Do THIS when Barbel don't want pellets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- A lovely autumn session on the River Trent fishing for Barbel with a friend, where we discovered a small bait change made a big difference.
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Great video well produced and good angling Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your kind words Stephen.
Great watch. Love that stretch, caught my first Trent Barbel from there. I still have the odd trip up at Fiskerton. 😊
Thanks a lot Tutts. It's a nice stretch and was new to me.
Hi Nick, That was me next door. Glad to see you carried on catching after I left. I have returned once since this and had a couple of really decent Chub. Will be back this week with some maggots!
Hey Mark! Thanks for your comment and glad to hear you've caught some nice Chub from the stretch. Good luck on your next trip.
Quality days fishing, super content and narration 👏🏼👏🏼
Glad you liked it Barney. Thanks for your comment. Nick
Great video sir and I will certainly be looking out for more. Just about to start filming my own fishing on the Thames and six fish a season will be more like it.
Thanks Neil and good luck with your own filming and fishing. Ping me a link when you're live.
Lovely video again Nick. The Trent is my next target following the many outings on The Wye. Good to see that similar tactics work and that ringing the bait changes does too. Nice also that there is always the chance of a big one! Was this a day ticket stretch?
Thanks as always. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes it's day ticket.
There is a similar trend on most of our Barbel rivers. It could be that the Wye is behind the Dorset Stour and Hants Avon but will ultimately end up the same. Both of these rivers were once a Barbel mecca but are now principally Chub fisheries with a few Barbel. Why this is, no-one has any answers. Poor recruitment is the likely cause. This is probably due to poor spawning success. As numbers dwindle so successful spawning becomes less likely and as the adult fish die off so the gene pool becomes smaller, further lessening the chance of success. Pollution, predation by cormorants of the young fish, bad weather at spawning time....the list goes on. Chub appear to be coping better with today's rivers and are filling the gap left by the disappearing Barbel. Chub are spawn eaters and may be feeding on the Barbel spawn. Personally I am not optimistic. Even the Trent may flow. The upper Trent 20 years ago had good Barbel stocks. Now they are rare. I could go on about rivers where the Barbel stocks have declined dramatically. Here's a few: Bristol Avon, Kennet, Great Ouse, London, There'll.....you get the idea! The situation on the Wye is in no way unique!
Hi nick , lovely day for you and your mate , what peg was that with the match opposite , cheers , tight lines Dave
Thanks David. Sorry, I can't remember the peg number.
Hi Nick, was this Barnsley’s fiskerton stretch? Also are you from oundle? Sure I’ve seen you fishing the nene before.
Hi George. I think it was Barnsley's stretch yes. You get the ticket from the local shop. And yes, I live in Oundle! Small world. Are you local also?
@ nassington, now Peterborough for me! Been trying for the ever elusive nene barbel for a while and have transitioned to the Trent as it’s close but not tried Fiskerton yet it’s next on the list, went to Collingham on Sunday and had 1 bite last second of the day 12lb12oz barbel!
Nice! I'm also trying to catch a Nene Barbel... They're in there but no luck yet. Hope to see you on the bank.
@ alwalton looking best bet currently!
There's been some nice reports from Nassington/Elton also. Closer to home for you. Keep trying!
Tee-shirts lol ? What was the actual date this video was shot Nick ?
It was the 20th September. What's the t shirt reference?
The video says 3 weeks ago, It was longer than that,, since I fished in a tee-shirt 😮
Ah I see! It was published three weeks ago but filmed in late September. Feels like a lifetime ago already..!
I've BLANKED on the river Taff last 2 days , ironically using Maggot 😂
Three rods on a river, ridiculous .
We had two each, which is allowed on that stretch. I normally fish one.
Really necessary to have bite indicators on disturbing the countryside peace ?
Honestly - probably not. As you'll see we missed a few bites because we weren't watching the rods. They were quietly set though. Thanks for your comment Wayne.