{"id":2115,"date":"2019-02-18T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2019-02-19T16:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T16:45:28","slug":"coaching-on-a-winter-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Coaching On A Winter Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I had a really nice coaching day on the Oxford Canal with Paul the other day. After such a cold snap it fished surprisingly well, although the bites were very shy at times.<\/p>\n

We fished a mixture of baits to get the most out of the day. Kicking off on bread at 4m Paul had a small hybrid on his very first cast. A few dumpy little roach followed before trying his chopped worm swim. Roach and perch were on this line immediately and a tiny piece of worm was definitely best. He also managed a couple on caster over the top, which is a bait he hadn\u2019t used too often.<\/p>\n

All the while he was carefully priming a swim at the base of the far shelf, regularly loose feeding a pinch of squatts over Dynamite Frenzied Hemp Match Black groundbait. He was soon into small roach on this line with a flouro pinkie being best on the hook. After a few boats had passed the fish increased in size and gave him a nice run of bites before the end.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t resist setting my tackle up as well! My bread fish were half the size of Paul\u2019s and my squatt swim was surprisingly quiet, but I did manage a cracking roach down the middle on caster. It was worth setting up just for that one nice fish!<\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed the day and I\u2019m sure Paul went away with plenty of tips and tricks for his next canal outing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great time of year to target the canals, so if anyone else fancies a session, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch!<\/p>\n\n\t\t