Saturday, 14 October 2023

Finposters


Had to use up the remaining maggots from The Itchen - only one thing for it - an afternoon on the Small River chasing gudgeon - and I caught loads! Probably 30+, so I thought I'd have a mini species hunt. Eight species including 2 ultra-rare perch and 12 mini-barbel...

Dace Perch
Roach Rudd
Chub Minnow
Gudgeon Barbel
...Cracking afternoon!

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  1. Small fish are often better looking than their older relatives, the barbel are sublime but mini pike rule.

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    1. Those baby barbel look great - and you don’t get to see them very often (on most rivers). Let’s hope I can add a few photos of some mini-pike - and hopefully some big ones as well!

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    2. Completely agree with that. Mini pike are the best.

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    3. Agreed. And until I catch some more, I’ve got a few here: www.pikeblog.com/2018/10/micro-pike.html

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  2. My elder brother's first pike was about six inches long. A perfect mini=pike. His second ever pike was 20 lb's plus which grabbed a small chub he'd hooked and didn't let go.

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    1. That’s the way to progress! Been a long time since I’ve had a twenty… Maybe his season?!?

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  3. Great stuff! A baby barbel is about the only thing haven't caught on the float from my local rivers.

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    1. You don’t see baby barbel on most rivers - they seem to appear when they’re three or four pounds - don’t know why. But beautiful little fish.

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    1. Beauties - plus they all count on my barbel total :-)

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  5. I was getting loads early on using maggots and a fair few even took pellets and small dumbbells.

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    1. There is a lot in there - good news for the future - but I think the average size is getting smaller - hope some grow on to the size we want!

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  6. Always nice to see little fish prospering!

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    1. Sometimes it nice to leave the specimen hunting and just get a bunch of fish…

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    1. Love this type of fishing once in a while!

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