Welcome to another blog from my fishing on the grand western canal it was the second session on the canal fishing for the roach.I decided to head down toward the basin end of the canal when i got up there i had a look around i didn't see much moving a only a couple of jack pike but this did not put me off as i did know this end of the canal did hold a large head of jacks but over the years i have fished this end for the roach and not really had much trouble from the jacks but its just something you have got to put up with this time of the year.I decided to fish about 3 pegs up from the turning bay down in the basin i set up just to the right of the dead weedbed on the far bank i got all my gear out and set up i got out 2 match top 3 kits and placed on the roost.I started by plumbing up the first top a match top 3 kit a number 3 white latex with a browning elastic through the top 1 section i had a lake 0.4g float with a 2lb 4oz main line to a 1lb 5oz hook length to a size 22 micro barbed hook i plumbed up straight out in front of me and put out a small cup of liquidised bread.i then strated to set my other top 3 up which was a 3-4 purple middy hi-viz elastic again through the top 1 section of the match top kit i used a maver elite 4x12 pole float with a 2lb 4oz mainline to a 1lb 5oz hook length to a size 22 hook i went on to plumb this Right up at 11.5 meters slightly to my left off the dead weed bed i did the same on this line by putting out a cup of liquidised bread.
I started off by fishing on my short line in the middle i put on a small 4mm bread punch and shipped out within a min or so i had my first bite it was a roach of about 4-6oz i stayed on the 4mm bread punch and was getting bites every put in it was all really small roach and skimmers of 3 to 4 oz i did miss a few bites but i think the reason for this was that the fish was so small after a hour or so i decided to feed another cup of bait on the middle swim i then decided to go over and fish on the 11 and a half meter swim i stuck to fishing on the 4mm punch same as i was on the middle swim i started catching straight away on this line the same as on the middle line but the fish was smaller i then decided to go back on the short middle line the bites had slowed a bit but i was still catching small fish i did go on to have 1 skimmer around the half a pound mark right at the end of the session 2pm had came and i decided it was time to end the session for today as it had got very cold and there was a bit of drizzle in the air so i packed up and looked at my catch i had one shimmer of about half a pound and 30+ small roach and skimmers .Until the next time if your on the bank tight lineslee
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