| #1  11-29-2008, 02:31 PM | ||||
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| Return to Horton's Pond I ventured out today to have another crack at catching some big perch. Armed with some lobworms from the garden and a pint of maggots I braved the freezing weather. After half an hour the float went under and I had a really heavy fish on. I was sure I was about to break my record but alas it turned out to be one very ugly carp.  I rebaited and had a string of decent bream and roach all on worm.  After a couple of hours I had another good fish on and after a short scrap i landed this 3lb 2oz perch.  I spoke to the bailiff on the way back and he assures me there have been two five pounders landed in the last year. I can only hope! I have included a photo of my two lidl fishing reels to prove you can still catch fish on credit crunch gear. They are incredible for £4.50 each!! I will be going again soon!!       |
| #2 11-29-2008, 03:03 PM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond Well done on the catch, looks like a good day out in the cold. And the gear does not need to be expensive, as long as you have good hooks and line ( some of the cheap hooks are vicious and the line is liable to break leaving tackle in fish ). I have caught some nice fish on cheapy rods and reels, and get just as much fun ( if not more ) from it. Look forward to seeing how you get on next time. __________________ Life is understood looking backwards, but it must be lived forwards. |
| #3 11-29-2008, 04:50 PM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond Good point about terminal tackle, i never scrimp on that. In fact, it's worth spending the money you save on rods, reels etc on buying top hooks and line. |
| #4 11-29-2008, 06:09 PM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond Cracking fish the mate and well done on braving the weather as its freezing here ! __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #5 11-30-2008, 08:07 PM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond Lovely perch mate, well done  __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #6 11-30-2008, 08:45 PM | ||||
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 Re: Return to Horton's Pond Nice Perch mate. And as for the reels, like my missus always says, the tackles not important, it's how you use it that matters....  __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... Last edited by Greenheart; 11-30-2008 at 08:54 PM. |
| #7 12-01-2008, 01:00 PM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond thats a cracking perch well done  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #8 12-05-2008, 11:30 AM | ||||
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| Re: Return to Horton's Pond A cracking good perch! Dick Walker used to say that a big perch is the biggest fish there is. Well done! __________________ RNLI Governor Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer - Vagabond |
