Barbel number 1,500 - not a monster - but on floating crust on an afternoon when they were reluctant to come up for it.
A beautiful 4lb 3oz chub - my first over the four pound mark of the season - but I did see his big brother.
A 6lb 11oz barbel - who beached himself when I released him - had to take my shoes & socks off and wade across to free him!
And a recapture of the fat barbel - at 10lb 7oz she's lost almost half a pound - spawn bound? mutant? greedy? Still fought like stink!!
Right, must be time to track down a Thames barbel...
Milestones
| • Barbel #1500 | - July 2023 | |
| • Barbel #1000 | - December 2020 | |
| • Barbel #500 | - October 2017 | |
| • Barbel #1 | - September 2010 |
Well done Brian. What a 13 years! Will get my number one from that river this year.
ReplyDeleteCheers Adam. They are there waiting for you, let me know when you are heading down there - good to see you are still fishing (haven’t seen any blog updates for a while).
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