good river baits

[butiaboy]

what are the best baits to use on a river ?

[Dick Dastardly]

To fish for?

[butiaboy]

To fish for?

 

Roach, Bream, Carp, Tench, Chub, Perch, Gudgeon in the river rother in chesterfield

[Ken L]

I supose the reaon for the lack of replies is that the answer is so obvious. If you're just after general fishing, stick with the basics. Maggots, casters and hemp will see you right for a general session with tares usefull for sorting out the better silver fish in summer and bread probably a better choice for the same job latter inn the year.

It's getting the feeding right and (assuming you usually fish stillwaters), learning to control the float tackle that takes a bit of practice.

[Newt]

LOL - Ken, it may have been obvious to you and possibly to any experienced UK angler but I didn't answer him because I didn't know the answer for your part of the world.

 

I've also noticed that UK anglers who've done mostly pond/small lake fishing aren't at all sure how to approach a river and are even less sure that baits from their lake days will work with moving water.

[scunnydelight]

i'd use good old fashioned lob worm, my fav bait for fishing, and you'll catch almost anything on it, used it all the time on the Rother when I fished it at Beighton. Some lovely chub in Rother, there were some small barble also last time i fished it.

[Steve Burke]

The only real difference baitwise between rivers and lakes is that rivers have flowing water. This means that you can get a floating or semi-buoyant bait to the fish without spooking them.

 

It also means that you can get such a bait into places you can't cast to, such as far under trees where fish often hide, by ledgering such a floating or semi-buoyant bait. To do this you cast just upstream of the tree and the bait will slowly sink as the current takes it under the tree. You can control how far under the tree the bait goes by varying the size of the bait in relation to the ledger weight. I say ledger weight, but in practice you'd normally use 1 or more of the larger sizes of split shot.

 

Bread, either in crust or flake form, is particularly good for this method. Flake by the way is the fluffy part of a loaf. A fresh loaf is far better for flake, whilst an old uncut loaf is best for crust.

 

Otherwise baits would be similar to what you'd use on a stillwater. For advice on choosing baits in general see this topic: http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.p...486&hl=bait

[gozzer]

I keep stressing this point I know, but.

 

If you are a relative newcomer to angling, then stick with the tried and tested baits to begin with.

Maggots, worms, bread, casters, will catch any fish that swims.

Work on your technique, methods, presentation, etc, then, when you are sure you've got them 'sussed' well enough, then start looking at other baits.

 

The best bait in the world will rarely catch, if it's not presented right.

 

John.

[garyagreen]

i find that maggots and worms work best

always use a plummet. and look for the hidy holes ,under cut banks ,over hanging trees and bushes ,and if you dont find anyfish in these locations try getting your set up as close to the reeds as you can

 

hope this helps

tight lines gary

[butiaboy]

what about flavoroured hookbaits like luncheon meat or sweetcorn or hempseed are there any flavor's you would recommend?

Edited August 29, 2007 by butiaboy