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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 0715 - 1115 Bright and sunny. 12º-18ºC. River carrying quite a bit of colour (height of the boating season on the K&A ) 5 Barbel - largest 5lb 9oz, smallest 3lb 6oz, 5 Chub - best 2lb, 2 roach, 2 dace. A pleasant morning's trotting - 4 of the barbel came in the last hour from a swim vacated by another angler who had caught nowt on the lead (he was using corn/meat)!
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1830 - 2330 Overcast quite breezy with a couple of very light showers. Min 15ºC. River low. 3 Barbel; 7lb 1oz, 4lb 10oz, 4lb 1oz, 1 Chub 2½lb A pleasant evening by the river - chub caught early in session - all barbel caught after 2200. Ledgered 14mm halibuts - as per usual!
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1830 - 2330 Overcast with a few light showers. 17ºC. River low quite clear and little weed growth (much less than last year) 2 Barbel: 8lb 10oz, 4¼lb First trip of the year to my Barn Owl swim - and was lucky enough to have this graceful bird grant me some fleeting glimpses!! Biggest fish just as it was dark - at around 2230.
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River Kennet - Nr Newbury 1830 - 2300 Clear and frosty. AT 5º -> 0ºC. WT 49ºF. River up a couple of inches - with little debris. 1 Barbel 5lb 8oz, 1 Chub 3lb 3oz. Chilly evening, though fishing under the tree kept the frost off. Chub 1st cast, Barbel at 2100.
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River Kennet - Thatcham 1300 - 1500 Bright and Breezy. 17ºC. River at normal levels carrying some debris. 2 Barbel (5lb 2oz, 3lb 4oz), 10 Chub - all between 10oz - 1¾lb, 1 Brown Trout 1lb 10oz. Cracking little trotting session. All fish on double red maggot.
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River Kennet - Newbury 1815 - 2315 Overcast and mild - 13ºC. WT 53ºF. River up an inch or so and with a bit more colour after Sunday's rain. No debris. 2 Barbel (6lb 4oz, 3lb 13oz), 1 Chub (2¼lb) Fished the frying pan swim again. First bite at 2015. An evening more notable for the wildlife commuting through my swim. A mink - in the water, several large rats in the margins (being hunted by the mink???) and a badger on the bank!
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River Kennet, Nr Thatcham 1830 - 2300 Cool and breezey evening 12ºC (but felt colder!) River low and carrying quite a bit of leaf litter and floating weed - made bait presentation difficult. 2 Barbel (4lb14oz, 4lb 3oz) Same venue - though different swim to 2 weeks ago (15 Sep) with remarkably similar results! Again both fish caught by 2000.
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1845 - 2315 Cool and clear - high hazy cloud. Full moon. 15º -> 10ºC (But felt chillier with a very heavy dew!). River lower than I expected after the heavy rain last Friday. 2 Barbel (4lb 10oz, 4lb 7oz) A return to the hotspot I discovered last autumn (see last seasons enteries for 29 Sep, 1 Oct & 15 Oct) - though not so much joy this time! Both fish at dusk - either side of 2000.
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 0930 - 1230 Overcast, 15ºC. River at 'normal' levels - carrying some colour after the recent heavy rains. 3 Barbel (6lb 13oz, 4lb 5oz, 3lb 11oz), 3 Chub (3lb 4oz, 2lb & a chublet) Great session on trotted maggot - (and I also bumped a couple). Fed swim for ¾hr, then had all the fish in a little over an hour - no bites after 1130.
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River Kennet - Nr Newbury 0600 - 1000 Bright and sunny under a cloudless sky (makes a change!) 8º ->15ºC. River at normal levels - a couple of inches down on a week ago. 2 barbel (1lb 7oz, 1lb3oz), 1 Chub (2lb), 4 doz Dace, 1 doz Roach, 4 Grayling, 4 Gudgeon, 1 Salmon Parr. A morning's trotting - alledgedly for chub - and although I bumped a couple they weren't in a feeding mood - though a couple of baby barbel from the fast shallows were fun! All fish on trotted mag.
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River Kennet - Nr Newbury 1900 - 0000 Windy - with frequent heavy showers for first couple of hours. Clearing to broken cloud and a (near) full moon. 15ºC. River carrying some colour after recent rain - no debris though. 3 Barbel (7lb7oz, 5lb 0oz, 3¾lb), 1 Chub (2¾lb), 1 Dace (on a 14mm Pellet hair-rigged to a size 8!!!) Most fish caught during 1st couple of hours (Biggest barbel during the heaviest downpour - so got rather wet!). Only one fish after 2100 - smallest barbel at around 2245.
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River Kennet - nr Thatcham 0700 - 1100 Sultry 17º - 21ºC. River in good flow with more ranunculus than I've seen on this stretch for 5+ years... 2 Barbel, 3lb14oz, 1lb 1oz (!), 1 chub 1½lb & 6 chublets, 1½ doz dace, 5 roach, 3 gudgeon. Trotting session - all fish on single red maggot.
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River Kennet nr Newbury 1830 - 2315 Dry, following afternoon rain - clearing skies 19ºC -> 12ºC (but felt cooler in the heavy dew!) River in good flow with some colour and debris free until the Canada Geese started feeding just upstream!! 3 Barbel (8lb 11oz, 5lb 14oz, 4¼lb), 2 Chub (5lb 1oz & 3lb 13oz). Bigger chub 1st cast, biggest barbel 2nd cast! 2 smallest fish in last ½hr. 5lb chub - very lank and spawned out - will be MUCH bigger in the winter! All fish on pellet.
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River Kennet - Newbury 0700 - 1130 Dull & overcast with some breeze. AT 42ºF -> 52ºF. WT 46ºF - river at 'normal' winter levels. Little colour. 10 chub - 5lb 5oz, 4lb 10oz, 4lb 6oz, 4lb 4oz, 4lb 3oz, 3lb 14oz, 3½lb, 3lb, 2lb & a chublet! 1 Barbel 2¼lb, 6 dace, 2 brownies & 1 grayling. Back to the swim that produced so spectacularly back in December. (See entry for 15 December). All fish on trotted double red maggot. Many/most fish caught on the fast shallows at the tail of the swim. Chub were in superb condition, fat as pigs and absolutely mint - every one.
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1830 - 2330 Clear and still. AT 54ºF --->45ºF, WT 52ºF. River low - another couple of inches down on 3 weeks ago and carrying quite a bit of debris - mainly ranunculus. 2 Barbel (8¼lb , 4lb) River needs some rain!!! Both fish in the 1st couple of hours (again!) then the signals moved in (never a good sign). Floating debris quite annoying. Lovely clear night - good for firework spotting - also saw a few meteors (Taurids?).
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River Kennet - Newbury 0730 - 1230 Cold and frosty. River clear with some leaf litter. WT - 47ºF (That's down 8ºF since Monday). 5 Chub (2-3lb, biggest 3lb 11oz), 3 barbel (all 2-3lb) 4 doz Dace, Gudgeon, Roach (mainly Dace). A morning trotting maggot or worm - very surprised to get the barbel considering the drop in WT. All chub and barbel caught after 1030 having spent 3 hours dribbling in maggot (and catching nowt but dace). Small but great fun on float rod and CP. All barbel caught on worm most chub on double red maggot.
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1900 - 2315 Mild and breezy, air temp rose 1ºC to 14ºC. WT 13ºC. River down 3-4 inches on a fortnight ago - considerably less weed coming down too, dark when I arrived so couldn't gauge clarity. 10 - yes 10 barbel. 10.05 (thats 3 doubles in 3 trips!), 8.10, 8.02, 7.08, 5.07, 5.00, 4.14, 3 unweighed around the 4lb mark. Another stonking evening on the Kennet! Fished my ' new' swim last night (hereinafter called 'Doubles' or 'Broken Rod' - see below). Would have stayed a bit longer but had to be up at 0500 this morning to go to Bradford. Also managed to bust another rod!! Not as catastrophic as last time thankfully - tip ring snapped off my carp rod fighting the double - they fight bloody hard in the fast current! Managed to bodge a repair on the bank and caught 3 more including the 8.10. All fish on 14mm halibuts.
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1830 - 2200 Overcast, drizzle 'in the wind' temp a constant 13ºC 7 barbel 11lb 6oz, 7lb 3oz, 6lb 10oz, 6lb 4oz, 6lb 3oz, 5lb 13oz, 4½lb An eventful evening at the swim I 'discovered' on Saturday. River carrying more colour than at the weekend. Couldn't even fish for the first hour due to swans feeding just upstream sending down a constant barrage of floating ranunculus. Once I started fishing bites came thick and fast. Only downside is that while fighting the 11lber a HUGE clump of ranunculus got wrapped around my line (more floating debris) - took me ages to bring the whole lot up against the current and just as I brought the whole 'kit and caboodle' to the net my rod snapped. :-( Only one I'd brought with me so had to pack up 2 hours before I'd intended too - shame as I reckon I'd have hit double figures at the rate I was catching!!!! Also had time to extricate a bat which managed to get itself tangled up in my line. Quite an evening!!!!!
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 0700 - 1200 Heavy drizzle for first couple of hours then dry and murky. 13º -> 15º 1 Barbel 10lb 2oz, 11 trout (3 X 1lb+), 10 dace. This was meant to be just a trotting session but it was so wet on arrival, I set the brolly up and lowered a ledgered pellet under the near bank. Things got off to an auspicious start (NOT) with a cormorant surfacing in my swim followed by it's mate. Then a family of swans thought it would be a good place to have a ruck - think daddy swan was trying to persuade the kids to leave home. Loads of ranunuculus coming down the river as well (I blame the swans for that too!). I was just starting to feel sorry for myself - and having one of those 'I'll be glad when I've had enough of this' thoughts when the rod was wrenched from my grasp. Really nice coloured fish which put up a decent scrap in the fast current - I felt somewhat guilty as I guided it into the net. Eventually rain abated and I was able to wade out and do some trotting. All the trout were caught before I had a dace. Dace were a really nice size so worth the wait!
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River Kennet - Nr Thatcham 1845 - 2315 Clear and breezey. 18ºC----->9ºC. No moon - really dark night! 3 Barbel; 5lb 0oz, 2 sub 4lbers. River down 3 inches on last visit, still carrying some debris - mainly ranunculus - which frustratingly kept catching the line. 2 smaller fish around 2100, 5lber last cast.
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River Kennet - Thatcham 1930-2330 Clearing skies - cooler 12ºC. 2 Barbel (4¼lb, 6lb 13oz) Both fish caught either side of 2100. Levels same as 7 days ago - however an annoying amount of debris - ranunculus and water cress coming down made fishing difficult at times - maybe some weed cutting's been going on upstream? Much less activity than last week - no other bites/knocks/rattles etc other than the 2 which resulted in fish. Chilly in a NE breeze too!
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River Kennet (Nr Thatcham) 1915 - 2315 Scattered cloud, 18ºC, one light shower. 4 Barbel (9lb10z, 6lb 5oz, 5lb 6oz, 4lb). 1 Chub (2lb) First trip since holidaying in Scotland (Caught a few Pollack spinning from the rocks nr Oban). 3 fish (Chub, 6 & 4lber) in the first ½hour then lots of knocks/rattles which didn't develop (not crayfish) - presumably small chub/dace/gudgeon??? Final two fish at 2215 and 2250 - saved the biggest for last. 9lber had a large (size of 10p) wart on head (above left eye) - but otherwise looked in fine condition - very plump - should be easy to ID in future. River still high (for summer) and pushing through strongly though most of the colour had dropped out and no debris coming down. Saw a couple of really bright Perseids - lovely!
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River Kennet (nr Newbury) 2000 - 2300 Clear. 2 Barbel (6lb 4oz & 5lb 14oz), 1 Bream (3¾lb) 1 dace (9oz) New swim - all fish to 14mm pellet - including the rather overambitious dace. Barbel between 22-2300 - as per usual! River at normal levels - down about 3-4 inches on 10 days ago - carrying its usual summer colour (boat traffic has a lot to answer for) - and some - just enough to be annoying - debris.
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River Kennet (nr Thatcham) 2000 - 0000 Clear with a stiff breeze. 4 Barbel (9lb 7oz, 8lb 15oz, 6lb 2oz, 3½lb) 1 Chub 3lb 3oz All on pellet (of course!) Chub caught in the 1st 20 mins of arriving - all the barbel caught in 1 manic hour between 10-11.00pm. River down 2-3inches on last week.
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River Kennet (Newbury) 1900 - 2300 Dry, windy and overcast. 2 Barbel (8lb6oz,<4lb) 2 chub (both <3lb) River up, some colour and quite a bit of debris (mainly weed) coming down. 1 chub 1st cast then 3 fish in the last ½hour. All fish on 14mm Halibuts.
