Ice fishing or not!

Me and cole decided to do some spinning
for pike on our local canal.

When we arrived at the canal to our horror
it was frozen over



Their was only bits that we could fish





In summer this is a nice stretch there is always loads of flowers like pansy's etc...      



We only give it an hour and headed back home

Well done for trying mate

Unlucky stevo, you need to stick to sea fishing

Great report
Always good to hear about the local flora and fauna

A great way to take a nature walk!

Well done Steve not a good day by the sound of it better luck next time.

Did you check out The Marina Stevo?
There's loads of resident barges on there at the moment,so probably no ice.
I imagine the pike would be under the barges.Plenty of bits chucked in off the barges.
Some big pike came out on a regular basis in the summer.
I might give it a go with a jigged sprat under a clear bubble float.
It's easy access to the marina,straight across from Tesco at the lights.
I can't wander with my bad foot,and it's a bit cold to sit there like a frozen dummy.

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

Did you check out The Marina Stevo?
There's loads of resident barges on there at the moment,so probably no ice.
I imagine the pike would be under the barges.Plenty of bits chucked in off the barges.
Some big pike came out on a regular basis in the summer.
I might give it a go with a jigged sprat under a clear bubble float.
It's easy access to the marina,straight across from Tesco at the lights.
I can't wander with my bad foot,and it's a bit cold to sit there like a frozen dummy.

Yes stan it was about 75% frozen and where the boats we're as well
I might give it another at weekend

stevo wrote:

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

Did you check out The Marina Stevo?
There's loads of resident barges on there at the moment,so probably no ice.
I imagine the pike would be under the barges.Plenty of bits chucked in off the barges.
Some big pike came out on a regular basis in the summer.
I might give it a go with a jigged sprat under a clear bubble float.
It's easy access to the marina,straight across from Tesco at the lights.
I can't wander with my bad foot,and it's a bit cold to sit there like a frozen dummy.

Yes stan it was about 75% frozen and where the boats we're as well
I might give it another at weekend

It's a bit cold for me at the moment Steve,but the marina is handy for me,I nip in tesco and have an hour on the marina when the weather is better.
They have got sprats in tesco at the moment,super cheap for a bucket full.
I've got a few half kgs in the bottom drawer of my freezer ready for sea fishing.
From what I can gather,Pike slow down in the winter,and don't go for spinners.
That bubble float method lets you set the depth,and retrieve or stop slowly,so a lazy Pike
doesn't need to chase a spinner.

I was only bouncing jigs along the bottom very slow stan
I might give the bullshead a go over the weekend

stevo wrote:

I was only bouncing jigs along the bottom very slow stan
I might give the bullshead a go over the weekend

The weather is looking ok for the weekend (at the moment) Steve.
I've got frozen bags of hempseed and barley I made up for groundbait.I saved the
liquid to add to groundbait. I've had some success with it in the past.
I found if you can keep it in a small area and fish over it the fish stay over it.
Tench love it.Good luck at weekend.