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Just had my first ever session on a river at the Northcroft Rec in Newbury. Sometimes work in Newbury and had an hour to spare so thought i would have a try. Fished the small riverlet upstream of the footbridge (free)and had a great hour. Trotted double maggot (first time)caught a dozen fish. Some dace, some roach and some rudd(i think)and my first ever Chub. Chub was just over a foot long and heavy set. Had to assemble landing net while playing. Didn't have scales or camera. Any guess on the weight as i would guess it was probably a PB. Roach was a good 9 inches any estimate on that also. Also had a fish about 7 inches that a thought was a roach but no red eye. Think maybe it was a Rudd but no upturned mouth. is it less pronounsed as the fish get bigger. Any guess on that as that would be a PB as well.

Hope someone can guess. Recently returned to fishing some not good at estimating

 

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Rob W

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John S Member

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A good days fishing there, nice one :thumbs:

 

The mystery fish could well be a roach/rudd hybrid, a pretty common mix where both species are found together.

 

And welcome to Anglers Net, I hope you enjoy your time here :)

John S

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Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Just had my first ever session on a river at the Northcroft Rec in Newbury. Sometimes work in Newbury and had an hour to spare so thought i would have a try. Fished the small riverlet upstream of the footbridge (free)and had a great hour. Trotted double maggot (first time)caught a dozen fish. Some dace, some roach and some rudd(i think)and my first ever Chub. Chub was just over a foot long and heavy set. Had to assemble landing net while playing. Didn't have scales or camera. Any guess on the weight as i would guess it was probably a PB. Roach was a good 9 inches any estimate on that also. Also had a fish about 7 inches that a thought was a roach but no red eye. Think maybe it was a Rudd but no upturned mouth. is it less pronounsed as the fish get bigger. Any guess on that as that would be a PB as well.

Hope someone can guess. Recently returned to fishing some not good at estimating

 

Thanks

 

Rob W

 

 

Fish lobs in the weirpool at the top of that stretch - some big perch to be had! As for the size of the chub a 12inch chub would be around a pound and a 9 inch roach around ½lb. As for the other fish - may well have been a dace - some do take some colour and look similar to roach. Highly unlikely to have been a rudd from that stretch....

 

 

 

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That is one lovely Pike.

 

Maybe we should have a fishin at Barton Court. Should be something for everyone, big perch, big roach, big pike and trout! Does anyone know if the grayling fishing has improved?

 

Rich

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I used to fish that stretch in the 80's you have just brought back so great memories for me,

I used to trot bread flake and feed mashed bread, great roach fishing with the odd trout turning up, also chub and dace

I have also fish the lamborne which is a very small river that runs Thur or very close to Newbury, now I had some great grayling fishing there. O the memories!!

Jasper Carrot On birmingham city

" You lose some you draw some"

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