Trent

[NEWSBOY 306]

nice fish rain, barbel long and lean, be nice to meet him later in the year, trent is the best barbel river in britain imo.

[Rain 232]

The barbel were empty no weight to then at all.

It would of gone 12.5 easy if in top condition. Still a very clean fish none the less

[spazzy paddy 127]

Don't get no pics off the river but here's a bream and the biggest barbel of the session and a new pb's with both and like a nob forgot the f****n unhooking mat was fuming with myself

 

Bream was 9.12

 

Barbel Was 11.4

is that

cliffton grove in the back mate used to be my old stomping ground dug all sorts off there lol atb sp ps nice fish.

Edited July 14, 2012 by spazzy paddy

[Rain 232]

It could be haha only bit of slack along there haha

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

Hi

First day and night done only 6 barbel upto 10ib the water is about a meter up it dropped yesterday but is rising today maybe a spot of rain up stream.one more day and night to go, I'll put pics up tomorrow when I get back to the pc,

Tight lines

223

[billybaltic 308]

Look forward to seeing your pic's mate.

[spazzy paddy 127]

It could be haha only bit of slack along there haha

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

First fish of the day

Lol

We ended up with about 20 fish in total with the best au 11 lb 2 oz

The ones below we're the average size from 6lb to 9 1/2 lb

Was a good weekend many came and left as it was well up snd 6 oz struggled to hold,

Cheers

223

[long dogs 580]

Had a good Time with looks of it 223

[NEWSBOY 306]

nice fish mate, where on the stretch did u fish?

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

Hi

Fished peg 1 and 4 on the Smeatons stretch of the Trent,had a good time few fish few beers and great weather,shame it wasnt a foot lower we lost a fair bit of end gear due to debris being washed down river,a few in the day but mostly caught at night,the bottom fish had been bitten by a pike, Daz put some flesh wound ointment on before it was returned,it's not the best stretch but it always produces and has kept us going every year for a long weekend for the last 10 + years,

Atb 224

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

Forgot to add this

The look on my mates face was a picture when I accidentally ran over his bed chair when sorting camp out,lol

223

[billybaltic 308]

Good time, good fish, can it get any better, would of liked to see the pike that grabbed that barbel, it doesn't look like a pike bite, more of a heron stabb, but may have had more detail seeing it in the flesh, (no pun) i would of put that mackeral on a pair of treble's, just incase it was about, nice fish, hope there is not as much water next time, good luck.

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

Cheers billy

We thought it was a herron stab at first but as we turned it over it was both sides and the shape of a big pikes mouth the pic doesn't show it very good ,you could see the lacerations as it pulled free,bet it was a big begger,maybe we should have sacrificed the mackerel lol, going to have another bash when the levels drop a bit, if it ever stops raining,

Atb

 

[buster gonads 862]

I was fishing at the bottom of the lock at Cromwell many years ago when the water board turned up to lift a dead pike out of the water that had been hit by a propeller, they weighed it and it was high 30s if i remember rightly which was over the british river record at the time so pike having a go at big barbel in the Trent aint a supprise.

Edited July 16, 2012 by buster gonads