Recent content by Jon Young

Had my first ever barbel from there. Only fished it twice. Last time I went she was telling me her husband had just died and her son was running it. Shame to hear she’s past

Happy new year guys

I used to think the same. A lad I used to fish with used to use the mini glow sticks and when we were sharing a peg it used to annoy the hell out of me how bright they were and loved the fact my isotopes were bright enough to see if I got a bite but didn’t tell the world I was there but after a...

I’ve been using the green ones but as the batteries were starting to go I thought I’d order some new batteries and noticed they now do blue ones that flash red so bought a set of them. The batteries are better than the old ones were but the way they flash red I’m sure is different from the green...

Getting a bit chilly out on the lower Severn. Can’t really see on here but the mist is closing in a bit

Nice one mate and happy birthday

I think it was a pack of them I brought after someone on here possibly Terry was talking about them with the intention of fishing straight through eliminating weak points with extra knots at swivel and hook link loop and also being able to adjust the length of the hook link if needed. But when I...

Sad news. Can remember him on carp forum years ago then remember him popping up on here after deciding to have a go at barbel again. Pretty sure someone helped him bag an 11lber as his first fish. RIP Gerry

It’s dropping again now so should be ok. Need to careful on the banks now though as the rivers still high and the banks will be slippy

It may have burst the banks by then I’d have a look before you venture out. If you can fish I’d probably start with 4oz and don’t cast too far out as you’ll just drift back into the banks whatever weight lead you stick on

I use Nash claw in size 4

Severn stokes your best bet down there. Some lumps come out of there. Lots of bream and chub as well.

As Neil says you won’t bag up as the aim is to target the bigger fish but you’d be surprised how small some of the fish are you catch. Obviously if your baits been out a while and been getting pecked away at by the small fish it will eventually become small enough for small barbel to fit in...

I normally use the 250 gram tins and get 3 pieces out of it. Sometimes I cut it other times I’ll tear it off. With the 200 gram tins of spam I’ll more than often just spit it down the middle and have 2 pieces

Only downside fishing with meat is eels. I always use a piece big enough that they can’t fit it in their mouth in one bit to try avoid hooking them but they’ll still get hooked eventually if there’s nothing else about to take the meat off them. Smallest eel I ever caught was pretty much the size...