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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Dace

Saturday saw me heading down to my local stretch of the Warwickshire Avon in search of a large Dace. My plan was to fish waggler and maggots to the far bank and hope to get lots of bites as has been the case in the past . From there in it would be a process of elimination....


My theory was to feed little and often and catch as many fish as I could in the hope that one would be top quality.I started fishing but found that the fish were not quite having it, and were right down at the end of my swim . I fed more  often and hoped to draw them up whilst nicking one occasionally .


Despite my best efforts I could not seem to get in to a rythmn with the bites coming every 2/3 trots. The remedy would be to fish a stick float on my side of the centre of the river. I set up a 5 number six stick and strung out the shot shirt button style with two number 11's as my bottom shots . The depth was comfortable and my control over the float was giving me confidence .


One observation from the day was that several of the Dace I caught felt almost like coarse sandpaper and others looked really thick set (pictured above). I pressume that the thicker fish were females and the long rough skinned fish were males in all their spawning glory.


As well as plenty of Dace and the odd roach I also caught several of these defiant little blighters. A three spined stickleback!!!!






The day ended with several large Dace of 6,7,8 and 9ozs.





The best fish being a pair of 9's.......


Thanks for listening and all the best in the last few days on flowing water ......

Im off to catch a Barbel.....

Baz Peck

1 comment:

  1. Haha that little stickle back is hilarious! Thats a great haul of dace for a session, I can never seem to get more than half a dozen in a sitting without them being spooked. Whats your secret?

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