Soft Lure Fishing

[Borr 8,798]

Hard day, otters and cormorants galore...but had early success 

[mackem 31,115]

3 minutes ago, Borr said:

Hard day, otters and cormorants galore...but had early success 

How many otters you see?I have had a few pop up recently while fishing,nice to see close.

[Borr 8,798]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

How many otters you see?I have had a few pop up recently while fishing,nice to see close.

I only saw one , but felt it could be the end of UK fishing tbf

[truegrit 157]

Tell me about it only had to pike so far this season it’s not looking good 

[neil r 2,035]

9 hours ago, Borr said:

Hard day, otters and cormorants galore...but had early success 

Looks a decent one . I’ve never had one on soft plastics but I catch them on little hardbaits when I’m after trout . The duo ryuki spearhead 50 and jackal tricoroll ryushin 38 seem to catch more chub than the others for me . I do get grayling on little soft plastics though 

[Blackmag 6,622]

9 hours ago, neil r said:

Looks a decent one . I’ve never had one on soft plastics but I catch them on little hardbaits when I’m after trout . The duo ryuki spearhead 50 and jackal tricoroll ryushin 38 seem to catch more chub than the others for me . I do get grayling on little soft plastics though 

What's the ribble like for big perch neil

[neil r 2,035]

5 hours ago, Blackmag said:

What's the ribble like for big perch neil

It’s brilliant for everything , probably the most underrated river in the country by people outside the area . 2lb + perch are not uncommon with 3’s caught regularly and I know of several 4’s that have been caught on lures and livebaits by nearby anglers while I’ve been fishing and I’ve seen others reported on Facebook groups 

[neil r 2,035]

Just been making some tiny jigheads with 0.1 - 0.15 - 0.2 - 0.25 & 0.3 gm tungsten beads on 18-14 hooks to use with little soft plastics like these . I’m going to try on the canal for roach and bream and the rivers for dace , gudgeon and even minnows with them 

[Blackmag 6,622]

1 hour ago, neil r said:

It’s brilliant for everything , probably the most underrated river in the country by people outside the area . 2lb + perch are not uncommon with 3’s caught regularly and I know of several 4’s that have been caught on lures and livebaits by nearby anglers while I’ve been fishing and I’ve seen others reported on Facebook groups 

Cheers Neil I'm going to target the ribble this year from the free stretch to woodcutters Im done with carping thanks for the heads up 

[mackem 31,115]

2 hours ago, neil r said:

Just been making some tiny jigheads with 0.1 - 0.15 - 0.2 - 0.25 & 0.3 gm tungsten beads on 18-14 hooks to use with little soft plastics like these . I’m going to try on the canal for roach and bream and the rivers for dace , gudgeon and even minnows with them 

I have a tiny bass-pro micro-lure combo,let me know how you get on with those,they would be perfect.

[neil r 2,035]

7 hours ago, Blackmag said:

Cheers Neil I'm going to target the ribble this year from the free stretch to woodcutters Im done with carping thanks for the heads up 

A lot of the fish you see on the ribble facebook groups are off the free stretch and 1 of the 4’s that was caught while I was fishing was on there . I was at the top of the sandbank on the bend and the bloke was just upstream to my left at the end of the straight . 
The others were off the stretch above the m6 bridge . I was on the club side but you can get day tickets from the tickled trout garage for the other side and either fish from there or drive a few hundred yards back towards Blackburn and fish gregsons farm 

[neil r 2,035]

6 hours ago, mackem said:

I have a tiny bass-pro micro-lure combo,let me know how you get on with those,they would be perfect.

Been watching YouTube vids of people fishing for silvers and fancied a go at it so got all the hooks , beads , uv resin and uv torch off aliexpress only takes minutes to make a few . From what I’ve seen it needs pretty good conditions to cast such light weights and if it’s windy it’s not happening . I’ve got a new 0.2-1.5gm extra ultralight set up to cast it aswell because my normal 1-5gm bfs setup wouldn’t be up for much below 0.8gm . Gone for the thinnest braid I could find at 0.04 and I’m thinking of trying an ester line on another reel to see how it compares . Not managed to get out yet because of the weather but had a quick cast out back with a 0.2 jighead and it cast surprisingly well . 

[Borr 8,798]

Bit milder , still some ice about on canal , rain and wind so I went to a spot that is usually too busy for my liking , fished a white spikey on the way out for a small jack and a perch , water was quite clear so swapped to a more natural dark perch, and took another jack with that...