...or a fish! Following on from
yesterday's post, Sue and I went back to the river with the intention of catching a few fish. It was raining as we stood and watched the fish taking the feed yesterday. It then
continued to rain all afternoon and, on and off through the night. Today
when we went back to have a go at catching a fish, the water was
slightly higher, only by a few inches, and it had coloured up slightly. I
could still make out the bottom in places, but the weeds and some
deeper parts were now out of sight.
We tried feeding some maggots but there was no interest. It seemed like
all the fish had gone. We walked down stream, for a couple of miles, and
did not see a fish anywhere. We even stopped at our favoured fishing
spot to dangle a line into the opaque water for a while, only to find
that the maggot had not even been sucked by the small roach.
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| Like Goldilocks (sans bears) when we got there, the river was bare! |
I posted a question on one of fishing forums for some advice, and had lots of useful suggestions as to why we could find no fish. You can read the thread
HERE. It appears there could have been several reasons why our fish were not playing ball today. From the advice given, I tend to think it could have been a combination of factors. Firstly, not only would the water temperature have been lowered by the rainwater but, secondly, the ambient air temperature has dropped dramatically over the past few days. From daytime near record highs at the beginning of the week, to today's well under the average for this time of year - mad isn't it? This can stop the fish from feeding until they have a chance to get used to their new, cooler environment.
We can't get back there tomorrow, but we plan to have another go on Sunday when we will try some of the tactics gleaned from the afore mentioned forum thread.
Ralph.
