nice one steve well done.mate nice pics as well.

 

Don't know what's happened to the river this year Mark

 

Nice fish and pics Steve the snacks looked appealing to me to..
Let's hope there will be a few more codling around this year compared to last.

Rich

 

Thames and fish just sounds odd to me, all I think of is disease, concrete boots, and poo. Not sure I'd want to eat that bass. On another note what are them pants ? I could do with some nice thin ones I can wear when not wearing my floatation suit

 

Think you need to buy yourself an atlas buddy.....you're getting the Thames confused with Southampton Water....

 

Nice fish and pics Steve the snacks looked appealing to me to..
Let's hope there will be a few more codling around this year compared to last.

Rich

If the cod come after the shrimp Rich we may see a few hope it's better than last year

 

i think you are right steve ive had a fair few cod out that thames that have been stuffed with brown shrimp

 

Is that a blatant rip off of Jaffa cakes? Belmont biscuits?

 

Aldi mate can't afford the genuine ones

 

Out at cliffe tomorrow myself,going to give the ***** ago for carp on my zig rigs with dog biscuits (thats how desperate iam) then fish the old jetty low up,bit of a mix up for me but hopefully productive,failing that ill have eels in the **** lol

 

Good luck mate

 

nice bass steve

 

nice plump bass steve well done you do like a bit of that mud dont you top report as per m8

 

Sorting out the heavy gear now Steve

 

me to the old thames will chuck em up im sure,i only had a couple last season i started getting them early october tick tock

 

Nice Bass. is the last image a not so secret bait cocktail And on the subject of Jaffa cakes (genuine ones) shake the pack first. if the innards move you have twelve if they don't you have thirteen. Does look a bit iffy to people watching on though.

 

You mention Mullet. There was a very large shoal of heavy fish on the South Bank Blyth sands opposite Scars Elbow the week before last. A good order of fish in 3 to 6ft. water. There were also a tight knit group of about 19 Seals on the sands which launched themselves in as I paddled past.

 

Well done Steve at least you squeezed one out for your efforts.....I have been hearing rumours of raw sewage dumped in the Thames....have not fished the Thames for sheer lack of fish.....

 

that sandwich needed eating as nearly out of date!
mind it's funny go sea fishing and come back covered in mud you sort of expect sand!

nice fish bet it was impressed with the jaffa cakes.

 

Lovely fish Steve.

Apparently it's been carp on our river this year, so not too worried about failing to try. Got new winter boots now, and found some semi-fossilised squid when the freezer broke, so the fine autumn fighting Whiting better watch out.

If I can be bothered to drive the 10 mins there of course.

 

Can't wait for your reports especially the festive Christmas special one

 

Well done Steve, nice fish.

 

Talking of Jaffa cakes.... Do you know the difference between a cake and a biscuit?

....a biscuit goes soft as it goes off whereas a cake goes hard. That's why they're Jaffa cakes and not Jaffa biscuits!!

Nice catch btw Steve.

 

Blimey a Thames fish nice one Steve,

To be onest I haven't really done much on the Thames this year as the fishing hasn't exactly been spectacular to say the least apart from the fact that I've been so busy this year as I've just gone back into me bird keeping again from a few year break,

Now traveling all up and down the country with bird freinds from old exhibiting our birds

Nice to see that yer still producing the goods Steve, well done mate

 

Blimey a Thames fish nice one Steve,

To be onest I haven't really done much on the Thames this year as the fishing hasn't exactly been spectacular to say the least apart from the fact that I've been so busy this year as I've just gone back into me bird keeping again from a few year break,

Now traveling all up and down the country with bird freinds from old exhibiting our birds

Nice to see that yer still producing the goods Steve, well done mate

Different ball game on the Thames this year Stuart
Had six good bass and five mullet this year it's just not happening this year

 

Lol loads of poles out at cliffe today fishing in the fleets for carp,i couldnt stomach carp myself,have tried pike though,and it was bloody awful,river was bad again,not one bite all day,so decided to give the fleets ago on my zig rigs,bundles of fish in there,you can hear them sucking the snail eggs off the reeds,but they certainly dont like dog biscuits thats for sure,none of my pre-bait got touched,so sweetcorn and bread it is next time,i tell you something though,fresh water dangling is seriously boring,but its better than drowning too many worms and wasting my winter peeler

Got a sprained foot at mo but I'm missing the river.....carp etc is fun but....

 

You aint missing much mate,and theres a big BUT when fishing for carp,i was bored senseless,there seriously shy fish,may aswell been fishing for mullet

 

Depends if you know where to go...but I admit last summer North shore was ****e.....except for sole

Mate trust me its dead,been all along the river and only had eels mainly,had a few sizeable bass but other than that its quite

 

Doesn't seem to be dead where Steves fishing...

 

Goddammit ... can't you keep the Jaffa Cakes thing a secret Steve? Now everyone will be using them and there won't be any fish left for those of us in the know
Nice to know even fish get the munchies ...

 

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Goddammit ... can't you keep the Jaffa Cakes thing a secret Steve? Now everyone will be using them and there won't be any fish left for those of us in the know
Nice to know even fish get the munchies ...

It has to be a 24 pack

 

Naw ... regular 12-pack does it down here. Maybe Thames fish are greedier ...

 

Doesn't seem to be dead where Steves fishing...

Yes he has a few good spots,but im sure he will also agree that it isnt fishing too well,the fish for me have been few and far between,of course theres fish there to be had,just not alot of them lol this is my first summer fishing the thames,and ive never had so many blanks,tried different rigs,different baits,different spots all on the one session and not had a sniff....roll on the winter

 

That's why I haven't fished the Thames for at least 4 months,

Completely lost the interest to tell the truth, going through my records I'd say it's the worst year within 20 years,

Ok if you want thornbacks I suppose up at cliffe as one or two are still showing but that's about it of anything worthwhile

And the now what appears to be the very rare bass

 

That's why I haven't fished the Thames for at least 4 months,

Completely lost the interest to tell the truth, going through my records I'd say it's the worst year within 20 years,

Ok if you want thornbacks I suppose up at cliffe as one or two are still showing but that's about it of anything worthwhile

And the now what appears to be the very rare bass

Not had one up there in probably 15/20 sessions out there at cliffe,but then again i fish any state of tide and any weather,havent really specifically targeted any fish accept bass this summer and done ok'ish,also had a few ray sessions but blanked,dont really like fishing for rays,i cant stand handling them lol also tried for mullet in Swanscombe a couple of times,used small lures with rag and tried floating trout pellets all on light gear but no joy,bit hit and miss for me this summer,still its always good to get out and atleast give it ago