Bridgewater Canal Opens

chavey · #21

Well done dodge, my missus would be pleased with me if I come section every time I got my pole out

. Not normally the case though

#22

Well done dodge, my missus would be pleased with me if I come section every time I got my pole out . Not normally the case though :-[

You been drinking Chavey

Think i know what you mean mate

nice one

#23

Bridgewater Canal Open (Lower Kersal AC) Sun 27th April 29 fished

Fished on the Cornbrook sections at Old Trafford. Another wet and miserable day in Manchester

1st Frank Rosz Tri-Cast Highfield 8.11.0 peg 42
2nd Dave Holland Tri-Cast Highfield 6.7.0 peg 35
3rd Dave Chadwick Tri-Cast Highfield 6.0.0 peg 38
4th Sean Paddon Tri-Cast Highfield 5.9.0 peg 40

Frank caught small skimmers,hybrids and roach on pinkie and maggot,Dave caught mostly small roach on squatt.

#24

No second today Dodge

#25

No second today Dodge

Had one of those days yesterday......think TK would of been proud of me

I havent fished that particular stretch of the bridgy for donkeys years and forgot how deep it is...6-7ft from 2mtrs to 13mtrs shelving uo to 5ft at 14.5 mtrs.Its a very long walk to my peg 31 so i only had about 35 mins to set up and get sorted....shock horror when i plumbed up,my usual bread rigs were next to useless . I had to make up a couple of rigs quickly , a Trabucco Ultimate 1 4x16 strung out with no 10s & 11s and a Sensas Jean Francois 0.6 with an olivette.I decided to follow suit with Drennan NW Albert Malcomson who was on peg 29 and concentrate at 6 & 7mtrs as ther were small roach topping everywhere !! But i had brought no squatts & no groundbait.....i am a numpty.
5 minutes after the all in i was just about ready and potted two full cups of liccy in at 6 & 7 mtrs. First put in, a slight dip on the float so i lifted into it only to feel that horrible solid feeling of a very large snag.Through rushing and not plumbing up properly i had fed right on top of a snag, i eventually weighed in 3lb odd of small roach caught at 13 mtrs fishing bread when it was an out and out squatt jobbie.

TK you havent been up to Manchester recently have you

#26

Funny you should ask that Dodge - I was up on Friday - good job I only left a few remnants of the curse behind

#27

Funny you should ask that Dodge - I was up on Friday - good job I only left a few remnants of the curse behind :o

AAARRRRGH

Thats me knackerd then......and Man City lost after being 2-0 up

#28

I know...........didnt really want to own up to this, especially after seeing that 3rd goal go in

#29

This will be my last post about the Bridgy !!! coz i aint going again

We were supposed to be fishing the scapyard section very close to castlefields and the city center of Manchester...... its solid !!! A few lads had been up in the week and caught close to double figures of roach and small skimmers and popeyes (silver bream) in just 3 hrs. At the draw this was decided against because its too dangerous

......vehicles arent safe and anglers are subject to just about anything.....one was shot a couple of years ago

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so we were back on the same pegs as last week

wonderful !! To cut a long story short we had a monsoon in Manchester today......another million boats all comfortably breaking the speed limit.....

and i broke my no 5 saction after half an hour

Packed up fcucked off....... early bath, dont know the result. Think i will spend the rest of the summer watching my lad play cricket.

#30

Hard luck Dodge :'(

But dont forget.............if the cricket gets rained off.............

You are always welcome to head down south come and fish a real grueller

#31

Welcome to my world Dodge

#32

At the end of the day Dodge it's up to the match organiser to be strong!

If he had declared that those were the pegs to be fished then he should not have given the anglers an option to move it.

In my opinion there is nothing worse than getting rprepared to fish a venue only for it to be changed at the last moment unless there is no other option, ie pollution, venue closed becaause of police incident, etc etc.

#33

Good comment lee,

It has become obvious to everyone fishing the Bridgy the fish are shoaled up in built up busy areas where there is a lot of noise,people,traffic etc.
There are a huge number of cormorants most of which are roosting on the booms in Salford quays. They have and are causing severe damage to fish stocks in the Manchester area ie Bridgewater canal, River Mersey, Manchester Ship canal and surrounding lakes and reservoirs.
Regards the Bridgy there are many sections on it that are almost devoid of fish in any numbers,they are the open areas with no cover,features and not "urban" (built up). Lads are catching very little from once prolific stretches and no one has seen or caught any stamp roach at all. It seems though that the inner city stretches are black with fish where they are safe from predation from cormorants !!
As a match angler i have always found safety in numbers,parking is a problem near the bridgy in Manchester and so is car crime in these areas,but the lads who practiced on the stretch we were supposed to fish had no problems but that was midweek when surrounding buisness premises were open etc .
I too think the match organiser should have stuck to his guns lee.......we all know you would

joffmiester · #34

dodge i fished up there in a semi final i had three top three 's broke buy a lad throwing a brick from the other bank and when i got back to my van it had been broken into

the pole sections were half the price of getting the van put right mate i don't think i'l be up there again

#35

Here Dodge...try this mate, just up my street..

You know it makes sense mate!!!

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#36

Eh up, my missus likes it..... blumin eck £135K

I could sell my house up here and have £120K left to play with .........got me thinking now

need a 4 bedder mate

Language barrier tho

#37

Just a word of warning and caution though Dodge

The area is under continuing police survelance..............

This follows reports of a shady looking character in the vicinity selling supposedly banned substances imported from abroad from the boot of a car under the cover of darkness during the winter months

#38

Yepp your right TK

Would be handy tho now me mate "Big Dave" has retired ???

Me missus keeps looking at it ????

Flamin started sommat now

#39

Free Kitten if you buy the house....

saves loads on Diesel in the winter....

#40

Just for Lloydy

I aint been on the bridgy lately but have been told it is fishing well in some areas. The bream have started to show with some big weights off known pegs

Ps DONT GO ON YOUR OWN