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any specialist anglers on here??

 

by that i mean people who go out and target specific species??

 

would be nice to hear what fish people like to target and when and hear other peoples approaches!!!

 

i am going to be spending the majority of my winter fishing for pike but am going to try a couple of sessions targetting specimen roach which i have never done before. then spring will be tench and bream then summer will be mainly carp.

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Pike, Perch & Chub this winter be staying local for the Perch and Chub

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although i do a lot of winter piking i also like a few river sessions. grayling fishing in the colder months can be excellent.

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All predacious species using either dead bait or lures.

 

Personal bests (to date!):

 

Pike 36.7lb (local Reservoir). Mean Thin Lizzy perch jerkbait.

Ruff 6oz to 7oz Chesterfield canal. Rapala ultralite minnow lure.

Perch 5lb 2oz Chesterfield canal. Rublex Ondex size 5 spinner.

Chub 8lb 1oz River Trent. Fox Micro 'silver crackle' Runt Lure.

Brown Trout 8lb 6oz River Trent. Arbogast (small) jitterbug lure.

Catfish 12lb 9oz River Trent. Dead (sardine) bait.

Zander 14lb 7oz River Trent. Dead (roach) bait.

Rainbow trout 9lb 3oz Rutland reservoir whilst pike lure fishing using Rapala Deep tail dancer 'silver flash' lure.

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Yes, I think I could be classed as a specialist angler

 

spring, summer & autumn I fish for tench using a variety of methods on a variety of waters (but the general tactics also account for a lot of carp, crucians, bream etc etc)

 

late autumn & winter I fish almost exclusively for grayling (but am always happy to catch an interloping perch, chub or barbel..)

 

the beauty of it is I still catch all the other species as the tactics I use are pretty much universal, it's all in the choice of venue, swim & areas of the swim to target - eg. bottom of the marginal shelf is the undoubted best area for tench, whether that's at 5m or 14m

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Yes, I think I could be classed as a specialist angler

 

spring, summer & autumn I fish for tench using a variety of methods on a variety of waters (but the general tactics also account for a lot of carp, crucians, bream etc etc)

 

late autumn & winter I fish almost exclusively for grayling (but am always happy to catch an interloping perch, chub or barbel..)

 

the beauty of it is I still catch all the other species as the tactics I use are pretty much universal, it's all in the choice of venue, swim & areas of the swim to target - eg. bottom of the marginal shelf is the undoubted best area for tench, whether that's at 5m or 14m

 

totally agree mate, through the summer i have been fishing up at harthill reservoir and have been using various tactics and catching carp tench and bream, although i do like targetting certain species its sometimes nice to not know what you are going to hook next.

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