Very good informative video again Mark. Have experienced catching and not, but a change in hooks and line diameter certainly can bring results on a difficult day,good advice 👍
That's a thought, Mark! They slip in and slip out. That's the idea of Teflon of course, but something I never thought of. Only just started using them for feeder fishing. If they won't have a 16s to 2½lbs I've had it.
Another awesome video , The lake were I fish has a variety of fish from , roach , Perch , tench , Bream , Chubb and carp so I fish with a size 16 hook with either corn, bread or maggot as my baits
I managed to get a signed first edition of ‘The Rising Antenna’. Just the best book I’ve read in many years. I’m not a match angler but I learnt so much. Can’t recommend it enough.
Jim has a second book about top-and-bottom floats (mainly, but not confined to, stick floats) due out soon, and I'm looking forward to it very much - as soon as I know more I'll do a video about it. Obviously I recommend my latest two books, Big Roach 2 and Ivan Marks and the Likely Lads, both available from calmproductions.com. My first roach book, Big Roach is highly sought after and commands a premium price. There were fewer Big Roach 2 books printed and the the supply is dimishing fast!
There are a small number of swims that I fish for Thick Lip Mullet, where it's almost one Roach a chuck using size 10 Kamasan Animals (my go to float fishing bread hook). More often than not, it's a real struggle to get through these and keep the bait in the water long enough for my intended quarry to find it. The hooks are connected to at least 0.15 Powerline with a locked knotless knot and these days rarely less than a 4gr float (often a Bolo style), with the Roach showing absolutely zero sign of shying away from my tackle. Anyway, it's just an observation :)
The paradox of fishing is that the fish never read the rules, whether it's when you scale down only to hook a monster or, as in your case, the fish you don't want decide they're so hungry they'll take overly heavy gear/big baits. I've had it myself at Higher Kingcombe ponds a few years ago when fishing an Avon rod with 6lb line, a 10 hook and 8mm pellet brought a succession of good roach; I switched to more suitable roach gear and baits and then caught small roach. The Frome roach, back in the day, could be suicidal for flake on a 10, using a stone of groundbait, with the roach that averaged over 2lbs on occasion, towing the float a yard, but that was in the right conditions. More normally a bite was a tiny flicker of the float with two maggots on a 20 or 18. I did have the opposite with mullet one evening on the Stour; bread punch on a 16 and I couldn't get through the mullet, hooking 36 in all, missing many, and just three or four roach....
If bites are finnicky enough to be unhitable, I tend to beef up the dropper shot or fish over depth. Obviously this excludes some bites, but when fishing a waggler 3 or 4 rod lengths out it's almost impossible to strike into shy biting fish. Even with a stiff match rod, the amount of line to recover on the strike means the roach has already ejected the bait. Less of a problem on the pole or with very long rods.
Also mark you talk about liquidised bread don't laugh at me how do you prepare do you just get a small ball of bread wet it threw and throw it in your swim ???
Technically it is BLENDED bread. Take a fresh sliced loaf and breaking up two slices at a time into 2" pices put them through a food blender (No water added) to get a coarse moist crumb. Keep in a sealed plastic bag (can be frozen and thawed) and feed squeezed balls - be aware it takes a moment to start sinking. Mashed bread is similar except you just soak a loaf in water then mash it up (a potato masher can be useful), squeeze out the water and feed in balls. Some people cut off the crusts (they sometimes float) for both these methods but I don't bother.
@@MarkWintleFishing I am so greatful for you passing on your knowledge about how to make liquidised bread , I did this yesterday to feed the swim then fished with bread on a size 16 hook and caught 88 roach and Rudd various sizes and 2 Perch , My biggest haul ever , Previously my highest was 47 , The maddist thing though is that the pond is only small and only has 7 pegs , Everybody fishes the same side and at the other side it's full of bullrushes so you fish in front of those , The other side is around 30ft away and the depth is only 2ft-2.5ft , They were biting on every cast so I fished light with a 1ft length from float to hook with no shot to weigh the bait down , Basically pole fishing but on a rod if that makes sense , It was an amazing day and again i thank you so much.
Very good informative video again Mark. Have experienced catching and not, but a change in hooks and line diameter certainly can bring results on a difficult day,good advice 👍
That's a thought, Mark! They slip in and slip out. That's the idea of Teflon of course, but something I never thought of. Only just started using them for feeder fishing. If they won't have a 16s to 2½lbs I've had it.
Another awesome video , The lake were I fish has a variety of fish from , roach , Perch , tench , Bream , Chubb and carp so I fish with a size 16 hook with either corn, bread or maggot as my baits
I managed to get a signed first edition of ‘The Rising Antenna’. Just the best book I’ve read in many years. I’m not a match angler but I learnt so much. Can’t recommend it enough.
Jim has a second book about top-and-bottom floats (mainly, but not confined to, stick floats) due out soon, and I'm looking forward to it very much - as soon as I know more I'll do a video about it. Obviously I recommend my latest two books, Big Roach 2 and Ivan Marks and the Likely Lads, both available from calmproductions.com. My first roach book, Big Roach is highly sought after and commands a premium price. There were fewer Big Roach 2 books printed and the the supply is dimishing fast!
@@MarkWintleFishing got them all Mark 😁 I’ll keep an eye out for the new book
Good stuff mate 👍
There are a small number of swims that I fish for Thick Lip Mullet, where it's almost one Roach a chuck using size 10 Kamasan Animals (my go to float fishing bread hook). More often than not, it's a real struggle to get through these and keep the bait in the water long enough for my intended quarry to find it. The hooks are connected to at least 0.15 Powerline with a locked knotless knot and these days rarely less than a 4gr float (often a Bolo style), with the Roach showing absolutely zero sign of shying away from my tackle.
Anyway, it's just an observation :)
The paradox of fishing is that the fish never read the rules, whether it's when you scale down only to hook a monster or, as in your case, the fish you don't want decide they're so hungry they'll take overly heavy gear/big baits. I've had it myself at Higher Kingcombe ponds a few years ago when fishing an Avon rod with 6lb line, a 10 hook and 8mm pellet brought a succession of good roach; I switched to more suitable roach gear and baits and then caught small roach. The Frome roach, back in the day, could be suicidal for flake on a 10, using a stone of groundbait, with the roach that averaged over 2lbs on occasion, towing the float a yard, but that was in the right conditions. More normally a bite was a tiny flicker of the float with two maggots on a 20 or 18. I did have the opposite with mullet one evening on the Stour; bread punch on a 16 and I couldn't get through the mullet, hooking 36 in all, missing many, and just three or four roach....
If bites are finnicky enough to be unhitable, I tend to beef up the dropper shot or fish over depth. Obviously this excludes some bites, but when fishing a waggler 3 or 4 rod lengths out it's almost impossible to strike into shy biting fish. Even with a stiff match rod, the amount of line to recover on the strike means the roach has already ejected the bait. Less of a problem on the pole or with very long rods.
Hi Mark! Great inspiration! Is there a Email adress I can reach you on for some fishing Questions? Anyway; great videoes!
If you go to the 'About' section of my channel 'Mark Wintle' there is a contact email address.
@@MarkWintleFishing thank you.
I tried to find it in the about/infosection, but I stil cant find it…🤷🏼♂️😅
markwintle2@btinternet.com
Also mark you talk about liquidised bread don't laugh at me how do you prepare do you just get a small ball of bread wet it threw and throw it in your swim ???
Technically it is BLENDED bread. Take a fresh sliced loaf and breaking up two slices at a time into 2" pices put them through a food blender (No water added) to get a coarse moist crumb. Keep in a sealed plastic bag (can be frozen and thawed) and feed squeezed balls - be aware it takes a moment to start sinking. Mashed bread is similar except you just soak a loaf in water then mash it up (a potato masher can be useful), squeeze out the water and feed in balls. Some people cut off the crusts (they sometimes float) for both these methods but I don't bother.
@@MarkWintleFishing excellent thanks for your knowledge.
@@MarkWintleFishing I am so greatful for you passing on your knowledge about how to make liquidised bread , I did this yesterday to feed the swim then fished with bread on a size 16 hook and caught 88 roach and Rudd various sizes and 2 Perch , My biggest haul ever , Previously my highest was 47 , The maddist thing though is that the pond is only small and only has 7 pegs , Everybody fishes the same side and at the other side it's full of bullrushes so you fish in front of those , The other side is around 30ft away and the depth is only 2ft-2.5ft , They were biting on every cast so I fished light with a 1ft length from float to hook with no shot to weigh the bait down , Basically pole fishing but on a rod if that makes sense , It was an amazing day and again i thank you so much.