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Has barbel fishing been harder this year?

Has barbel fishing been harder this year?

  • Dunno mate - I've had my best season ever!

    Votes: 34 29.3%
  • Its not been much worse or better than previous few seasons.

    Votes: 55 47.4%
  • Yes - barbel fishing has been harder and slower than previous seasons. I'm beginning to hate them.

    Votes: 27 23.3%

  • Total voters
    116
Joe
That wooden construction must be a hide then for the 'Twitchers', the rubbish I saw was very much builders rubbish, looked like a bad case of fly tipping, but anyway it's gone now.
Yep I have seen the flowers etc, in fact I was passing back in the summer and the relatives were there putting the vases out, Itried to communicate with them but they did not understand English. I thought there was a fatality, but diddn't see any new reports..Did you?
Ahh the Island, now a syndicate:mad:But at least we will have more swims to go at

Hi Neil did not see any news reports as to the man that died . I was told by some one on the river bank what had happend .
As for the syndicate . I think you will find is do not exsist . That sign which had been placed on a branch of tree as since been taken down .
Just before the start of the season . I was in the Baa car park on the hill .
When two young lads turned up with spades and dissapeared of down the hill towards river and wondered what they were up .
Once the season had started and on many occasions when I was fishing , these two lads would would turn up and dissapear on to the Island . I got talking to them once or twice and they told me they had some decent fish from there . Being the nosy person I am one day I had a look and found four swims had been dug and a notice had been placed on a piece of paper . Saying synicate water . Members only . The notice has since been removed . Who took it down , At a guess I would say the landowner . Also the two lads that were fishing it have no longer been seen . So at a guess I think they have been caught on there and kicked of
 
I have managed to fish the ouse two times this season & have failed to bank a barbel,due to ineptitude & misfortune. Hooked fish on both sessions & lost both, one to an hook-pull (probably a chub) & hooklength parted on the other (first time in 2 years). On the lea i have managed 5 short 4hr sessions,with the 2nd one producing a new pb of 14lb 2oz.
Taking these figures in to consideration i would say that my season is similar to last season,which was harder than the previous season. However if i had landed the two fish from the Ouse my session to fish ratio would have been better than last season.

Regards
Andy
 
I had approx twelve trips on the Ouse last season, all in areas where I've caught consistently in the past, I caught one fish approx 7lbs.
 
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