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Went out this afternoon, the river was in the best condition I have seen it in for years, up a touch with the faintest tinge of colour, conditions were mild and sunny. Would have put money on getting a few but the first few hours were biteless on both float and ledger, could only really fish the near bank due to the amount of freshly dropped leaves coming down.
Anyway, in the end I did manage to winkle a half decent 3lber out touch ledgering a big chunk of breadflake right under my rod tip in a little eddie. Relly expected the trotting rod to do alot of damage but not a sausage. Strange, really expected more but that's chub for you...tons when you don't want em, none when you do. :rolleyes:
 
Thought this worth sharing - i fished a flooded but dropping Yorks river on saturday for pike and caught 2 chub on deadbaits, a 4lb 11oz on a sardine and this nice fish of 5lb 11oz on half a lamprey. Terrific runs ;)

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Graham,
Nice Chub and a great picture.
How do you manage to keep it still,I usually end up all over the place.
Ken
 
Nice fish/ photo Graham.

Never caught a chub on a deadbait before, but used to catch quite a few on small livebaits (usually minnows) when I was after perch on the Bristol Avon.
 
I am still waiting to see a photo of the 8lb 6oz monster chub that was taken by Keith Little last week from the River Lea.
Brian Willson Throop Bailiff
 
Colin Gordon said:
Obviously a very well presented bait appealing to the chubs carrion feeding tendencies and Graham is clearly a good stealthy angler.
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Pah! I had my first ever 4lb+ chub on a smelt deadbait hanging vertically head downwards off a pair of very big trebles, presented very badly at midwater on thick pike wire when I was about twelve.

I seem to remember thinking it was a well presented bait and that I was clearly a good stealthy angler at the time :D:D
 
What did you lot think of the AT feature which not only informed us of the stretch it also gave out the swim. Is there a chub circus out the to rival the barbel and carp circus's.
 
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Not necessarily a chub circus, but there's certainly a bit of a 'Drennan Cup' chasing, specimen hunter circus emerging.

To be honest though, Fishers Green is so widely known about already that I don't suppose it will make too much difference down there.

Think I'll stick to chasing a '7' from around Oxford! :)
 
Stuart Wright said:
Not necessarily a chub circus, but there's certainly a bit of a 'Drennan Cup' chasing, specimen hunter circus emerging.

To be honest though, Fishers Green is so widely known about already that I don't suppose it will make too much difference down there.

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Quite right Stuart, in both sentences.

Keith (who I know) is not really giving much help, since he fishes the same 3 swims in the same way with the same bait, 4 or 5 times a week, every week. :D

It's the same fish my mate Barry had out for the previous "venue record" at 8.03 a few years back and is often seen, but rarely caught.

However, I would expect to see at least a couple of wannabe Drennan Contender types in there now.
Same thing happenned to me a couple of years ago when I caught a 7.15. Within a week one well-known chap (used to post on here) was in the swim having had a mutual "friend" give away the info without asking me. I'd deliberately kept all details quiet. Or thought so. I wouldn't do what Keith's done, I'd give my mate's a shot first.

Although I believe very strongly that Big Chub (unlike barbel) do NOT get caught more than once a season.

The thing is that the Big Chub do tend to come out in the same bits of their "stretch" year after year. Just a matter of knowing where and doing your time.

By my reckoning there are now possibly 9 different "8's" residing in that Venue.

My 7.15 was caught last year by Fred Healey at 8.01. :rolleyes: C'est la vie.

This winter I've started on (for me) a completely new stretch of the Lea for my chubbing,



also known for several big 8's and far less pressured than The Green.
First capture so far, 6lb 0oz. :)
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Blimey Simon, a 7.15!!! Well done (even though it's not a recent capture).

Any chance of seeing a photo? Give the rest of us something to aim for! :)

Never fished the Lea before, but it isn't half tempting to plan a trip with talk of all these 8lb chub.

Stu
 
Stuart Wright said:
Blimey Simon, a 7.15!!! Well done (even though it's not a recent capture).

Any chance of seeing a photo? Give the rest of us something to aim for! :)

Never fished the Lea before, but it isn't half tempting to plan a trip with talk of all these 8lb chub.

Stu
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It's in the gallery if you look at my profile, Stuart, along with a bunch of other Lea 7's, mostly from Fishers Green. Lots of time, observation, bait and not a little luck required!

Most of the stretches of the Lea; river, flood relief channel and Navigation harbour both 8+lb chub and 4+lb Perch.
Doesn't mean to say they're easy pickings though. :)

We reckon it's down to the large, soul-destroying population of crayfish.

If you learn nothing else fishing the Lea system, you learn Discipline.
Check your baits at least on the hour, every hour.
 
Well that bodes well for my Oxfordshire rivers then, because the rivers over here are riddled with crayfish!

The belly on your 7.15 chub is outrageous! :D Some lovely fish in there Simon.
 
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