tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post4545094385166903345..comments2024-03-17T15:44:26.723+00:00Comments on Idler's Quest: Canal Roach — Magic NumbersJeff Hatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-1123735424718458842013-09-25T22:10:46.480+01:002013-09-25T22:10:46.480+01:00Spot on JeffSpot on JeffGeorge Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-35041452004130010072013-09-25T07:47:53.852+01:002013-09-25T07:47:53.852+01:00Sure thing Norm.
There has to be a way of bringi...Sure thing Norm. <br /><br />There has to be a way of bringing the swim back to life after a boat. Never managed it with my standard approach yet, but introducing feed back at a well timed point may be the answer. Because, if I move along a peg pr two and prepare a second swim after a boat the timing is the same as before. A new swim it doesn't matter, an old swim it seems to...Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-77259514974744349242013-09-25T07:44:28.984+01:002013-09-25T07:44:28.984+01:00It's a lovely young looking fish Mark. Click o...It's a lovely young looking fish Mark. Click on the link at the bottom of the page and it'll take you to George's site where you'll see itJeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-20912163731806733552013-09-24T09:32:08.212+01:002013-09-24T09:32:08.212+01:00A wonderful achievement. I'm struggling to wri...A wonderful achievement. I'm struggling to write something that does it justice. I can't really. A 2lb plus fish ( or one of 2lb 15oz 8drm ) is a truly magnificent Roach in this part of the country, especially by design. I'm left wondering what condition it was in, almost untouched or showing it's age, will we ever see a picture ? To my eyes there's very little else to compareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-81488301965294832412013-09-23T21:53:49.679+01:002013-09-23T21:53:49.679+01:00Hi Jeff,
Long time no see.
Remember our se...Hi Jeff,<br /> Long time no see. <br />Remember our session at Electric Wharfe, and how i said that the fish will follow a timed pattern after a boat has passed when using bread ?<br />The fish see thousands of boats, and must be conditioned to them passing by every so often, but for some reason they always follow a pattern after a boat has passed. It's not always the same amount of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-48922712766109853672013-09-20T07:51:44.190+01:002013-09-20T07:51:44.190+01:00What's next indeed...
Some way to maintain a ...What's next indeed...<br /><br />Some way to maintain a bread swim after a boat! Or is that an impossible dream? NIght fishing works though, and I've had plenty of roach up to a pound and a half on both lobworms and sweetcorn in the middle of the night in winter and summer respectively. I see no reason why that wouldn't hold true with bread. No boat trouble then!<br /><br />As you Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-16413920941107121402013-09-20T07:37:57.486+01:002013-09-20T07:37:57.486+01:00I haven't even tried for two years Mike, too b...I haven't even tried for two years Mike, too busy with other things and burned out from doing little else but think about them for the three years before. The roach never leave the mind though and I've been planning an assault this autumn. After dark is good for canal roach I found. I've had fish up to a pound and a half as late as 8pm mid winter, and that's four hours after Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-85927686369164772142013-09-19T20:49:55.634+01:002013-09-19T20:49:55.634+01:00So what next?
Well, the same fish in January migh...So what next?<br /><br />Well, the same fish in January might be three to five ounces heavier as we are only a fortnight into the fattening season...for starters<br /><br />The potential for the future, as long as the predator ratio stays high, is huge as fish just over the noteworthy one pound are regular, in fact probably averaging one every 5 hours or so over the past two years, at a guess...George Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-3273220339533968942013-09-19T19:10:56.891+01:002013-09-19T19:10:56.891+01:00Fantastic!...You just need to catch one now Jeff!
...Fantastic!...You just need to catch one now Jeff!<br />There's a few over 2lbs get caught from canals close to me, though not by design. I keep meaning to try your methods out on them, but it's heavily match fished by the bloodworm + joker brigade. I've tried at night, but 3lb bream appear from nowhere, even when it's well below freezing.Mike Townsendhttp://miketownsendfishing.co.uknoreply@blogger.com