Back to the Wandle for an afternoon that turned into an afternoon & evening. Result: 4 barbel, 1 roach, 1 dace, 1 eel and a crab! Hit the two pound mark with an exactly 2lb barbel (photo above) - they are getting bigger (slowly). Never caught a crab in freshwater before, must be a foreigner, unfortunately the photo didn't come out.
Update: I looked it up and I think the crab was a Chinese Mitten Crab, escaped from a restaurant.
Well done Brian, Looks like your just up a little from that weir, Great catch, And a good veriaty,
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I think thats a relative of the Japanese wooly hat lobster.
ReplyDeletePaddy Pike, Cheers, got it from the weir but I think that's about as big as they get there. I've had a look downstream and saw one about 3-4lb in the shallow water... More exploring required.
ReplyDeletePaulos, My first thought would have been Wooly Hat Lobster but unfortunately I hadn't been drinking. Less than 3 weeks 'til shark fishing :D