New Fish!

Hi all,

Im 29 and new to fishing in a serious way ie, owning my own kit and fishing myself.

ive done very little fishing and dont know anything really haha.

ive a simple setup that im trying to expand consisting of one rod n reel basic course setup and a 5m pole.
im purchasing two secondhand carp rods later hopefully.

i dont know what i like fishing best as ive only fished 12 hours in total so far and ive cought 16 fish in total, silver with red fins mostly dunno what they are lol but they love red maggot.

Im able boddied but abcent in mind half the time haha

i live in Measham Near The Pot Kilns lake if any of you have fished there let me know
any local fisherman here to me make your self known i need help and tutoring lol.

Welcome to this friendly forum any probs Admin or Moderators will only be to pleased to help.

hi mate welcome to the site.
Alomg with John ive fished pot kiln a few timesp with our old club it was always either me 1st & john 2nd or the other way round with me breaking our old club 5hr match record twice on there once with 134 lbs & second time with 167 lbs if the silver fish with red fins were caught a pot kiln they are probably roach

yes they were caught at the pot kiln, but on further investigation, ive found them to be Rudd as they are very vibrant red finned and redish tint to the eyes, also the mouth has its bottom lip larger or sticking out further than the top lip.

Various pictures ive seen of rudd make it clearer in my mind that its not a roach but they do share a very simular build to rudd (to a newbie that is anyhoo lol).

yep Rudd many thanks great info for a novice cheers

I love pot kiln, in the matches ive fished on there i allways start by using a cheap (£4-99) 4m whip mwhich i elasticate through just the top sect with 12 - 14 lacy, and fish to hand with 4lb linine through to a 18 animal b/less hook. i use a fairly heavy short waggler float set about 8 inches deep with maggots or caster on the hook & heavy loose feeding wheat, casters & hemp. i normaly look at a fish every 40secs at least in the warmer weather

Tarks mate I am Chairman of
DERBY DISABLED ANGLING CLUB and we have a match booked at Pot Kiln you are most welcome to come and join us if you wish. I will post the date nearer the time so watch this space. Steve (Administator )is a member also.

john the tinca wrote:Tarks mate I am Chairman of
DERBY DISABLED ANGLING CLUB and we have a match booked at Pot Kiln you are most welcome to come and join us if you wish. I will post the date nearer the time so watch this space. Steve (Administator )is a member also.

if ive got my way around the kit i have id be interested but im a complete novice and have only had two days fishing exp

but if i can get the kit together ill be involved if im avail.

what are the costs and what do i need ie memberships etc??

the ddac crowd are mostly not a bad sort most of them just go for the fishing, company & banter. If you click on the bold red print in Johns post it will take you to there site. Dont be put off by the lack of fishing related topics on the page that comes up, its one of these sites that you can only get full access by registering as a member