Wednesday 20 June 2018

Small River Fish


It’s not all about big fish for me. So armed with the stick ‘n’ pin, the bare minimum of kit and a pint of maggots I set of for an afternoon wander - let’s see how many species of river fish I could catch...


I had 10 perch (pretty rare on this river)...


Two mini-barbel (good news for the future)...


Loads of chub and chublets...


Four dace...


Three roach...


And 4 gudgeon...

A total of 7 species (I forgot to photograph a minnow), perfect way to waste an afternoon in the summer sunshine!

8 comments:

  1. Brian, always nice to see a post from the likeminded πŸ‘Œ

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    1. Can’t beat a wander with no real expectations. I’ll be doing a few more over the summer...

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  2. Agreed Mick, always nice to see the babies coming through, after all without those there is no future!

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    1. Indeed James, I might do similar down this little tributary I’m fishing if I get a couple of hours window tomorrow. Maggots always seems the best bait to find what’s species are about.

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    2. Yeah maggots seem to find fish quickly. Can’t beat a bit of exploring.

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  3. A great way to spend a few hours.

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    1. How fishing used to be when all of us were kids...

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