wary chub?

[danny29]

i went chub fishing i my local canal on sunday and caught five in cluding a nice sized one of 4 lb but i was wondering how can ikeep on ctaching them thorugh the day becasue i caught all five at dawn then it just stopped does have any tips on stuff to keep em biting thanks

i.e flavours ground baits rigs cheers

[KAYC]

Hi Danny, Look to fish by any cover and spray your loose feed a little short of it feeding every cast, you may need to step down your hook length.

[DannyS]

A good idea is usually to change swims. Chub get spooked very easily. Try another swims if you can and then return about an hour later.

[Steve Walker]

Didn't RW say that chub become un-spooked at ten minutes to the pound?

[Andy Macfarlane]

I would try lightly feeding the area for a couple of weeks with a selection of 'Chubby' baits. Even try to make these visits at the same time, every day, if possible.

Give them plenty of choices. Don't get them fixated on one bait. Stalk your way in as close to the swim as possible and throw the awaiting Chub, slugs, smashed snails, worms, maggots, freshly killed minnows, bits of paste, corn, chunks of mackerel, cheese, berries......anything. Lots of variety but a little of each.

Basically, you want to try and 'train' these fish to have a go at almost any free offering with confidence.

Once you're confident that your chosen fish have become 'trained', sneak your way into the swim, armed with a rod and a selection of baits and see if your dinner guests are waiting to be served.

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

danny,

 

chub indeed alot of fish feed at dawn and dusk in summer,at either end its usualy alot cooler than during the day,you may have just found when they feed.

 

if i were you i'd go down at dawn fish till they stop feeding,then quitely bait up that spot,and phrahps one or two thers to fall back on.

then bugger off! go look for fish or go back to bed whatever,just leae teh swim well alone,go back an hour before dark, get a bait back in postion and await...

 

chub are naturally wary mate,the best thing to remember is if they cant see you and dont know your there,they are alot eaiser to catch, even on quite crude/strong tackle.

however pre-baiting as andy has said is a very very effective tatic and should not be ignored,i would however stay on one or two baits only.(in effect i am telling you to pre-bait above in my post!)