Wyrley & Essington Canal Pelsall - Page 2 - Talk Angling fishing chat and tackle advice

tk · 19th April 2009, 05:05 PM

This guy was having one a chuck today - all stampers on the

View of the cut from the Fingerpost sun terrace

Park the wife here with half a lager and get some sport in 5 yards away

tk · 23rd April 2009, 07:09 PM

Just had a word with Cotti the Warburton King who fished the cut yesterday.

‘How did you get on?’

‘Well I did around the 14lb mark’

‘Had a good day then’

‘No, not really. 3 of my fish were tench, and I’d say each one was over 3lb, the rest were all roach except one small rudd. So take the tench away and I daint do that good. Plus I’d got a pike in my peg that snaffled a couple of roach off me so I just did the 4 hours instead of 5 and packed up at 2pm’

‘Well 9-10lb of tincas and 3-4lb silvers aint bad fishing’

‘Spose not, but crap compared to the bloke just up from me – you know him, he used to fish with Alrewas. The one who showed me how to fish the punch’

‘Why what did he have?’

‘He daint have any bread on him today, just fished caster over groundbait, but as well as all the roach he was having, when I left him he’d also got 9 tench, with quite a few of ‘em over the 4lb mark – every time I looked he’d got one on - plus 4 bream which were all proper uns all well over the 4lb mark. I reckon he was over the 50lb mark he was owning up to – and all from just down the track’

tk · 30th April 2009, 02:19 PM

Some TA’ers will recollect a new forum member – Bournie – asking for ideas where to fish in Walsall as he’d just moved into the area. Perhaps prompted by some positive comments by Fishfarmer he picked up a Cashmores AC card from me to fish the Curley Wyrley. I asked him to keep me posted how he got on.

On his first trip there he pm’d me to advise that he’d had a few tugs…………..

(copied with Bournies permission – I think he must be too modest to blow his own trumpet)

For last half hour tonight I went the other side of the bridge at the end of the little driveway form the bridge where a few timber posts are set in ground. I was joined by an older bloke called Jim who goes down there a lot? And his grandson, he gave me a few tips and showed my where to fish the channels and Ii got a nice 5lb tench and few other bites in half hour.

So now going down there at 6am tomorrow as mrs has me gardening in the afternoon! Will let you know how I get on, then its back to catching the dreaded hour or so between work form next week!

Will keep you informed

Well I’m pleased Bournie did – this next pm just goes to show how either a change of bait (I’d recommended the bread to him!!!) or perhaps just the difference a couple of hours can make…………..

Went down the canal about 5.30am on Friday with loaf of Kingsmills best, absolutely shocking, no bites, freezing cold, had a nightmare morning, went home about 8am.

THEN got bored during my last day off work on the Friday afternoon so gave it another shot but this time left the bread and nipped to Allens for a pint of red maggot. Whilst there purchased a shock stick, which for those that aren't aware is basically a 1 piece 3 metre pole which is so easy for close by fishing.

Anyway, fished a 4lb line with size 18 barbless hook and double red maggot over .75kg of red ground bait, hoping to get few roach, perch and maybe the odd small tench, basically just an afternoon of tiddlers to pass the time by. I got my wish and pulled out 8 perch all quite small, 6 roach including the largest roach I have ever seen, think it must of been on weetabix for brekkie!

BUT the afternoon went from good to better, I was soon pleased I had bothered with my keep net as I landed my first nice tench, about 3.5lb, then a 4lb, then a 3lb.....then a 6.5lb tench I have never seen one that size and it was also male so fought me like mad, thought either my line or elastic would snap then luckily it swam straight into my landing net! I then went on to have another 4 tench together with the odd tiddler.

I ended up with 36.5lb of fish in my keep net and I was only there under 4 hours, a fantastic day of fishing which I didn’t think was possible on a canal!

So hat’s off to Bournie – looks like I could do with a lesson or two from him.

Tight lines and plenty of tugs mate – keep us posted, warts and all, on how your season goes

Larry Teepot · 30th April 2009, 09:02 PM

dont forget the 17th October........try and get your trophy back

tk · 1st May 2009, 10:09 AM

Game on

tk · 5th May 2009, 10:41 AM

Looks like good pleasure weights continue to come out………

Received a text yesterday from Yamo last night – it read ‘Had a cracking afternoon at Wood Lane, lot of silvers, few bream and 6 tench averaging 3lb, biggest about 5lb.Great day. Si (one of the local Pelsall guys) had 80lb from basin.’

tk · 17th May 2009, 01:03 PM

Fished a club match on the canal yesterday.

Drew an end peg

Only problem was there was already a 'blocker' in place on the next peg down, who showed me the 30lb plus in his net that he'd had already had in the hour before we got there.......

Things must have slowed down for him, cuss he packed up at 1.30pm with only an estimated 70-80lb in the net.....

Any body recognise the angler?

djhaze2004 · 17th May 2009, 08:10 PM

does anyone on here hold any knock ups on the esington/wrley or cannock extension - i live in heath hayes and are looking for some matches ??? tired of traveling miles to find cheap mathces

tk · 18th May 2009, 04:07 PM

Hi djhaze2004

Big Baz Astbury is to start running weekly Monday night ‘affordable’ matches on the Wyrley & Essington Canal at Pelsall commencing Monday 8th June 2009.

Draw 5.30pm at Wood Lane Pelsall (postcode WS3 5DZ for sat navs), fish 6.30pm to 9.30pm or as light conditions allow as the series progresses.

£6 all in, £5 pools and £1 peg fee.

Contact Baz on 07973459611 for further details and to ‘book in’, or myself on 07989700638

djhaze2004 · 18th May 2009, 06:55 PM

fantastic - hopefully should be able to fish these - what is best tactics - caster worm red maggots for the tench???