Simple Match Fishing Forum

I live next to the boat pub in Penkridge which is right next to the canal. Last night at 1am I was having a smoke before bed and I saw an old Silver astra pull up, two guys got out had a look round and then parked up on the bridge.

They got out and opened the boot and pulled out 2 landing nets(with handles) a bucket and a bloody big hand held lamp. One guy lifted a small battery out and put it in the bucket and then connected it to the lamp.

One guy was carrying the 2 nets and the other was carrying the bucket and lamp. They set off down the ramp in front of the boat pub to the canal.

I thought 'Wonder what these are up to' and walked over to the bridge to have a look. They were walking along the edge of the canal shining the lamp in to the water right at the inside edge. They went down a fair bit and turned round and started coming back. They then came under the bridge and went up the other way towards Princefield bridge through the old boat yard basin doing the same thing.

Anyone know what they could have been up to ?
They returned back to the car and didn't appear to have anything extra than when they left. The only difference is one of the nets was removed from the landing net handle.

I had a quick peep in the car and there was a sea fishing rod with no eyes on it and it had some chrome fitting on the end. I have the car reg too.

Any idea's, just thought it was kind of odd thing to be doing at 1am on a rainy night. They were out for 50 minutes doing this too by the way.

I think they were looking for something in the canal Simps

Crayfish ??

If they'd had dogs with them they could have been looking to lamp around there, assuming theres fields close by.

Wise a$$ Dodge

Arch, yes there are fields but they were looking in to the canal and had no dogs
Maybe after sticklebacks

Wise a$$ Dodge

They wernt cleaning up your cig dimps by anychance were they ?

   

Electro Fishing?

poaching simon you should give the EA a ring anywhere they can get both sides of the canal .i'd look for any line tied to the bank just in cast they have set hand lines

Deffo electro fishing (poaching)

Sounds very crude though ! Maybe they will end up electrocuting themselves with that set up ?

the EA will act if three people ring in with the same offence

Cheers for the replies, May go and have a walk along to see if I can spot any line then as well.

Maybe after sticklebacks

they can have as many stickle backs as they want as long as they leave the gudgeon alone or the will get off me

they might have stashed some tat in the cut its close to the railway isnt it there?

Hmmm sounds like some kind of poaching to me too

I will see if they return tonight. Went for a walk and couldn't see any lines.

There's crappity smack all else to do in Penkridge

Did they have Japanese accents?

If we don't catch anything tomorrow night on our WAA match at the Boat i'll blame them

Thems will be Smugglers me thinks

Hope you draw next to the bridge Arthur, I will come and throw stones in your swim