Water reports
River Dane
October 2009
Just a few
words to let you know what a great day me and my fellow member, Mike
Hankinson had on Sunday 4th October. The water was quite low and
crystal clear so we were a bit concerned as to whether we would catch
anything at all. After baiting the swim up with micro pellets and a few
freebies I only waited an hour before landing a fin perfect Barbel a
shade under 7lb on a hair rigger 8mm halibut pellet. Very rare catching
one at ten past ten in the morning after which it slowed up a bit till
mike caught
a very impressive Grayling just under two pound on pellet. We both
thought this was quite odd. My friend Mike got talking to two fellow
members
who said we would not catch because it was a full moon. However we
proved them
wrong when I caught another two Barbel of seven pound each. It just
goes
to prove that with a bit of commitment you can beat the odds. I am
convinced
that if you keep the bait going in regular and often that the barbel's
natural feeding instinct will always take over and they just cannot
resist some free offerings, even when you consider I was only 6 feet
away from the fish in gin clear water on a bright sunny autumnal
day. Cotton Farm still never surprises me, long may it continue. Paul
Burns.
November 15th 2008
I had a good day on the Dane (18th October).
I took a wander down the Cotton Farm stretch and stumbled upon a very
picturesque part of the river. I fed hemp, pellets and corn. I fished
double corn on the hook, I tried boilies which worked also.
In total I caught 5 barbel (4 of which are pictured below), all ranging
from 4lb up to 6lb 2oz (the bottom pic). I also caught a chub of 4lb
1oz.
A beautiful Autumn day on a lovely stretch of water.
James Lafferty
November 2008
Spent a few hours float fishing on
the River Dane at Pimlotts Meadow on
4 November. Had the stretch entirely to myself so started at the top of
the meadow and worked my way down in the course of about four hours
fishing.
Trotting maggots through the streamier swims proved most productive,
resulting in a dozen grayling typically of around 6-8 oz with the best
nudging the pound mark. Also one chub of about a pound and a half. All
nicely conditioned fish. Also hooked what I took to be a brown trout,
based on the acrobatics which eventually saw it throw the hook in
mid-air.
Diverted for a time by a large mink prowling the far bank.
This was a first visit for me to Pimlotts Meadow. It made an enjoyable
change float fishing for grayling rather than the usual ledgering for
chub and barbel on the lower stretches. A very pleasant few hours
fishing.
Julian Roberts
October 2008
Went to the dane on 8/10/08 on the
Cotton stretch. The river was looking good with a bit of colour and up
a foot or so.
It was my first time on the river
so I didn't expect to catch a lot of fish it was more of a learning
session.
I fished a simple ledger rig with
halibut boilies and pellets.
I managed to catch 2 Chub between
3-4lb both on pellets, not the Barbel I came for but nice fish and
better than nothing.
All in all an enjoyable days out
fishing, and I will definitely return for another shot at the Barbel.
Craig Walsh
August 2008
I am a newish member joining on
line in April this
year. I have never been a member of a fishing club before but I am very
glad I joined the BMAC! I have fished at Border a couple of times and
Brookehouse and Brookbank. Today, Sunday 3rd August, I thought I would
give the River Dane at Pimlotts Meadow a try. I'm glad i did! Having
never ever fished a river before I was a little stuck for tactics but I
chopped and changed until fish started to become interested, which took
the best part of three hours messing about. First fish out... a
beautiful Grayling of nearly a pound on a piece of meat, then nothing
again. After tripping over and loosening a stone I spotted a big fat
wiggly worm, on the size 14 he went and...wallop a four and a half
pound Chub! As you can imagine I was then turning over stones and rocks
and collecting all these worms in a spare bait box! Over the next two
hours I pulled a further two Greyling and six Chub the biggest of which
was a shade over five pounds. I left there a happy chappy and will
certainly be returning to the same spot. Not only was the river in
lovely condition and the spot I chose a stunning location, but I also
had the company of an Otter for a few minutes. All in a great mornings
enjoyment. Thank you BMAC.
Yours sincerely.......
Andrew Whitehead
October 2nd 2007
Just to let you know how we fared on the
Dane , again many thanks!
Went to the River Dane today Tues 2nd
Oct , walked to the top of the Cotton stretch in the morning with my
mate who I took as a guest.
We both took our trotting rods
and center pins with caster and maggots for bait , first few runs down
saw the floats dart away with quick bites, when we hooked one we found
Dace were the culprits. We then got a few small Chub. The swim then
produced a Barbel of around 3lb, after this it went quiet. I had a
wander down stream and after a few Dace caught a Grayling, my mate had
never seen one before so I let him have a few runs down the glide.
After a few trots through he had is first Grayling, only small but he
was made up . I then had one just shy of a pound before we moved again.
Some of the swims looked like they had not been fished all summer as
the undergrowth was like a jungle. This maybe
because these
little swift glides don't hold many Big fish (Barbel) but all the
better for us as we had quite a few Grayling up to about a pound along
with a few chub to around the same size .
In the afternoon we
walked down stream onto the new Manor stretch and it was nice
to
explore some new river. First cast for me resulted in a Chub of 4lb, a
good start, but even though the river looked good it was quiet until we
found some fast water where again we had a lot of Dace another nice
Grayling and a few small Chub .
We had a good day and all
the Grayling is a good sign of how good the water must be!
yours
J A Peet
November 12th
2006
I
know this is not a record fish
but I have fished the Bay Malton stretch of the Dane since the
club took it over and have had some excellent fish out i.e.
barble and Chub but never a Roach. Today was my first out of this
water. As you can see it has never beencaught and is in excellent
condition.
You never hear of anglers catching Roach or Perch out of the
Cotton Hall stretch. I was wondering if any body else has caught
many of these species of fish out of this stretch. It would be
nice to know if there are good stocks of river Roach and Perch in
the Dane. Peter Shuff
February
18th 2006
Simon Young
has sent in this photograph of a River Dane
Barbel that he caught. I am not to sure when the catch was made
but it certainly made him smile.