Catching a ruffe !

[Peter M]

I have seen them caught on the near shelf of the lea navigation, i have to say that i have never caught one, they fall to the same baits as small perch ie maggots and worms. when i tried to catch one all i got was gudgeon and perch

[bluezulu]

pleny of them in the river severn,warwickshire avon,river blythe. never had any trouble catching the little buggers.try half worm in some dead water (no flow).

[ricey]

Hi Mat

The chelmer is full of perch, i've caught loads of them in the past, but no Ruffe as of yet.

where about are you heading to?

 

let me know how you get on.

 

[ 26. October 2004, 10:52 AM: Message edited by: ricey ]

[Mat Hillman]

I'm off for a short chubbing session this afternoon on Ricketts backwater, all the gears ready, just waiting for the wife to bring the car home

 

The reference to the ruffe was in a recent issue of Improve your coarse fishing where they featured the Canal near the Tesco's in Maldon.

 

Mat

[Mat Hillman]

Just got home, Chelmer is well up, and very coloured, the canal section had actually flooded over the top of Ricketts lock.

 

I managed one small chub from the only slack I could find that my feeder would hold bottom in, maybe I need some bigger feeders

 

Mat

[ricey]

yeah it was well up and really fast last weekend when i went.

also only managed one chub on a nice fat lobworm

 

hopefully the rain will ease off for a bit and it will slow down a tad.

 

you'll have to show me Ricketts Lock one of these days.

[J.K]

the avon has loads of them .. caught about 20 yesturday in the floods with a worm

[StuMac]

The river Endrick is stuffed with them. That's probably where the ones from Lomond go for a day out.

[RUDD]

You can catch a bit of rough down portman road in Ipswich most days of the week. Trouble is you will probably catch something else as well!!!!!!!!!

[madchris]

try a small red worm near a lock or bridge on the grand union canal they seem to be quite eager to feed on them in these places! ruffe do get a bad press but at least they cannot ignore a juicy baby signal cray fish baby! they love em! they make great aquatic pets too!