I just got the World fishing network channel on cable. costs $1.49 per month or less than $20.00 per year.
They have 24/7 fishing shows from bass to musky to trout to carp and all kinds of Saltwater shows . Shows from all corners of the world.
They have a show from Britian that features a Square man made lake where you have to pay to fish. The announcer said that you have to book weeks in advance to get a days fishing. Some ponds are up to $600 US dollars per day. The anglers use fishing poles up to 52 feet long. These hollow graphite poles come in several sections. The first tip section of the pole is Hollow and had a long elastic like surgical tubing in the end section. You tie a leader to the tubing and extend the pole out into the pond. It floats and when you get a bite you drag the pole toward you removing sections as you go till the last two sections are used to bring the fish( mostly carp )into the net. The surgical tubing fights the fish and tires it out plus acts as a shock absorber so the fish doesn’t get off. They fish for a top prize of $25,000 US. Biggest fish of the day gets $2,500 . There are about 20 contestants and easily 3,000 - 4,000 spectators. The favorite anglers have their own rooting sections and quite avid fans. Fish are kept in holding nets and every hour or so a horn sounds, the fish get weighed then released. at the end of 8 hours fishing the overall winner wiith the highest weight count is declared. All day long contestants fling a ground bait out to get the fish to mill around in front of their fishing stand. all of this fishing is done while sitting on a chair , The fisherman never gets to his feet from the start of the contest till the end of it. They spend most of their time with small slingshots shooting bait out near the end of their rods. Most contestants have three or four 20 gallon bucket full of chum/bait mixture at hand. Some fling handfulls of bait at a time. The last contest I watched came from Hayfield Lake. ( Manmade ) In South Yorkshire England. The contest is called Fish Mania.
I am not making this up, but one of the 18 anglers in this particular match was a Michael Flannigan. He came in 16th out of 18. He was a young lad with flaming red hair. :shock: No he didn’t fish from a tooob.
We have a local angler that uses that same method of fishing, but the rod he uses is only 37 feet long. It seems like this technique of fishing would only be worth it if you were fishing in extremely close quarters or in heavy brush. Other than that, it seems ungainly especially since the angler has to disassemble the rod to land a fish. That being said, I’ve fished places in the Everglades where this technique would have been terrific for getting to small holes and pockets in the Hydrilla, especially if you used a nice big shinner for bait.
16 metres is 52.4934 feet , so the pole is actually longer than 52 feet long. I rest my case. How could you ever doubt me?
The water they are fishin in is open water no trees or snags or weeds involved in the man made lake. It is dapping like we used to do with those 12 foot bamboo rods they used to sell in Woolworths when I was a kid. They throw pounds and pounds of stuff in the water which is not allowed in BC so it could never catch on here.
The ease whith each section comes apart and the fact that the long poles float makes it possible for the extreme length. They pull the pole straight toward themselves removing each section in turn till the pole they are fishing with is about 12 feet long. Then a net with a 10 foot handle on it is used to bring in the fish. These poles and equipment are in common use in Europe.
As my signature says You can’t make this stuff up. :mrgreen:
GnuBee;
I believe you, no sweat! Just the fact, that “A Flannigan” is involved in such idiocy makes this all believable! This “competitor”, Flanngian… if he wasn’t eating peanut butter fudge and wearing an “Ohio State” sweat shirt while fishing pretty well rules out OUR pet Mikey.
You mentioned, too, “Each angler has his own rooting section”!? If it were also, our pet Mikey there would have been scantily clad cheerleaders, in his section, wiping sweat off his brow and cutting up his fudge pieces for him as he fished.
Are you suggesting Mikey would use his peanut butter fudge for CHUMMING ??
Roger -
I knew you weren’t making that stuff up. Even you would be stretching to come up with a story about a 16 meter fishing ( dapping ) pole.
I am a bit curious, though. Some guys were talking about shooting golf the other day, and one of them mentioned shooting par. As I understood the conversation, the pars are generally found in the same places as the golfs. But these guys seemed to think shooting pars was a bigger deal than just getting the golfs. They also talked about birdies and eagles. The birdies came as no big surprise - but SHOOTING eagles ???
Can you enlighten us on the part of the hunting traditions that surround shooting pars ??
James, the point of this technique is speed, you will land fish faster on this method than with any other I can think of (except maybe a trawling net, lol) and considering the kind of prize money these competitions can carry, speed is a big plus
Pars, hmmmmm, well I suppose you read my piece on shooting golfs and the conclusion I came to about it being a stupid sport? I quit after that first time without even coming within shouting distance of par. I did see some birdies but they were too small for the pot. However, on the way home, I did stop at a Pro shop because I heard that they advocate pars. I purchased a par, the golf pro said it was all par 4 at the golf meadow where we were. My wife has now learned how to par broil. I find the taste of par a bit to average for my liking. The par we got at that par 4 place was just too big and old for successful par broiling we found. This left me thinking that if we got an immature one say a #3 it would have been better than making that par 4. Yep a brace of #3s would have made you come out ahead a winner at that Par 4 place.
As for shooting Eagles it goes totally against the grain. Anyone who would shoot at Scout troop leaders is an extreme sicko and I am against it. Smack em on the forehead with a wet noodle if they get sassy but thats about it, I always sometimes almost never say, et al.
In the defence of some of those english Carp Boys I have to say that two of them were using spinning gear and regular bait. In fact the fellow who came in second was using a 10 ft browning spinning rod. I also noticed he was casting into the chum slick that the person on either side of him was flinging out.
As for it being sick. I have to say that all fish are released and thousands of people were having a lot of fun watching. There were families having picnics all around. Music was playing barbeques were in full force and no one got hurt not even the carp. Is that better or worst than catching a fish on fly gear. In my opinion it isn’t.
Now Bass tournaments where the object is to get a bass quickly into the boat, playing it the least possible time, using over sized braided line so you can yank them out of the water without using a net. Plus using two or more ganged triple hooks that are yanked out of the fish with the least possible care Is not quite Ok by me.
There is nothing wrong with Regular bass fishing. Whether you keep them or release fish matters not to me either.
I have competed in Derbys for cash in the past and now regret it. I think it brings out the worst in people. I believe if you are holding a derby with “Hidden Weight prizes” you should at least have in your advertising the fact that the hidden weights are all over a certain size. This rule would prevent greedy people from killing tiny little minnows just in case.
Quote;Most contestants have three or four 20 gallon bucket full of chum/bait mixture at hand. Some fling handfulls of bait at a time." End Quote.
Seventy Two Buckets Of Chum flying through the air? WOW!
Doug
In Taiwan we went to several “restaurants” featuring concrete swimming pools and stocked shrimp. Pay by the hour for a fshing rod and bait two tiny hooks with dried shrimp or chicken liver. Catch two at a time and you get a free beer.
The pool sharks showed up with custom rods in hard cases…
They cooked your catch to your specifications either by broiling or hidden in the kitchen out back. It was mostly very good.
The young ladies selling matches late at night is a whole 'nuther thang!
art
Point well taken. Obviously the local angler that I know has not mastered the technique of landing the fish quickly. That being said, I knew there had to be a reason for these rods to be developed and used, especially in countries where fishing pressure is so much greater that most places here in the U.S. Do you happen to know of any web sites that we could learn more about this technique of fishing?
thats crazy. would hate to maneuver that thing around trees on the way to the stream.
lol. plus it would take forever to put it together and then catch a fish and take it apart. then put it back together and take it down, etc. whatever floats your boat I guess.
It comes in sections carried in a long carry bag about 8 feet long. The sections come apart and go together quickly , you can assemble it or take it apart in less time than it takes to string a flyrod. As you project it out in front of you, you just add a section at a time. The same in reverse when bringing in a fish. You only really fish with the first two sections. The other sections are just for poking it out farther and farther into the pond till the end is 52 feet away from you. They are used in pay for fishing ponds and lakes that basicly have no trees in the way. It is actually quicker to bring in a fish with one than a conventional rod would take to bring in the same fish 50ft from shore. The elastic band ( about 10 feet or so long ) does a lot of the work tiring out the fish. Its not my cup of tea but it is a huge thing in Europe generating huge crowds and large cash prizes. They would be unusable on any body of water where there was even the slightest current. The carp they are fishing for spend their lives getting fat on the huge amount of bait flung at them every day. It is like fishing for hatchery fish in the hatchery. North americans scoff at such an idea but Europeans see it as a great way to fish. Go figure.
Think of it this way ; You are standing on the shore of the hatchery, no obsticles in your way. Your graphite pole is 52 foot long the end of it is 52 feet out in the water it doesn’t sink because of floatation in its hollow core. You get a fish on, You pull the pole hand over hand till the last 10 feet is reached. You quickly seperate this section of the pole and the 42 foot part is no longer in play. the ten foot part is now your rod. It is hollow with about 6 - 8 feet of surgical elastic in the hollow part. The elastic is attached to your 5 foot leader which is attached to the 3 foot tippet . The elastic is keeping the carp from getting a really solid yank that would break your line. You with the aid of the elastic is tiring the Carp very quickly. when its ready you use a net with a 12 foot handle to capture it .
