Nearly time!!!

["Earth!" 503]

3 more sleeps and the rivers are open :dance:

 

whos out the first day?

 

what river?

 

targeting what??

 

 

im on the bristol avon, on my own because none of my mates are allowed out to play or dont want to :wankerzo4:

other than a few lob worms and alot of i hope to have a good session and just hope no eels are tempted :secret:

[jasper65 6]

Can't go just yet but setting my sights on "The River Wensum", Heard there is some nice Chub and Barbel in there aswel as a good few other species

[CO CHISE 330]

all been well im out, rather the nidd or ouse, hoping for a chub that'll beat my personal best of 6,2 or a decent barbel, good luck to those who are going, atb

[mackem 27,495]

Theres a guy at work,a very good angler,had some beautiful heavyweight Thames carp,and an enviable tally of big barbel,said he is going to show me a mark for cats in the Thames,I only know of two caught locally,the biggest was the one under Walton bridge which bottomed out the guys scales at 50lb,the other was smaller,guesstimated at 20+lb,I know several guys who have had runs from what they think were Wels,so yes,its a session to see the potential of local catfish.

["Earth!" 503]

Theres a guy at work,a very good angler,had some beautiful heavyweight Thames carp,and an enviable tally of big barbel,said he is going to show me a mark for cats in the Thames,I only know of two caught locally,the biggest was the one under Walton bridge which bottomed out the guys scales at 50lb,the other was smaller,guesstimated at 20+lb,I know several guys who have had runs from what they think were Wels,so yes,its a session to see the potential of local catfish.

 

 

wheres on the thames is that?

never, ever imagined catfish to be in the thames

 

fished it a few years, never heard of them

 

i will tell you a spot where carp excede 30lb on the thames if you share but only by PM :kiss:

[mackem 27,495]

wheres on the thames is that?

never, ever imagined catfish to be in the thames

I live in a ".........on Thames" village,lots of anglers locally know of the cats,I will give you a rough guide,between Kingston and Weybridge,theres also 30+lb Thames carp locally,know guys who have had a credible number.

[WILF 47,588]

I have one paticular fish to tick off my list this year, IMHO the best looking fish that swims and that is a grayling.....Darcy reckons he knows a spot so we will have a little go and also try and bag a barbel or two.

 

Cant wait to get the chestys on and some flowing water.......job done!

["Earth!" 503]

I have one paticular fish to tick off my list this year, IMHO the best looking fish that swims and that is a grayling.....Darcy reckons he knows a spot so we will have a little go and also try and bag a barbel or two.

 

Cant wait to get the chestys on and some flowing water.......job done!

 

where i live are some of,if not the finest chalk streams in britain..

full of grayling. my PB is 2lb 2oz on a fly(bloody butcher)..

[mackem 27,495]

my PB is 2lb 2oz

Nice,beautiful fish to be honest,they have great eyes My biggest was around 3lb?Maybe a tad over

["Earth!" 503]

my PB is 2lb 2oz

Nice,beautiful fish to be honest,they have great eyes My biggest was around 3lb?Maybe a tad over

 

, now you have ruined my glory im telling my dad!

[mackem 27,495]

now you have ruined my glory

If its any consolation I am not as skilfull as you,I was just lucky,I got a decent number of grayling that session,that one was just the icing on the cake

Heres a pic of a Thames cat.

 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rodgilmour/4622777/Britains_biggest_fish_caught_in_Thames/

[f mac 40]

must be a bitch having a close season for course fishing why not come up here for a weekend ,the upper clydes full of barbel ,dace and grayling :thumbs:big pike ,roach about everything .bar carp and chub . there is a carp club with private waters dont know if they do day tickets .no rod license either

[dpb82uk 138]

any river i can get to and hoping to target any fish i like predetor fishing so i gess ill go for pirch eel and chud pike and iv never had a river carp so ill set up a for teem to

["Earth!" 503]

another night collecting bait, didnt get home until gone midnight.

going to spend the day getting the rods made up and tackle ready

[PeakOil 352]

I am fishing a river that flows in to a river, that flows in to a river you might know of. I will do a fortnight of small stream chub / roach stalking with worm and bread while the mayhem on the main river dies down. By the end of June I should be able to get a quiet spot on the main river after the big but wily barbel, chub, bream and carp.