| #1  08-07-2010, 05:31 PM | ||||
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| My last two trips Hi all Wednesday 28Th July I had to travel to Stoke for my mate wedding on the 30Th July so decided to do a mid week night on my local pit, well its 45 mins away. Five Zander hooked, two lost, the three landed were around 6-7lb mark, all on dead Rudd. I missed several runs but that's Zander fishing Friday 6Th August I was hoping to fish the slip way swim as the weather forecast was rain, the venue I was fishing is a disused clay pit so when it is wet it is dangerous due to the clay soil and steep banks. When I arrived the wind was strong and blowing into the Slip way swim, I thought Ideal but the wind was too strong, it would have made bite detection etc...awkward so I decide to fish three swims up which gave me protection from the wind but still had the broken water which should be ideal for the zander I started to fish around 4.30pm fishing three rods and within an hour I had two dropped runs,both on the inside dead Rudd bait. Around 8.00pm I had a positive run on a Trout section fished 30 yards out, I connected with and landed after a spirited fight a Zander around 6-7lb. I decided to change the bait on the rod cast out thirty yards from Trout to an Eel section, the bait was fished on a hair rig, size 4 hook and 10lb Fox Cardoflex trace Around 4am I had a screaming run and after a strong fight I finally landed this Zander She weighed 13.5lb, A long Zander, I was expecting her to weigh more but she was very lean, if she had had a bit more of a gut I am sure I would have beaten my PB of just under 15lb, I nice fish that put up a good account I had two more tentative runs that were dropped before I packed up at 7.00 Roll on next week Darrell     |
| #3 08-07-2010, 07:30 PM | ||||
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| Re: My last two trips thats a super zed darrell , well done mate, do you have much trouble with pike on the eel sections ? |
| #4 08-07-2010, 07:57 PM | ||||
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| Re: My last two trips Nicely done darrel  __________________ If Everyday things are getting you down & stressing you out, Think like a Dog, If it cant be Eaten or Humped, Piss on it and walk away.. |
| #5 08-07-2010, 09:30 PM | ||||
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| Re: My last two trips Nice one, cracking Zed. __________________ Blackwater Tackle Supplies Keep Ulster's Waters Healthy, Practice Catch and Release! |
| #6 08-08-2010, 05:58 AM | ||||
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| Re: My last two trips Quote:
I have not had one Pike this season, even on Rudd/Roach baits, I am sure the amount of Zander in the pit at the Moment has pushed the Pike out into the River Darrell |
