I have just returned from fishing Draycote in a boat.
It was midweek and none of my mates could skive a day off , so I went SOLO.
I've done it before and not thought much about the experience.

The fishing was interesting, overcast micro ripple and fish showing. I caught 7 good quality large fish in less than three hours and then the fish went off.
I toured the ressie for the rest of the day and caught another 3.

I was happy with catching fish and I returned them all unharmed but something was missing.
I hadn't spoken to anyone all day, no laughter , no windups.

I spoke to the bailiff when I got back to the dock, he had fished the day before and we talked tactics.

Do you like fishing on your own? Or is it best shared with friends ?

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Do you think you would still have caught 10 fish with a boat partner to disturb your high level of solo concentration.?

Jim

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I like both actually.
I love sharing a day on the bank with my Dad and having a bit of friendly competition with him.
And it's nice to have someone to mull over tactics etc with.

But I also love a day fishing totally to myself, I find it's a bit like meditation.
I'll often glance at my watch thinking only an hour has gone past only to find it's 3 hours!
It's one of the only times when I switch off 100% and think about absolutely nothing at all.
I think a bit of time to yourself is good for the soul.

But having said that, I'll always ring my dad when I get home to talk about my day!


Dan

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In a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing things they hate,
My fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion.

Have to agree with Dan on this one... i love going fishing with our club for competitions and taking my mates to the local small stillwater at Alderneuk near Dumfries, but i absolutely love getting up early and into the car for a day's fishing on my own... usually to be rudely interrupted by a call from the Mrs asking where i am as i was due back at 8 and its now 10pm!!!! lol those are the best days... well, until i get home at least!

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if it was that easy they'd call it catching!

I do most of my fishing on my own. Good time to do a bit of mental "de-fragging".

Almost all of my fishing is on my own. I'll occasionally share a boat and go for the crack but I like my own company and quietly take in my surroundings and watch the wildlife when fishing.

I do both, as my son has got older so the opportunity to go solo is becoming rarer but then I get as much pleasure in him catching as doing it myself.

A

I enjoy fishing off the bank by myself but if someone comes along it doesn't bother me. However I can't bring myself to fish from a boat on my own. I think this is more of a safety issue as my confidence in a boat isn't that good.
Each to his own but what I have found is that fly fishing people are in the majority a decent bunch and always happy to help with hints and tips so sometimes it pays to have company.

I like to do both sometimes i like to be on my own.i do alot of float tubing and its a bit like being on your own even when your mate is over the other side then every hour or so we drift close and have a talk about the tactics and what hes tryed so on.but i like to fish on my own mostly.but it makes a change to get together with mates on the bank some times.

littlephil

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stop buying bottled water we have,nt got enuff to fish in now so stop it get the water companies to do there job and clean the water every where!!!!

depends on the fishing for me...

bait fishing (coarse or sea) could be a bit tedious solo, its the mates, the banter and maybe a couple of beers that make it fun

fly fishing on the other hand I almost always do alone, I get so immersed in it that other people would seem like a distraction. Of course not having any friends that fish a fly makes it compulary anyway The odd occasion I've been out with someone else has been good too though