The weather is cold and the water is clear but one or two fish will be willing to feed.
Roach can feed well if you use the right approach small hooks finer lines and less feed will get you more bites.
When I went to a local club lake last week I fed some fine white crumb using a pole cup and fished a small peace of punch on the hook and started to catch roach straight away don't worry if you don't have a pole you can throw a small ball of crumb in by hand you don't need to fish to far out as the roach will be closer than you think as long as you have a bit of depth.
Also try adding some casters to the crumb as this will attract the larger roach and skimmers, carp will often come into the cloud of bait to investigate to.
Now the weather is dry and frosty I cant wait to go out and catch some winter roach.....tight lines
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
NEW TO FISH AND FIELD
Welcome to Fish and Field's latest page 2016
The shop has had a bit of a change around since Christmas including a brand new bait display area with lots of bait to choose from like pellets,groundbait,boilies,from all the top bait manufactures also are famous fish and field bag up mix which is ideal for carp tench and bream.
Also are new float section offers lots of wagglers,stick floats and pole floats again from the top manufactures.
Are carp area has also undergone a change with thinking anglers,atomic,solar all adding to the vast range of carp tackle....Fresh bait also available daily like maggots,casters,worms etc.all our maggots are cleaned three times on professional riddles and maize then added at no extra cost
The shop has had a bit of a change around since Christmas including a brand new bait display area with lots of bait to choose from like pellets,groundbait,boilies,from all the top bait manufactures also are famous fish and field bag up mix which is ideal for carp tench and bream.
Also are new float section offers lots of wagglers,stick floats and pole floats again from the top manufactures.
Are carp area has also undergone a change with thinking anglers,atomic,solar all adding to the vast range of carp tackle....Fresh bait also available daily like maggots,casters,worms etc.all our maggots are cleaned three times on professional riddles and maize then added at no extra cost
Friday, 1 January 2016
Fish & Field Christmas Match
It was off to the Sedges for the day for Fish & Field and 40 of its customers on Sunday 20th December for the annual Christmas match. The café at Bridgwater was inundated with at least 20 of the participants (lucky we let them know!) and after a very pleasant breakfast it was down the road to the Sedges Complex. Both lakes were to be used and following a warm welcome from Jamie and Denise Cook we all drew pegs. Des Shipp drew peg 3 and we were told that the angler on that peg had blanked the day before!
Anglers on Brick Lake caught steadily, especially Chris Davis who used meat on the straight lead. Half of the anglers on Tile lake caught well to begin but it tailed off as the day wore on. Those of us on pegs 21 - 30 struggled all day!
Anyway, enough of the moaning, what about the results?
1st - Chris Davis 123lb 1oz
2nd - Daniel (I beat my Dad!) Shipp 79lb 12oz
3rd - Pete Watkins 66lb 3oz
4th - Ian Townsend 59lb 14oz Section H winner
5th - Des Shipp 56lb 10oz Silver pool 1st
6th - Ricky Mills 56lb 1oz Section B winner
7th - Matthew Taynton 45lb 3oz
8th - Jack Arpino 44lb 13oz Section A winner
9th - Matt Woodward 43lb 6oz Silver pool 2nd
10th- Vince Shipp 36lb 10oz Section G winner
11th - Keith Bilder 36lb 7oz Section F winner
12th - Kevin Lloyd 32lb 5oz Section D winner
13th - Stewart Riddle 30lb 6oz Section C winner
24th - Dean Sharp 10lb 9oz Section E winner
25th - Andy Lord 9lb 13oz (oh dear!)
32nd - Chris Derrick 3lb 3oz (oh dear dear dear!)
The evening followed with a very pleasant meal for all at the Squire Inn. There was a raffle after with many prizes donated by companies and individuals to raise funds for the Wallace and Gromit appeal (Bristol Children's Hospital). At the time of writing we don't have the exact amount raised. Watch this space for more information and notices in the shop.
On behalf of Fish & Field may we wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and tight-lined new year.
Anglers on Brick Lake caught steadily, especially Chris Davis who used meat on the straight lead. Half of the anglers on Tile lake caught well to begin but it tailed off as the day wore on. Those of us on pegs 21 - 30 struggled all day!
Anyway, enough of the moaning, what about the results?
1st - Chris Davis 123lb 1oz
2nd - Daniel (I beat my Dad!) Shipp 79lb 12oz
3rd - Pete Watkins 66lb 3oz
4th - Ian Townsend 59lb 14oz Section H winner
5th - Des Shipp 56lb 10oz Silver pool 1st
6th - Ricky Mills 56lb 1oz Section B winner
7th - Matthew Taynton 45lb 3oz
8th - Jack Arpino 44lb 13oz Section A winner
9th - Matt Woodward 43lb 6oz Silver pool 2nd
10th- Vince Shipp 36lb 10oz Section G winner
11th - Keith Bilder 36lb 7oz Section F winner
12th - Kevin Lloyd 32lb 5oz Section D winner
13th - Stewart Riddle 30lb 6oz Section C winner
24th - Dean Sharp 10lb 9oz Section E winner
25th - Andy Lord 9lb 13oz (oh dear!)
32nd - Chris Derrick 3lb 3oz (oh dear dear dear!)
The evening followed with a very pleasant meal for all at the Squire Inn. There was a raffle after with many prizes donated by companies and individuals to raise funds for the Wallace and Gromit appeal (Bristol Children's Hospital). At the time of writing we don't have the exact amount raised. Watch this space for more information and notices in the shop.
On behalf of Fish & Field may we wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and tight-lined new year.
Sunday, 22 November 2015
The Sedges Autumn League Round 6 Sunday 22nd November 2015
A sudden drop in temperature a few days before the weekend made fishing very difficult - at least the wind had died down by Sunday! Lordy, courtesy of some good draws (they say) already had four section wins and could only be beaten by Matt Taynton if he won his section with more than thirty pounds - not a particularly difficult task under normal circumstances on Tile Lake.
Draw time arrived and Lordy picked out peg 26 in the middle of the far bank. Matt drew peg 29 so he and Lordy were in the same section. Right from the start it was obvious that the fishing was going to be difficult. What had worked a few weeks ago now did no good at all and all Lordy managed on the 6m line with worm was 2 perch for 1lb 6oz. However, he also put out the feeder with dead maggot and had a carp at the beginning and a carp at the end for 10lb. He also lost a very big eel right at the death and weighed in with 11lb 6oz. This won the mini section and the bankside section and so for the first time in 47 years of angling Lordy finally managed to win a league tournament - whoopee!
Draw time arrived and Lordy picked out peg 26 in the middle of the far bank. Matt drew peg 29 so he and Lordy were in the same section. Right from the start it was obvious that the fishing was going to be difficult. What had worked a few weeks ago now did no good at all and all Lordy managed on the 6m line with worm was 2 perch for 1lb 6oz. However, he also put out the feeder with dead maggot and had a carp at the beginning and a carp at the end for 10lb. He also lost a very big eel right at the death and weighed in with 11lb 6oz. This won the mini section and the bankside section and so for the first time in 47 years of angling Lordy finally managed to win a league tournament - whoopee!
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| Peg 26 on Tile Lake |
Friday, 13 November 2015
What's new at Fish & Field
Very popular with Carp anglers, The Source 10mm Fluro pop-ups and dumbells pack is well worth a look.
Not exactly new on the scene but now available from Sonubaits after some considerable time are the Fin perfect feed pellets
Fox have come up with Exocet and Camo Soft Steel Reel line for the Carp angler. It casts well even at 16lb breaking strain.
The Sedges Autumn League Round 5 Sunday 8th November 2015
Round 5 and we were back on Brick Lake again. The weather was not as kind and a stiff breeze was pushing the water up to the northern end of the lake. Lordy drew peg 11- an end peg and was told immediately that when it came to drawing he was a veritable Picasso! The windy conditions meant that he decided to set up a small cage feeder and a 1g Drennan Carp 5 pole rig with a 14 hook to 5lb line.
He gave the feeder half an hour and unusually got absolutely no indication whatsoever. Having fed caster and worm at 5.5m he put out the pole rig with a whole worm. It was not long before he was struggling with a good sized eel which gave him all sorts of fun getting it into the landing net. It was the first of three eels during the day. He then switched to the head of a worm and very shortly hooked his first carp of the day. He also tried 6mm Dynamite pro expanders and managed another carp and a lot of "shag under" bites which he missed altogether. It was the worm head however that did the business and he caught another 6 carp, the biggest being 15lb 11oz to finish with 75lb 15oz and first place.
Apparently only Matt Taynton - a customer of Fish & Field - can catch Lordy now so the final match on 22nd November on Tile lake should be a good'un.
He gave the feeder half an hour and unusually got absolutely no indication whatsoever. Having fed caster and worm at 5.5m he put out the pole rig with a whole worm. It was not long before he was struggling with a good sized eel which gave him all sorts of fun getting it into the landing net. It was the first of three eels during the day. He then switched to the head of a worm and very shortly hooked his first carp of the day. He also tried 6mm Dynamite pro expanders and managed another carp and a lot of "shag under" bites which he missed altogether. It was the worm head however that did the business and he caught another 6 carp, the biggest being 15lb 11oz to finish with 75lb 15oz and first place.
Apparently only Matt Taynton - a customer of Fish & Field - can catch Lordy now so the final match on 22nd November on Tile lake should be a good'un.
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