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You put Barbel in a keep net????:eek:

Surely the fishing clubs, private syndicates and conservation groups such as WUF would suspend all fishing if they believed they was a serious risk to fish welfare due to adverse weather conditions?

As i said they were all fighting fit, and were returned without any problems......if the river is well oxygenated, the fish should be fine? I came home a day early rather than fish a 3rd day as i didn't want to start capturing the same fish again. "All" the fish i caught were covered in lice so...

Just to add, most of the other anglers i spoke to hadn't caught a thing..........maybe all of the barbel were in my chosen swim because of the high Oxygen levels??

Just reading with interest some people's views regarding stopping fishing for barbel in the current climate.......i have just returned from the Wye after having caught 60 barbel over 2 days from a very well oxygenated swim......fish were rested after capture, unhooked, de-liced, lice wounds...

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