Hickling Broad

[toma]

Two weeks before the end of season

Great week on the house boat, and what a storm we had on Tuesday, winds of 50MPH +, the bloody boat was tossed about like a matchstick. Great fun tho, LoL

Anyway here's the man who got the most fish, PLUMBOB,


To say the fishing was hard is an understatement. I ended up with two fish, Les had just one roach and Bob had seven. But it was great fun on the Broads. The place is so scenic, i was in raptures with all the thatched roofs, :fishing2:

The walk to the pegs was unacceptable, totally unacceptable, i mean look at the walk to my peg from the boat, Look, at least a three yard stroll LoL ( my gear was not in the water whilst taking pictures )



Les and Bob made the day of it and went out floating for pike on the accompanying row boat.
I did not get a picture of my first fish, BUT here's the second skimmer in all its glory.



The next picture is Les doing his thing, he had to walk a good 15 yards to his peg, the poor chap was worn out



The holiday was a great release from my recent health problems, a great way to relax. The comapny was spot on, the boat was spot on, the location was spot on, but the fishing !! very hard indeed.
We had white maggot, red maggot bronze maggot and worms for bait, pinkies and squats, not a fish was taken on worm, I had my usual halibut groundbait laced with pinkies.
I was feeding small amount on a regular basis but to no avail, There was a considerable undertow on the water for about three days, One morning the water was very calm, but that soon changed within a couple of hours.
Les and Bob had their float rods set up, when they failed to catch i did not set my float rod up, i dodnt think there was a fish taken on the float.

I would like to thank Les very much for the pick up and drop off, what a guy, Thanks Les

Here's the storm from inside the boat, LoL
As i said we had we had a terrific stom on Tuesday, click the link below for video, hope you dont get sea sick LoL

LINKY TO STORM

[pingu]

looked like a great crack despite the weather and fish

dave

[toma]

Was great mate, the fishing was terible, but what the heck, great fun, tell you wot mate, the ale in the village pub was spot on, £2,70 a pint,mm very tastey and moreish LoL

[Greenheart]

Pity about the fishing, but sounds like a good time was had by all. Looked a bit rough in that video...

[toma]

It was mate, the boat rocked all night, the noise during the night was bloody loud, the tyres were being swished against the mooring,

[fishypaul]

nice spot that,bet it fishes better in the summer

[toma]

The lad who works in the boatyard was telling us about the bream, where we were fishing bream to 12lbs were being caught. There was a 46lb 13oz pike caught when we were there, We spoke with the angler who caught it. It was reported in the AT

[asp383]

shame it was hard fishing. video looked like it was fun lol.
i'm disgusted by how far you had to walk to you pegs! surely they could've been more considerate with where they placed them
at least the all important beer was good

[Fishing Forum Admin]

unlucky on the fishing but looks a great crack

[toma]

Thanks lads, asp383 i did lodge a rather strong complaint to the owner,LoL