Some Tips.please

[Wonderwall]

Well Saturady is the day I'm back in paradise.

I always fish on the broads, and think my handling techniques and general respect for environment is quite good. I usually fish with a float , sometimes off the bottom with a ground feeder if the current is strong. Do the odd bit spinning for pike and caught one 2 years ago , about 8  pound which I released in good health. 

Ground bait and mixed maggots are usually my choice . 

Im looking for a few tips , a crash course I suppose in getting more success. 

Also, is it worth fishing at Reedham or Stracey? I've always found the current too strong and imagined it's a bit salty around these parts and usually wait until I am a bit further from Yarmouth  Am I missing a trick here. 

Thanks in advance for any replies.

See you on the water folks!!!!!

neil

[JennyMorgan]

Reedham can provide superb feeder fishing. A year or two back I watched a gentleman of Yorkshire reeling the bream in. We were moored outside the Reedham Ferry. The Yorkshireman was fishing away whilst his wife was constantly scurrying backwards and forwards to the pub, first for a pint, then for a sandwich, then another pint, a bag of crisps, his lordship kept on catching, she kept on scurrying, the perfect wife!

[BroadScot]

16 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

she kept on scurrying, the perfect wife!

Somehow, I cannot see oor Gracie doing that !

Iain

[ranworthbreeze]

3 hours ago, BroadScot said:

Somehow, I cannot see oor Gracie doing that !

Iain

Hi Iain,

Maybe not but Gracie's hubby might be doing all the running about, I can't see Grace rushing about in those high heels

Regards

Alan

[Gracie]

A wife scurrying indeed. All relationships should be equal. Just remember this..... husband works and the wife shops, no wife has ever shot a husband while he was washing dishes.....and what's more, I love being married, it's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life....when you meet someone who can cook and do housework, don't hesitate for a minute...marry him, I did 

Sorry Neil for going off topic, have a lovely time next week, a regular feeding of maggots (for the fish not you) with a big juicy worm (yuk) on your hook should bag you some nice Perch

Grace

[JennyMorgan]

Believe it or not, Gracie, but the forty foot boat next to the one I was working on this week was having it's bottom anti-fouled by the owner's wife. Beats scurrying backwards & forwards to the pub by a country mile in my humble opinion!  

[Baitrunner]

I will do the pub scurry if you scrub my bottom?

on the fishing note, bootlaces can be a problem at Reedham if your on maggot or worm.

Give the method feeder a go. It can be a bit messy but I love it. If your not familiar with it go down the local tackle shop and ask for some method mix ( it sticks a bit more than normal groundbait) and don't make it too funny to start until you get the hang of it. They can also sell you some method feeders which you will need.  

Tight lines. 

[BroadScot]

Oh and Neil, dinny mention the Euro footy unless the boat moored next to you is from Wales ! 

Iain