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Hi Yesterday I was down at a local lake lure fishing and caught a couple of small pike. I returned them both but the first had taken the lure quite far into its throat. I got the hook out fairly easily but did see a little blood but the fish swam off quickly ... will it survive and should I...

I am just going to have to give up fishing at St Jean De Luz the costs have gone ballistic . Fuel cost for the trip €40 cost of motorway 35€ and I don't have a fishing buddy so I have come to the conclusion that if I do fish it will be on a holiday by the sea. I have just bought a fishing...

New moon next week so a big tide 4.5m and hopefully the holiday crowds will have F'd off back home so a long day out is planned for Wednesday next week high tides at 6 am and 6.20 pm Will be taking lures and some bait to try off a float.

And the tourists are everywhere around my fishing spots :mad: Today would have been a great day to go down the tides are good and its not going to be too hot but I would not be able to get near the shore for bleedin holiday makers. Good thing is that will be over in a couple of weeks and I will...

Some bloke from Northumberland has landed a large cod while boat fishing of the Scottish mainland. Hauled up a 49lb fish four feet long after fighting it for half an hour... could be a new Scottish boat caught record... from the BBC.

Hi I am thinking about buying some ASSO Primo mono anybody any experience with ASSO mono is it good enough for clean ground and float fishing ?

I do not know if anybody on here has tried this online shop for fishing gear but I have been buying some stuff from them lately and to be honest I am impressed with the stock the carry and the prices but the cherry on the top is their delivery. I have ordered from them four times and their...

So when I was down at St Jean de Luz last time I blanked again. I had a chance to get a look at the sea bed and decided to fish on the sandy area inside the reef. Anyway well into the day a chap comes along and fished a bit further along from me off the rocky area into the rocky bottomed part of...

I was looking through some opinions on the merits of using Fluorocarbon and most of the threads were quite old but even then opinion was mixed. What are current thoughts on using this a leader/snood ? It is still in real terms an expensive material compared to mono coming in at anywhere between...

Well have plans for a trip out on Thursday . Weather looks good and the sea condition should be OK so I am hoping that I am up to it because tomorrow I get my second vaccination. I had no problems with the first dose so am hoping the second is no different. Have plans for fishing four rods a mix...

Just contemplating easily available bait for next week and the humble sardine came to mind. So what's the thoughts on a bit of fresh sardine as a bait for shore fishing. Now I know that the question may be species sensitive but do you think they are worth a bash? They are definitely cheap enough...

Been doing a bit of internet research on the Dorade fishing and it seems that ledgering using three or four 10 - 12ft rod is the way to go. So cheapie here has just ordered two DAM Hypron 12ft 2.5 lb rods and a couple of Lineaffe T50 reels... 98€ the lot ...cheap or what :ROFLMAO: ? Watch...

OK here is a question that has been bothering me. Is a spade end hook and better or any worse than an eyed hook? For me it is more a difference of the knot or types of knot that can be used to attach the hook to the line but could there be a security issue between the two? I even see people who...

Seen this on the BBC utopia for someone surely? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57076163

So I have been looking at my rigs and they are a bit thin so decided to get some stuff together to make some up. Gets online and start looking... to be honest by the time you take into account the cost of p&p and the eye watering prices of some of the things I decided to have a browse on Ebay...

Any mileage in having a two hook rig over the standard single bait? This is the favoured rig for the gilthead from the shore and want to try it but only one bait seems a bit like I am cutting my chances has anybody used a two hook / bait rig to improve the chance of getting a fish ?

So I will be going down to have a day lure and maybe a bit of bait fishing tomorrow. We are still under curfew so I will be fishing from low water up to high and then a couple of hours of the ebb. Going to start of with lures and then try some prawns for bait. The car will wonder what the hell...

Bloody lockdown the weather has been good here for the last week could not go though because of a bloomin 10km travel restriction and another three weeks still to go :mad:

What are the opinions to this question. The weather is fine and the sea state is good BUT I would be fishing basically from just after high water back to low and just an hour or two of slack water. I have a long drive and I don't know whether to go or not as I would prefer fishing up and then down.

I have been totally bored today it has been cold and sleety wet so thought I would start a topic off o_O So what about it then what conditions and situations do you like to be bass fishing in? Myself I like it to be warm and dry with a gentle off shore breeze but with a nice wave causing a bit...