UKCF Anglers.

[Simon G]

I will do bud
fingers crossed

[Simon Bolivar]

Great pic's Johnny but frankly I am more impressed with the BBQ'ed food than the mud suckers! Never managed a BBQ at the bank before but I did once serve up venison stew, with a decent claret & R&J Churchill tubed, old gold band.

[oskihen]

Welcome jt

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[Johnny Thunder]

Great pic's Johnny but frankly I am more impressed with the BBQ'ed food than the mud suckers! Never managed a BBQ at the bank before but I did once serve up venison stew, with a decent claret & R&J Churchill tubed, old gold band.

That certainly gives me something to aspire to Simon.

[RDBM]

A fine catch JT, not a fisher myself but the idea of 48 hrs peace and quiet in beautiful surroundings sounds bloody brilliant. Hope you had a few nice sticks with you.

[Simon Bolivar]

Sure you can do better Johnny; it was on a the last night I spent all night fishing, 15yrs ago! I had a friend over form England so the wife let me off the hook for once. Therefore was unusually able to have a couple of drinks, funnily enough we carp fished that night as it was summer & my mate did catch the only fish so everyone was happy. Amazingly I have a pic of the fish but we didn't take pics of the cigars - they those were crazy days eh - how did we ever remember what we smoked?2012-02-16_45.jpg

[Budgie Smuggler]

I have to say I wasn't expecting to ever post in here, but a fortnight ago my 7 y.o. son, totally out of the blue, announced that he wanted to go fishing.

Fast forward to pay day and an hour on popular angling supplies website meant that we had a load of brand spanking new gear on the way.

Now, it had been around 23 years since I've last fished so after a crash research session online we went fishing on the local canal last Sunday....




.... And amazingly we didn't blank!






A total of 7 fish caught over 4 hrs (3 for him, 4 for me - he caught the biggest!) and he wants to go again this weekend.

Apparently there's a good number of perch and Jack pike in the canal so I may get a lure rod to see if I can pick a few up.


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[TonyN]

Brings back memories when I started my son off fishing the look on his face catching the first roach.

[Simon Bolivar]

Budgie, congrat's on taking your son at his word & buying all the gear & making his day. I am impressed you did so well. 7yo is a great age to start fishing, as it happens so was I, still at it 48yrs later! Still having my share of blanks but it's a hobby that can really broaden their childhood, gets them off the couch & interested in nature & the world around them. A few tips that I used with my daughter (see her first fish attached): keep the trips short to start with, reasonable weather, go at his pace, do the unhooking to start with but he should be able to manage a disgorger after being shown a few times at his age. Once he can bait up, cast (or flick out on a canal) strike play the fish in, all you'd have to still do is land them until he can manage the smaller fish himself. Then you can use a second rod to have a spin ect. Remember you're going for him to start with, once he has the confidence you can both fish. The bigger he gets the further he'll happy with you straying down the towpath. Cautions: These days canals are great for the fish & you have done well to find some where he can just catch. They aren't bothered about size at that stage, just catching; must admit my daughter often caught the biggest of the day & that builds self esteem as well, not many areas when kids can beat their parents at anything. But towpaths attract mountain bikers that whizz past really fast & there's not much room, look out for them & try to keep the tow path clear, have a brother in law that has had more than one pole damaged form a bike going straight over it before he could ship it out. Sometimes the bigger boys come around & get bored after a while & trouble can start from throwing stones in to worse. Should be fine whilst your still with him but one day he'll want to go on his own. Anyway keep encouraging him but let him dictate the pace & don't be too keen to get him into pike or carp; let him learn his trade catch all species before choosing to specialize.

[Budgie Smuggler]

Cheers Simon, I'm happy to catch anything generally whereas he seems obsessed with pike (or anything else with teeth for that matter).

That little spot we fish on is just before a sharp bend which helps to keep the cyclists speeds down and quite coincidentally at the bottom of the steps of the best pub in the area [emoji6]


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[Johnny Thunder]

It is great to see kids getting into fishing. My son will not have a thing to do with it.

[TonyN]

Only concern with my son was if I didn't have the time to take him he wanted to go on his own
since the river is 5 minutes walk you never know who's about these days, and being on his own with all the gear in my opinion not safe.

[Nick2021]

Man, some nice photos here. Can't wait to go home and enjoy some fishing myself

[Johnny Thunder]

Only concern with my son was if I didn't have the time to take him he wanted to go on his own
since the river is 5 minutes walk you never know who's about these days, and being on his own with all the gear in my opinion not safe.

Tackle theft during the night while asleep is a problem for carp anglers now. I use a PIR alarm to guard my rods, reels etc.
I think you are wise Tony. A young kid fishing alone is vulnerable to tackle theft.

Man, some nice photos here. Can't wait to go home and enjoy some fishing myself

Please take photos and share them on here. And good hunting.

[TonyN]

Very true johnny what your saying tackle theft and the safety of our kids.