Gudgeon---They're back!

[Now there's a right un.]

Gudgeon (Goujon) are very popular in France.

 

They dip them in flour and fry them

 

 

 

 

 

So what you are saying is that the French invaded and nicked all our Gudgeon....IT'S WAR!!!!

 

 

LOL...

 

 

I had absolutely no idea that the Gudgeon was a fish of the dish.

[minifish]

If your interested in smaller fish check this out

 

https://www.facebook.com/UkMiniFishStudy

 

http://www.jackperksphotography.com/#!uk-mini-fish-project/c1n0c

 

I'm interested in any gudgeon or ruffe caught around nottingham! i did used to catch a few in beeston canal but not for a few years now

[Phone]

mini,

 

W e l c o m e!!

 

Might want to start a new thread. This one is from 2011.

 

Phone

[kenj]

In the 70's and 80's Kevin Ashurst used to win matches at Burton on gudgeon. He even had a gudgeon rig for fishing among the rocks. That was in the days of stick and waggler. Only novices used the feeder. Long gone.

[HERUTILUS]

Greetings Mr NATRU,

 

You mention the re-emergence of gudgeon in and around the River Trent.

 

You've been lucky mate, 'cos you're going to sorry, very sorry, if they ever re-establish themselves!! I do my fishing in the north of England; gudgeon, we've got millions of them. Using the anglers favourite, maggot, is a total waste of time, they'll be having-it-off whatever depth you fish.

 

Sometimes just before I pack-up to leave I put a red maggot on the hook & wait, seconds, for a gudgeon to take to take it, they never miss! Then I watch the float moving madly around 'all over the place' for few moments before I unhook the twerp & return it to the water.

 

Mind you, I got lucky once last year. Before packing in I duly put the maggot onto the hook & in it went, no more that 5 or 6 feet out. Off went the float, as per, but in a big way! To cut a longish story short, a few minutes later I landed a 7lb mirror carp. The bloke on the next peg said, "You caught that on maggot"!

 

In terms of gudgeon & the others, as the old saying will have it "Be careful what you wish for".

 

Happy days for all that.

 

Regards,

 

Mr H