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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 Nr Newbury 0415 - 0815 Overcast and breezy - temp a balmy 16ºC. River in good nick, good flow with a tinge of colour - normal for this time of year. Also good to see some ranunculus returning to this stretch - it was barren last season. 6 Chub (4lb10oz, 4lb6oz, 4lb4oz, 4lb 3oz, 3lb 14oz & a chublet), 3 Brown Trout (1lb2oz X 2 - same fish??), 3 dozen dace, ½doz roach, 2 grayling and A gudgeon! Lovely early morning session spent upto my thighs in mid river, trotting (and home for breakfast!) All fish on double red maggot.
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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 - Speen Moors 0800 - 1200 Bright and breezy. AT47ºF -> 49ºF. WT 46ºF. River still very high and over the bank in several places - has fined down. 50+ dace (biggest weighed 10oz) ½doz roach and chublets, 1 doz gudgeon. Had planned to do some perching - but couldn't get to the swims I wanted as the banks were flooded. Surprised still to see so much water in the river after a dryish week. Most dace a good size with few under 4oz.
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Middle Kennet 0800 - 1645 Bright and very breezy - one heavy shower. River high and coloured. 5 Perch (2lb 11oz, 2lb 6oz, 2lb 3oz, 2lb 0oz, 1lb 10oz), 1 Chub (1¼lb), 4 Doz+ Dace - almost all over 6oz - I weighed 9 which were all 11-12oz. 19 Brownies - Biggest 3lb 12oz, 1 Rainbow - 2½lb, 2 Roach (14oz), 2 Grayling, 3 Gudgeon! Treated me self to a Birthday Outing - alone with Paul. Did MUCH better than we had any right to expect given the coloured water. Paul had a similar return - though his biggest dace was a whopping 15oz and he had more chub and fewer perch than me - and less trout. All my perch came in the last 45 mins as the light faded and fell to lobs - otherwise all fish on trotted mag...
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 0745 - 1315 Showery/bright/showery. River up and carrying a little colour after overnight rain (forgot my thermometer). 1 Chub, 3lb 14oz and 8 chublet. 4 perch 2lb 3oz, 1lb 15oz, 1lb 13oz, 1lb 6oz. 3 doz dace,roach & gudgeon. Spent 1st 2 hours searching the usual spots for perch with float fished lobs without a touch. Switch to maggot brought all the silvers and the chub. Switched back to lobs for the last ½hour and had all 4 from a swim I haven't caught a perch from for 4/5 years!
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K&A Canal @ Enbourne/Speen Moors 0700 - 1130 Bright and breezy - clouding over. WT 48ºF. low and gin clear. 1 chub (1½lb), 1 perch (scraper lber), a dozen dace, ½doz each of chublets, roach, gudgeon and small perch, 1 B. Trout. 1st hour on the canal then switched to the river. Stiff downstream breeze made bait presentation a nightmare - managed 3 perch before moving. Fished mainly on PD - some lovely dace showing had 5 around the 8oz mark - a couple of roach of similar size. Paul bagged loads of silvers too plus a chub of 4lb 9oz.
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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 - Woolhampton 1830 - 2330 Still and overcast. AT & WT both 50ºF. River down 6-9 inches on last visit here (18 Sep) minimal leaf litter in river (expect that to change this weekend!) 2 Bream (2-3lb), 1 Chub 4lb 7oz All fish caught before 2100 (could have had an early night!). Chub was very long, had a huge head and mouth and was VERY lank and out of condition. Tail and anal fins frayed and bloodied - looked like it had just finished spawning! Reckon it ought to have been a pound or so heavier.
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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) 1900 - 2300 Sunny and breezy 2 Barbel (7lb 15oz, 4½lb), 1 chub (3lb), 1 dace (!) River up (as you'd expect - but dropping) Quite coloured but no small debris (just the odd small tree!!!). Larger barbel 1st cast. Loads of small rustles and knocks which weren't crayfish (no marks on the pellet) - but which I'm pretty sure were dace - as I managed to catch one on 14mm pellet for the 2nd trip running - this one was much smaller too!
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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 (Woolhampton) 2000 - 2300 Dry, Clear and breezy. 1 Common Carp (9lb6oz), 2 Chub (both <3lb), 1 Bream (<3lb) Halibut pellet - as usual! Carp last cast!
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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.
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River Kennet (Thatcham) 0730 - 1130 Heavy Showers - Breezy 2 Barbel (7lb 3oz & 6lb), 2 Chub (4lb 10oz, 2lb 5oz), 1 Brown Trout (1lb 11oz), 6 Dace Trotting session - all fish on double red maggot - from fast water - barbel were QUITE a struggle. River looked in good nick - more ranunculus than last year - some colour and good flow.
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