 Fishing isn’t what it used to be…
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In reply to Post #13
Guess I’m lucky
Not half!
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In reply to Post #12
Rivers will be the final castle.
I think this is SO true
Really hard work and you need to be secret squirrel.....more so now than ever..
...and pre bait😉
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As others said its there if you are lucky and look hard enough.
I just stumbled back across a small lake that I fished for Perch 50 years ago, I recently discovered it was secretly stocked with carp 30 years ago. Some of these fish are now mid 30’s but are rarely fished for as very few members and majority don’t fish for the carp.
My other two syndicates are very well run, one of them is hardly any different to fishing Waveney Valley back in the early 80’s, the other is large low stock private parkland lake where you rarely see more than 3 or 4 other anglers, even though the fish go to upper 40.
Both waters don’t allow bait boats which helps.
Guess I’m lucky
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In reply to Post #1
I think the problem is people are wanting something from 20 year ago whilst surrounded by those who are immersed in the present day.
You can still find it, you're just fishing the wrong places.
Rivers will be the final castle. Miles of the unknown, usually run by cheap club waters where you can do as you please (within reason)
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The world changes - mobile phones, information, innovation and attitudes. If you took up fishing more than 50 years ago you would have started at a day ticket Hooking perch deep throat and asking the man next door to unhook. For a good couple of decades carp fishing has been entry level because the world and information mean people want big from the word go - that’s not a fishing problem.
Looking back to the glory days - we rarely caught and would spend days camping for the odd double or occasionally a 20. These days I can get my fix by daytime angling and back home for dinner. I almost admire the 48 hour crew, that they still get that buzz at 2am for fish that aren’t gonna rock the world, fair play - I don’t do nights anymore because the alternative is better - my house, my family and my bed.
Carp fishing used to be a badge of honour, I now cringe when my Mrs introduces me to someone at work who ‘carp fishes too and has one of those boats that takes the hook out’. I cringe at the word pond, bosh, and the under the willow cast has become 4 and a quarter wraps.
But and this is the rub, it’s a hobby, enjoyable sometimes a bit addictive, you always lose more times than you win and if you sat outdoors making tea and enjoying all the countryside has to offer without rods you’d be a pervert. I take so much gear and wonder how we ever used to manage pre barrows - but the reason that I can’t carry my stuff anymore is more down to fishery rules regards mats and slings rather than a pull out sofa bed that weighs more than a mini metro.
Fishing is unlike anything else I know - and f you don’t go because you want to, why? To fill up social media? To have more than the other people? To get out of the house?
The best thing about most of our fishing - is that it’s a hobby, enjoyment and relaxation - I often cut short a session by just thinking, would I rather be somewhere else? Would I rather be doing something different - if the answer is yes I go, no longer staying and thinking that endurance is the answer - life’s too short - it’s just a stinking fat fish.
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In reply to Post #9
Thanks mate......I'm glad you got what I was trying to convey 👍
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In reply to Post #8
I am doing it the way that resonates with what I want from the sport….no more and no less😎
And it doesn't get better than that bud. Spot on
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In reply to Post #1
I caught my first carp in 1972 and began setting out my stall for them specifically by 1976…so yeah, 2026 carping is a tad different to back then.
Tactics have changed dramatically but it is down to the individual to select an approach that suits them and what they want out of the sport. And, as you say, there’s no point in complaining about it, just adapt and fish the waters and style that appeals to you.
I would never go near a day ticket water, I just fish quieter club waters and potter about, minding my own business, fishing in the edge mainly, trying to stay noiseless and stealthy, happy enough with my 15-year-old rods, 25-year-old bed-chair and an open brolly…not that different to 1976 intrinsically. I’ll never catch a monster or set the world alight but I am doing it the way that resonates with what I want from the sport….no more and no less😎
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In reply to Post #5
Just don't get pissed up. It's fishing, go to the pub for drinking.
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In reply to Post #5
I'd sooner get left behind than resort to that nonsense.
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Each to their own isn't as long as you're not hurting anybody.
And there will always be the next thing, bit or add-on.
I know a bloke (No Names), nice fella tbh, he's been bitten bad with it all. Anyway he uses those underwater cameras and films it. Got night vision (Infra). Anyway and this is the really clever bit. His mate coded/developed him a secondary camera that looks at the Fish Cam screen and sets off an alarm when a fish moves in before the hopefully oncoming bite. Was fed up getting takes in the middle of the night and missing them cos asleep.
Yep embrace the technology or get left behind innitt Bruvs.
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In reply to Post #3
Absolutely definitely not for the better... i do most of my fishing in the week while it's relatively quiet.
Carp fishing in the UK just isn't as exciting anymore unfortunately
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In reply to Post #1
You can still find places that take you back 20 or 30 years if you're lucky enough and know where to look. Most of them are kept pretty quiet for obvious reasons, but they're still out there for anglers who appreciate that old-school style of fishing. That said, they're becoming increasingly difficult to find.
These days, around 90% of my fishing is done in Europe, purely because it still gives me that feeling of the good old days. It costs more, but for me it's worth every penny. Having hundreds of acres of water virtually to yourself, rather than sharing it with 50 other anglers, is something you simply can't put a price on.
Times have definitely changed, but in my opinion, not for the better.
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What do people expect?! To stay, fixed in a time warp. Not move with the times. People complaining, “back 20 year ago…” heck, even 10 year ago things have moved on.
Ive just seen the OMC hand toastie thing. It made me laugh as I know that will rattle a few, if not more. Is it another money-making spin-off product? Of course it is. Isn’t every new product in the last 10 or so years?!
Just move with the times, laugh at the sh!t that is clearly, sh!t and accept fishing isn’t what it once was. Now go get your bait boat out, miniature 3 inch scope rod and silky smooth boom material and catch some fish.
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