tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post5204696278712329046..comments2024-03-17T15:44:26.723+00:00Comments on Idler's Quest: Blabbermouth...Jeff Hatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-6271340203858170112012-08-28T11:54:06.947+01:002012-08-28T11:54:06.947+01:00I agree. I tend to be far more circumspect when ot...I agree. I tend to be far more circumspect when others are involved. Still, to publish anything remotely interesting you have to establish both time and place through clever words, or more easily achieved pictures that do that work for you. All become clues in the game should anyone need to know more than is given away directly. <br /><br />Personally, I simply fail to read more than a paragraph Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-75791257092824960332012-08-28T07:58:47.663+01:002012-08-28T07:58:47.663+01:00Always a difficult one, whether to blog, how much ...Always a difficult one, whether to blog, how much detail to include, whether to publicise a big fish or keep it quiet. I have always erred on the side of caution, and very few of my better fish have received any plugs at all, indeed, much detail and even a few fish are still known only to myself. I avoid naming swims, and often even venues, mainly because other anglers do fish them, and I By JAYZShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019543835999526122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-80414513933890816182012-08-27T14:12:00.943+01:002012-08-27T14:12:00.943+01:00If it had of been a yellow one I reckon Time Team ...If it had of been a yellow one I reckon Time Team would get involved.<br /><br />loughborough soarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689930577281555050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-39772295264435450592012-08-27T07:25:36.916+01:002012-08-27T07:25:36.916+01:00I think if you stumbled on something very special ...I think if you stumbled on something very special indeed then there'd be no option, or not publish at all. The trouble is with serial visits, the clues mount up.<br /><br />Imagine if it had ben a yellow one... anglers digging up that swim!Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-34311234283034561662012-08-26T15:58:07.233+01:002012-08-26T15:58:07.233+01:00The yellow ones are legendary Jeff, well for a pie...The yellow ones are legendary Jeff, well for a piece of plastic anyway :)<br /><br />By writing in the public domain you have the power to influence things either way, in situations where it may be detrimental to your future sport them sometimes it's wise to use a little artistic license, or just lie!loughborough soarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689930577281555050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-80722733819129213332012-08-26T15:20:29.069+01:002012-08-26T15:20:29.069+01:00Rob, no, it was one of the slidey green ones, whic...Rob, no, it was one of the slidey green ones, which can still be got I see. Are the yellow ones rare?<br /><br />Gaza, I saw him catching those bream and it was real enough. The electro fishing that came afterwards, no doubt informed by that feature and where not surprisingly bream were the BW target, seems to have reduced the bream shoals somewhat, but to the advantage of the tench, who are now Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-39535745852888101632012-08-26T14:55:57.908+01:002012-08-26T14:55:57.908+01:00Jeff,
That same canal peg got hammered a few year...Jeff,<br /><br />That same canal peg got hammered a few years back when one particular angler decided to tell the AT about his regular catches of 100lb of bream. AT did a feature on it and again, you had to be there at stupid oclock to fish it if you wanted.<br /><br />Its a shame, but way of the world, never mind once the cold sets in, the guys will stop fishing it and we can have it again for Gazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744478539346669603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-35037584613607301052012-08-26T11:19:08.956+01:002012-08-26T11:19:08.956+01:00That Gardner needle wouyldn't be one of the tr...That Gardner needle wouyldn't be one of the transparent yellow jobs would it? If so I'm coming to find it!loughborough soarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689930577281555050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-12734119788266466542012-08-26T07:29:13.308+01:002012-08-26T07:29:13.308+01:00As for the bbq's and beer cans, there's a ...As for the bbq's and beer cans, there's a little local water that was full of lovely rudd and that bloggers fished three years ago, and publicised. Last year the signs appeared on the bank. The rudd were ridiculously easy to catch and anyone with half a wit could bag a ten pound net in a an hour or two. This year the place is almost devoid of the larger fish and crawling with tiny ones...Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-57427393879298726012012-08-26T07:24:58.003+01:002012-08-26T07:24:58.003+01:00There's a local tench water that was inundated...There's a local tench water that was inundated with anglers last year. The word got out that a pair of double figure fish had been caught by a pleasure angler — not surprisingly others wanted to know all about it, and have a chance at catching one. I doubt if the anglers who had been fishing the lake for years liked it very much as all the best swims were taken most days.<br /><br />After Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-77837430615662477422012-08-25T23:59:29.090+01:002012-08-25T23:59:29.090+01:00'Tis a tricky one. The author of a blog may no...'Tis a tricky one. The author of a blog may not mind naming or showing stretches but what about other anglers who fish the same spot when the blogger is not there? Do they mind finding their favourite swims busy/pressured? They don't have a say in the matter.<br /><br />But isn't it great to get people onto rivers and canals? Isn't it nice to see new anglers on the bank? ProvidingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-78251240283463565532012-08-25T18:04:55.555+01:002012-08-25T18:04:55.555+01:00Aching shoulder but worth itAching shoulder but worth itJoe Chattertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543822195713862313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-35530524616898406092012-08-25T17:58:45.482+01:002012-08-25T17:58:45.482+01:00Thanks Joe. I knew it was a bit quiet on the bite ...Thanks Joe. I knew it was a bit quiet on the bite front. Well done though mate. I have fished these pegs for about 20 years or more on and off, on the right day you can get your arm pulled off. It's not a peg for the faint of heart though, snags abound and they know where safty is. How's your arm Joe ?martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364518570374322950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-46884950683822775722012-08-25T15:16:36.647+01:002012-08-25T15:16:36.647+01:00I know the exact swims you were in, Martin gleaned...I know the exact swims you were in, Martin gleaned them from my anonymous blog photos last year, I am afraid his first choice of swim was hammered yesterday morning, apologise to him for me in a tongue poking out kind of way!Joe Chattertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543822195713862313noreply@blogger.com