Feedback & Reports

Very cold when I first arrived -3 degrees everything was covered in frost so knew it would be slow,tried meat in all the usual spots but nothing returned to the car for a coffee and a warm. Started fishing again about 9.30am chub first cast worked the beat again and found the fish in a more cooperative mood.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

A few inches of water on and pushing through, started on the Wyebank pool and tried several methods and baits before finally taking a 2.5lb Chub to trotted maggot. An hour later an oos brown trout of 1.5-2lb took feeder fished caster before the swim went dead. A while later I spoke with Don and he suggested trotting a swim just down from the steps where the slow and faster moving waters meet, I did manage a 2lb chub late on but no other bites to feeder or float.

1 Trout, 2 Chub

Arrived to a perfect river, 10 deg and 2 foot on and dropping.
Fished 3 different swims and had fish out of all of them. Had 3 good Barbel, one going 9lb all on maggots. Plus 5 good chub plus a few chublets. Lost 2 Barbel on bedrock. Wonderful day, the big barbel came at 4pm just as the light was going.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

River had dropped since Sunday and was slower and better colour. Weather was mild but a strong downstream wind made for some difficulty. Had fish sporadically through the day, 2 barbel were 4lb and 6lb, all fish were caught on meat with pellets and meat in feeder. Decent autumn day. Fished in first field on the inside of main flow.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Another perfect day, warm/overcast, no wind, decent flow, bit of colour etc. Using the tried and trusted pellet/feeder landed 4 barbel and 1 chub, all of average size, around 7.5-8lb for the barbel, 3lb for the chub.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Chub, 1 Other

A mild still day and the river well up with some colour. Started around noon and had a barbel around 51/2lbs on pellet and feeder an hour later. Then all went quiet so I changed to meat and caught only a smallish chub. Moved to the bottom field but not a touch there for an hour so returned to my first swim. It was nearly dark when my last cast produced a bite and I was into an obviously good fish which went 91/2 lbs on the scales. A slow day but a very satisfactory end to the autumn's fishing.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Conditions could not have been better for mid November, water had a bit of push and colour and not a breath of wind. Temp in the mid teens. I can only assume it caught the fish by surprise as they were not feeding to the extent that I thought they might. Nevertheless I caught two barbel
on pellet/feeder tactics of average size around 7/7.5lb, both late afternoon. As always, a great day out.

2 Barbel

1 Chub

2nd time at Whitehouse and another cracking session. Fished the deeper area down the far end of the fishery. Caught 21 barbel between 2 of us. No massive fish, barbel between 4lb & 7lb. River up about a foot and it was a mild day! Good conditions. Lovely place.

21 Barbel