jh92 477 Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 I’m loaded up for a few hours on the canal this morning, hopefully I can catch a few perch. Haven’t done any lure fishing since the beginning of the year so really looking forward to it!! is anyone else doing any predator fishing at the moment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jh92 477 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 Well it’s a blank from me, about an hour in and all the rowing boats came along, must be some sort of event going on because there was loads of them... quit early and came on home, what a waste of time that was 😂😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jh92 477 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 ordering these little beasts, hopefully I can catch a few on them 😃😂 finchey and Highy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B B 672 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 What did you think of the lures jh ? jh92 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevtaylor 1,070 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 On 13/12/2020 at 07:47, jh92 said: I’m loaded up for a few hours on the canal this morning, hopefully I can catch a few perch. Haven’t done any lure fishing since the beginning of the year so really looking forward to it!! is anyone else doing any predator fishing at the moment? Yeah I've spent this year buying kit as the carp venues were too busy for me, full day kits for carp/barbel/tench etc and full kits for Perch, Zander and Pike. I've done a day drop shotting on Pitsford Res for Perch - had a small one and lost a Pike on the heavy duty rod, a day on Rutland vertical jigging for Zander and had 2 small Zed's. Also been on my local canal and river practicing the methods and had a few small Perch and Pike. Oh and an afternoon deadbaiting on ferry meadows where I had a Jack and my son took the second run and landed a 15lb Pike - the jammy git lol I've told myself to keep up the predator fishing at least once a month throughout 2021 - not to treat it as a winter thing only. tbh I am seriously thinking of buying an electric motor with GPS anchoring and a Sonar. yonny, jh92 and B B 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevtaylor 1,070 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 finchey, jh92, yonny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nube 6 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I've been trying a bit of drop shotting for Perch in the local canal, it's quite snaggy +been losing a few leads+ rigs . Which shape leads do people think snag least? I've been using the standard column shaped drop shot weights, would round ones be better? jh92 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluelabel 1,623 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I use swan shot... you are always going to lose weights in snaggy areas... another wrinkle is to use plasticine as a weight... far cheaper and easier to use and looks like a stone if you mix up the colours kevtaylor and jh92 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jh92 477 Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 On 03/01/2021 at 21:03, Big Bass said: What did you think of the lures jh ? Sorry for the late reply mate, I haven't caught anything on them mate, they do feel a tad flimsy, I reckon they'll be good for perch but don't think they'll hold pike. I've seen some videos on youtube of some guy in america catching bass on them so they do work lol. On 05/01/2021 at 15:36, kevtaylor said: Yeah I've spent this year buying kit as the carp venues were too busy for me, full day kits for carp/barbel/tench etc and full kits for Perch, Zander and Pike. I've done a day drop shotting on Pitsford Res for Perch - had a small one and lost a Pike on the heavy duty rod, a day on Rutland vertical jigging for Zander and had 2 small Zed's. Also been on my local canal and river practicing the methods and had a few small Perch and Pike. Oh and an afternoon deadbaiting on ferry meadows where I had a Jack and my son took the second run and landed a 15lb Pike - the jammy git lol I've told myself to keep up the predator fishing at least once a month throughout 2021 - not to treat it as a winter thing only. tbh I am seriously thinking of buying an electric motor with GPS anchoring and a Sonar. That's a nice pike mate, did you end up getting a motor? Sounds fun lol. I'm getting my club ticket for the canal tomorrow so hopefully do a bit of deadbaiting 👍 I was watching a video on twitching the deadbait when using a float, you cover more water doing it so tomorrow hopefully walk the canal with a rod set up on a float/deadbait and see if I can hook something. Conditions look good too 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevtaylor 1,070 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 17 hours ago, jh92 said: That's a nice pike mate, did you end up getting a motor? Sounds fun lol. I'm getting my club ticket for the canal tomorrow so hopefully do a bit of deadbaiting 👍 I was watching a video on twitching the deadbait when using a float, you cover more water doing it so tomorrow hopefully walk the canal with a rod set up on a float/deadbait and see if I can hook something. Conditions look good too 😀 No I've not bought the trolling motor or sonar yet - no rush with lockdown, the ressies are closed anyway. Good luck down the canal 👍 jh92 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jh92 477 Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, kevtaylor said: No I've not bought the trolling motor or sonar yet - no rush with lockdown, the ressies are closed anyway. Good luck down the canal 👍 Fair play mate, I did a few hours this morning with some skimmer dead baits but had no luck 👎 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevtaylor 1,070 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 20 minutes ago, jh92 said: Fair play mate, I did a few hours this morning with some skimmer dead baits but had no luck 👎 Unlucky mate - I go for smelt, they seem to be really good bait 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salokcinnodrog 3,637 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 16/02/2021 at 17:25, jh92 said: Fair play mate, I did a few hours this morning with some skimmer dead baits but had no luck 👎 For some reason I have never done as well on skimmer deads as I have on roach. Probably the main reason is because I get takes on roach, so regularly use them, whereas don't get takes on skimmers on the occasions I try, so don't often use or even get them. Best deadbaits for me are smelt and roach, then mackeral and herrings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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