Feedback & Reports

Turned out to be a very warm, sunny day after a foggy cold morning. Most of the action after lunch on the usual feeder and pellet method.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time at Wyebank. Had a fairly tough day, water very shallow near side and flying through across, 5oz held bottom but best angle was to fish from the cross to reduce line curve. No tiny fish, all over 4lb best 6lb. Stunning day as the sun cleared the mist. Will be back having worked a few things out. Thanks to Don for advice.

6 Barbel

Final day and, as forecast, no change in the weather! 2 opted for the lower section and caught 1 barbel of 7.13 on pellet (also lost 2) and a chub of 3.8. The other 2 were at the top of Legg Meadow and landed 1 barbel of around 3lbs.
This is our 4th annual visit to Courtfield and it's always a pleasure just to be there.
Our catches haven't been prolific, but except for one "old bruiser" the barbel have been in superb condition and included 3 doubles. As always, thank you Don-it was good to have a chat and catch up on your news.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

A beautiful day to be on the river and also to be on a beat we'd never been too before. As such there's always a bit of uncertainty as to which the most productive swims might be. As it turned out, none of the 6 we tried were. Although the river looked in perfect condition (other than some floating leaves, we didn't get a single bite all day. Previously successful methods (pellet with swim feeder) produced nothing and experimentation with other baits and methods proved no better. Was it too bright, too warm? No idea, but other than the weather and gorgeous surroundings, a very disappointing day.

Nice location, unfortunately the barbel and chub were playing hide and seek and we lost. did manage a perch to about 1.5 lbs and a minnow lol. Big thanks to the farmer for the taxi service as the walk to the bank would be quite daunting with out him.

2 Other

Low, clear and bright.Predictably no bites. Nil

This was definitely a game of two halves. we fished all day through to 4 pm with just two chub to around 4lb to show for our efforts . then between 4 pm and 7 pm we caught 14 barbel all of the 5-8 lb stamp plus a chub to 6lb. all on pellet/feeder tactics. Conditions were not ideal, water low, clear and blazing sunshine with swans practicing their take off and landing technique but on the plus side, no canoes! ....but if we hadn't caught the barbel it would still have been a great day out. Will be back.

14 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fishing very poor with one of the 3 anglers getting no bites at all in 2 days! Water colour was good but level a little low with very little weed coming down the river. All anglers were bottom fishing with various different baits tried. Plain ledgers and swim feeders were tried, with ground bait and loose feed used.

2 Chub

Beautiful beat, beautiful day, blank. Operator error.

10 Barbel and 1 Chub. The river was low. It had been a cold night and it was sunny during the night. Not ideal conditions. Barbel fed late afternoon. Small fish 6oz - 5lb. Average size 1 1/2 - 2lb.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub