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I got over to the river today hoping for a few barbel on the float but only one showed up. I had a trout in my first swim then naff-all after that so I moved down stream to a nice looking glide but again there was no sign of any barbel and it only produced a couple of dace. I decided to mave swims again and finally hooked something solid. It was a wierd fight as the fish held station mid river and wouldn't budge. I began to wonder if it was foul hooked. Eventually after several minuites of steady pressue it slowly moved upstream but seemed to be glued to the bottom. When I got the fish in the landing net I was surprised to see it wasn't that big, as it felt so solid and made such powerfull controled runs I thought it was gonn'a be something quite large. Anyhow I weighed it since it was the only barbel I caught and it was bang on 9lb...the hardest fighting 9lb barbel i've ever caught that's for sure !

 

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I got over to the river today hoping for a few barbel on the float but only one showed up. I had a trout in my first swim then naff-all after that so I moved down stream to a nice looking glide but a

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I half-heartedly set out for a trotting session today and as I got a few miles up the motorway the signs were flashing long delays between several of the junctions ahead! That was it, I had to get off

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I got out yesterday and had eight chub uo to 5lb, quite a few tiddler chub and dace, some trout but no barbel....couple of chub pic's from the session....         Been out again today, had a

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Always nice to see your reports - and the pictures - Tigger, particularly on your trotting jaunts.

DOES make me a little envious sometimes though, when the difference between what swims in your rivers, and what swims in mine, is painfully obvious :D

Not complaining, you understand - I love it up here ... but a 9lb barbel caught locally would be classed as the catch of the season rather than an incidental part of a routine days fishing :rolleyes:

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Love the reports Tigger, I wish I knew what a 9 lb Barbel feels like on a centre pin. The Bream on the Lea give me the run around when trotting, so Lord knows what a hard pulling Barbel would be like.

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Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

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Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

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Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
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Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
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Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
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Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
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Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Always nice to see your reports - and the pictures - Tigger, particularly on your trotting jaunts.

DOES make me a little envious sometimes though, when the difference between what swims in your rivers, and what swims in mine, is painfully obvious :D

Not complaining, you understand - I love it up here ... but a 9lb barbel caught locally would be classed as the catch of the season rather than an incidental part of a routine days fishing :rolleyes:

 

 

Thank's Phil, I thought there was some seriously good barbel fishing up your way.

 

Love the reports Tigger, I wish I knew what a 9 lb Barbel feels like on a centre pin. The Bream on the Lea give me the run around when trotting, so Lord knows what a hard pulling Barbel would be like.

 

Thanks Dales, they do pull back a bit, great fun on the float, centrepin and match style rod :).

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the difference between what swims in your rivers, and what swims in mine, is painfully obvious :D

Not complaining, you understand -

Agreed, you can only catch what is in front of you.

 

A 2 lb-plus perch from a big gravel pit is a nice fish, but nothing to get too excited about.

 

A 2 lb-plus perch from one of my local woodland ponds is a splendid fish indeed.

 

General question - how small can a fish be and one is still excited about capturing it ?

 

 

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Certhia's world species - 215

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General question - how small can a fish be and one is still excited about capturing it ?

 

After netting a chub Weds evening I found a 1" barbel also in the net, that was cool (even though it was a barbel). Prefer to see fry than anything else to be honest.

First time I caught fish I'd only ever seen before in books or aquaria I had to pinch myself.

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General question - how small can a fish be and one is still excited about capturing it ?

I should think as a dedicated species-hunter you can probably tell us!
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I should think as a dedicated species-hunter you can probably tell us!

 

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

"Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato

...only things like fresh bait and cold beer...

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I have never seen one of those in the flesh - indeed, I think that's the first photograph (rather than drawing) I've seen.

I went back the next day and got a male - about three times the size of the female.

 

I didn't bother to claim the British and IGFA records :victory:

 

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So now you have doubled your score :)

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

"Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato

...only things like fresh bait and cold beer...

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