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  1. newbury imp
    Hi Chris ,glad you are fishing the Thatcham stretch behind the "white house" ,it is my favourite haunt for the last couple of years. I knew with your methods you would catch nice chub ,there are huge shoals of roach/bream and perch also and am sure you will catch large perch there. Seen big pike also and caught brownies way bigger than 4.5lb one you caught. Maybe there is enough foot bike traffic to keep the otters away I look forward to your reports on Padworth ,also accessible on the Thatcham tickets. Though this abounds with otters and cormorants.
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    Downstream from where you caught your barbel is :civil service water ,then Thatcham ,then NAA bulls lock section. All have huge quantities of minnows ,so much so that the NAA matches were cancelled there as they became ""minnow matches". These minnows mean there are some very large fish there ,pike/perch/chub/barbel/grayling/bream ,etc.................plus very scenic and some wonderful swims. With a NAA permit you could exchange in Tonys and fish the civil service stretch ,warning it is hard................good luck wherever you choose to fish
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    What a fish well done ,venue has barbel history but so reassuring to hear of a fish of that quality. Be hard to go back to willows fishpond and catch a mutant goldfish for the ninth time after that !
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    Fished Bellwood when I was in NAA ,caught a few bream ,fishing light where people had been spoding previously and a few carp on pellets by the aerators ,was a few fun fish washed in from the Kennet A rule was applied apparently ,so much weight of fish per acre or hectare is recommend ,just say 30lb per acre ,so 1x30lb ,or 30x1lb so they stocked with big fish like "Boris" 30+lb and a few big mates ,so more a water to camp at lol ,not for me. tis not like willows
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    25 July

    newbury imp commented on Chris Plumb's blog entry in Chris Plumb's Blog

    Great read thank you.........fished this venue ,first day of the season ,very poor ,though very scenic I find these secluded/isolated venues the worst effected on the Kennet from predators. Venues like behind the old "white house" pub are busy ,bright ,noisy......and full of fish
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    Fished a deep clear lake last week ,my first outing this year ,no bites But a carp was caught on the adjacent shallower lake..........so carp fishing or F1 fishing or nothing ,some canals still open ,great tench btw
  7. newbury imp
    Loved your humour with the humble F1 and share your problem with the "dilemma". Unfortunately the sparkling carpark ,manicured swims ,dug out puddle ,tame fish ,artificial baits (boilies) are just a bit much for me. Perhaps fishing seems to have moved on and I haven't lol. Great read btw
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    Tremendous rainbow ,very strong generally ,whether or not they should be there is debatable ,the Kennet though never prolific for me ,still has the surprise fish element ,caught a weird fish , trout like but silver ,I had a picture and a flyfisher told me it was a triploid. Worst feeling in fishing for me losing one ,without knowing what it was.........because of this I fish thicker lines than most.
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    The gene thing sounds scary as the gene will be in the food chain ,kill as many as I can but only the larger ones get caught by anglers and trappers as you suggest ,had hoped the otters would adapt to eat the crays but have not seen any evidence.
  10. newbury imp
    Sometimes I think we are fishing different River Kennets with your great chub catches but the crayfish story reassures me "same river"................ I have found, smellier the bait =more crays alternatively ,boil and prepare ,marinate in lemon juice and salad cream in the fridge overnight ,allow to warm to room temp ,add tomato and cucumber ,season to choice.
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    2lb 15oz wat a fish ! ,gave up trying to predict the grayling and don't target them and they turn up randomly in some bizarre places and swims ,saw one amongst 20 brownies at Dunmill bridge ,caught several CSAS stretch Hambridge and a beauty right by Bulls lock ,Colthrop has plenty ,rightly or wrongly I had assumed the majority were native fish who lived in the Kennet/Lambourne seeking shallows to spawn in or around july ,like brownies although different family .
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    My biggest grayling came from Brimpton NAA ,2lb 2oz from a undercut bank a,couple of years ago and I would be confident that was not a stocked fish but east of the Aldershot gets some really dirty water caused by the barges ,which apparently is not good for the splendid grayling ,so i do not expect them to thrive. Plus I haven't caught any small ones. Happy to be wrong though.
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    So pleased you fished Aldermaston ,always wondered why not more often ,as always thought where your photo was taken would fish well trotting for chub and thought I always underachieved ,never caught a grayling that far east but did catch gudgeon ,trout ,perch ,roach , bream (large) and very small chub but like a lot of the Kennet ,looks better than it fishes (for me).
  14. newbury imp
    Yeh was a bit crass , barbel chub dace minnow grayling roach perch gudgeon bream bleak......conger mackerel dogfish ,undulate/thornback/small eyed , all rays. Venues Kennet Canal Solent....sorry .Did see a water vole for the first time ,the cutest
  15. newbury imp
    69lb... mazin well done, readily concede that I catch lower weights and do not target specific species very often but I fished three venues in four days this week and caught 16 different species but it was splendid fun.
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