mark99 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Just dragged a pope out of canal below Stockers. Not seen one for years. AKA Ruffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Very handy for mass tomorrow....Thanks very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Just dragged a pope out of canal below Stockers. Not seen one for years. AKA Ruffe. hope you threw it back - it's not of any practical use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 That's interesting Mark, I have only ever caught one on very rare occasions, I guess they must be prolific somewhere but that has never been somewhere that I've been. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I don't fish religiously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 what can you do with 2 little fishes and a glass of canal water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Well you wait years for a pope and another one comes along at dawn. There must be quite a few in this bit of canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I used to catch the odd one in the Wey Navigation between Weybridge and Addlestone, when I fished there as a brat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I used to catch the odd one in the Wey Navigation between Weybridge and Addlestone, when I fished there as a brat. Perhaps they are attracted to oiks and brats - cos that's me fer sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I once landed a 22ft cabin cruiser fishing there too. Somehow I failed to notice it when casting my perch spinner and amazingly it caught in his bow fender. he didn't notice and not knowing what else to do, I just hauled on the line. The cabin cruiser swerved straight in and climbed the bank much to his surprise! I reclaimed my lure and he went on his way amicably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayke Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I once landed a 22ft cabin cruiser fishing there too. Somehow I failed to notice it when casting my perch spinner and amazingly it caught in his bow fender. he didn't notice and not knowing what else to do, I just hauled on the line. The cabin cruiser swerved straight in and climbed the bank much to his surprise! I reclaimed my lure and he went on his way amicably. This sounds like a very fishy tail to me. What was the braking strain of you line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Dunno, it was 50 years ago! Prolly about 15lb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) That's interesting Mark, I have only ever caught one on very rare occasions, I guess they must be prolific somewhere but that has never been somewhere that I've been. Phil Phil - where you are you must be in a better position than most to catch a Burbot......or Eel Pout.... IIRC the last place they were ever seen was East Anglia. Go on dangle out a rod and see if you can become famous by catching an "extinct" in UK species. Edited October 11, 2016 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth E Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Plenty of ruffe in the Macc, usually get 3 or 4 in a day. They are bad news. Not just because of the way they sometimes flare their gills out and firmly shut their mouths, catching a few also pretty well guarantees that you won't catch much worthwhile in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Plenty of ruffe in the Macc, usually get 3 or 4 in a day. They are bad news. Not just because of the way they sometimes flare their gills out and firmly shut their mouths, catching a few also pretty well guarantees that you won't catch much worthwhile in the near future. They excuminiucate their fellows from the swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksprite Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Phil - where you are you must be in a better position than most to catch a Burbot......or Eel Pout.... IIRC the last place they were ever seen was East Anglia. Go on dangle out a rod and see if you can become famous by catching an "extinct" in UK species. People claim to catch one occasionally, mostly in the northern Pennine rivers but I have my doubts. It's strange how a species extant from the ice age supposedly succumbed to a series of mild winters. Not an unprecedented extinction however, Vendace have disappeared as recently as 2008. Burbot could be imported from Europe but the fisheries dept are dead against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Ah Vendace, another fish I'd forgotten about Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 09/10/2016 at 09:38, Mike the Boilerman said: I used to catch the odd one in the Wey Navigation between Weybridge and Addlestone, when I fished there as a brat sprat corrected that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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