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 Zander sharpness canal the meet Zander sharpness canal the meet Well the day had finally come and with my sandwiches made I hit the road to the canal to see if we could finally get a zander between us! After a few words I was finally fishing Bait Roach (3 inches) fished whole or just head or tail section Rigs Fine wire on a single hook (for roach half’s) or barbless trebles all fished on a running ledger rig The day was over cast and a wee bit nippy but dry so once my baits had found their place ( one in the middle of the canal the over on the first shelf ) I hunkered down for what I though was going to be a very hard days fishing. But then about twenty minutes into the day Ian had a fish on ! ! With a quick dash over to his peg we all watched with fingers crossed. Was it a zander? As it slipped into the net we all cheered as Ian had caught the elusive zander. With massive smiles we all continued to fish to see if it was our turn next Sure enough Steve was next with a lovely little zander Then me with the same sized one And the Ian again!! Thing went quiet for a bit till it was Lman turn to get into a zander, with what I think was the biggest zander of the day. Well what can I say it was a hard day but at least we caught some zander and had a really good laugh especially when Claudia caught the hardest fighting bag of baby poo in the world! Im sure next time we might get into some bigger ones but just catching was good enough for me ! At 6 we decided to call it a day and headed down the Pilot Inn for some much needed food and beer. Great to see everyone and for us to actually catch some zander . Sorry no pictures of rigs ext but I forgot my camera __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports Last edited by Fishing Forum Admin; 02-04-2009 at 05:50 AM.     |
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet Glad to hear there was some target fish actually caught on a forum meet   __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #3 02-03-2009, 04:58 PM | ||||
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet Well done all, my pb zed is 3oz, snapped at a plug at Old Bury Hill, many, many years ago. Wish i could have been there, point too. Well doner all those that caught. What was the food like, please note, I have my priorities right again. |
| #4 02-03-2009, 05:11 PM | ||||
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet well done all of you,about time some zeds came up in a zed meet, got any pics of the baby poo claudia ??? |
| #5 02-03-2009, 05:28 PM | ||||
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 Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet An excellent days fishing if a little cold & after four attempts we eventually caught our target species. The best three fish weighed 3lb10oz, 3lb 12oz & 4lb 2oz. I was speaking to one chap who was walking along the towpath, who informed me his son's best fish from this strech of water weighed 15lb. So plenty to aim for yet... Well done too to Bananna Steve on catching his first Zed. I'm not sure if it's Lman's first? Oh, & Fullcreel, the food at the Pilot was excellent as ever... __________________ "The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line." William Humphrey " |
| #6 02-03-2009, 06:09 PM | ||||
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet Glad you enjoyed your day and caught the target fish. Well done all. __________________ Poor prep= Pathetic Performance |
| #7 02-03-2009, 06:16 PM | ||||
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet nice one richard,some nice pics  __________________ obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated .. species hunt team winner 2005 and 2006..with old smoothy.. |
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet well done guys nice report rich and following on from all the texts during the day, I almost felt as though i was there   dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples as part of a healthy living campaign its extra salad on the post pub kebabs |
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet Well done guys and nice report Rich. I was gutted not to be there, especially when I heard you'd actually gone and caught some. Next year.... __________________ Be mindful of your optimism young padawan. Optimism leads to expectation, expectation leads to disappointment, disappointment leads to the dark side - Master BaggieRich |
| #10 02-03-2009, 06:53 PM | ||||
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| Re: Zander sharpness canal the meet yes Ian that was my first zander all be it slightly poached lol sorry Rich but thanks to all it was a very enjoyable day and good to finally meet some forum members heres to the next trip Next preditor on the list is a Cat Here you go Richard got a pic of your Zed  |
