UKCF Anglers.

[Simon G]

I'd love to catch a humungus cod off a boat. But just suffice to the pier. Mackerels pretty much guaranteed. It's Sea Bass that's the bonus from the marina pier/pier arm only caught sea bass once.

[Johnny Thunder]

What an amazing set up think i might invest in some thing like that my self

That is the Fox Supa Brolly. It is a great bit of kit. There are others on the market worth considering though.

That's certainly the way to catch fish , too many anglers have a home from home and are too reluctant to move and try and draw the fish to them

Spot on oskihen. I like to be able to move if needed.
As it happens, the Koi I banked in that photo was caught after moving to the opposite end of the lake to where I started.
I set up on fish, but they moved during the night, so at first light I followed them. The Koi was the alarm call just before
first light the following morning.

This helps to keep me mobile:

That's a cracking tent setup Johnny
What a perfect little cigar haven in the Summer!
lovely carp too!

I love sea fishing. Can take catch home too

It is a nice little home while I am on the bank Si.
Sea fishing is something I have always fancied, but never really done other than a couple of guest sessions with others.
I do like my seafood too.

[Simon G]

That's a cracking tent setup Johnny
What a perfect little cigar haven in the Summer!
lovely carp too!

I love sea fishing. Can take catch home too

[oskihen]

Hardcore me Simon.
I fish all winter under a brolly.
I do have a really good bivvy but I find it makes me lazy. It takes a lot more time and effort to put up and down.
If I find fish somewhere else, I can have the brolly down, rods in and ready to move within 20 minutes.
It takes a lot longer with the bivvy.
Post 32 on page 4 of this thread shows what I use.

That's certainly the way to catch fish , too many anglers have a home from home and are too reluctant to move and try and draw the fish to them

[dmacleod28]

Here's the pic of the Koi I banked last October:





And a shot of where I live when I am on a session:

What an amazing set up think i might invest in some thing like that my self

[Johnny Thunder]

Hardcore me Simon.
I fish all winter under a brolly.
I do have a really good bivvy but I find it makes me lazy. It takes a lot more time and effort to put up and down.
If I find fish somewhere else, I can have the brolly down, rods in and ready to move within 20 minutes.
It takes a lot longer with the bivvy.
Post 32 on page 4 of this thread shows what I use.

[TonyN]

No luck this trip Simon.
After walking around the lake a couple of times and climbing a few trees, I managed to find a small group of fish cruising around in the
sun on Friday lunch time. I set up there and got baits in the water without spooking them. They were still hanging around until it got dark.
However, nothing came of it. During the night, the temperature dropped savagely. I woke up at about 1am with frost in my nostrils.
When I got out of the bag at first light, most of the lake had frozen over.

You must be keen to sleep in a tent johnny to wake up and find
frost in your nostrils.

[Wigan]

Aye doctors orders! The man knows what he is talking about!

[Simon Bolivar]

Are you using a dble skin full bivy Johnny? Would be surprised you'd get frosted inside one. If you're using an open sided day shelter, I strongly recommend you use the former, for your health.

[Johnny Thunder]

No luck this trip Simon.
After walking around the lake a couple of times and climbing a few trees, I managed to find a small group of fish cruising around in the
sun on Friday lunch time. I set up there and got baits in the water without spooking them. They were still hanging around until it got dark.
However, nothing came of it. During the night, the temperature dropped savagely. I woke up at about 1am with frost in my nostrils.
When I got out of the bag at first light, most of the lake had frozen over.

[Johnny Thunder]

Absolutely Simon.

[Simon Bolivar]

Cheers Johnny, got to set yourself targets, even unlikely ones coz sometimes just reach for the heights you can surprise yourself. And it's another great excuse for one of those celebration cigars that we buy & seem to wait forever to smoke.

[Johnny Thunder]

Good luck with it. I hope you break the ton.

[Simon Bolivar]

OK, your right Johnny, the original inventor sold the rights to make the product as he didn't have the time. I bought just about the last pair before the changeover. The funny thing is I use Delk's TX on the front rest & just use the back biters for the swinger, although should something go wrong with the Delk's, I have the BB as backup. I went again this morning, half the pit now covered with ice, will be totalled by end of weekend. Had to break the bird ice in front of my swim, with a 3ox led & scoop it up in my landing net, to get started. Actually had a run & 10:30 but didn't connect. I put a kilo of pre-bait in & will be back in 2 1/2 wks to fish for the last leave of the season. I am after 14 pike to break the 100 pike in a season barrier for the first time ever. It might not sound much but I have at least a dozen seasons in Belgium, where I only caught 14 or less! It's possible though, I'll be buying 30 2-4oz Roach & trawling with the boat if necessary to get those numbers up. I'll let you know how it goes

[Johnny Thunder]

Billys is alive and kicking VTG. They are probably the top pike buzzer currently.

http://www.billysbackbiters.co.uk/

They are also very active on Facebook with regular updates if you wish to follow them:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billys-Backbiters/271763976214128

I believe there was a change of ownership/buyout.