January 2010.

Sorry for updating much information recently.

I have to admit my motivation has been a little lacking recently. Mainly due to the weather and poor catches from the matches I have fished. (Not really worth writing about)

I have completed fishing in the Mid Cheshire winter league for Warrington. These matches had a good atmosphere with good anglers, however I did not personally enjoy the fishing very much. I must admit I did struggle on most occassions and did not do very well in my section on all the matches. I was disappointed that I did not do well for the team.

This has lead me to have a bit of a re-think about what direction I want my fishing to take. I am thinking more and more about going back to commerical fisheries and fishing more as an individual, where I want and when I want. As part of this I have registered for 3 Fish O mania tickets on Tunnel Barn Farm, Larford Lakes and Partridge, hopefully this will give me extra motivation to do well. Once the winter leagues are over I will take stock and start to apply myself more to consistent fishing.

I really enjoy catching fish from a canal or river because thats how I learnt to fish when I was younger. However I am becoming more and more upset by the attitude of the minority of the public who think we have no right to be fishing on a canal or river bank when they are either walking, boating, cycling etc. At least on a commerical fishery your tackle would be safe and you can relax whilst fishing instead of worrying about anyone damaging your pole or complaining about blocking footpaths. I think I have noticed this more as its only been over the past 12 months that I have been back fishing canals and rivers on a regular basis.

Anyway as I say it is the minority who seem to want to spoil it for the others as with everything else in society. The majority of people you come across whilst fishing are polite, friendly and patient.

My next post will be more positive and concentrate on actual fishing. HA.