Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Chub Spotting


A few days ago while searching for perch I spotted some big old chub, I didn’t have any chub gear - and it was too tight to chuck a lure at them. But James phoned, when I told him what I was watching he abandoned his carp trip and shot down to meet me...

Forgetting his polaroids! So I was fish spotting and James was putting a bait in their path - full account is on James’ blog, but to cut a long story short he had three including a 6lb 3oz monster! Yesterday I had a couple of hours of daylight and I wanted one - to the river...

They were still there, tight to the submerged trees, and after pulling the bait away from a couple of smaller chub I hit the 5lb 9oz beauty (above). A recapture but I’ll take it as my reward! Fishing on for an hour I lost one of a similar size and landed a bonus barbel!!

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  1. Good fishing that! Maybe I should bring some gear down to London...

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    1. Cheers. Have a look on Google Earth, there is water everywhere here. Not loads of pike that I know of, but there must be some hidden gems. I have managed a double from a canal, stillwater and river inside zone 3 of the tube network - that took some work!

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  2. Pukka chevin mate, it is getting stupid now. Who knows what will happen next.

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    1. Don’t know about you but I’m after a 6.4 or bigger - but we both know they can vanish without a trace!

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