Monster carp worth the preparation

By Mike Winter Friday, February 4, 2011
2:58 PM

An extract from my angling diaries: In September 2005, my pal Peter arranged a guest permit for me to fish with him at a private carp lake where they grew big.

Peter trotted off to the far bank, asking me to join him at “some nice places to fish from” he said.

“Sorry,” I replied “I’m off to creep around to find some carp before I start fishing”.

It was 10am. I’d bought some stewed hempseed and some hard carp pellets. I got my Kelly kettle going, put half the hard pellets into a bait box, just covered them with boiling water, then made a coffee.

I put some hard pellets in with the hemp and set off on a slow tour of the lake. I spotted the odd big carp in the margins of the more overgrown banks and put in some of my hemp/pellet groundbait.

Peter was fishing from an open area of bank perched up on his fishing chair. Eventually I came to several willows growing half submerged in the water.

There were several large carp in this snaggy area and I knew that was where I should fish. So I put in most of my groundbait.

Next I set up some strong tackle – a stepped up split cane MK IV rod with a 3lb test curve, an Ambidex Mk 9 reel loaded with 18lb line (these reels built by Youngs in the 1960s are a joy to fish with, due to their silky smooth gearing and free running line roller).

I slipped a small rubber float stop up the line followed by a small quill float free to slide by its bottom ring, then another float stop slid up six feet from the end of the line to which I ‘palomar’ knotted a strong size 4 hook.

Lastly I rolled four small sausages of tungsten putty to lightly pin the last four feet of line to the bottom.

I went on another tour of the lake looking for signs of fish feeding on my groundbait, but it wasn’t until I got back to the willows that I saw those signs – bubbles, clouded water and small whorls in the surface film.

The bottom there shelved down to seven feet. I adjusted my float stops accordingly. Then I baited my hook with a walnut sized lump of paste moulded from the soaked pellets.

Opening the reel pick up I threw my baited hook out by hand, then slowly drew it back into the base of the shelf.

I sat quietly on my cushion on a groundsheet hidden behind a willow bush using my bait box as a rod rest.

Within 20 minutes my float stole slowly away and I hooked the first of 14 carp I was to land during the next eight hours, including four 20 pounders, three 18 pounders, four 15 pounders and three 14 pounders.

Twice I got smashed up in the willows by fish more powerful than my biggest of 26lbs.

Peter? He had one five pounder!

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Browning to win off the Trophy event

Friday, 4 February 2011
9: 29 AM

EXMOUTH Sea rather than members of the Association is fished out of the Cup in the last weekend, writes Tim Clotworthy.

The event is fished at Slapton Sands with fro 2 pm, the rising tide through until 7 pm to close some of the species in daylight before the onset of darkness with the members of the hope.

Seventeen members who has fished most of the fish on the beach in the middle of the pioneers and the wonderful sunny in the afternoon, but the weather was welcoming, which has changed soon picked up to be unpleasant for brisk winds of fishing.

Are most of the members of the fish caught mackerel, DAB, dogfish, codling, pouting, whiting and sole recorded weigh.

First place went to Gary Bowden 176 with test and he also won the best model with the sole 2 lb 4 oz.

Secondly, went to Adrian Jones and thirdly, the two go hand in hand with the 148 claimed Paul Rowe 117 with the test.

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No salmon caught yet on river Eden

By Chris Bowman

Last updated at 15:17, Friday, 04 February 2011

Although plenty of kelts have been caught including one of around 20lb on the Carlisle Angling Association water no fresh-run salmon have been reported from the Eden as yet.

But John Kitchen thought he had hooked into one whilst fishing the Coops Stream at Warwick Hall last Thursday.

Using a 2½ inch Willie Gunn fly, John connected with a heavy powerful fish that did not reveal its true identity until landed.

John’s fish proved to be a large unspawned cock fish or rawner measuring some 40 inches in length and estimated at 24lb.

With salmon reported spawning on the main River Eden on Tuesday of this week it could be that we may see more baggots and rawners caught along with kelts, before we see our first Eden Springer landed this season.

For the non-angler or new comer to salmon fishing all of this must sound a bit confusing, to simplify things a baggot is the term generally given to a hen salmon that has not spawned or completed spawning.

Rawner is the term generally given to the male equivalent of the baggot and kelt is the term given to a salmon, male or female that has spawned.

The important thing to remember is that all of these fish have to be returned to the water as soon as possible after capture, they are termed as “unclean” which for the purposes of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 in relation to any fish means that the fish is about to spawn, or has recently spawned and has not recovered from spawning.

All salmon rivers in this country have to have a statutory close season during which time it is illegal to fish for salmon with rod and line.

The backlog of Carlisle and District Coarse Angling Club fixtures caused by the exceptional winter weather grew bigger last Sunday when the rescheduled CADCAC Winter League match due to take place at Crofton had to be called off due to the lake freezing over again.

This match will now take place at Crofton Lake this coming Sunday February 6.

The draw takes place at 08.45 with fishing from 10am to 3pm.

During the last week Longtown West Pond has produced pike to 8¾lb and on the 27th of this month the West Pond is host to the last British Pike Championship Qualifying match to fished at the venue this winter. Phone 01228 674519 or 07714168939 for further information or to book your place.

First published at 14:25, Friday, 04 February 2011
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Coarse Angling: Blowing hot and cold fish

Last weekend saw the return of a cold Snap and put a stop the stillwater fisheries, much had occurred in the interim recovery or disposal.

Crofton CADCAC Winter League-match was to be called is frozen solid Lake due to this it should now go ahead Sunday instead — although the week before Steve Dixon won the Winter League match with two skimmer sea bream 2 lb 12 oz for the same place.

The weather is not, however, because of the improvement and the still waters is once again became a fishable. Aldin Grange is on at the Park, Roach are currently caught, even though Paul Renny-Lemington lasted for six of the carp, and Dave Barrett caught two season tench.

With the exception of the New York area rivers are still ran out of wine suitable for yielding table wine sorts only a small number of chub, even though the main Tyne is still very weak MIT only bites come from minnows or sea trout wear.

Tidal power units with Tyne Newburn anglers Alliance contract with Newcastle and Gateshead water councils, is still a decent catch "featuring some of the enigma of the days, but the total empty with young males dace.

Wednesday saw the Open, all-the Angel of the CARP catch has risen in the heart of 35 lb 13 oz Skirry win Alan. Graham was the largest 18 McGuire lb 15 oz and Ricky Bennett was the third of 12 lb 9 oz.

Sunday, even if it were frozen, Bowes and fishery open anglers had break ice first, but still went ahead of the competition. Neil Brown won the topic feasts stationing themselves at places 18 lb 5 oz, Richard Wildman, 11 lb and Steve McCourt, with 8 lb 5 oz

Lookout Sunday's Big match was different in the waters of the AC, where the participants were to break ice before the entry into force of the fisheries, but don't Stop Nigel Beardsley putting 13 lb 4 oz scales will increase your chances of winning the Lee Richardson, 10 lb, 4 oz, and Andy Bell with a 7 lb 10 oz.

Northallerton AC equivalence is Scruton on the banks of the River Swale had won, even on top of the Dinsdalesta, the New York North Yorkshire South Durham-contest saw the Mick Gibson, Chelmsford win with 9 lb 5 oz, Steve Beckwith reported that best matches each week to catch the 42 lb 6 oz chub.

Ant was second with Smith in Thornaby 8 lb 3 oz and Harry Growcock Shildon angler in third with 6 lb 12 oz.

Plans are afoot in the world is never match saw the richest event. North Yorkshire Oaks fishery is a design complex three-day Festival with £ 10,000 top prize.

DIARY DATES

Tomorrow: open will take place on the Lake, fishing, Angel Bowes at 10. 14: 30 until 3.30 pm, and challenge their Watson Middlesbrough AC Trophy, Swale, Gatenby Ainderby. TEL 01642 899288.

Sunday: WACAC fish Pike match Liverpool, QE2, Yarm (AA) to challenge the Adams Cup Tees and Ripon & District AC hold an open meeting of the attractive Navigation Inn, Ure Canal Road, Ripon at 9 in the morning. Langley Park, Langley Park, AC meet Workingmen Club (room back) at 10 am and the open Lookout Lake, the drawing will take place from 9 a.m. in the morning. Swale Richmond AC contests in their February Trophy. Meet the 8. 45 am Great Langton Bridge.

Tuesday: Pike Anglers Club Tyneside jako meet Cannock, Cannock Bank collective investment Club where all Pike anglers are welcome.

Wednesday: open takes place at the Woodlands and Angel, even though the population program at the meeting of the Club Lakeside Robin Hood Inn, Jarrow.

Thursday: two Clubs to keep meetings – four single AC Bay Horse pub, Buckingham and the London Club and District AC Catholic, Dean Street, London. Open midweek schedule also Oaks.

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For hunters, anglers During warming up

Saturday marked the beginning of the decline of the hunters a lot.

The calendar may show Sept 21-day period. officially becomes a black bear, but the Adirondack Mountains, the first Saturday of the season's opener is really outdoorsmen and women to calculate many of the region.

Black bear season is the first large period, open, and over the coming weeks will see keksimisestä period can openers, the bow, and black powder rifle during for Deer.

Paul Jensen, wildlife biologist with the State Department of Environmental conservation, Warrensburg, said many of the bear, DEC received complaints this summer.That appears to indicate that there are plenty of food in the Woods, which are difficult to predict the bear season, he said.

When the forest is a natural food, lens, if any, do not have to visit a lot of you want to eat, making them more stringent with a view to seeking a hunters.

Mast plants look pretty good in the Woods this year was a large measure of Acorns. at an early stage in the woods nearby Queensbury, although they look has slowed down markedly in recent weeks, such as dry conditions persisted. Jensen said Beech nut crop in the protection of species of wild fauna, food tends to seemed decent.

"Cherry crop wild was very good," Jensen said.

My backyard BlackBerry crop appeared to stunted the heat and the lack of rain, but I have seen wild Apple has been brought forth much fruit.

However, difficult to freeze that devastated some orchards in the region is likely to affect some of Apple and wild at the part-session in May.

Cool nights and shorter days sent many Deer hunters Scouting in recent weeks, tree stands on the putting up and preparing for the possibility of wing whitetail.

The accounts of the region whitetail populations appear to be quite healthy.

Deer characters. 2009-10, Mild winter had little winter mortality Jensen said.

Deer kick off the first season of the invoice on Monday, Sept 27, with the northern Zone of heavy oils falling within heading no työterveyshaasteisiin bowhunters.The South region bowhunters can hit forests October 16, North zone of the rifle period starts a week later.

Fishing regulations

Many diehard anglers know that radiator, shorter days late summer and early fall are the prime time to fish.

Bass and lake trout from lakes to beat heat deeper waters.

Some of my best bass tours was in September of the year, in particular the smallmouths that display becomes active in the case of water cooler.

Also played a big range of trout streams some dates, in September and October, but it is not there a lot of power trip this fall unless the weather pattern changes. most of the trout streams here are few and clear this year I can remember too low fish. Thursday night rain helped a little, but not much.

Has been the number of fish kill on the trout streams in the region this summer and the fish are likely to be stressed to take condenser deeper holes is bunched in the summer most.

Trout season closes October 15 of the most deprived persons in the local waters, but some streams (Schroon River, Kayaderosseras Creek, does not kill the part of the Batten Kill) are open all year round. is it not bother fishing now, but if we get some rain they could be the value of the shot.

Many of the lakes offer continuous trout population, including among them is Lake remains. George, Schroon Lake and Brant Lake. Thirteenth Lake Trout-underrated Johnsburg and Palmer Lake, Pond, Chester are open through November 30.

Don Lehman can be reached at dlehman@poststar.com.

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Anglers and Stanford researchers track the Marlins unusual migration

20 September 2010, Lois Bergeron

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Pacific Blue Marlin is just around the hook from the mouth as it slipped the packing slip to the sea, the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.Courtesy of Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, in collaboration with Stanford researchers each year and sport anglers, Hawaii is revealing Pacific Blue Marlin with large, great fish spear-shaped from the tip of the long migration paths. electronic tags Marlins on surprising activities, including the three fish that floating Hawaii-Marquesas Islands to Mile 3 000 trips throughout the South Equator. Such trans-Equatorial migrations is unusual, i.e. researchers expect the information that I look forward to this summer, the marking of.

Pacific Blue Marlin, one of the biggest billfish to swim in the open sea are beginning to give some information about the options in this mysterious secrets. The new data is whether "and release the" anglers Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament involved in underwater journeys thanks to Marlins. they were committed to help Stanford researchers with the marking of large fish catching and releasing.

Anglers and researchers marked 10 Marlins electronic tags in August on the coast of Hawaii Big Island Hawaii this year during the tournament set Great Marlin Race off. 120 days when the Marlins will be stored in the tags, how to travel to dive deep into the water temperatures and what they encounter.

You must view this ideoThe anglers Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament reel installed Flash Marlin "identifier and version.", when tags to float on the surface of a pop, they and their data back to the laboratory, the results of the previous year. If are indications about should be interesting.The winner is, as the case may be, the farthest to the fish swims.

Marine biologist Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station Randy Kochevar "in 2009, we received some of the longest tracks which never have been found to be using electronic tags, Marlin" said. "Three of these Marlins swam as Hawaii the entire Equator-Marquesas Islands, which was something that we really did. "This is a journey of about 3 000 km (more than 1,850 miles).

Kochevar said is very unusual aquatic animals through the territory of the Equatorial move is due to a combination of high temperature surface water and oxygen poor water only below. "Equatorial region is an important limit for so many species was really surprising to see that three long songs went right for all, "he said.

"Great Marlin Race is unique in that it combines the thrill of excitement in the State-of-the-art competitive angling conservation with the investigation," said Kochevar. "By calling the charter boat captains and crews and the tournament anglers as such investigation we can learn a lot more and get a lot more people excited about the work we do. "

Two already this year, the tags have become fish, off sooner than the researchers wanted to but it is a part of transoceanic labelling and monitoring of the game.

"This is part of the challenge for tag fish," says Barbara block, Professor Charles and Elizabeth Prothro, Marine Sciences, leading research group."You have a large number of tags to return enough data."

Block, which adopted the electronic tags are in the mid-1980s on the use of competition, has made extensive studies after the tag, and is completing the 10-year mark, Pacific Predators (TOPP) program, which more than 4,300 electronic tags introduced 23 species open ocean animals in the North Pacific.

Early days of electronic encoding technology is not very developed, which could make it difficult for an unusual interpretation of results: .1980 one Tags from Marlin Found floating near the Galapagos Islands, Kochevar said.

"No one believed it comes out Marlin, which had swum fully down there," he said."They thought extension has just come and free trumpetinsoittaja."

Kochevar said last year But on the basis of the results of swimming, far Marlin idea looks much more plausible.

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Four Pacific sail-competition 2009 will be the thousands of kilometers along the routes below tags. three of them swam Equator, unusual migratory route through the Courtesy of Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford UniversityThe at Great Marlin Race idea started when the Hawaiian International Billfish tournament organisers approached Block with the idea of the 50th anniversary celebrations with their tags, a special program. Anglers were given the opportunity to finance the electronic tags to enable Marlins caught and released during the tournament.

Billfish Tournament organizers offered to provide free team competition in the year following the entry into force of the tag from the farthest to the surfaces, where it was originally introduced.

Although a large Marlin Race is associated with the sponsors of the competition between the Marlins, additional information is the primary focus.

"We really do not know a lot of Marlins patterns and their operation," said Kochevar.

"It appears that instead of traveling to spawn a specific location, and then feeding, bluefin tuna, such as end-of-year expenditure it seems like they are constantly spawning and their sorting, come and go from one place to another," he said.

"What we hope to learn from this work," said Stanford marine biologist George Shillinger, "is the basic information about the history of the life of these animals, we would like to know. when they go to the feed and when they go to paritella. we want to understand how they use the ocean, the type of area and in the end, how can we manage their populations to ensure that they remain in light."

Updates will be posted regularly to the Great Marlin Race-on a site that presents the results of the 2009 race.

"Our hope," said Kochevar, "is that we can consider any other sport fishing tournaments you can create your own Great Race programs."

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