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Another good chub fishing trip was had this afternoon.  It didn’t start out that way though i lost a possible five pound chub at the net and thought i’d blown it.  I rebaited the productive area and moved up river, had a small chub about a pound but nothing else.  Went back to the area i started off at and landed a cast around a foot from the far bank, chucked in a few cubes of meat and crouched down behind the reeds to pray that the lump was still in the area.

Ten minutes later and the tip quivered and then swung into a hungry chub, i struck and this time made sure the feisty fish was well away from the snags.  A few minutes later and i lifted my net to bag myself another 4lb specimen.  This time he was only just a four weighing in at 4lb 1oz, another meat loving chub was mine.  It certainly makes me feel that i’m doing something right and hopefully the five barrier can be broken soon.

This one fell to straight through 4lb mainline to a size 8 Drennan Super Specialist, 2 ssg shot on a link leger, the bait was a cube of luncheon meat.

I did have a chat to another fisherman whilst moving swims and he had it on good authority that a 5-14 was caught in the same area last winter so atleast i know i’m firmly in chub land.  Although i shant be using the same bait that the fish was caught on… a sprat with double treble meant for a pike.  Oh and on the mention of Pike i must have seen atleast five of them holding up in the clear water and i reckon atleast 4 of them were doubles.  Hmmm! 

Its been a while since i’ve posted so i thought i’d post up a little update.  I’ve been hard at work finishing my pond off which is literally done now.  So hopefully back on the fishing as soon as possible!  If all goes to plan another night will be spent on the river this weekend to see if life is returning to a very low looking river.  Not much fish movement to report at all and captures… well even less so!

I’ll hopefully be posting up on here sunday of some marvelous captures, well probably not to be honest but i’m staying optimistic just in case something special comes my way!  If not i think it may be time to try somewhere else for a while until we have some real amount of rain to rejuvenate a somewhat silent river that is really struggling to produce at the moment.  Fingers crossed for the weeks to come!

Only a short update today as the weekend just past i didn’t manage as much fishing as normal.  I was down the lake both days for only a few hours each time.  Fortunately Tommy Topsoil didn’t let me down with the lobs and they arrived extremely quickly as usual and meant that lack of bait wasn’t an issue.   If you are interested he manages to do a 100 lobs for £12 delivered and i think every time i’ve ordered before 2pm they’ve been waiting for me on my doorstep the next day.  Absolutely outstanding service!

Back to the fishing… with the wind being up again its not easy fishing but conditions otherwise looked pretty good both days.  Fortunately in one location the perch were still there and feeding quite comfortably and were taken to just over a pound.  I think saturday morning i managed 6 of them before i had to leave.  Sunday evening i managed another 2 but still no more 2 pounders to grace the net.  I’m sure its only a matter of time before a three comes to say hello down there.  Its just a matter of having the time at the moment to get a good session in to get the feed in and try to pull them over it.  Hopefully this saturday i can try to get a good few hours down there from first light which should be good. 

I’ll keep the blog updated as usual to let you know how i’m getting on!  I may even try to get a couple of hours in tonight.  The joy of summer and quick outings after work…delightful!

Hi all,

Today i went for a different approach and thought i’d try dropshotting for the Perch.  I went to a large lake near where i live armed with my spinning rod 5-20g with 15lb braid loaded onto a Shimano Sedona 750.  This outfit is a total joy to use when targetting Perch and seemed perfect for dropshotting.

New dropshot hooks are currently on order so i opted for some green size 4 fly hooks that i have and they seemed to stick out perfectly when mounted on 12lb grand max.  I rigged it so the lure was about a foot from the bottom and set about trying to christen the new technique and get to grips with how effective it could be.

It didn’t take too long to work either i think on about my fifth cast i was into a nice perch of around a pound!  A great way to start on a new way of fishing!!! Luckily i managed another around 15 minutes later and i was set on always taking a rod rigged up for dropshotting on my luring trips.

I’m not so sure the hooks i used stood up enough but for the trial it seemed sufficient enough, i cannot wait to get out more on this method and see if it out fishes the usual spinning and jigging!  Time will tell!

And hey if you haven’t given it a go yet i highly advise you try it out!