Bannister House 18/2/06

[Bri]

Started fishing about 9:30.

Fished to a bush of reeds about six metres in front of me on the pole. Started with a piece of meat on the hook and no loose offerings. Did not have a bite for the first 45mins so decided to cup in some Sillybait black groundbait with half a dozen micros over the top every five mins or so. It was not long before I had my first common about 6lb on a ringers pellet.

Ended up with three carp and a smzll goldfish for just under 17b. Not bad me thinks.

Was fishing with Toryboy who was fishing tight to the far island. He had a very slow first couple of hours until the fish arrived then had a fare few pasties for 13lb.

[bigdave]

weres bannister house?


not bannisters out towards southport is it, dosnt look the same anyway

[Bri]

bigdave said:

not bannisters out towards southport is it, dosnt look the same anyway

thats the one. bannister farm i think its known as.

i was on the back lake with the small island.

im going again tomorrow ;D

[bigdave]

got room in your car

[Bri]

? Thats charming that is


We aint Dave but Chalky White might have as he is coming with us.


We are leaving about 7:30 though so this post might be a bit late.

I can let you know next time if you want.

[bigdave]

no problem brian, ive got micks number, if id of know id of givin him a bell




by the way, its not a silly hat, thats a £150 head torch

[Bri]

Went back today.

I ended up with one small carp. Chalky had a roach and Toryboy had nothing


We fished at the botom end as the good pegs fishing tight to the island were taken.

Nevermind, not good fishing but good company.

Im of over the water tomorrow. forget the name but looking forward to it. I have not fished it before but I have walked around it and its very nice and secluded ;D

Chalky with his whopper


Me. I need to get of nights and get a bit more sun


The lake



Bigdave, you have a PM.

[bigdave]

you should of gone the park,the little lake was fishing well( just as long as you were up by the boat house


catching on red maggot on the tip with either a small feeder or just a plain bomb, a lad on the end had a good 70-80lb of carp out, on the bomb, never fed a thing all day

i was just a little too far down and only had 7 carp, best about 6lb all on the tip, id had a go on the pole with pellet and red maggot, but never had a bite

[millreef]

were over the water u coming

[bigdave]

millreef said:

were over the water u coming

see the bit in the thread were he says he cant remember the name

[millreef]

over water bloody big place not no name of water but prob nos areawere it is

[Bri]

There are two small lakes. One at the bottom and the other one is raised up on the hill, it has very steep high sides around the top lake and this keeps the elements abay.

Its just around the corner from Dellamere Forest by Tarven Sands.

[rafalution]

Anybody been here lately thinking of going saturday?

[bigdave]

if you do tell us how you got on might be going sunday ;D

[rafalution]

bigdave said:

if you do tell us how you got on might be going sunday ;D

Will do, although looking at the weather, i'm not sure if i'll be going now, not that i'm a fair weather fisherman or nowt, just i'm a bit ill anyway

[rafalution]

Fished on the 19/03/06

Arrived at Bannister House at 7:45 and despite a light frost decided to fish the old snake pit to the left when you come in. After having a quick walk around checking how the Easterly wind was going to be coming in it was decided my dad and myself would fish pegs three and four by the stick ups. It was a comedy of errors in the first half an hour after setting up due to rustiness on both of our parts.
(The peg I picked)

(my old mouldy bait)

The bait wasn’t the freshest in fact I received a telegram from the English cricket team requesting my Pinkies as replacement Cricket pads as I hope the picture of the bait indicates. Anyway back to the fishing decided on fishing with 2.2lb mainline with a 1.1lb hooklength with the styles strung out shirt button style, this was presented with a number 6 elastic which was either going to be brave or stupid because of the peg I’d chosen.

Down to the action and after 15mins on single red maggot, that fisherman’s favourite of winter good ol’ Mister Gudgeon made an appearance, this was closely followed with a half decent perch. Things then went quiet for the next 20 minutes or so. So I took the bold step of a few pouches hemp and pellets to try and tempt the little pasty carp.

(Good ol' Mister Gudgeon)

(Pasty Carp *homer impression* mmmm Pasty)

I got my just deserves about 10 minutes later with a little carp about 8oz followed by another of about 12oz, then the bits came along again. This didn’t bother me as such I was just glad to see the float under after over a month of sitting in watching the fishing on Discovery Home & Leisure. So all though the fishing was great I ended up with about 8lb of bits which wasn’t bad considering the weather we’ve had lately and the fact it was only about 2 ½ foot deep.

My dad had a better day with some big roach and Ide to probably 1lb to 1.5lb and a nice carp of about 3-4lb.

(dads Carp)

(dads net of fish)

(My net of fish)

I look forward to getting out again.

Mark.

P.S. take no notice of the dates on the pictures, couldn't be arsed resetting it.

[bigdave]

older maggots that have been in the fridge work better than new ones in my experiance, just watch new maggots when you put them in the water they shrivel up,go all squatt and dont tend to wriggle as much, older maggots dont do this as much, probably IMO as they are more aclimatised to the cold


good to be out catching fish, bit cold for the pole though ;D

[rafalution]

Do you know what mate, I didn't realise but I have been one cranky barsteward in work, since sunday I realised I was just going cold turkey from fishing.

I feel all refreshed now, Aprt from my back, why on earth do we carry some much stuff we never use hal;f of it.

[bigdave]

just in case

[Bri]

Patchy at the moment with a few small fish coming out.