I have the same problem with prawns and Perch!
Cherries
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Re: Cherries
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Re: Cherries
????? i've always used raw prawns ! is this what i'm doing wrong ?
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Re: Cherries
Never had any success with them! Always used cooked. Unusual, I agree, but I do meet others doing it.
Phil
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Re: Cherries
Phil... I'm over at Moreton tomorrow... fancy it...?
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
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Re: Cherries
Last summer I met a friend on the river bank. He was sight fishing for big chub with freelined bread crust. The chub didn't show any interest in his offerings. Only a couple of chublets took the bread.
There was an overhanging red mirabelle tree close by. I advised my friend to take a plum for bait. First cast he was into a chunky 4lb chub, his new pb!
I should give it a go next summer myself.
There was an overhanging red mirabelle tree close by. I advised my friend to take a plum for bait. First cast he was into a chunky 4lb chub, his new pb!
I should give it a go next summer myself.
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Re: Cherries
I have never used them as bait myself, they are too tasty.
And too expensive to be using for loose feed!
"But every fish loves not each bait alike,
Although sometimes they feed upon the same;
But some do one, and some another seek,
As best unto their appetite do frame,
The Roach, the Bream, the Carp, the Chub and Bleak,
With paste or corn, their greedy hunger tame,
The Dace, the Ruffe, the Gudgeon and the rest
The smaller sort of crawling worms love best.
The Chavender or Chub do more delight
To feed on tender cheese or cherries red,
Black snails, their bellies slit to show the white,
Or grasshoppers that skip in every mead.
The Perch, the Tench, and Eel, do rather bite
At great red worms, in field or garden bred,
That have been scouredin moss or fennel rough
To rid their filth, and make them hard and tough."
John Dennys, Secrets of Angling, 1613
Quoted from my first and still my favourite book on angling, "Fishing for Beginners", by Maurice Wiggin.
And too expensive to be using for loose feed!
"But every fish loves not each bait alike,
Although sometimes they feed upon the same;
But some do one, and some another seek,
As best unto their appetite do frame,
The Roach, the Bream, the Carp, the Chub and Bleak,
With paste or corn, their greedy hunger tame,
The Dace, the Ruffe, the Gudgeon and the rest
The smaller sort of crawling worms love best.
The Chavender or Chub do more delight
To feed on tender cheese or cherries red,
Black snails, their bellies slit to show the white,
Or grasshoppers that skip in every mead.
The Perch, the Tench, and Eel, do rather bite
At great red worms, in field or garden bred,
That have been scouredin moss or fennel rough
To rid their filth, and make them hard and tough."
John Dennys, Secrets of Angling, 1613
Quoted from my first and still my favourite book on angling, "Fishing for Beginners", by Maurice Wiggin.
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Re: Cherries
Hi Aitch. Thanks for thinking of me and letting me know. Unfortunately, I’m working. Hoping to get there on Saturday.
I work some weekends and take the odd weekday as TOIL to go fishing but tend to have to arrange this well in advance.
Have a great day!
Phil
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Re: Cherries
Love that! Plumbing for fish! How large were the Mirabelles? I’ve seen them growing wild in France and only a little larger than cherries.Duebel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:33 pm Last summer I met a friend on the river bank. He was sight fishing for big chub with freelined bread crust. The chub didn't show any interest in his offerings. Only a couple of chublets took the bread.
There was an overhanging red mirabelle tree close by. I advised my friend to take a plum for bait. First cast he was into a chunky 4lb chub, his new pb!
I should give it a go next summer myself.
Phil
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Re: Cherries
The red Mirabelles have a diameter of about 1 inch, so they're indeed only a little larger than cherries. Chub really love them.
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Re: Cherries
There's a work party on the small pit at Langford Bridge on Sunday will pop along for that... all hands to the pump
Apologies for the hijack chaps
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
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