Tuesday 6 January 2015

2014 - A Review

So I thought I’d do a little round up of what I caught last year.

Started off early January catching some carp whilst float fishing with Sweetcorn from Lakeside…

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Went back a few days later and caught some more. It was great fun.



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Mid-January and along with some lovely rudd, I caught a winter tench…

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I went perch fishing after that and blanked, but the weekend after that I visited Barton Court for the first time and had a whale of a time.

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Barton Court was my new favourite place, and I was soon back.

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Late Feb I took my good friend Rich to the Itchen in the hope of catching his first grayling. It turned out to be his last fishing trip.

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A week after I was back at Barton in what was supposed to be my penultimate trip before packing it in for the closed season.

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Tithe Barn was the setting for my last trip mid-March.

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I began fishing the local creeks in search of some childhood memories, and it was lovely.

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My downfall began with photographing carp during my lunch breaks…

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Although I kept it schtoom at first, I did buckle and only lasted 6 of the 12 weeks away from coarse angling….

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Next on my target list were roach, and Lakeside threw up some wonderful fish

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I even caught a couple of crucians that session, fuelling the fire.

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Pretty much as soon as the season started I was on the hunt for crucians, although it was frustrating and tricky at first so I diverting somewhat to carp and other animals.

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Soon after June 16th came along I was targeting the crucians, but got side-tracked to start with.

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Towards the end of June we held out Annual TFF Board Meeting at Fernhill Farm. As always, shop talk was kept to a minimum, catching fish being the major topic for the day.

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Then it begun, early July saw me enjoying the best crucian fishing I’ve ever had. Dream fish became reality among my own little paradise.
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…a few more nice tench were thrown into the mix too…

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At the end of July I ventured off course in search of a carp, and found one at Tithe Barn…

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The Crucian Association fish in at Abshot went swimmingly, with plenty of crucians and a few tench caught.

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A lovely day with my Dad was had early August…we both caught well.

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Mid-August was all about the Wild Carp of Wales.

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Soon after returning from Wales we were invited to Julian’s Estate Lake, a very successful day for me and a spool of free line from Angling Times.

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I returned to Lakeside in search of roach and dabbled some on the Wallington. Big roach and big gudgeon was where I was at during early September.

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…and a wonderful day’s fishing with prawns with dad was also enjoyed during the early part of September.

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Mid-September I retuned once more to the Koi pool, the place I hooked my first ever carp on cane. It was a memorable day.

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Mid-September also saw TFF at the Moat for the first time, a day loved by all who attended at this unique fishery.

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Then it was a visit to Carron Row, for sentimental reasons more than anything else…

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My friend Richard passed away in April, and early October 20 of his friends descended upon Yateley Sandhurst for a weekend memorial trip. I think he smiled on me too, bringing me one of only three fish caught, and a superb looking carp it was too, right from the top drawer.

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Towards the end of October I revisited Soake pond with a handful of friends. I’d had so many great sessions there in the past; it was great to be back. And I was rewarded early on in the trip with a surface caught stunner, which turned out to be the only fish of the trip.

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In November my perch campaign started, and with a bang I might add. 3 3lb perch in as many trips and a handful of back up 2s, it was the most incredible start.

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Over the Christmas break I joined the Wallyboys on an adventure to the little river Hamble, and along with some side splitting banter, a few nice fish were caught. The, the end of the year session was spent on New Year’s Eve on the lovely river Avon. I caught numerous fish, eventually, after a bitterly cold start, and was rewarded with a perfect end to 2014 in the shape of a superb 5lb chub.

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3 comments:

  1. Excellent angling stu, all round class... Stewi

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  2. Excellent angling stu, all round class... Stewi

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  3. Cheers buddy. Good to hear from you.

    Stu

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