Friday, 22 March 2019

Species Hunt 2018/19


The challenge was to catch as many species from the local little river as I could during the season. I set an unrealistic target of 20 species and surprised myself just how close I got, especially as I abandoned the challenge as soon as the pike season started!

Relying on experience from the past eight years, a few tip offs from James (rudd & bullhead) and a lot of luck (choach & koi) I managed to land a total of 18 species. And I spotted a couple of tench and a bream - so twenty species was a possibility - next season?

Chub Barbel Perch
Chub Barbel Perch
Roach Dace Gudgeon
Roach Dace Gudgeon
Brown Trout Rudd Goldfish
Brown Trout Rudd Goldfish
Minnow Choach Bullhead
Minnow Choach Bullhead (Net)
Eel Stickleback Common Carp
Eel Stickleback (Net) Common Carp
Mirror Carp Ghost Carp Koi Carp
Mirror Carp Ghost Carp Koi Carp
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10 comments:

  1. Dave Burr22 March 2019 at 09:46

    Good luck!

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    1. Brian22 March 2019 at 09:53

      Cheers, if I can get a bream and a tench fairly early season I’ll go for it. Though the odds on recapturing that choach might be agains me!

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  2. Dave Burr23 March 2019 at 09:42

    There's always the stone loach ;o)

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    1. Brian23 March 2019 at 09:54

      Couldn’t find one, and I put the effort in :-)

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  3. grant harris23 March 2019 at 18:13

    bleak,catfish...goldfish..?

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    1. Brian23 March 2019 at 19:15

      Haven’t seen a bleak in there since the first season I fished it, yeah there’s at least a couple of cats still in there, had a goldfish. Previously seen pike, fan tails, rainbow trout and salmon (also seen by James). And seen photos crucian carp and leather carp... So it’s definitely doable!

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  4. grant harris24 March 2019 at 13:12

    maybe even a few tidal visitors at the mouth?

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    1. Brian24 March 2019 at 17:00

      The only thing I seem to catch down there are eels and crabs. Would love a flounder - never caught one before.

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    2. grant harris28 March 2019 at 20:51

      teddington might be worth a go.there's a video of someone catching bass on lures.

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    3. Brian29 March 2019 at 09:51

      Really should give it a go this summer...

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