Catch of the day [Fishing]

[RedStripe]

Dream fish for me this evening…a double figure Barbel 

[Giles]

Brilliant.  Congrats.  Tactics?

[RedStripe]

Thanks G.
Roving all day, finding the slacks on my little river, 20 minutes in each spot, big lump of spam…its been hard won but I am finally cracking the code 

[Giles]

Perfect, will you guide me one day?

[RedStripe]

You know where to come Giles, 1-2 weeks into the season and I can go 80% on you catching a Barbel in a certain weirpool near me 

[Giles]

You are on….

[RedStripe]

cool see you mid-late July then

[Giles]

Oh my oh my…..

[Hereforthebeer]

@RedStripe:

Dream fish for me this evening…a double figure Barbel

Congrats on the catch mate, great looking fish!

[RedStripe]

Thanks HTF…they are beasts, the hardest fighting British coarse fish 

I had an up and down end to the river season here; I lost a HUGE Barbel in a spot I'd been prebaiting for 3 weeks with boilies.. Two days later my mate (a fisherman who features regularly in the angling press) dropped into the spot with a bit of meat and caught the river record ...18lbs. (Anglers mail next week I guess)

On the last night, cold and tired, I managed to pull another smaller one out, on hair rigged bread. 

[Peter]

A small, but super strong sea trout. Probably around 2 lbs. Amazing weather as well. Way too good actually, but at least I caught this one. Swiftly swam away after a quick picture. I love sea trout!

[Peter]

Nice silver from last weekend. I'd say around 4 lbs.

[Giles]

Boom…

[Dion]

[dylantbmayes]

One of these would look great in the fishing room, @Giles…

And a great reason to finally come visit me!

[Giles]

It sure would…..But, currently  fishing room looks like a couple of Great Whites have had a bust up in there.  I'm modifying my GT rods (taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod concentrates the mind) and updating the hardware etc on a load of lures, so we have paint, varnish, Araldite, you name it, all over the place.  I have to keep the door shut, in case Paula sees the squalor....

[dylantbmayes]

@Giles:

… taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod...

Sounds fun!

Well there's a three year wait so you've got plenty of time to cleanup.

[RedStripe]

2 years of hunting down a 3lb+Perch, got one: All the fancy new lures and techniques tried with some success; caught on the humble spinner. Trusty Beatle Busters and IH T-shirt keeping me warm on a sunny but cold day

[Peter]

Nice one! I'm going perch fishing tomorrow, I think.

[Giles]

Decent size Bonito caught back in October…...