Saturday, 25 January 2014

More Canal Predators

Well it has been an eventful predator season for Me and Will with around 20 pike in total along with 5 zander and countless perch but the highlight of the season was Will's pike at around 18-20lbs this was a true canal monster but despite our sudden success we couldn't help but feel that there was nothing left to achieve except a specimen canal zander which was quickly delivered to us about 2 weeks later in the form of an 7lb 11oz beauty caught by Me on a session when Will had to return home due to illness. I had walked a while up the towpath to where we had had 2 zander the previous day at around the 4lb mark. I cast my firetiger soft savage gear 4play just under a bush and hooked into a perch on the retrieve it was around 1 and a half pounds and was a sign of good things to come. But then to my horror the monstrosity that was a canal barge rolled through the swim.Morale had hit an all time low i was just about ready to go home when i had one last cast into a gap between two hedges. I flipped over the bale arm and started to wind and that was when i felt the powerful resistance of a large fish which i originally thought was a decent pike. I got the fish in to the margins and to my shock through the crystal clear water a saw the head of a large zander thrashing around. It rose to the top of the water and i originally had some trouble getting a hold on it. I grabbed it under its gill cover and lifted it out at last it was on the bank. I put it in the weigh sling and i was surprised to see them stop at 7lb 11oz. Along with this we also had a few specimen perch the biggest being about 3lb.





Sunday, 13 October 2013

Coventry Canal Predator Fishing

Today and yesterday Dawson and Will braved a rainy and cold day to go lure fishing for predator fish down the Coventry canal at Polesworth. The area we fish is about half a mile long and around 2 meters deep at its deepest and is at most 8 meters wide. The lures we were using are the 8cm Korum Snapper Drones in the goldfish , perch, and roach patterns. We found the goldfish pattern to be the best especially in the heavily colored water of the canal. We got down to the water and within 20 minutes Will had hooked in to his first ever pike. Even though it was small it was a nice and lively fish. A few minutes later will had another fish on his line: a baby zander. he also was having aggressive bumps from a larger zander but it was spooked by a large canal barge which also stirred up the silt and mud on the bottom of the canal, further reducing visibility.Over the course of the weekend we also had several nice sized perch. 





Saturday, 12 October 2013

About Us

Dawson
Dawson has been fishing since the age of four but has only moved on to carp and predator fishing in recent years.His personal best carp is 18lb and his personal best tench is 5lb . He favors float fished baits instead of ledger fished baits . He also likes short , weekend lure fishing sessions on canals or rivers.


Will
Although he is relatively new to serious angling Will has already caught some nice fish on our  local commercial fisheries as well as some nice bream in the local canal marina on float fished sweetcorn . He has recently began to have large success predator fishing with Dawson in the local rivers and canals.