***Simon*** 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 well me and a few mates from college went and fished the river today after we finished. we had a very enjoyable day catching what we thought were rudd/roach/chub and i had a rainbow trout. we had the most simplest of tackle setup with some very very cheap telescopic rods each, a reel, 2 or 3 shot and a size 12 hook. after a while my mate caught a massive chub about 4 1/2lb we reckon. only thing is we dont really know how to catch the bigguns more often as we were only catching small ones all day. the bigger ones just werent intersted, they just swam by out bread. also at the end of the day we saw a ghost carp/mirror carp which often went up to our bread and just swam away, even thought it was eating other bread. why was it doing this? we will be hitting the river again quite soon so any tips on catching more bigger fish as the one he caught was a really nice fish would be much appreciated, cheers. always look on the bright side of life Link to post Share on other sites
GlennB 1 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 well me and a few mates from college went and fished the river today after we finished. we had a very enjoyable day catching what we thought were rudd/roach/chub and i had a rainbow trout. we had the most simplest of tackle setup with some very very cheap telescopic rods each, a reel, 2 or 3 shot and a size 12 hook. after a while my mate caught a massive chub about 4 1/2lb we reckon. only thing is we dont really know how to catch the bigguns more often as we were only catching small ones all day. the bigger ones just werent intersted, they just swam by out bread. also at the end of the day we saw a ghost carp/mirror carp which often went up to our bread and just swam away, even thought it was eating other bread. why was it doing this? we will be hitting the river again quite soon so any tips on catching more bigger fish as the one he caught was a really nice fish would be much appreciated, cheers. Which river was that then ? Sounds a good one. ;) Bleeding heart liberal pinko, with bacon on top. Link to post Share on other sites
***Simon*** 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 river stour in canterbury, why the do you not believe me or something? always look on the bright side of life Link to post Share on other sites
zenith10 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 the carp could of been leaving your bread because your line was too thick, hook was too big there just a few ideas Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Hillman 49 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Maybe the bigger ones realised you were fishing illegally out of season and and decided they didn't want to be caught by such people! Mat Link to post Share on other sites
Ken L 983 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Maybe the was there because it's illegal to fish for coarse fish in rivers in England and Wales until the season opens on June 16th ! Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike. Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace. Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel. Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp. Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak. Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub. Link to post Share on other sites
***Simon*** 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 how was i supposed to know always look on the bright side of life Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Hillman 49 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 how was i supposed to know Read your rod licence ???? Or do you not have one of those either ? Mat Link to post Share on other sites
jamie dimery-seek 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Read your rod licence ???? Or do you not have one of those either ? in all fairness it doesn't mention the closed season on your licence Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Hillman 49 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Read your rod licence ???? Or do you not have one of those either ? OK having just checked my rod licence they seem to have taken the season info off of it! there is however a bloody great section that says if you are unsure of your local bylaws ring 08708506506 to check! Mat Mat Link to post Share on other sites
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