Feedback & Reports

Fished below the suspension bridge. Beautiful spot but fishing not helped by bright sunlight and swimmers in the river. Barbel on krill boilies and chub on sweetcorn and marine halibut boilies.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Very Pleasant day at this very nice beat and despite being promised rain, we stayed dry and hot all day . Chub small to medium size throughout the day and Barbel moved into the area at lunch time. All between 5 and 7 pounds, with a few that didn't make it to the net. All caught on pellets or meat.

1 Trout, 5 Barbel, 11 Chub

On a sunny day Caradoc can be a very busy venue judging by previous reports and even on a cloudy one there were people swimming in the river.....The fishing however can be rewarding in a beautiful place and fortunately for me this was the case on this visit.
Only one rod fished and I caught 6 Barbel with the best fish being just under 9lb.I lost one and bumped a couple more off in a productive day which also produced a few 8oz small Chub too. Rather curiously though I caught nothing on the float trotting pellet despite giving this method some considerable effort and time....There were also some fairly friendly cattle which at one stage broke out in a bit of a gallop which was certainly a bit of an eye opener. With the opposite bank controlled by BAA and a syndicate there is plenty of angling pressure here too so you need a few things going for you to enjoy this beat.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 10 Other

Warm and bright. No barbel showing today.

5 Chub

Poor fishing - nothing in the fast run below footbridge. No weed or signs of fish.

Nice fishery looks wise, not been here previously and packed up mid afternoon to get back to Hertfordshire at a reasonable time.
Will come back and give it another go in September.

A few chublets caught trotting pellet

Howard & Gary

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Chub, 2 Other

Caught plenty of Chub mast around 1.5lb, but one was just over 5lb, two Barbel about 6lb all on floatfished pellets. After landing one of the Barbel i hooked another large fish which i thought was another Barbel but it did not fight like a Barbel. did not hug the bottom and make long 50 yard runs just under the surface. after a fight of approx 15 mins a great big fish rolled at the net. After 50 years of fishing i had never seen a live Salmon but here was one of approx 10lb in my landing net. The fish was hooked legitimately in the scissors on a pellet.
After removing the hook the fish was allowed to recover in the net and swam away strongly. for about an hour either side of hooking the Salmon there were numerous Salmon showing and Jumping some of which were well over 20lb.

1 Salmon, 2 Barbel, 22 Chub

Beautiful stretch. Access along top of river great for driving long. Some very steep pegs along top section. Water level very low at moment. Saw several barbel in deeper sections bu couldn’t catch. Caught some lovely chub up to 5lb 6oz…and 2 large eels. Will return when levels are up

13 Chub, 2 Other