Happy New Year to all and hopefully it will be a good one fishing-wise..
A couple days ago on my day off I ventured on my first fishing trip for 2014. I visited the Lancaster canal on its middle reaches hoping to get some perch and pike. The weather has been horrible with constant rain but I was optimistic. The canal was pretty murky and the water high after all that rain and it kept raining at times throughout the session. I started with the usual soft plastics but after working my way for more than a mile without a touch, I switched to a silver-white spinnerbait thinking that the vibration and flash might help the fish find the lure in the murky water. After some more casts I reached a spot that has previously given me fish.
I made a good cast and retrieved slowly above the bottom, bringing it to my feet I saw a silhouette dart and hit the lure with force! The fish was only a jack and after a short tussle I landed it.
After this fish I persevered but got no more bites and decided to go home. I got my adrenaline hit with the savage take and also my first fish of the year so that's me happy!
Can't wait for the weather to settle a bit and go back again. ..
Thanks for reading and best wishes for a fruitful fishing year!
Dimitrios
A couple days ago on my day off I ventured on my first fishing trip for 2014. I visited the Lancaster canal on its middle reaches hoping to get some perch and pike. The weather has been horrible with constant rain but I was optimistic. The canal was pretty murky and the water high after all that rain and it kept raining at times throughout the session. I started with the usual soft plastics but after working my way for more than a mile without a touch, I switched to a silver-white spinnerbait thinking that the vibration and flash might help the fish find the lure in the murky water. After some more casts I reached a spot that has previously given me fish.
I made a good cast and retrieved slowly above the bottom, bringing it to my feet I saw a silhouette dart and hit the lure with force! The fish was only a jack and after a short tussle I landed it.
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| Small but aggressive! |
After this fish I persevered but got no more bites and decided to go home. I got my adrenaline hit with the savage take and also my first fish of the year so that's me happy!
Can't wait for the weather to settle a bit and go back again. ..
Thanks for reading and best wishes for a fruitful fishing year!
Dimitrios
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