Rain rain go away

Thought i'd brave the elements today and give the canal another go
after a quick look at the weather forcast it was showing rain for
around 12:00am and windy all day.

I got their around 10:00am with my lure bag full hope's were high    




A long the second stretch I had 2 monster perch follow my plug
all the way in they were easy over 2lb but that was the closes
I came to catching anything.





The rain did come bang on time so I headed off home
no fish and no plugs lost so in a way happy days

This is what I use when light lure fishing for pike,perch and doing abit of lrf

A 7ft ugly stik gx2 with a abu garica 174 swi cardinal reel loaded with 30lb braid
nice and light yet strong and salt water resistant
For those sea sessions  

Hard luck Stevie boy but at least you got out
Enjoyed the report thanks
Think your lure box needs topping up too

unlucky on the perch stevo better luck next time

Logger wrote:

Think your lure box needs topping up too

normally after a trip to the canal I need to

Unlucky Stevo but great job on getting out! Don't no where time goes at the moment as I can't find any!

Messiah wrote:

Unlucky Stevo but great job on getting out! Don't no where time goes at the moment as I can't find any!

If you fancy coming with me chris your more
Than welcome pal I start in droylsden and
End up near Aston then back again.

Nice report Stevo shame the fishing wasn't better but great pics all the same

Hard luck Stevo .. I love canal Pikeing .had on jack about two pound and lost a tiny one on tiny roach live baits on my local canal yesterday .no pics as I and my phone where soaked lol . What a crap weekend weather wise ..

talkingbullhuss wrote:

Hard luck Stevo .. I love canal Pikeing .had on jack about two pound and lost a tiny one on tiny roach live baits on my local canal yesterday .no pics as I and my phone where soaked lol . What a crap weekend weather wise ..

Cheers mate it has been crap weather are the canal's near you full of snags?

Well done on not blanking

stevo wrote:

Messiah wrote:

Unlucky Stevo but great job on getting out! Don't no where time goes at the moment as I can't find any!

If you fancy coming with me chris your more
Than welcome pal I start in droylsden and
End up near Aston then back again.

Sounds like a plan, but I still need to find some of that time
Let me know when your planning your next session and ill hunt down some time

Great pics mate

Messiah wrote:

stevo wrote:

Messiah wrote:

Unlucky Stevo but great job on getting out! Don't no where time goes at the moment as I can't find any!

If you fancy coming with me chris your more
Than welcome pal I start in droylsden and
End up near Aston then back again.

Sounds like a plan, but I still need to find some of that time
Let me know when your planning your next session and ill hunt down some time

Great stuff I will mate

All canals full of shopping trolleys etc bikes lol you only have to look when boats traffic is at it minimal in the depths of winter when there gin clear .. I don't lure Fish much Stevo much prefer live baiting it's heart stopping lol love it .. Try fishing a sluggo with a weedless hook . You can fish them anywhere and very rarely get snagged up .. Bass love them over the roughest of ground . And I recon pike will nail them to owdddd

talkingbullhuss wrote:

Try fishing a sluggo with a weedless hook . You can fish them anywhere and very rarely get snagged up .. Bass love them over the roughest of ground . And I recon pike will nail them to owdddd

I've just been looking at these and they look great can you recommend a colour/size 4" or 6"?
thanks tim

I've got six inch ones myself for bass owdd , but I bet four inch would be ace for perch and jacks owddd

talkingbullhuss wrote:

I've got six inch ones myself for bass owdd , but I bet four inch would be ace for perch and jacks owddd

I was thinking 4" ones just been looking at other's aswell i'll let you know what I end up with cheers mate

Look forward to it owddd

Unlucky on the Perch Steve.

My first ever fish was a Perch and have loved them ever since. I really must get licences for me and Rhys next year. Youve inspired me!

headwyn wrote:

Unlucky on the Perch Steve.

My first ever fish was a Perch and have loved them ever since. I really must get licences for me and Rhys next year. Youve inspired me!

I love catching perch especially on lures
I'm surprised I don't catch more on the canal

You might like to try a fly,

Report coming up!

This is what I ended up getting it comes with 3 x 4" and 3 x 6" shads with 2 x jig heads
hope they work I just need to get out now.