ivelfan
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Waters for a novice
I have got my boy aged 9 into fishing now and am after advice on the Shefford waters.
For the last couple of years he has been using a 4m whip which has been a good experience for him and he has really enjoyed it. However he now wants to do "proper" fishing with a rod and reel.
I want to take him to a club stillwater where he can fish a waggler and catch a few fish so as not to lose his interest. He is not bothered about size of fish, he is pleased as punch with whatever he catches. My predicament is that I don't fish the lakes very often to be sure where to take him.
Don't really want to fish Stanford pit as that is the one place we always seem to go. Tried Broom last week but it was really hard going - I don't know if this is always the case. I am guessing that the Airman is too deep round the margins to fish a standard waggler set-up.
Any advice would be most welcome.
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8/8/08, 11:20
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Re: Waters for a novice
Ivelfan,
Give the Airman a go. Peg 5 tends to produce the goods on waggler, if you fish quite a fine hook length using maggot hookbait and a small amount of hemp seed mixed with a few maggots catapulted in every 30 secs or so should see the Roach come in. Hooker pellet it another bait to try. I have caught them on fishmeal flavoured jellets, which are available from Andy's in Shefford and don't need preparing with a pump. You can bait up along the reed line to the right of peg 5 whilst fishing out in the water, then switch to the margins for a while if the Roach bites dry up. I have seen quite a few Tench patrolling past that spot. Keep feeding hemp/maggot or pellet mix where you were fishing for Roach to try and draw them back in again.
Any of the "road" side swims 6-10 will produce Roach and Rudd to maggot and hemp mix with the float set at 2-3 feet fishing 2 rod lengths out. That is how I catch a few livebait for catfishing (although I do enjoy it and normally keep fishing like that for a couple of hours or so!) If they go off the feed try fishing on the bottom for a while. I have had some good Roach to nearly a pound and some nice Perch to 3/4lb and Rudd to approx 4oz fishing in pegs 8 and 10, straight out roughly in line with the reeds on either side. The swims do not steepen off too quickly on that side of the lake so you should be able to reach bottom comfortably using a waggler.
I would try corn as well as there have been plenty of Tench going up that side of the lake around pegs 8-10.
Hope this is of use.
Good luck!!
( I will probably get a match angler come on here now and tell me I'm talking out of my behind, but these methods have worked for me)
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10/8/08, 7:08
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Re: Waters for a novice
Thanks for the advice Andy. I had almost ruled the Airman out as being too deep even around the margins for fishing a straight-forward waggler on the bottom. I've only fished there a couple of times and must have picked the deepest pegs. I'll try and get down there some time in the next week. Will let you know how I get on.
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Re: Waters for a novice
Ivelfan,
If you want to try another venue with plenty of fish, give the Stanford Canal a go. I'm not an expert on this section, but generally get plenty of small fish to keep the interest going, and there's always the chance of a bonus chub or perch.
I generally fish the top half of the section from Stanford down.
Best of luck if you go.
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