Feedback & Reports

Early morning session 3 barbel in the 4-6lb range and 4chub around the 3lb mark,there seems to be a lot of silkweed covering the river bed lately unable to keep bait in water more than 5 minutes without the feeder and hook link being covered.I would have stayed longer but the canoes were a nightmare when a paddle boarder fell off in my swim I called it a day,groundbait and pellet feeder and meat on hook caught all fish the other was an eel.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Pike

Very low, but managed to find two swims at the end of the beat. Impossible to float fish, but had good success on the feeder - despite the number of people swimming in the swim!

18 Barbel, 1 Chub

Having struggled to catch many fish while the water is low, decided to start after lunch and fish into the evening. Lots of canoes and swimmers so not much expected until things calmed down. Needn't have bothered - blanked. Lovely stretch, though, so likely to be back when there's more water on.

Very slow section with blanket weed right across the river bottom that you can't see from the bank. That's all bar the very bottom end. Problem with there though is that it's opposite Lydbrook beach (Bournemouth beach at this time of year but in Lydbrook) and the open channel is the only accessible bit for the canoes. Once these cleared I had 4 little barbel ( 1 - 4lb) on GB feeder and pellet or meat.

4 Barbel

Caught 2 barbel late afternoon down the bottom of the fishery.

2 Barbel

Water very low as I expected. Tried various swims but found them in the end! Biggest barbel was about 7lb. Really enjoyable day thank you

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another blank day - river low and sluggish. Early weather conditions favourable but nothing showed. I appreciate that as anglers we share the river with other users but the boorish behaviour of "stag" groups coming through at increasingly regular intervals beggars belief and in the end we packed up early as conditions once again turned to clear blue skies and sunshine.

Great days fishing at home fishery weather hot and sunny with a nice breeze and clouded over late afternoon arrived at 2pm but did not start fishing until 4 as canoe traffic was so bad,fished the same swim as last week and pretty much continuous bites up until 9pm when i left.18 barbel ranging from approx 2lb up to 9lb and 5chub all over4lb groundbait feeder with hemp and pellet and meat on the hook,the 3 other were eels.

18 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Other

A very good but hard days fishing at Home fishery arrived at 11 probably a mistake as canoe traffic was horrendous will definitely fish late afternoon evening in future,tried several swims until I found feeding fish river is as low as I can remember and desperately needs rain.Fished more oxygenated water at downstream end Barbel ranged from 1lb up to 7lb 6oz and the chub was 5lb 2oz all caught on groundbait feeder with hemp and pellet and meat on the hook,the three other were Eels.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 3 Other

Feeder

3 Barbel