Quarry lake

[oscar_grouch]

Just come back from quarry lake on wyreside. I had a 19 lb common and a 14lb mirror, and loads of tench upto 7 lb. Thanks to "carpologist" for a bit of advice it helped loads. And thanks to Julian for his feature on back to basics, it made me realise that maybe i was not being quiet enough.
Pics to follow.
Oscar

[shaun]

Originally Posted by oscar_grouch

Just come back from quarry lake on wyreside. I had a 19 lb common and a 14lb mirror, and loads of tench upto 7 lb. Thanks to "carpologist" for a bit of advice it helped loads. And thanks to Julian for his feature on back to basics, it made me realise that maybe i was not being quiet enough.
Pics to follow.
Oscar

well done oscar, nice one.

where abouts did you fish on quarry mate? and what bait did you pick them up on

[Julian Grattidge]

Excellent result Oscar,

Look forward to seeing the pictures.

[oscar_grouch]

thanks fella's.
I was fishing peg three, as i could reach the gavel bar to the right (where carpologist suggested) and the reeds to the left,.The common came from the bar on a 12mm dynamite halibut frozen boilie in a pva bag with about 10 freebies. The mirror came from the reeds, i put the whole rig in a large pva bag full of maggots and maize and cast the bag about six inches into the reeds.The tench were caught on maize from a few areas around the reeds.
I usually use nrg boilies but could'nt get any, so i tried dynamite marine halibut, they appear to be ok.

[oscar_grouch]

Here as promised is the photo of the common i caught at quarry lake, wyreside. Sorry im not holding it, but i was on a totally deserted lake!

If anybody has any suggestions with regards to photography on your own, i'd be pleased to hear it.

Oscar

[TheDoctor46]

Me too oscar i always seem to catch when im on my own and no-one is around to take a picture for me.

[Julian Grattidge]

Quality, nice looking fish!

SELF TAKE PHOTOGRAPHY

A camera that takes a bubble release (screw thread on photo button),
and has a thread underneath too, for use with tripod.

Gold Label do a camera adaptor, which has a universal joint, which
attaches by thread to a bankstick (or tripod) and screwes into the
bottom of your camera also.

A bubble release system, which is basically a long roll of cable with
a bubble at one end and a screw thread the other. Screw the thread
onto your camera button (or you can buy a frame system from Jessops,
if yours hasn't got one), and when you put pressure on the bubble a small
rod is activated, thus taking a photo.

For the best results, put your unhooking mat on the ground with a bankstick
behind it centrally. Fill the frame of the camers, focus on the bankstick,
set your camera to Manual Focus now, as the focal range is set.

Now put the bankstick on the floor, behind your mat (remember the fish
will need to be above the bankstick, because thats your focus point).
Have the bubble release situated where it can be easily depressed by
your foot.

Get fish out of sack, place on mat, depress bubble release as required .
. . . great pictures guaranteed every time.

Hope you can follow all that

[LeAtHeR CaRp]

my camera is an olympus camedia c-310, it has a tripod but not a bubble release system (i don't think) so how can i adapt it to take self take photos?. would it be that frame system thingy???

cheers

Will.

Yep - Jessops sell them, I used to have one for my
old Canon EOS's, as they didn't have the screw fitting.

Basically, the frame which is a rod which attaches to
the screw fitting on the bottom of your camera and has
a small thread which moves up and down the rod, you
tighten this piece up so the bubble release is exactly
above your 'photo button', so when you depress the
bubble a small rod shoots out & presses the button.

Sounds complicated, but is quite simple, just a bit of
practice required.

Have done all my own picis myeslf so far this year,
and all perfectly framed in focus! Just don't ask me to
show you them

[LeAtHeR CaRp]

cheers mate