I was pretty convinced when I caught it, very silver and white pelvic and anal fins... Looking at the photo I'm not so sure now. Doesn't matter, a cracking morning's fishing.
Three barbel, 5lb 3oz recapture (above), 3lb 14oz and one about 2lb, two chub (both over 3lb), a trout and an eel... I'll take that any day!
Taking my season total barbel up to 21 for 94lb 15oz, I'd really like to beat the 100lb mark this year - five pounds to go. I nearly cracked it today loosing a fish about 7lb and one about 4lb, I'm thinking hook-pulls are more of a problem rolling than fishing static baits.
And hello to Stewart from Barbel Quest, nice to finally meet you and put a face to the name after 2 or 3 years - good luck tomorrow.
I'm no expert but no reds spots on a sea trout - it is, however a cracking fish .... as are the barbel!
ReplyDeleteCheers, doesn't matter - great day anyway!
DeleteUnfortunately with rolling it comes with the territory but you will cover more ground and have a much higher catch rate than if you were static, but there are some rivers where that is an exception. And on the Trout, I think it is a sea trout but the pic doesn't make that conclusive, good enough for me ,we know they are running.
ReplyDeleteYeah but hooking more fish makes up for it - overall it's putting more fish on the scorecard. Trout wise, I'll have to catch another one and get a better photo!
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