Angling Times

[bigbream]

Nice to see a double page spread in the Angling Times this week on the top 20 spots to fish on the broads, a little late in the season but at least we are getting a little recognition at last and to see a list of tackle shops in the area of those hotspots.

James (AJB Angling Ludham Bridge)

[Gracie]

Here, here James it is good to see, thanks for the heads up....going to buy a copy on my way home from work.

 

A very warm welcome aboard by the way 

 

Grace

[AEJB]

Someone is using my signature

[bigbream]

Ah good another AJB to sign and pay the bills lol

 

James (AJB Angling Ludham Bridge)

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

I was always given both Angling times, and Anglers mail every week by a friend at work. Then it stopped all of a sudden, so have`nt read much on how the Broads is fishing. I must say though, there always used to be good coverage on how good the sport was, so i think both publications do a pretty reasonable job.

 

 

It still did`nt make me catch anything last month though  :oops:

[JennyMorgan]

I often wonder just how up to-date their reports are? When both Angling Times & Anglers Mail were published on a Friday, a long time ago, the previous weekend's results were published. Now, being published on a Tuesday, the reports are long out of date by the time they hit the newsdesk.

[Timbo]

I was involved with the Angling Times for a while and I do know that one of those 're-launch things', so popular with marketers these days, took place. Quality writing and articles were replaced by Infomercials and large amounts of advertising. To be honest it turned into a bit of a kids comic along the lines of send us a picture with your biggest fish and we'll send you a badge. I know at one point they were getting very late with paying writers for published content.

 

If its the latest information you are after I can heartily recommend their website which has a good crowd of regulars from all disciplines. I have to say I did enjoy the regular fishing trips with 'anglers' in the know who were more than willing to pass on information, skills and techniques. As with many angling publications though, once you had read a years subscription the following year was a case of identical articles with different pictures.

 

My favourite fishing publication....fishing with Mr Crabtree of course!

[JennyMorgan]

Mr Crabtree, ummmm, that man who, rod in hand, took small boys dressed in shorts out fishing in snow and wind that would today bring our railways to a standstill a week before it happened!

[MauriceMynah]

Wot! ... You think Peter should have worn a hoodie?

[JennyMorgan]

Poor little begger probably had one of those black, p.v.c., wooly lined helmets with ear flaps that we all wore in those far off days and anyway, hoods were for pixies and fairies! Peter must have returned from piking trips with knees so cold that they would have been blue! Mr Crabtree should have treated him to a padded, all in one, WD surplus tank-suit or similar. Mrs Crabtree, although we never met her, could easily have shortened the arms and legs!

Us kids weren't softies back then, but there are extremes!

Actually I had my first pair of long trousers when I was fourteen! And those I borrowed off an older cousin, it was for a job interview. How things have changed. How I remember the cold when we went out to sea cod fishing in the winter.

[Maxwellian]

Just in case we have missed this article, is it possible to get hold of a copy? Issue number, date etc please?

[Bonzo]

I can remember that in my younger days the Norfolk Broads was never out of the Angling Times and Anglers Mail. Good old Dennis Pye used to make sure of that. he was often seen on the front pages cuddling an enormous pike almost as big as himself.

 

My favourite articles in the Angling Times were written by Richard Walker which inspired me to take up carp fishing. That is all in the past and I just do a bit of dabbling for some of the larger bream although nothing too serious. I still have my Mk 4 carp rods, both home made, one of them is made of split cane. I also still use my old 12 ft split cane float rod.

 

I hope this brings back memories to some of the older members of the forum.

 

 

Bonzo.

[bigbream]

The date of the issue was Tuesday 28th October  the week I first posted this topic.

Yes bonzo you are spot on that the broads was regularly in the angling times years back but because we have no carp and people cant catch 200lb of fish in 5hrs here it seems quantity wins over quality im afraid.

James (AJB)

[Maxwellian]

Thanks James

[Bonzo]

I agree ajb. Lots of people want a  keepnet full to the brim with fish. I am quite happy to have a couple of hours first thing in the morning before anybody gets on the move and perhaps catch a couple of decent fish. If the fish are not co- operating I am quite happy to enjoy the morning with a cuppa and a bacon sarnie.

 

In my later years just being by the water and having a dabble with my rather ancient rod is pleasure in itself. I have had a couple of decent bream this year so I am quite happy.

 

Unfortunately this is not news to the angling press. In my opinion the Broads still offers reasonable fishing and what is more relevant lots of it is free fishing especially if you are on a boat.

 

Perhaps we need another character such as Dennis Pye to catch a few biggies and send the pictures to the angling press. it may just fire off a new interest in the Broads. A nice herring deadbait dropped somewhere in Heigham Sound and just left there for a few hours might just do the trick. I am sure these biggies are there so come on all you pike specimen hunters lets see what you are made of. Personally I am sticking to bream.

 

Tight lines everybody.

 

Bonzo.

[JennyMorgan]

The problems of broadcasting success is that your location soon becomes public knowledge. A few years ago I was witnessed catching a 34 lb pike. The following weekend I counted more than fifty rod tips within a hundred yards of where I had caught her. Thank goodness it didn't make the AT, every man & his dog would have been there!

[Bonzo]

Nice one JM and quite a few pounds bigger than my largest pike.

 

The thing is that I believe that the Broads is loaded with good fish as are many other waterways. I respect the fact that the salt surges of late has confined the fish to the upper reaches but they are still catchable.

 

With regards to pike I think patience is required. We see so many times especially around Wroxham open boats banging around just dropping their live or deadbaits in the water for a couple of minutes, giving up and going elsware.

 

As an ex specimen hunter I am much in favour of laying a nice oily deadbait for a number of hours and waiting for the biggie to find it. Anyway, I am quite happy dabbling for bream these days, size 8 hook and a big dob of cheese. It works...................sometimes.

 

Bonzo. 

 

 

[JennyMorgan]

I must be the most impatient piker that I know! Half an hour tops in any one swim, lobbing lure, no takes & off I go! I like to find the pike rather than the pike finding me.

As a kid I once fished with Dennis Pye, a friend of my Dad, at that time I had no idea what a privilege that was.

At the moment the bream are being very co-operative, white maggot being the bait of choice!

[Baitrunner]

Heh timbo nothing wrong with a badge and a prize. As a 15 yr old back in the day I managed to get myself a shiny new hardy float rod. Could never have afforded it myself.

And the great mr walker was a hero to a lot of people. I always loved watching jack Hargreaves in out of town as well. Some good old style tench fishing sticks in my mind.

And from my perspective the less big fish hunters on the broads the better. One reason I have up carp fishing was the eternal quest for the monster.

Anyone remember jim gibbinson and I think it was Richard ashby? And I also still have a few classic rods including the hardy float rod.

And the joys of building your own rod when it was actually cheaper to do it that way!!

Oh for the old days (well old for me).

[Timbo]

Oh don't get me wrong Mark, I'm all for encouraging the kids, but endless photographs of fish made out of wood and plastic inflatable fish sort of defeated the object lesson.

 

Like many anglers I've dabbled with catching carp and I have to admit I thoroughly enjoy a sunny afternoon fishing with the candle. I'm not so much interested in catching the biggest fish but setting out to catch a specific species and learning the correct tactics to do so. Nev Fickling runs the tackle shop in town and he's more than happy to help out with predator advice on the Broads. As for fishing tackle its a case of a bit of modern coupled with the traditional. I returned to angling after the first couple of strokes and found it just about impossible to handle rod and reel with any degree of confidence. Fortunately for me after some good advice from a very experienced match angler I now posses a set of custom Shimano & Peter Drennan rods each the right length, weight and balance for me. these are coupled with Shimano reels or my Great Grandfathers Allcocks Aeriel.

[Baitrunner]

Tim,

    I totally agree with how it has gone for the big fish captors now.

 

I did subscribe to 2 specialist fishing magazines for a year recently as i got back into fishing and it became so obvious it was all about advertising for the companies they work for and a bit like an old boys club fishing exclusive lakes and rivers that normal people would never even get a ticket for.

 

For me 80% of the fun is being on or near water - catch anything or not (mostly or not). I am just happy to be on a boat. 

 

Now, Nev is another blast from the past as well! 

[MauriceMynah]

Anybody know any good(ish) beaches for baitcasting?

[JennyMorgan]

John, have had some good bass fishing around Southwold harbour using a baitcaster set up.

[MauriceMynah]

Thanks Dave, I owe you one

[Baitrunner]

Morrisons used to be good for fish and a lovely beach that you can park your car on right next to the entrance - be careful what you catch though!!

 

Apparently scientists have tested these bugs on humans and so far they have not found enough of them to eat a whole tongue from the average mother-in-law        

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-finds-tongueeating-parasite-in-his-morrisons-fish-9880368.html