jacklev1 Â Â 12 #1 Posted June 15, 2017 Hi has anyone fished on the witham recently got to be 25 years since I was there Bream fishing dose anyone go there nowadays please let me know if anyone has any information as I would love to give it another crack:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DIDO Â Â 11 #2 Posted June 15, 2017 I have been across the bridge at Tattersall a few times over the past year, and have only seen one person fishing. I think there are too many carp puddles in that area and people have lost interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dars35   10 #3 Posted June 16, 2017 last time I fished it at Tattershall, which is 6; maybe 8 years ago, it was all perch  During the period I was visiting the area I didn't see any proper big matches like we saw in the 70's/80's, but some of the caravan parks did still have residents matches on that stretch  It's just another sign of the times, everyone wants to turn up at a venue have a big fat lardy breakfast, drive to their peg, wheel their kit out the back of their van 5 yards onto their concrete platform, and catch daft carp all day long, and at the end of the day weigh in 3 keepnets of identical fish and still not frame...  not for me thanks, that kind of fishing almost drove me to pack it in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ALAN 58 Â Â 10 #4 Posted June 16, 2017 My days of match fishing are well gone, but how i used to live in hope when i put my hand in the drawbag and get a number between 51-55 at Schoolhouse bend down river from Kirkstead. happy days. The Withams goldfish bowl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Hinks   10 #5 Posted June 16, 2017 Like most Lincoln would be like another planet for me these days. Better to get local knowledge, fish in general would be where the feed is going in. You may get information from Harrisons tackle. Perhaps ask them if they know where matches are fished anywhere, if they know anything they should let you know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tangler   10 #6 Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) I fished it last year from stamp end lock to dog dyke the river is full of weed and dead had 5 day fishing and only had small fish in all that time, it looked as if no one had fish the river in a long time all the platforms where over grown the only clear bit of the rive was in the middle where the boats have cleared the duck weed and rushes …save your money and don't go Edited June 16, 2017 by tangler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Chris412 Â Â 10 #7 Posted September 9, 2017 blame the eastern Europeans for emptying it for the plate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,639 #8 Posted September 9, 2017 harsh , but true . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pkingy   10 #9 Posted September 10, 2017 last time I fished it at Tattershall, which is 6; maybe 8 years ago, it was all perch During the period I was visiting the area I didn't see any proper big matches like we saw in the 70's/80's, but some of the caravan parks did still have residents matches on that stretch  It's just another sign of the times, everyone wants to turn up at a venue have a big fat lardy breakfast, drive to their peg, wheel their kit out the back of their van 5 yards onto their concrete platform, and catch daft carp all day long, and at the end of the day weigh in 3 keepnets of identical fish and still not frame...  not for me thanks, that kind of fishing almost drove me to pack it in What I can't get my head round is the enjoyment to be had sitting in a tent waiting for a buzzer to go off. then reeling in a carp that's been caught so often it even has a name. That for me is not fishing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #10 Posted September 10, 2017 blame the eastern Europeans for emptying it for the plate  harsh , but true .  Racist dimwits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #11 Posted September 10, 2017 Racist dimwits.  Theyre not solely responsible for diminishing fish numbers but like the increase in numbers of otters and cormorants, they are a factor.  Passing off reports of their activities as racsim does you no favours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #12 Posted September 10, 2017 Theyre not solely responsible for diminishing fish numbers but like the increase in numbers of otters and cormorants, they are a factor. Passing off reports of their activities as racsim does you no favours.  This wasn't 'reports of their activities' - it was knee jerk blaming on zero evidence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...