Recent content by Colin Boon

Interesting, I did wonder about maggots, but thought I'd be pestered by nuisance fish. I'll try and source some. 👍

This is a picture from the only swim that I could get near today. 🙂

Lol, no. But the thought has crossed my mind. It's a tributary of the Sava river. There is a video on YouTube of a guy fishing the feeder on the Sava. He has something ridiculous like 36 barbel in a few hours. But Sava is a very different river.

It's not quite that simple. Not only are these areas quite urban, but access to the river is very restricted due to dense undergrowth/property etc.

Thanks for your reply Joe. There are a few issues with meat, of which the predominant one is that the Danube roach absolutely love it. I have caught one barbel on meat, and one chub. Every other fish has been Danube roach. Not that I mind, they're an interesting fish and fight quite well...

That's the thing, there is barely any gravel. I've leaded and marker floated every available swim. It's either silt or clay. I was expecting some of it to be scoured away in the floods, but I think it's too deep. If I wanted to find gravel I'd have to go 15km up or downstream.

I was thinking about going down for a look today, but given that it's been raining for 48 hours I suspect I'll not be able to get close to the bank. If I can I'll take some pictures. 👍

Thank you Gavin. I should add that the area is mostly mud. Downstream 20 miles it shallows up and is all gravel and rock. You can go downstream in May and see thousands of fish shoaling up in the shallows. Its amazing to see.

Thank you all for your replies, some useful suggestions there. With regard to pre-baiting, do you think its worth spending a bit of money on a quality pellet or groundbait, or should I go to Decathlon where there is much better value for money, but an arguably lesser product? Coincidentally, I...

Hi all, Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm after some advice on how to approach my local stretch of river. For some back ground, I grew up fishing the rivers of Dorset and Hampshire fishing for the chub and barbel. Whilst I never set the world alight with my returns, I didn't do too...