficult casting tbh , but had some decent fish in the end....
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dont know what the guy was doing as i got there , he was just leaving and said he has not had a bite in 3 hours ......
had a bite within minutes of getting my rig in the water ....
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yes stew , feeder rig ...heli rig about 25 yards out ,but very shallow spot about 4 ft , kept casting every 10 to 15 minutes to get the feed in, bites come in the first minute must be a lot of fish all over it ......
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had some veary heavy rain today all day infact .....fishing will be crap for a few days ...