I stay five minutes away but only started fishing it the last few months. I have used the float and the feeder and the float close in works best every time. Although you can catch a lot of roach it always comes as a suprise that they are all the same 6-8oz size. Larger fish must be in there but not had one as yet. Maybe winter will prove more productive. Try again lads the place is full of fish if you can find the method and the location.
Sterling effort, boys! Lovely roach, even if a bit short of target size. Like you, I'm 60/40 game /coarse experience, and I'm learning too. One thing I've noticed over a few winters in both stillwaters and rivers is that float fishing as an initial approach will tell you a great deal about the underwater contours of the venue. It's surprising where you can find deep water close in, gullies, holes etc in seemingly featureless water. In summer and early autumn roach can be seen rising all over, especially towards dusk, very well spread out. What I've learnt: As the water cools, they'll select deeper water to occupy, but not necessarily 60 yards out. Watch out for where people feed ducks and swans, they mop up bread that sinks after the commotion dies down. Location is the key, if blanking after 45 mins, try another swim? Don't be too bothered about disturbance on public waters, I've seen a boat plough straight through a shoal in clear water and they reassemble in less than a minute. Last hour of daylight, even in bitter cold, is worth 2 in the middle of the day. If float fishing dot down to a pimple if the waters flat. Those fiddling "non bites" are educated fish, noting the buoyancy of the float and backing off. Likewise finest quiver tip you have if ledgering. In rivers I can get away with 12 or 10 size hooks for breadflake, on stillwaters 14 max. Likewise very fine hooklength! Good luck. I'm also on a big roach mission! Not tried the quivertip yet as I'm a float obsessive but might have to get a decent one! Great video 😂👍
Bloody ell Lads!!! 😜 all those people/ Boats distractions! That would drive me mental😂 get yourselves back to the wild places asap 😃thanks for sharing and all the very best to you both for Christmas and the new Year 🥃🥃🥃🍺 regards from Yorkshire 😎
The park can be a very hard venue at this time of year(or any time for that matter). I've tried for years to block out the memories of many a winter league match without a fish😂
Fair play to you guys for giving it a go, but you suit the wilderness/isolated spots much better imo. Gordon's outfit trumped Alex' fish in the end, I reckon 😂
Big 😂😂 Gordon I don't like competition 😂😂😂😂 poor Alex 😂😂😂
You would pick a saturday morning when one of the busiest parkruns in Scotland is on! 🙂
I stay five minutes away but only started fishing it the last few months. I have used the float and the feeder and the float close in works best every time. Although you can catch a lot of roach it always comes as a suprise that they are all the same 6-8oz size. Larger fish must be in there but not had one as yet. Maybe winter will prove more productive. Try again lads the place is full of fish if you can find the method and the location.
Sterling effort, boys! Lovely roach, even if a bit short of target size.
Like you, I'm 60/40 game /coarse experience, and I'm learning too. One thing I've noticed over a few winters in both stillwaters and rivers is that float fishing as an initial approach will tell you a great deal about the underwater contours of the venue. It's surprising where you can find deep water close in, gullies, holes etc in seemingly featureless water.
In summer and early autumn roach can be seen rising all over, especially towards dusk, very well spread out. What I've learnt:
As the water cools, they'll select deeper water to occupy, but not necessarily 60 yards out.
Watch out for where people feed ducks and swans, they mop up bread that sinks after the commotion dies down.
Location is the key, if blanking after 45 mins, try another swim?
Don't be too bothered about disturbance on public waters, I've seen a boat plough straight through a shoal in clear water and they reassemble in less than a minute.
Last hour of daylight, even in bitter cold, is worth 2 in the middle of the day.
If float fishing dot down to a pimple if the waters flat. Those fiddling "non bites" are educated fish, noting the buoyancy of the float and backing off. Likewise finest quiver tip you have if ledgering.
In rivers I can get away with 12 or 10 size hooks for breadflake, on stillwaters 14 max. Likewise very fine hooklength!
Good luck. I'm also on a big roach mission! Not tried the quivertip yet as I'm a float obsessive but might have to get a decent one! Great video 😂👍
Some fantastic advice there. Thanks for that mate. Appreciate it.
Bloody ell Lads!!! 😜 all those people/ Boats distractions! That would drive me mental😂 get yourselves back to the wild places asap 😃thanks for sharing and all the very best to you both for Christmas and the new Year 🥃🥃🥃🍺 regards from Yorkshire 😎
The park can be a very hard venue at this time of year(or any time for that matter). I've tried for years to block out the memories of many a winter league match without a fish😂
Wrong end of the strathy lads,good fish in it though.tight lines
Fair play to you guys for giving it a go, but you suit the wilderness/isolated spots much better imo. Gordon's outfit trumped Alex' fish in the end, I reckon 😂
I do best down there at 5 yards, not 25-50 etc. Feels weird until you start catching a fish a chuck!
The fiddling club😂
Gordon I've got that chair n set up .use it at brooms.....many a good kip I've had on it tae...I'm amazed yous never got stabbed in strathy
Never fished it. But it's getting lots of matches anglers visiting it.i often see large bags when walking the dogs
Strathy park I live really close but never fish it . Watched a few lads fish for the roach but never seen anything of size from it
I think you mix a we bit to much ground bait😱 what a busy place, not for me.