Im Back........

well iv been away fro months now with super dooper computer problems!
well ill be updating my blog as much as possible now so keep tuned!

more Henry piking pics....

Big thanks again to Henry Gilbey

got some more photos from Henry again and im liking some of his angles he takes photos!! this guy is seriously shit hot at making fishing photography as up to date and cool as possible!!

notice some of the colours in those pictures, there great seen as the day we fished it poored down pretty much most of the session!!

very much looking forward to working with him again soon

please check out http://www.henry-gilbey.co.uk/ its a great site with awsome snaps from all over the globe and of coarse me ha ha ha

How not to do it!!

Well i fell in......

yeh yeh all laugh!! i fell in today, was leanin over the edge to get past some weed wen what i thought was grass turned out to be just floating grass and ended up falling strate in up to my chest in water!! it was bloody freezing and glad i have the correct gear to keep me nice and warm!!

on a serious note, this is not the first time iv fallen in on a canal etc. and if it was in flood or i was weighted down i could of really been in trouble!! its soooo easy to just get carried away with ya fishing and not concentrate on where you put your feet!!

so just please please be aware of where you are and if possible go out with a buddy so wen these very funny things happen you have help if needed, if not to at least take a picture and laugh lots!!

Check these out!!!!

Savage Lures.....

Pro-Logic have released a preditor range its called Savage.....

theye make al sorts from lures to dead baiting gear!! all the terminal tackle your need for the job! first impression is very good with the lures, a few changes to some of the soft plastics but all in all very good lures!

the lures that have caught my eye are the 4play lures in 13cm and 19cm..... there are Very robust and the paint work and detail is super good and for less than a Tenner you cant go wrong!

other lures in the range that i will be testing are all lookin tip top! but time will tell!

check them out!!

Wrassin with Henry

Wrassing around.....


well me and Henry Gilbey managed to head out for a much needed Wrassin session!! it was a pleasure to fish with Henry again and we have lots planned when the pike and perch show there wintery heads..... we headed out to Long quarry, which is my fav summer fishing spot with deep blue water around ya and gorgeous scenery as well as awsome fishing if you know when and where to fish!!

we started off the session by getting right into it with me rigging up my usuall bomb proof wrasse rigs, as soon as it hits the bottom "bang" there nailing the bait good old wrasse style! i literally had a slam every drop and nearly every drop came a nice wrasse, most bein tackers but all good fun! then while i carried on wrasse bashing Henry started shootin shots of various Bass lures for his modern Bass fishing series in Sea Angler.

we moved over various little coves and outcrops where wrasse where everywhere, we managed to pull some better wrasse out to around 3lb but still lots of little buggers! i lost a fair few decent fish which i just couldnt stop!!..... i was using just plain simple rag worm, thats the trick when wrassin everyone makes it soooo complicated its silly all you need is a decent strong spinning rod and decent reel and some good line! i use a 9ft Shimano Diaflash XT extra heavy spinning rod rated to 100gm and 4000 or 5000 size Shimano stradic loaded with berkley whiplash 30lb braid with 30lb mono leader.... thats all ya need!!

we fished most of the day with wrasse coming from every nook and cranny it was amazing fun and there was smiles all round!! hope you guys like the photos and maybe u guys should try to catch this fun summer fish its dead simple and they fight like stink!!

thanks again Henry your a Legend please check out www.henry-gilbey.co.uk

been a while..... but back on the banks!!

Been a while.......

alrite guys and girls, well due to various job issues and computer @%c* ups i have been a bit quiet on here but hopefully things are on the mend and i can keep bloggin!

i have done alsorts of fishing in the past months from summer Wrassin to my fav surface action for the crocs and also more recently tryin to out do my Dad and catch the first cod this year!!

well i shall be on here all night puttin together reports and posting photos so keep tuned

Danny

Jammy Shit.....

Putsborough Childrens

Charity match 2008

well we headed up to Putsborough for some Ray bashing for the Bristol childrens hospital charity Match.

with 45 anglers Turning up all from the WSF and most of us knowing each other from the forum, it was a good Bunch of Lads mostly local with a few from Cornwall and a chap from wales.... nearly everyone caught EXCEPT me..... didnt even get a soddin bite! :-( with Bass being caught mostly and the odd Ray showing, the conditions wer spot on! a hour before low water and i was ready and eager to wack into some Raymonds....

Then the good old sky cleared and ruined the fishing, the moon was shining and you didnt even need a head lamp! this killed the ary fishing with only schoolys and a sly smoothound showing, that was it! a lad next to me sneaked a tiny 6oz red gurnard!

My Dad on the other hand managed to blag himself a 6lb conger which happened to b the biggest fish caught winning him the biggest fish cup.... was not happy! well the match finished with everyone having a great night even though i didnt even ahve a bite! never mind next time hay

Exeter showing its true Colours...

Big Pike showing again!!

My Pikin partner Tezo (the crafty Sod)

has had some amazing action fishing lures on the exeter canal again recently....

with over twenty big doubles showing and a 15-20lber being caught on every session! its a dirty job but someones gotta do it!! iv not fished exeter in a while and we both no its picked in monsters, none of the locals get much luck but we have always done VERY well!

the Biggest pike he's had in the last few weeks has been 23lb 6oz..... a very tidy Pike this time of year considering the weed you have to deal with on that venue!! very hit and hold fishing!

cant wait to get out there again ASAP!

North Devon Rays

Small eyed Ray and Bass!!

Im a bit of a sucker for Raymond bashing up north Devon..... something to do with standing in the surf with ya waders on and being really part of the fishing!! we fish mostly Putsborough as its a fantastic venue for Small eyed, blonde and Spotted Ray! its very simple fishing as long as ya have cloud cover as moon light will kill ya fishing.... the ray bashing up here is low water only with the bottom 2hours, 1hour slack and 3hours up the only time your get rays from the beach.

All you need is 12-13ft 4-6oz beach casters, and 25lb line. pully rigs are prefured with either a 4-5/0 single or two 4/0 pennel rigs! bait wise, the prime is fresh sandeel or frozen. with squid and mak sometimes workin well!

Iv done ok-ish ray fishin this season with plenty of small eyed to 9lb! most fish bein around 5lb though.... its good fishing with the bites bein really confident, always big rattles of the rod tip then monster slack liners! with the Bass always showing there faces for fun! also the good old Putsborough Poodle!! (dog fish!) but more and more recently lots of medium sized Congers!! right from the beach, i kid you not, cathcing conger in the surf!! with big bates like squid or mak your garrentied!

our last session seing 4 ray to me and two to my Dad, also 6 Bass, 4 Dogs and a small conger! always good fun on lighter gear

River Bashing!

River Culm Madness

Anyone who no's me No's i LOVE river piking......

me and Terry headed out to the Killerton section of the river Culm where we hav some really decent small floodland river fishing! this river twists and turns through some beautifull devon countryside and is my Fav venue to just stroll around and poke ya lures in all the little nooks and crannys!! with a massive head of Pike, Chub, Perch as well as the usual coarse fish.

this really is wild fishing at its best!! i was like a child in a sweet shop! ha ha

there really is allot of features here on this wicked river, you are spoilt for choice on swims to throw a plug or jelly into!

we walked across the field to our "secret" deep swims..... with fish strate away..... nothing massive biggest bein only seven pound but on a tiny river and full of snags, dont they HANG ON ha ha. with fish coming from every little snag we had 6 pike from one swim...! its a stretch around a mile long with bays, corners deep holes and a cracking old Mill wier pool!

we headed down to the mill pool where there was action on the first cast! again nothing massive but really enjoyable fishing on Bass gear from the states! we had 7-8 fish from the pool and a decent perch!

i cant tell you how wild and beautifull these small rivers are and crackin fun to fish, i recomend hittin the small rivers near you, your be amazed by the fish you can catch! we completed the big THREE Pike,Perch,Chub. all in one day on a small venue and good fun it was tooo!

One sunny evening!

managed a few hours out on the canal!

Me and tezo headed out for a few hours surface lure fishin, with poppers, walkers, chuggers u name it we tried it! the one lure that came out on top by far was the SwampFox in medium size! i stuck to wacky colours and tezo stuck to natural frog and mouse!

It was very hot and conditions got worse and worse, i no i cant complain about a bit of sun here in the lovely british summer but it was sooooooo hot! the fish just didnt want to play! with a few tiny jacks and perch showing! but all good fun all the same, as the afternoon went on we saw some more decent fish chasing and showing but still no decent hits..... i found a little over hanging hedge and banged my SwampFox under the branches with two winds on reel, BANG a fish of around 7-8lb! smashed my lure! with a head shake it was off, then again it charged and hit again! but....... with no luck this fish didnt want to no afterwards! GUTTIN

Time passed and things never really picked up! we started to head back to see wot our best swims had to offer now the light was fading we headed to a Bay thats full chocka block of lillies and there always fish over 15lb cruising the edges grabbin the hundreds of Rud and Roach, it looked amazing conditions couldnt get any better!! it screamed Pike! i chucked my lure over to the back of the bay and started twitchin it back slowely..... all of a sudden you could see thew lillies shake and swirl and thyen this massive wave swirled up behind the lure! this huge head just slammed my lure! this time it was on! and things went mental.... it screamed through the lillies tryin to tail walk and smash me into the snags! i only had my light USA bassin rod and tiny Baitcaster (shimano Chronarch 101bsv) things wer gettin hairy!

after 10mins or so of tug and war with this obvious double figure pike thing looked up on my side i was deffo winning this ultra light battle! i managed to turn it so it headed to the bank where Tezo was waitin to land her, we knew strate away it was a gooden when i saw terry struggle to pull her out! i lent over and tezo handed me this impressive summer beast! it was stunnin and even though it was not in the best condition it still looked crackin! once i returned it it swam off as if nothing had happend!

with the very next cast Terry had yet another double slam his lure and this one was well hooked as well! after 5mins of bullien this fish to stop it snaggin in the lillies it came off! guttin for terry but we had a wicked evenin! i just love summer surface lure bashing......

Been a while....

Not posted in a while, but had allot of fun out on the water!!

over recent months iv bin luck enough to get allot of different styles of fishing done, from my usual Lure antics to Ray fishing off the north devon coastline.
ill hopefully get on here allot over the next day or two, so ill keep the posts coming......

Pike and a Pint

just some more piccys from a good session

Pike and a Pint

Pike and a Pint!!

Yes i did fail to resist the pub!!

cracking couple of summer sessions on the Exeter canal recently, no real monsters for me but Tezo has had a couple high teens and a 24lb 8oz!! well done mate.

well that 24lb 8oz fish for Tezo was my excuse for me hitting the pub Twice in our sessions! tut tut, i no im a bad infuence ha ha

The fishing was the usuall exeter standard, hard fightin fish that really do go mad for the lures u use! it was crazy for the most of the afternoon, lots of fish around the 7-9lb mark all really good fun on lighter rod settups. the problem with living here in the Wild wild southwest is that we get allot of weed growth! im talkin a 30ft deep canal and only 3ft of water in the summer!!....... so fishing can be hard specially wen ya have a 20lb+er crashing through the weed heart stoppin stuff!

We had allot of attention from fairly big Perch so thats my next target!! wink wink

well cheers, and remember kids stay away from alcohol ha ha

Danny

Chubbin the culm

Some Chub action at last

finally had some decent Chub on the surface lures!!

it was a very good couple sessions, very cloak and dagger stuff in and out of the hedges creepin up on these wild chub from the Culm. didnt manage any monsters but biggest was just over 5lb had 13 chub in a two day session. we are odff again this weekend hopefully as the water has dropped after the recent rain! so a better report will be posted next time,

ill leave ya with a few photos hope ya like it

Danny

Taunton Canal...

the usuall start, i got my ass kicked!!

Me and Tezo fished taunton on the first day after the spring!! as always i went with a rucksack full of goodies 4 chub, pike, perch! started off surface fishing with Renoski frogs on the toepath, on my first cast i had a massive slam off the top by a couple pound chub..... it got us all ready 4 action! we could see chub everywhere! some where well over 7lb!!

Every cast u had 3-4 BIG chub follow ya lure in with fish hittin the left right and centre! but do u think i could hook them!!!! it was really doin my nut in.... u should of hurd the language flyin out my mouth!! ha ha

we fished about a mile and a half of the free stretch with chub everywhere! we even had some fairly decent trout smashing the lures! by this point i was getting very assy because no matter wot lure i chucked on..... Tezo just kept on laughing!! he had some very decent fish hittin Zara Spooks (not really ya normal chub lure!!) the more i could see him getting decent hits the more i seemed to get sod all!! ha ha

after about 3 hours of fishing i finally struck home!!....... it was a monster, the water exploded and my heart stopped! i admit it was only a pound and a half, if that!!! ha ha but hay its a chub!!

better than nothing hay!! Tezo managed to still get decent fish hittin his lures most of the day! by lunch time we really did hav enough of bein made to look like fools by these chub!!

We ended up fishing the canal, this canal is shockin..... u really would not believe it unless u saw this place!! rough as F$@K!! shoppin trolleys, prams, bikes u mention it, its in here!! its a proper gutter! full of small fish, mainly roach, rudd and small jack pike! as iv posted on here b4 a 6-7lb pike on here is consindered a monster, the last time i fished it i pulled out a massive 2o+er which is soooooo rare!

We plugged away getting the usuall jacks around a pound mark one after another!! as if the day couldnt get any worse, a soddin boat chugs around the corner!!! this canal is 2ft deep so any action like that kills the place for the rest of the day!! "well thats it Tezo, im off to KFC....." i really had given up now!! Terry agreed and we started the walk of shame back. Tezo sed come on Dan, one more cast under this tree, so he blasted out one of our own custom deadly shads and BANG he's in!! i could see this wasnt a tacker..... and yes it wasnt, we had done it again caught pike over the magic 3lb mark ha ha.

a very good end to a hard days fishing!! iv bin told that its fishing its head off 4 chub at the mo!! so hopefully fingers crossed better luck next time! ill leave ya with a piccy of Tezo's final Pike

Danny

Bin a while but.....

Been a while.....

but i have bin very busy, but here we go!! new posts!!

alrite guys....

bin ages since i posted on here, bin soooooo busy!! well ill b posting my newest adventures up as we speak

cheers Danny

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!