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Recently moved house,thought I’d try one of the local club waters to see if it could be worthwhile for some relaxing summer fishing,Thought I’d start off with maggots,not having any previous info on this small mill pond,1st dip in with a 5 mtr whip brought a 10oz roach,mental note take some corn next time,had about 15 roach and perch up to 10oz then lo and behold the gudgeon moved in,haven’t caught any since I was a kid but boy were these clonkers,
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Had about 30 all told all this size,was late meeting the wife by I was having fun reliving my childhood,
Had a quick walk round after packing up and found a big perch dead in the reeds,a 2 pounder,so me thinks they are getting fat on the gudgeon :thumbs:
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The last gudgeon I caught was about a third of that size. Still squeaked at me though. :grin:
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Didnt really do fishing when i was a lad. Been about plenty rivers and woods n stuff. I remember though the huge shoals of minnows. Millions of minnows. Couldnt see the bottom. Know that way you look at tv or some shape close yer eyes and they are still there. Got that effect with the shoals of em. Taking up fishing in my late 20's ive still never seen shoals like that anywhere. And they were absolute belters.
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Can’t beat a good sesh on the whip,
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Andrew Croft wrote: Sat May 12 2018 16:57 -
Didnt really do fishing when i was a lad. Been about plenty rivers and woods n stuff. I remember though the huge shoals of minnows. Millions of minnows. Couldnt see the bottom. Know that way you look at tv or some shape close yer eyes and they are still there. Got that effect with the shoals of em. Taking up fishing in my late 20's ive still never seen shoals like that anywhere. And they were absolute belters.
Can also remember the big shoals of Minnows in the river margins. Also on another river we fished as kids my brother and i were dab hands at catching boot lace eels and loads of Daddy Ruffe.

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I wonder where the term Daddy Ruffe cam from ?
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Tommy Ruffe
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As kids we used to catch gudgeon that size from the river Cray.

The same stretch that Alfred Jardine fished in Bexley.

We used to wade upstream with trousers rolled up, with a net and creep up on them. :thumbs:
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Best gudgeon i had was on the test,stalking some chub .. Feisty litt!e fighter
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piker al wrote: Sat May 12 2018 22:23 -
Can’t beat a good sesh on the whip,
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