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 Some successes, some failures...

I've been fishing four times in the last few weeks and I've had some successes and some failures.

 Twente Canal 

I love the Twente Canal in Enschede. I went up here with Roger and was targeting the Bream.

Unfortunately, the Bream had other ideas so I ended up going for the smaller fish. Managed to put together 2.750 kg of Perch fishing at 4 metres.

60 Perch from the Twente Canal

I just fed small nuggets of Sonubaits maggot fishmeal groundbait every few minutes and the Perch seemed to love it.

Fished a maggot or a small worm on the hook, but didn't feed any worms.

Roger playing a nice Roach

My rig was a 1 gram Carbo on 0.11 mm main line and a 0.09 mm bottom to a red Kamasan size 18 B520 hook.

Roger had a harder day today catching a few fish on the long pole and a couple closer in.

 Zandfang 

A new venue for me, the Zandfang is a 80 m wide basin that is about 3 metres deep in the middle.

Zandfang. A great bank and the car is behind you. Another visit is on the cards when the weather cools down.

I set up 2 pole rigs and a 2 gram insert waggler.

My new Octbox

The fishing was hard, the fish were just not interested in feeding in the high temperatures and blazing sunshine.

4 Roach. It was hard.

I only caught 4 Roach on my gear and caught 2 Roach on Roger's waggler while I was visiting his peg. Roger had 8 fish, Theo had 4 fish and Nico had 2 fish.

 Berkel in Borculo 

This is a stretch of the Berkel I hadn't fished before, and it's a lovely bit of river.

Playing a big Bream on Roger's pole

I used 2 kilos of fishmeal groundbait that I won in a competition - what a big mistake.

The fish just wouldn't settle over it, and what you have put in you can't take out. I should have stuck to my standard groundbait.

A poor effort from me today. Didn't have my match fishing head on

I managed to get 4 Roach on casters to the right of where I put the groundbait.

Roger with 8.5 kilos of fish - including my Bream and Roach :-)


The Berkel near Borculo

Roger did well, and even let me catch a 2+ kilo Bream and a nice Roach on his pole while he was packing away.

Me sat on Roger's box on the Berkel

We are coming back here next week to fish it again.

 Wessem-Nederweert Canal 

I like this stretch of the canal near the 13.5 km marker post. The water was very clear today - I could see the bottom 3 metres down. It was like tap water.

I caught 10 Gobies and realising it was hopeless I went home for an early lunch.

Zammataro - great groundbait!

I mixed up my standard groundbait mix which I have found works very well - but the Roach were never going to feed in the clear water and bright sunshine.

Hopefully it will be better next weekend.

Cheers,

Steve

There is nothing better than catching fish on the long pole - perfect presentation every time. 
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