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A very good point Kevin...Just get out there and enjoy:)
 
What would you do if the temp wasnt what you wanted.....go home, il be honeslt fish will feed regardless of temp, just like us humans, and if i was to go and take the temp what would be the correct temp?? If ot wasnt what i wanted does that mean its not what the fish wanted?. If i plan to go then thats what il do if i get there and water temp is xyz i dont think what a waste of time, however a bigger waste of time is getting back in the car and going home as i can put my life on it i certainly wont catch............dont complicate things go and fish and enjoy been on the bank!!!!!!
 
Refuse to take the temp, I can only go fishing at certain times , even given **** weather if the baits in the water theres a chance , the only time I would consider not going is if we have a lot of snow melt
 
Chaps, it's not a case of taking the temp to decide whether or not to fish - more a case of how to fish on the given day, and for some anglers - what to fish for. If, for example, you arrive to find cold water and a falling temperature you can be pretty sure it's going to be hard work for Barbel - the best tactic would be to sit it out in a known holding spot with a single bait and wait for the short feeding spell. If, however, you find a rising temperature you can be pretty sure they will feed so you may decide to introduce some freebies to kick start the swim or if fishing singles without any indication you may decide to move swims to try and locate feeding fish. Taking account of the physical conditions will give you a better understanding of how they affect your target species and make you more successfull with it.
 
I would just like to point out; I go fishing, no matter what the conditions.

BUT I tend to use the conditions that exist when I go, some days do not lend themselves to Barbel fishing, other days do.
In my post I was talking about Barbel fishing because this is a Barbel site, many of the days that I have the opportunity to fish on, do not fit with the conditions I like for Barbel, so I fish for other fish.

I do plan ahead, but for example, some days I might plan to fish for Zander and book a boat, only to find that I would be better served fishing a river for Chub.
Other days I drive 100+ miles to fish the Avon for Roach, only to find a local frost has knocked all the colour from the water, I still fish, because I enjoy fishing for it’s own sake, for me catching is always a bonus, I have lots of great memories of days when I have blanked or caught little, yet the day stands out, often because of the company I had on the bank.

Being a “jack of all trades†and master of few, I like to fish for all species, my favourites are Roach, Barbel and Predators, but I will happily spend a day fishing for Dace if the conditions dictate.
But when conditions are right for big Barbel or Roach, I go for it, often blanking because many of those days provide a fair chance of catching other species, or smaller fish, I prefer to stick it out for one big fish rather than several smaller fish.

The main thing is that I enjoy what I do, this should not be a trial, it should be enjoyable.

The day I stop enjoying my fishing, is the day all my gear goes on E-bay.
 
Keith Speer said:
I would just like to point out; I go fishing, no matter what the conditions.

BUT I tend to use the conditions that exist when I go, some days do not lend themselves to Barbel fishing, other days do.
In my post I was talking about Barbel fishing because this is a Barbel site, many of the days that I have the opportunity to fish on, do not fit with the conditions I like for Barbel, so I fish for other fish.

I do plan ahead, but for example, some days I might plan to fish for Zander and book a boat, only to find that I would be better served fishing a river for Chub.
Other days I drive 100+ miles to fish the Avon for Roach, only to find a local frost has knocked all the colour from the water, I still fish, because I enjoy fishing for it’s own sake, for me catching is always a bonus, I have lots of great memories of days when I have blanked or caught little, yet the day stands out, often because of the company I had on the bank.

Being a “jack of all trades†and master of few, I like to fish for all species, my favourites are Roach, Barbel and Predators, but I will happily spend a day fishing for Dace if the conditions dictate.
But when conditions are right for big Barbel or Roach, I go for it, often blanking because many of those days provide a fair chance of catching other species, or smaller fish, I prefer to stick it out for one big fish rather than several smaller fish.

The main thing is that I enjoy what I do, this should not be a trial, it should be enjoyable.

The day I stop enjoying my fishing, is the day all my gear goes on E-bay.
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Keith,

Posts like these are really helpful......more please.
 
Hi all
Sorry I haven’t been on for a couple of days -internet problems.
Keith’s post highlights why I want a thermometer that correlates with others’ .
I have also found the same thing regarding big barbel, (but have not had the same number of 14 +fish)
To get a trend of rising/falling temperatures I rely on other people’s temperature readings as well as my own. I can’t get to a river every day to take temperatures; so this is the only way to do it.
I do have the luxury of choosing which day that I fish in any given week, but usually only one.
Keith’s reference to air temperatures verses water temperature strikes me as odd as(1) barbel live in water; so water temperature should affect them more.(2) the only time that I can think that water temperatures will fall when air temperatures are rising is with a snow melt, which is not in my experience conducive for fishing for most species.
The point of the original post was to find which temperature gauges other people are using so that I might get a better idea of these trends
 
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Colin,
How will a high accuracy instrument help then? Everyone else who still bothers is using a pound shop fish tank job!
 
My digital thermometer gave up the ghost about 18 months back after years of service, I haven't felt the need to replace it, I just do as Keith says, fish according to the conditions on the day.
 
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