roadkill Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 As lockdown comes to an end me and a few mates have set up a competition for 2021 to catch as many uk coarse fish species! A point will be awarded for each species and at the end of the season an extra point to the person who has the heaviest weight.. I kicked off my hunt yesterday with a 8lbs 5 pike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Well that sounds like a barrel of laughs! Have you got a full list of your targets? how are you defining 'course'? Do grayling count? what about game fish caught on coarse tackle?? what about mullet?? Brill start for ye; crack on sir, you have the honour of Pigeonwatch at stake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 25 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: Well that sounds like a barrel of laughs! Have you got a full list of your targets? how are you defining 'course'? Do grayling count? what about game fish caught on coarse tackle?? what about mullet?? Brill start for ye; crack on sir, you have the honour of Pigeonwatch at stake! I started to put a list together last night, please let me know if any more need adding as I am also a newbie to fishing so this was the perfect challenge for me as it will allow me to try many different ways of fishing. That was my first pike ever yesterday, and yes I nearly did poop myself haha.. I thought an additional point for eel, grass carp and zander as they're quite rare to catch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Who knew Frankie Boyle had time for fishing also !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 You could add bleak and orfe to that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Fifty points for a vendace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said: Fifty points for a vendace! The same for a Char. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Flounder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Millers thumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Smokersmith said: Who knew Frankie Boyle had time for fishing also !!! Hahaha, that was my first thought 😅 That's a brilliant idea Roadkill, hopefully you'll keep this thread updated with all your catches ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 AND the deisty little minnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Have a look at the ‘ great rod race’ tv series with Matt Hayes and Mick Brown. This will give you some ideas. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Bitterling Silver bream Stickleback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 if you are counting all variants of carp add, wild, koi, ghost, F1 and goldfish. Also Bullhead/millers thumb, 3 spined stickleback, ten spined stickleback, stone loach, spined loach, shad, powan, sturgeon, ide, golden tench, golden rudd, blue orfe as well as golden. Some more tricky ones might be lamprey and, burbot. Or exotics like sun bleak, pumpkin seed and cichlids. . . . . I did once catch a near 2lb tiger oscar in a match on the river Soar several years back. With that and 7 gudgeon i came 2nd (beaten by a single bream) on a very hard day. I also won the super pool and went home with over £250.00, i was only guesting for a local pub team with borrowed gear. Happy days! We reckoned the oscar had been recently dumped to be that size, as they are known to out grow tanks. . . . .It's illegal now to intentionally fish for some of the rare species mentioned. So check before hand. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 01/03/2021 at 00:28, NatureBoy said: if you are counting all variants of carp add, wild, koi, ghost, F1 and goldfish. Also Bullhead/millers thumb, 3 spined stickleback, ten spined stickleback, stone loach, spined loach, shad, powan, sturgeon, ide, golden tench, golden rudd, blue orfe as well as golden. Some more tricky ones might be lamprey and, burbot. Or exotics like sun bleak, pumpkin seed and cichlids. . . . . I did once catch a near 2lb tiger oscar in a match on the river Soar several years back. With that and 7 gudgeon i came 2nd (beaten by a single bream) on a very hard day. I also won the super pool and went home with over £250.00, i was only guesting for a local pub team with borrowed gear. Happy days! We reckoned the oscar had been recently dumped to be that size, as they are known to out grow tanks. . . . .It's illegal now to intentionally fish for some of the rare species mentioned. So check before hand. NB Burbot? you're avin' a giraffe, surely? Present only in myth and rumour I reckons. There have been attempts to reintroduce, but thus far nothing's been permitted. Have you seen Matt Hayes and Mick Brown's Great Rod Race? Done in early 2000's and they go for 35ish species in 30 days. You could do worse than follow that list. Oh and it doesn't have burbot or lamprey on it, so that might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 What was a "Fishing Race" program in the 70s where someone caught a piranha. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmm243 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 I once caught a brown trout during the mayfly that had a lamprey stuck to its side.I will try and route out the photos and post one.The fisheries staff were very interested in it at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 02/03/2021 at 16:36, chrisjpainter said: Burbot? you're avin' a giraffe, surely? Present only in myth and rumour I reckons. There have been attempts to reintroduce, but thus far nothing's been permitted. Have you seen Matt Hayes and Mick Brown's Great Rod Race? Done in early 2000's and they go for 35ish species in 30 days. You could do worse than follow that list. Oh and it doesn't have burbot or lamprey on it, so that might help Ever the optimist Chris.😉 100k reward if you catch one probably says it all though hey. Talk of illegal intros. I saw a poor pic of what was said to be one a while back with river ID feature in background and couldn't think what else it could be. Think some of the big barbel boi's on the Ouse knew more than they were letting on as it was specimen/record barbel at all cost then. Think they go unreported, as after last claims EA jumped in netted the rivers and ******** them up. Otters cleared the big barbel out in the end. Shows how devastating they can be on many fisheries. Aint the not knowing and unknown the reason many fish. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Hello, I would just add bleak and good luck with your fishing 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Not sure weather a Smelt ( Cucumber Fish ) have been mentioned , good luck trying to catch one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Bala lake... Gwyniad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberisle Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 02/03/2021 at 20:11, gmm243 said: I once caught a brown trout during the mayfly that had a lamprey stuck to its side.I will try and route out the photos and post one.The fisheries staff were very interested in it at the time. Here is a video of a Ferox i caught that had a lamprey attached under its jaw, it dropped off during the fight, i did'nt know anything about it until i reviewed the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 that must have been a dizzy few moments for the lamprey! do you return the ferox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberisle Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Yep they all get returned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmm243 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 My trout was more like 1.5lb. Had forgotten to look up the photo, they are on my PC in work so will try to remember to get them tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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