Erewash canal at Ilkeston

Had some nice fish out of this canal when I visited my friend John & Scott, we caught plenty of perch that looked like they had not been angled for, John had a live baiting session, whilst myself & Scott fished the pole.

The results,

Some big perch there along with a few roach, rudd, dace, some skimmers & gudgeon, also a jack pike that gave a good scrap caught by John....

More of the perch......

We had a great session & will be doing some more next year, after Johns wedding which i'm his best man at.

Enjoyed The Fishing Today...

Had a great session on the stick float, plenty of roach, dace and perch were caught, in not so ideal conditions, that were gusty and more suitable for fishing the feeder, but I stuck it out till dusk on the stick and that paid off, for me, also I'm glad I've still got, the knack, with the stick.

There were also a few bank side loonies, walking their dogs and them fucking idiots on them fucking bastard cruisers, tear arseing up and the river, like they think there in the fast lane of the M1, cunts, fortunately this time, I didn't get drowned by tidal waves and didn't let that spoil an otherwise enjoyable day.

At the present time in life, there is a great stamp of roach coming back to the Trent, I noticed the weeklies have dubbed it "the Trent roach revival" from what I've read, so far nothing to write home about in sizes but certainly worth a dabble, in my honest opinion.
I reckon if it hadn't been for the gusty wind today, it'd be worth fishing with hemp and tares, for definite, with the current gin clear and low water condition of the river.

A Session on the River Trent

Been fishing the Trent for quite a few years now in & around Nottingham where i have caught barbel to 9.5lbs & chub to 6lbs,all my fish were caught on curry flavoured baits like maggots,sweetcorn,luncheon meat with casters & hemp seed in the feeder which have brought me a lot of success in my fishing.

One session i had on the River it was my 20th birthday which i decided to have a days fishing. I took nothing other than good old lob worms for bait which i dug from the back garden the day before.

When i arrived at the river at first light i saw a nice swim just screaming perch there were fish splashing everywhere after all the insects on the surface. So i set up my gear & chopped up a load of worms for the feeder & put a whole lob worm on a size 8 barbed hook tied to 10lb maxima mainline & with a gentle flick put the terminal tackle in just under an overhanging tree, placed the rod in the rest & waited about 15 minutes,i re baited, still no bites this happened for another two hours & then i decided to re bait the hook with a worm that i cut the tail off. Re cast & 10 minutes later whilst i was rolling a fag,bang the rod tip slammed down & boy did this fish go,it aimed straight for the other side of the river & wasn't going to stop, eventually i started to retrieve line back, but it decided to have another run which was at that point i thought i was going to lose it because it was all over the place.

When i got the fish to the net i got the shock of my life what i thought was a barbel turned out to be a perch of 3lb Wow what a birthday present that was a new personal best perch.

After all the excitement had calmed down in me i carried on fishing for the rest of the day but obviously that perch had spooked the swim & i didn't get any more bites.

The only thing that made me mad that day was not having a camera with me which is something i will never forget to take every time when i go fishing.