River Ant

[Guest Jayfire]

11 minutes ago, Meantime said:

Strange that you would know the answer to that one! 

The term pot and kettle springs to my mind at this moment 

I was just trying to get it in before you pipped me to it mate 

[Malcolm Withell]

For the first couple of days there were plenty of fish around but I've blanked since! Any idea why? Would all the fish of various species moved, or what? I'm fishing only from the houseboat so haven't tried anywhere else.

[webntweb]

53 minutes ago, Malcolm Withell said:

For the first couple of days there were plenty of fish around but I've blanked since! Any idea why? Would all the fish of various species moved, or what? I'm fishing only from the houseboat so haven't tried anywhere else.

The OP on the No Fish thread has asked the same question about fishing from Ranworth Island this morning.

Could it be that both places are pretty shallow water and the recent very cold nights may have stopped the fish feeding?

[Malcolm Withell]

Quite possible. It's around three feet deep where I am. I got a few perch on worms yesterday but not much sign of other fish. I've seen quite a few anglers catching fish in various other places we've visited (Horning, Potter Heigham, Ludham, etc)

[SteveO]

The other thing that absolutely seems to kill fishing on the broads is a wind with any hint of Easterly with it. Don't know why, perhaps it ruffles up the fish's feathers up the wrong way, so to speak. Doesn't seem to have quite such a marked effect in the rivers though.

[HEM]

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[HEM]

Just now, HEM said:

When the wind is in the East - then the feeshes bite the least.

As a pretty much non-angler I recall that from the dim & distant past.

 

[Malcolm Withell]

I've now had quite a few rudd by fishing well off the bottom, and perch on the bottom with worms. I'm still hoping for a pike but tomorrow is our last day, so...

[SteveO]

I've had fun this season spinning for perch with a little Mepps spinner.  Last time I tried, I caught a pike of around 5lb by accident. Surprised I managed to land it because I was using light line with no wire trace. 

[GlennC]

Hi Malcolm, how did you get on? Staying same place this year

[proflaayton]

Hi.

I can recommend plenty of areas to fish, more so if you're willing to hire a boat.
check this guide out https://norfolkfishingblog.co.uk/2023/01/29/norfolk-broads-fishing-the-river-ant/