It Gets Better

I was back on the local ponds again this morning and had another lovely fish, this one went to over 14lbs. Looks like I'm finally having some better luck! :-)


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Stillwater Pike

Well... the river is now closed for the next three months so today I had a walk around some local ponds and had this chunky pike going to over 10lbs, seems to have a strange back end?


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Last of the Season

The river season comes to an end this weekend so today I grabbed the chance of a last few hours on The Trent before it closes for 3 months. Conditions were very good but I lost 2 fish before finally getting one in the net, followed by another similar one soon after. Things went quiet so I decided to move to another spot and after a while I had something better putting a good bend in the rod! After a few powerful runs I was pleased to finally slip the net under a great looking fish. When I got home and looked at the photos I realised that this was the same fish I'd caught 2 days earlier, about a mile further along the river!






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A Better Day

Two nice looking fish from The Trent today :-) The biggest going to 13lb and was caught on the first cast of the day!



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A Trent Pike!

Another quick couple of hours back on The Trent again and I was fortunate enough to catch a nice looking Pike today!


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Something Different

I didn't fancy my chances of catching today. The Trent was very high and a Tetley brown color but I had a couple of hours free so I had a wander down with my lure rod, you never know!
I don't know where the Pike have disappeared to lately but they weren't interested again today, nothing until this lovely Chub grabbed my lure as I pulled it through a likely looking slack area. I thought at first I had a Jack on but was surprised and didn't complain when I saw the silvery bronze scales of a Chub hit the surface to save me from a blank.


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A Hard Earned Jack

I was out on The Trent again today after another tough blank session on Sunday. The river was in a much better condition today, good color, nice and calm with a steady flow but the fishing was very hard with just this lively little Jack being landed. The Trent Pike don't seem very interested in playing ball. It's been a long hard winter for fishing on The Trent with everyone else I know also finding it hard. Things have to improve soon... ??? HA!
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Things Might Be Starting To Improve!

First time out fishing today in a while and I fancied a few hours on The Trent but I wasn't sure if it had settled down enough yet after the recent long spell of bad weather, so I went to an area that had some gravel pits adjacent to it so I could drop onto those if the river was too high. I parked up and got my gear out and noticed a pike angler already set up on one of the pits, so I gave him a nod and stopped for a chat. He said he'd already had a couple of Jacks on ledgered dead baits... so hopefully things might be starting to improve. I gave it a good hour on the river, the level and color looked good but there was just a little bit too much flow to fish comfortably. Someone had been down recently and had a chuck around because there were quite a few snagged lures in the overhanging trees and bushes. I tried a few slacker areas but didn't feel very confident so I headed over for a walk around the gravel pits with my lures and I ended the morning with 4 nice Jacks, the biggest was probably around the 7lb mark. No record breakers, but it was nice to be out again getting a bit of a bend in the rod. Things might be starting to improve!

Snow, Ice and now the Flood

Not much fishing for me lately due to the bad weather. Just the odd hour here and there with not much to show for it. All my local stillwaters were still frozen at the weekend and The Trent is very high and fast. Hope things settle down and get back to normal soon!

That's Better!

The fishing has been difficult lately with just a few odd Jacks between the blank sessions so I was pleased today when this beauty gave me the run-around in the fast current of The Trent.


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A Nice Change

After having a few blank sessions lately on my usual fishing areas, I decided to have a change and try somewhere different today, so I fished a stretch of The Trent I'd not fished before. The fishing was hard because of the very low, clear water and the gusty wind but I stuck it out and was pleased to end the morning with this beauty!
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Monday Morning Pike

Back on The Trent this morning for a quick couple of hours and had this lovely fat Pike


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