Bassing away!!

Almost got there!!

Managed to get out and proper try do do some damage with my lures on the local Bass this weekend, Headed down to the south Devon coast where things didnt exactly go to plan!!

the Easterly winds didnt do me any favours at all..... with all the main beaches blown out completely!! i ended up fishing the dunes with a bit of luck, but nothing to write home about!!

i managed to beast a small Gar out off the rocks and had a few small Pollack chase me in!

Me and my Dad are off sea fishing again the weekend so hopefully pull some decent fish out as we are heading to a well known rock mark where ill be targeting Big Wrasse and pollack on the light gear, but will also take my Beach caster's out to see whats swimming around at the moment! ill post on here to tell the tales....

What a Pike.....

It went a bit Crazy

some days i go out for a few hours and really enjoy just being out!! then there are days that had loads of planning to make them work, they all show up special memories either funny moments, Big fish, not so funny moments etc.

I was fishing the exeter canal, it was all going really well lots of fairly decent fish, lots of action it was turning up to be a good mission! in the afternoon it always goes a bit slow, and time just passes by! its always nice to just be out on the side of the canal, i was winding in a shad past some fairly big snags when a fish around 5-6lb's grabs my lure, it was going really well a bit of tail walking, head shaking then all of a sudden it went solid..... i could feel it still moving and it was gettin quicker and quicker, now it was clear another pike had grabbed my pike! the water was fairly muddy after some rain a couple days before so couldnt really see what was going on! then the two pike rolled on the surface!! i instantly knew this was a beast of a pike. around 25lb+ i reckon!! the pike i actually hooked was not fighting anymore, this other pike was completely over powering my Jack!

After around 5mins i actually thought this fish maybe hooked on my lure too as it was still on..... normally they let go after a min or so!! i managed to get the fish fairly close to the net when it let the pike go!! "guttin" so i managed to land my first pike, it was kind of a dissapointment!! as would of loved to had a photo of the two pike! well this is what Exeter pike fishing is all about, insane moments! ill leave you with a picture, clearly showing where the Big pike grabbed it!

what a mouthfull!!....

Yum Yum.....

Can Jacks get any more greedy...... this Spinnerbait "Slop Master/Jackson Lures" its more than half the size of the silly little Pike that chewed on it..... "Big Lures ='s Big pike hay!!??....."

Bassing

Plugging for Bass!!

This is something i love doing whenever i get the chance!! im lucky enough to live only half hours drive from some decent Bassing marks the shallow warm beaches or south Devon are ace for these prized fish....
Tackle wise its fairly simple, just a nine foot spinning rod matched with a 4000fb stradic! i use a 100g casting weight as i prefer a faster heavier rod coming from a piking background as this allows me to impart more action to my lures.....
Me and Henry www.henry-gilbey.co.uk will be sorting a trip maybe this week, ill post on here if it all goes well, as have been told of some ok-ish fish turning up already

Bream on the Lure??!!...

Bream turning up here and there!!

Over the years me and my Brother have caught the odd bream on lures in our local canal! some of them nearly double figures..... but recently we hav had loads, im not on about foul hooking the Bream, actually catching them on lures!

in late spring most coarse fish go a bit crazy and chase lures and other fish due to spawning etc.

We cant pin point a style of lure or time of day but recently we have caught loads.... it makes a nice change from the usuall Pike/Perch. and even though pike tackle is a bit powerfull for these fish, they actually do give a wicked fight!! anyone else catching other unusuall fish recently??

Me and Henry in the RAIN!!!

Pike Fishing at its Wettest!!

few weeks back me and Henry Gilbey decided on having a piking mission on the exeter canal, It had been ages since Henry had chucked lures for pike so we couldnt wait!!

the weather forecast was horrible and Henry phoned me the day before just to check we were both mad enough to go out in this almost storm conditions!! it was horrible...... but we got up on the tues morning and the weather cleared, the forecast was still crap but for a few hours at least it looked ok-ish!!

we headed out at 7am to a fine weather start it was actually warm, but we knew it would end up getting a bit dodgey later on! it looked great for fishing and conditions couldnt be better, BUT the first few swims that normally produce a fair few decent fish didnt even produce a follow! we fished for a couple hours at the key side with nothing to show for our troubles, at least it was'nt raining yet......

Well things didnt improve at the first sections so we upped and moved to the Turf, personally my favorate pike area of all time, after being spotted by some of the local anglers we managed to escape from all the chit chat of anglers who reconised us, Henry was well impressed with the next few swims he got a aggresive chase on his first cast! things looked good, and hopefully he could get some decent stills for his website http://www.henry-gilbey.co.uk/ "check his blog!" instantly i had a big double chase me in right to my feet but i ran out of water the pike rolled over lookin for my lure, i cast again and smash, it hit me like a ton of bricks..... it was well aggresive and threw the hooks back in my face!! Henry then got another Jack chase him to the bank "how frustrating was this!!" we could see the pike but they just wouldnt hit the lures properly!! i had another 4-5 decent fish between 6-10lbs hit or chase the lures, then the weather came in!! we could see it coming up the Ex estuary like a wall of water...... it was a awsome sight.

We headed upto the turf where instantly the rain smashed us we were getting hammered, it was horrible but we continued to plug away! i struck into a good pike, i couldnt really see it but Henry tells me he saw a fish around 15-16lb it was putting up a fight, but came off 3ft from the bank..... i was feeling down now, the elements were against us today, the next swim saw another fish well into the twentys follow me right to the bank but nothing it just looked at me and rolled away!! i looked at Henry and we both knew we had taken on more than we could chew!! poor old Jess (Henrys Dog) was soaked to the bone!! so we called it a day! we are currently sorting another trip out on the canal, but sooner rather than later we have some bass fishing to do......

Back in Action

Cracking Time!

A few weeks ago i managed to snap my Brute big gun rod!! god knows how, but it smashed into pieces out on a trip to Turf lock, not even halfway through the day :-( and i was winning by 6 fish!! just my luck!!
So i ended up just taking stills of the day out, the weather was ace so i didnt mind! and Terry seemed to love the fact i was out of action, the sod!! BUT i got it sent off to the manufacturer the same day and as its got a life time warrenty i got a brand new one a week later! I'v taken it out 3 times and already had 25+ fish on it and its still in good nick!! hopefully this time i can keep it a 2 piece!! fingers crossed!

Surface action

heartstopping!!

Well its that time of year again where the water is warming up and the bait fish are getting frisky!! Wish i could wright here now telling you of a few great days out fishing surface lures, but only had 2 pike off the top so far this season, as not really fished waters that produce well off the top recently!! but as the sun is heating up ill soon be dusting off my "Skitterpops, crawlers, Frogs and buzzerz, poppers" Over the last few seasons me and Terry have had some Crazy top water action on rubber frogs etc, light tackle is all you need!! so go on get out there!! i had a 22lb 6oz two seasons ago on a frog so who knows a beast could have its eyes locked on your lure!

Trouting about!!

Tiddler Bashing. . .

We all went out trouting! iv been out a few times chucking small lure and spinners out for these little critters, nothing serious but just a few hours out with Terry!

We did really well, loads off fish around half a pound to a pound smashing our RAPALA CD3's

cant believe how much fun these trout are when using Ultra light gear!! i used a GREYS G-light spin rod which only casts upto 6gms!! my rod was making alsorts of shapes thought i was going to snap it ha ha!! we only caught 12 brown trout but was worth every single one as it was a nice light change to throwing 4ounce plugs and shads around!! role on the next time we have some after work trouting about!!.....