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During the second blank session in succession of the winter so far (bad run at the moment!) I take some time to explain the importance of flavouring baits in higly coloured water. We were on the Severn at Stourport after the deluge of rain late in November. As Cockermouth floundered under a foot of rain so the river Severn received a huge influx of water from the Welsh mountains. It was 8-9 feet up and flooded across the fields! Fishing the main River was out then! We settled on fishing the ...

Tags: PIke fishing

A brief overview of our plans for the winter months, unfortunately this initial session got off to a poor start! Just one decent run all day resulting in one lost Zed of around 3lb or so! Because we fished the venue on a Monday, we came to the conclusion it had been hammered over the weekend and also judging by the number of deadbait packets strewn all over the towpath that was the case. Please, TAKE YOUR LITTER HOME!

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The First Piking Trip 2009 was to the River Severn at Stourport, the River was very low compared to normal levels, in fact I don't think I have ever seen it so low as there had not been any rain in four weeks! First put in off our usual peg and my float was away, again just like last season a very big fish of upper double/low 20 proportions. Again, It shook the hooks out-very annoying! Sam had this the first Pike of the season at 9lb 8oz and two more smaller samples while I had to content ...

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After a quiet day, feeding up all day down the margins payed off with a slow tick over take met by solid resistance! This was possibly the best fight I have had off a Carp ever, and when it rolled on the top we knew another PB had fallen on this day! This water has now held 3 pb's this season, Pete's former PB (before Shatterford) of 21lb 8oz and mine and Jord's pb's of 18lb 1oz and 20lb 4oz respectively!!

Tags: Carp Fishing

A close up view of Jords UK PB Mirror Carp along with the revelation that the fish was indeed a 20!!

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First chuck of the day out by the island and Jord was in, straight away he said it was a big fish as it fought differently to the majority of the fish on this venue. Usually the fish here come in fairly quickly and then fight like mad under the rod tip, but this fish just used it's weight and went on several big runs straight away! A lovely looking fish for the lad, well done Jord!

Tags: 20lb UK Carp Carp fishing

The first trip out for me since Shatterford and the fantastic four get back on the bank! What started slowly for me soon began to shape up into a classic!

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Right in the middle of the Witching hours Jord lands this lovely fish! Some handy tips on holding fish as well from the man himself and a timely interruption from sams Catfish rod-although no run developed!

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Pete runs through his rig which he has been using to take Shatterford apart during the week-Yam yam style!

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Night decends on day 4 and we spend a while scanning the water with a trusty cup of tea as the Witching hours approach. There were some big fish on the move in the upper layers which added to the air of excitement! Jord prepares by getting his ex-army issue Afghanistan thermals on!

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