SO how did you do?

Me, I arrived at a lovely pool on the OUse at about 5am. Baited a spot with a pint of hemp & few boilies and left it to do its magic while I went and fished another swim. Crayfish robbed my bait in the other swim , so it was back to the baited spot after 45mins instead of 1 hour. NO BITES WERE FORTHCOMING!!!!

Typical really, but it was a beautiful morning and I was lucky enough to have a kite flying over me for a good 20 minutes, its wing span was at least 1metre with beautiful white markings (think it was a kite), so that was nice

Went to a different stretch for the afternoon and had 4 chubs to about 3 pounds

Going tonight, different stretch again, hopefully I'll spot some barbs so I can have a proper crack for them.

Tight lines all

Blanked mate, same as everyone else at montford bridge, Its always the same a red letter day or nowt
R.K.

I went over the Kennet after work and was greeted with sight of 25 anglers on a stretch thats less than a mile long and rarely has more than 2 or 3 people on it during weekday evenings. No fish came out all day, hardly surprising as its on private land so its been empty for 3 months then 25 people turn up on mass, they must sense all those people turning up, apparently the whole Kennet was a circus yesterday and hardly any fish reported

I fished for a couple of hours but had nothing, plenty of crayfish taps but no barbs, give it a few weeks to quieten down after the initial early season barrage and it will ok I reckon.

I had a couple of NYCD spliffs and spent the evening enjoying the wildlife, lots of swallows buzzing around the sky feeding off the fly hatch coming off the river, top stuff. Apparently someone in the next swim saw a big pike take a baby mallard off the top, I heard the splash but didn't see it, I did see the parents franticly swimming around looking for it though, it must have been their last surviving chick as there were no more around.

Anyway I don't really care I blanked as got to spend the evening sitting in this lovely swim, they live near that brick wall and its usually a no brainer swim, always get a fish or two out of there.


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bad for me as well
went out on lower thames after some bream-got there about 5 30am and fished for about 4 hours for just 5 bites which gave me a tiny perch,a skimmer and a bream of about 2lbs.weather was all wrong with it being clear and sunny.mate and his son who were with me had i bream between them.
will be on the kennet soon after some barbel fishing into the night so lets hope they bite.

good luck anyone going out

ukbl

Went fishing today, caught what i belive was a trout (not a very big one at that) dident have much luck other than that
was a nice day down on the river

Unlucky Jackm, i had 4 and this was the biggest Click to view attachment

and some chub, one of which i could hold its head in my hand with my arm outstretched and its tail touched my chin!

Click to view attachment lost something bigger maybe a Carp.All on single white mag,1.5lb hooklength, 20 hook and a clear boided wagler, 1.5 rod lengths out ,4ft deep, at the local river in town for free! just a rod, a net and a seat and some maggots, easy.

nuver chub Click to view attachment