wiggled the pink end and braced myself ;-)

[pingu]

Or getting the mojo back part 2

Decided this afternoon to take a look at the Turfs end of the canal as a bit of a rekkie as to wethere ankles up to a full assault down there soon, but it would have been rude not to take a small light spinning rod with me now wouldnt it

The track to the car park is very soft and rutted ( although the council are working on it) but if you have a posh car or one you are worried about maybe not the best area to go at the moment, ( luckily i just have a tatty and dirty brown vectra so away i went)

walked to the lock in 8 mins so was chuffed then walked up to the canal side
and the northerly wind was howling down the canal, but it was lovely

view back up the canal and basin




view out over the exe from the pub


this is a lovely pub to while away an afternoon in the summer( not open in winter)

anyways i digress as ever
the wind as i say was really strong and the small rapala i had just couldnt go against it so i whacked on a small leadhaded shad with pink tail, to get any distance and also to sink lower



after a while and 1/2 way back along basin BINGO

my first pike of the year, ok a jack of 2-3 lb but on the light gear it was great, ( even tail walked for me)



and then later on ( about 1/2 way back to the carpark ) another one , a tad smaller this time but really fiesty



by the time i got back to the car my fingers were numb, and was going blind as the wind was makeing eyes water so much, car showed 2*c but there was a serious wind chill factor

but drove home with a serious smile on face as a pretty brace of pike and chuffed that could do the walk down so well...big bunch of flowers for mrs P for last weekends and this pass and roll on next week

dave

[MRG2000]

Mojo well and truely back i`d say !...

[Twiddler]

Wowhooooo.......who's the daddy?

[fishypaul]

well done mate,a couple of lovely looking fish,have you found a spot to give some serious attention ?

[KABBYCHRIS]

well donesome lovley Jacks there

[BaggieRich]

Well done Dave, 2 non blanks on the trot now. In Febuary. It's an omen it tell thee.

Originally Posted by fishypaul

well done mate,a couple of lovely looking fish,have you found a spot to give some serious attention ?

Bloody hope so mate, that was a reckie for our weekend sport. Yes Baggie is off to the darkside again. Sounds like I'll be in my floaty though!

[tjnorton]

Keep to the dark side dave it's much more rewarding. Well done on a couple of crackin jack.

tj

[blackwater]

well done! they are both lovely fresh looking pike...

[Drew]

Hi all,

Great report and pictures Dave.

Regards

Drew

[count zero]

well done mate always good to avoid a blank