ALL HEAD & SHOULDERS – by Dr Bruno Broughton

To judge by its looks, a chub could never be accused of being dainty or timid. Its streamlined body is almost incidental in contrast to its thickset head, large mouth, blunt snout and broad shoulders. A small chub can be differentiated from a dace by its convex dorsal fin; in dace, the fin is concave (hence the phrase ‘curved chub, dented dace’). The flanks of a chub have a definite cross-hatched appearance because of the black edges to its scales.

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Small and medium-sized chub group into large shoals, and their typical haunts are the middle reaches of well-oxygenated rivers. Large fish – often female – are much more solitary, and they usually take up residence near suitable cover, such as overhanging bushes, submerged tree roots or dense weedbeds.

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Chub will consume almost anything edible – aquatic plants, shrimps and other crustaceans, worms, insects (both underwater and from the surface), freshwater snails, etc. – and they will even tackle frogs, voles and crayfish. If you want to try out new or unusual baits, test them on chub! The largest chub often prey heavily on other fish, and deadbaiting or spinning are very successful if little-used tactics for specimen chub.

Knobbly males
Before spawning, male chub develop small, knobbly tubercles around their heads. Spawning occurs amidst weedbeds in fast-flowing water when the temperature rises above 12°C, usually during May or June. The light yellow eggs stick to water plants, stones and gravel, and they take about a week to hatch.
Although chub adapt well to life in lakes and ponds into which they may be stocked, they cannot spawn successfully in still water. A l0lb+ chub has yet to be recorded in Britain, but fish of 161b and more have been reported from central Europe.

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Chub Large L Fishing Jacket Carp Fishing Coat
Gardner Tackle Target Line Stops - Carp Tench Barbel Bream Chub Coarse Fishing
New Chub Vantage Quilted Body Warmer Carp Fishing L XL XXL XXXL RRP £59.99
Used Chub Air Dry Bag Large With Small Bag Attached For Hook Baits
Heat Shrink Tube All Sizes Terminal tackle Carp Fishing End Tackle
Chub Vantage Fleece Jacket Green Size Large Carp Fishing
Gardner Tackle Hardball Bait Saver - Carp Bream Tench Barbel Chub Coarse Fishing
A large (6 gram) JRB traditional style handmade Chubber float.
ENTERPRISE TACKLE LARGE POP UP RED MAGGOT (16) HAIR RIG CARP/TENCH/CHUB/BARBEL
Thinking Anglers Noodle Kickers Carp Fishing Kickers - All Colours and Sizes
Westin HD Split Ring Pliers - Pike Perch Bass Chub Trout Salmon Lure Sea Fishing
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