Saturday 24 June 2017

New stretch re-con - downstream end

So I packed up late morning on Sunday and made my way down to the lower end of the fishery - and what a treat!  Loads of fish on view.

The stills below are from a series of videos that I shot - hence the slight fuzziness of the images where the camera's auto focus has trouble with the surface of the water.

First up, three carp basking in the sun - the big one in the foreground is a mid to high teens double, low twenties at the most, while the smaller two are around 10-12 lbs each.


Next, a view of one of the spots that I have my eye on, the channel in front of the bushes is about 5 ft deep and looks perfect - and there is another double-figure carp moving downstream mid river.


The picture below shows 5 or 6 barbel on a gravel bar.  At one point while I watched, the gravel patch had 11 barbel on it.  About 8 were doubles with the biggest about 15lbs.  They were rooting around in the gravel, apparently feeding happily - just wait till I have some hemp seed!


The picture below shows the same gravel patch as above.  There are four or five barbel on it, several chub, one or two perch and a double figure carp (the dark shape just moving across on the left)


Finally, two more huge barbel moving through a weed bed - these fish are both doubles, maybe 12 to 15lbs!


Amazing that this stretch is not fished!!

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