Tuesday 17 April 2012

10/04/2012 - Humbie Quarry

Time - 1500 - 1900
Where - Main accessible mark
Water - Normal
Weather - Had been raining and windy elsewhere but fine
Methods - Dead bait, maggots/swim feeder, perch lure & worm under a float
Total - 0

A second visit to Humbie and a longer and more concerted effort produced just as many fish as the first visit, a resounding and absolute zero. No signs of fish and no bites or interest. It still looks fishy enough though. Once one fish falls, more will surely follow. Another time...

2 comments:

  1. We fished Humbie Quarry and Reservoir nearly 50 years ago. The quarry had big roach and a few large pike. The reservoir had large schools of roach and you could fish from man made stances or from the dam in the evening. I revisited the quarry a few years ago and it appeared almost fully drained, which cant have helped the stocks. The reservoir is a trout fishery and no doubt the roach have been netted to extinction as they did the monster roach in my local River Tyne at East Linton. There's also a pond in Kirkliston which is connected by the same stream that flows by Paddy Higgins Pond, through the reservoir befor joining the Kirkliston pond. I tried this pond many years ago but saw no sign of fish.

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  2. Thanks for your comments. All info appreciated.

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