pen-y-clawdd fishery
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pen-y-clawdd fishery
I wangled a half day at work today so visited a farm fishery near Raglan Castle. Pen-Y-Clawdd is a working farm which diversified into a coarse fishery about fifteen years ago. I first visited it just after it had been stocked with thousands of tiny Carp. On my next trip I caught dozens of the titchy things on maggots. Over the years it has expanded and now has three pools. One a mixed pool ideal for youngsters, the other a moat type pool with a large island and the third is a Carp and Tench pool. This third one was the one I visited today.
The weather was very warm but overcast and muggy (just the way I like it), but it got progressively hotter as the clouds broke up and blue skies and sunshine made it uncomfortably hot.
Luckily, within five minutes of casting out a freelined piece of breadflake, I caught my first carp. It weighed just over eleven pounds but I would have sworn it was bigger. (Must get my old spring balance calibrated). In my haste to get my camera out of it's case, it jumped out of the landing net and made its escape.
Next I tried a single grain of sweetcorn and caught an ugly little bugger with a stub nose.
My third and final fish came soon afterwards, again on corn.
The fish started to rise and feed off the carp in the shade of the trees and although I had two further bites on the bottom (one missed, the other hook failed), I was starting to burn up so packed up and headed for home.
This feisty little moorhen took offence when a duck got close to him and attacked it.
The reason I didn't try floating crust was it is against the rules. The lady owner checks that all rules are followed to the letter but some are just daft.
These are ok;
No groundbait
no nuts
no boilies
no keepnets
but these make no sense to me at all
no meat, including luncheon meat
no hemp
no floating crust
no hook over size 12 to be used.
Still, it's a nice place, despite the Stalag rules.
Sorry about the picture quality.
JB
The weather was very warm but overcast and muggy (just the way I like it), but it got progressively hotter as the clouds broke up and blue skies and sunshine made it uncomfortably hot.
Luckily, within five minutes of casting out a freelined piece of breadflake, I caught my first carp. It weighed just over eleven pounds but I would have sworn it was bigger. (Must get my old spring balance calibrated). In my haste to get my camera out of it's case, it jumped out of the landing net and made its escape.
Next I tried a single grain of sweetcorn and caught an ugly little bugger with a stub nose.
My third and final fish came soon afterwards, again on corn.
The fish started to rise and feed off the carp in the shade of the trees and although I had two further bites on the bottom (one missed, the other hook failed), I was starting to burn up so packed up and headed for home.
This feisty little moorhen took offence when a duck got close to him and attacked it.
The reason I didn't try floating crust was it is against the rules. The lady owner checks that all rules are followed to the letter but some are just daft.
These are ok;
No groundbait
no nuts
no boilies
no keepnets
but these make no sense to me at all
no meat, including luncheon meat
no hemp
no floating crust
no hook over size 12 to be used.
Still, it's a nice place, despite the Stalag rules.
Sorry about the picture quality.
JB
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Some nice fish there Jimmy, shame the big one made a sharp exit.
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Could you have used dog biscuits on the surface - or was that also 'verboten' by the lake gestapo
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Dog biscuits also on the 'Banned' list I'm afraid
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Marsh mallows??
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Julian wrote:Marsh mallows??
Maltesers?
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Cat biscuits or steamies?
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
JimmyBobkin wrote:Julian wrote:Marsh mallows??
Maltesers?
Is it the zig rig that fishes the bait up near the surface?
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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Re: pen-y-clawdd fishery
Top quality fishing. Well done, Jimmy.
No hooks above size 12? I never use smaller than size 10s for carp! That no meat thing is a puzzling. Perhaps she is a veggie?
The most annoying rule on my local commercial is no floating baits. I asked the guy why once and he got very cross and said "because I said so". When I assured him I had no intention to fish floating baits anyway but pushed him for a reason he said floating baits attract birds that eat the fish. I don't know about that...
No hooks above size 12? I never use smaller than size 10s for carp! That no meat thing is a puzzling. Perhaps she is a veggie?
The most annoying rule on my local commercial is no floating baits. I asked the guy why once and he got very cross and said "because I said so". When I assured him I had no intention to fish floating baits anyway but pushed him for a reason he said floating baits attract birds that eat the fish. I don't know about that...
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