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29 August

Chris Plumb

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River Kennet - Thatcham

0915 - 1130

Cool (for August) and overcast. AT 14ºC. River low and clear.

1 Barbel(!!) 👏 3lb 15oz. 5 Chub; a 'pounder' with the rest a ¼ of that - nice to see some juvenile fish in the river. 1 each of Perch (¾lb), Roach, Dace & Gudgeon.

Well, THAT's put a grin on my face! 😀 A couple of hours trotting to use up some maggot that's on the turn having languished in the back of my bait fridge for weeks! A decade or so ago - this was THE venue to get a barbel on the float - in fact my all time most viewed blog entry was of just such a trip back in 2011. My last barbel caught trotting from here was back in Sep 2013 (actually my last barbel of any description from this venue).  There are still some decent chub to be had here and in truth that was my target quarry this morning - and starting off in the weirpool I was soon into a mixed bag of smalluns. I then dropped downstream to fish a swim I had decent chub from back in July - not a sniff of one this time around - but running a float through the glide below produced the barbel - which I suspect had been holding station, mopping up the free offerings. 

First barbel from the Kennet since 2016 (apart from the smalluns I had last Sep at Hambridge)

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newbury imp

Watched "onthebank" and saw barbel in bland lakes for match fisherman and knew it was wrong ,in the Kennet and other rivers is right.

Seems to be a few about this year ,really small ones as well ,I wondered if anyone had released fish but I have caught them in two separate venues and obviously yours is not a stocked fish ,let us hope these new generations are more otter wary.

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Chris Plumb

Agree - don't think they get stocked this big - the small ones (of around 14oz+) I caught last Sep were much more typical of the sized they get stocked at...

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newbury imp

Caught 4 (2 different venues) all about 14 oz and only one 2lb+ but not three lb , stocking is great but was very much hoping that are successfully breeding naturally ,perhaps not.

The smallest fish are funny ,swim towards you until they see the net and I must admit was not sure what they were until they were landed , cross between an alligator gar and a jack pike with pink fins ,still a welcome addition, been sadly missed by .

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