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2 January (Part 2)

Chris Plumb

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River Kennet - Hambridge

1330 - 1500

Bright and sunny. AT 6ºC. River bank high - with a lot less colour than I expected to see after such a wet weekend.

2 Chub: 6lb 5oz & 4lb 13oz. 2 Perch: 3lb 6oz & 2lb 6oz. 4 Roach, 1 Dace - all fairly small. 1 Gudgeon.

WOW! Gotta love a good flood swim! Having fished out the Lambourn I thought I'd at least have a look at the Kennet - expecting to see it coloured up and flooded. And whilst it was bank high there was surprisingly little colour - so couldn't resist dropping into a favourite swim when the river is in flood. Even so didn't quite expect what was to follow - especially after a first ¼hr that was biteless. First up was the 2lb perch - sort of what I was expecting/hoping for as they seem to show here when the river is up. I certainly wasn't expecting another at a whole lb heavier which was pretty much next trot through - and a season's best too boot! I'd just put that back when the very next cast produced the big chub - a very stubborn fight - took an age to get in - in fact at one stage I thought I'd foul hooked a big bream as I couldn't budge it off the bottom! As soon as it was in the net I knew it was a 6lber - in fact I was even harbouring thoughts of a new pb - but the needle was a couple of ounces shy of that mark! The silvers and the gudgeon were next up and I was just about to quit while I was ahead when another fat chub decided to put in an appearance - 2 chub for a combined weight of 11lb 2oz - not bad eh?😉

I've fished this stretch for 41 years and in the space of 10 mins caught my venue best chub (only my 2nd ever 6lber from here) AND  my biggest ever perch from the venue - wow!

Chub 6lb 5oz.jpg

Perch 3lb 6oz.jpg

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Bayleaf the Gardener

Amazing. Just to think: off the gudgeon mark this early in the year made it a memorable trip, I'm sure. But Chris, pretty poor on the roach/dace front...🤪

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Yeah a real red letter day. I do wonder where the Perch hide at other times - sulking under the branches a 'spose. Not the first time I've had a brace of decent stripeys here when it's flooded up - had a similar return 3 years ago.

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Just checked back through my diaries to confirm that was my first ever 3lb stripey from Hambridge - lovely colouration but quite an old and tatty looking fish - I photographed its good side - signs of a pike attack on its other flank!

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