🍁 November 2024


🎣 Another prawn after perch session and focusing on the tackle set-up

Buoyed by yesterday’s quality perch on the pool, I returned this morning, hoping for more of the same.

It was a chilly start to the day but, with the air temperature just the right side of zero, I didn’t have to scrape ice on this occasion, just wipe the dew from the windshield instead.

Arriving at the pool, I was fishing in no time at all, courtesy of having the rod already made up and ready to go. 

I cast out, settled back, made my first cup of tea of the day and waited.

And waited. And waited. And waited. 

In two hours, I didn’t get any movement on the float at all. 

I still recorded a video though, showing the set-up, which hopefully you will find helpful. 

📹 Watch on YouTube 

Tackle, bait and tactics 

Greys Prodigy TX 12’ rod. Shimano 3500M reel. Maxima Chameleon 4lb line. 

Drennan 1.2g waggler. Drennan Super Specialist size 8 hook.

I fished a couple of rod-lengths out in six-feet of water. 

I fed loose prawns and fished prawn on the hook. 

Nature notes while fishing 

They are resident in this area and I saw – and heard – two ring-necked parakeets in the woodland alongside the pool.