Brian Paul
Member
After quite a lot of research and some desperation, as my nearest “Barbel†river is over two hours drive away, I came across a single reference to a local small river “very, very occasionally producing a Barbel“.
The water is very lightly fished, but is known to hold good Chub. Such is the situation that I would be surprised if anyone had specifically targeted Barbel. The water is well up at present and fish spotting is probably out of the question for a long time now. I can’t sit on my hands until next summer, so will give it a try once the weather warms a bit and levels start to drop in a day or two.
What I was wondering is, are there many of these kind of low stock waters about or are they a rare find, if indeed there are Barbel present.
The water is very lightly fished, but is known to hold good Chub. Such is the situation that I would be surprised if anyone had specifically targeted Barbel. The water is well up at present and fish spotting is probably out of the question for a long time now. I can’t sit on my hands until next summer, so will give it a try once the weather warms a bit and levels start to drop in a day or two.
What I was wondering is, are there many of these kind of low stock waters about or are they a rare find, if indeed there are Barbel present.