Texas rig fishing on Romiley canal

I was back on the canal today with 2 mate's Ben and Ant
after pike and perch. Normally I fish Ashton canal because
it's the closest to were I live but today we headed up to
Romiley canal which I've never fished so I was looking
forward to going  



I was using a plastic crayfish on a Texas rig and Ben & Ant we're using shads







It took us a while to find the fish but we got there with this little perch
hitting my lure



After catching that perch I set Ben & Ant up with Texas rigs and it didn't take
long for some more perch









We came to a very odd part of the canal a narrow bridge with about a 214ft drop    
for those who know me I DON'T like heights          









After a quick change off pants for me      we was back on the perch















We had a great day catching perch on light tackle and I was very happy with how clean
the canal was compared to the canal's I fish we'll definitely be going back.

That's a great lure session!

I was sure the spelling on that sign was wrong, I was sure it should be an a in the middle

...learned something...

http://www.answers.com/Q/Why_is_aqueduct_spelled_aqueduct_instead_of_aquaduct

Well done on all the Perch gents

Lovely, simply lovely!

headwyn wrote:

Lovely, simply lovely!

I'am

Those Perch look nice and healthy,some nice pics,and no supermarket trolleys
I wonder if there any biggies in there.They must all have parents and grandparents.
You seem to have cracked it with the lures,
I fished the Marple canal up towards the A6 about 10yrs ago,the American crayfish were massive.
They say the Perch eat them.
Your lures look like young crayfish.

Nice one Steve.

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

Those Perch look nice and healthy,some nice pics,and no supermarket trolleys
I wonder if there any biggies in there.They must all have parents and grandparents.
You seem to have cracked it with the lures,
I fished the Marple canal up towards the A6 about 10yrs ago,the American crayfish were massive.
They say the Perch eat them.
Your lures look like young crayfish.

I think some big perch will be in there because
small roach were everywhere
I know perch and pike feed on crayfish so
rather than use a fish looking plug which
they probably see all the time I thought
i'd use something a bit different

You certainly didn't play a bum note there Mystro

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

You certainly didn't play a bum note there Mystro

What size are the hooks on your Rigs Steve?
I've got plenty of jellies etc,I fancy making a few rigs up.

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

What size are the hooks on your Rigs Steve?
I've got plenty of jellies etc,I fancy making a few rigs up.

Depends on size of the lure mate but I normally use anything from a 1/0 to a 3/0
when I'm using the Texas rig as for using jig heads It's anything from a size 1 to 2/0

stevo wrote:

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

What size are the hooks on your Rigs Steve?
I've got plenty of jellies etc,I fancy making a few rigs up.

Depends on size of the lure mate but I normally use anything from a 1/0 to a 3/0
when I'm using the Texas rig as for using jig heads It's anything from a size 1 to 2/0

Cheers Steve,does that apply to the canal rigs?

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

stevo wrote:

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

What size are the hooks on your Rigs Steve?
I've got plenty of jellies etc,I fancy making a few rigs up.

Depends on size of the lure mate but I normally use anything from a 1/0 to a 3/0
when I'm using the Texas rig as for using jig heads It's anything from a size 1 to 2/0

Cheers Steve,does that apply to the canal rigs?

After loosing loads of plugs over the years I decided to start fishing
the Texas and Ned rigs and now i'm not loosing anywhere near the amount
I was loosing so the Texas rig is fished weedless and you can pretty much
use any soft plastic  

Both great rigs for the canal  

This is the Texas rig and the hook needed  





And this is the Ned rig (basically a jig head with a soft plastic)  



These are great to use on the Ned rig  

That's brilliant Steve,thanks.
I'll get some of those offset weedless worm hooks and have a bash.
Looks like these are the new trend,a lot more convenient for predator fishing.(and economical.)
Cheers Pal.

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

That's brilliant Steve,thanks.
I'll get some of those offset weedless worm hooks and have a bash.
Looks like these are the new trend,a lot more convenient for predator fishing.(and economical.)
Cheers Pal.

No probs mate glad to help

These two rigs are definitely the ones to use
at the moment and are catching a lot of fish

stevo wrote:

These two rigs are definitely the ones to use
at the moment and are catching a lot of fish

Said Cole

Logger wrote:

stevo wrote:

These two rigs are definitely the ones to use
at the moment and are catching a lot of fish

Said Cole