jamie g 17 Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) went barbel fishing last friday on the teme with my friend i wanted to catch a good size barbel and his best to date is 10lb 3 oz and i no there are fish in there bigger and good chance of getting one. any how he had 1st fish a barbel with a weight of 7 and a half pound. next go was mine and well i didnt get one i still had 2 good size chub. in all a good day out Edited August 24, 2009 by jamie g Quote Link to post
bill88 6 Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 went barbel fishing last friday on the teme with my friend i wanted to catch a good size barbel and his best to date is 10lb 3 oz and i no there are fish in there bigger and good chance of getting one. any how he had 1st fish a barbel with a weight of 7 and a half pound. next go was mine and well i didnt get one i still had 2 good size chub.in all a good day out Nice going Jamie,i fish for barbel and chub on my clubs stretch of the Warwickshire Avon.I know the biggies are in there (15lb+) but its another thing getting them to take a bait. Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,872 Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Cracking fish mate, i'm thinking of a trip out for the barbel Quote Link to post
jamie g 17 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) went barbel fishing last friday on the teme with my friend i wanted to catch a good size barbel and his best to date is 10lb 3 oz and i no there are fish in there bigger and good chance of getting one. any how he had 1st fish a barbel with a weight of 7 and a half pound. next go was mine and well i didnt get one i still had 2 good size chub.in all a good day out Nice going Jamie,i fish for barbel and chub on my clubs stretch of the Warwickshire Avon.I know the biggies are in there (15lb+) but its another thing getting them to take a bait. yes mate there are some massive fish in the avon. what i would say is scale down on the soze of the bait. my mate gave me that advise. early in the season after the fish spawn they are hungry and take big bait. but now some time has gone by he found they perfer smaller baits. shellfish boille does the job well at the moment. they grow up to 15 in the teme but f you want more chance of getting that size then avon and severn are better i guess good time to go when its hard some rain and the river is up Cracking fish mate, i'm thinking of a trip out for the barbel cant beat it mate. you have to wait but when the rod go's the heart starts pounding Edited August 25, 2009 by jamie g Quote Link to post
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