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jimsz |
River Goyt |
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Good luck to fellow Goyters,the rivers up about 1 foot a nice tea colour it should flush it out after the hot weather ,can,t wait !
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goyt barbel |
good start to season | ||
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HI all where were all my fellow barbel anglers this weekend, not scared of a little rain I hope had pear mill weir all to myself all weekend(not that im complaining lol). Anyway seriously it was great start to season had to good fish one 9lb and one 9 1/2 (pics to follow on gallery). River was very high friday but stuck to plan of midnight start with great reward of first fish at 12.30 and the other saturday lunchtime. No barbel sunday but was bagging up on unusually high numbers of trout in weir, also good numbers of chub and grayling. river level dropped very quickly and was back to normal summer level by sat afternoon.
anyone else had good catches elsewhere on goyt opening weekend? |
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Woody |
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Nice one Goyt Barbel, I must agree about the lack of other anglers on the bank. I walked the dog through Brabyns on Saturday and saw no-one and then returned on Sunday evening for a bit of trotting. I had a couple of nice chub on the float and a brownie to finish the evening. It looks like they have archived all the 2006 posts and re-jigged the site since Saturday. I had trouble finding this thread, I picked up on you being the newest member and followed your post! I can't get on the Ribble reports at the moment, hopefully things will sort themselves out soon. Good luck to all for the rest of the season.
Woody |
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wazoo |
Re: bent barbel | ||
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Hi all: Just before the site went daft and we all started viewing different threads, I posted a query about the bent Barbel in the river. Slip suggested I put in on the general Barbel thread, which Ive done. I would appreciate any regular Goyters thoughts / observations (I know youve a few Jimsz) before contacting the EA.
If your still reading BBH please break your silence and advise if theyve always been that way. Regards, John. |
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gregsypike |
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I've had a couple of "broken backed" barbs here, dunno if its relevant but it's a trait shared by some of the fish in the Dane.
Had about 35 trout, one grayling and 2 chub on Sunday morning (between 2 of us). No barbs though. Gregsy |
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whattablanka |
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hi all
well done on the fishing. its been quite good had a bent barb and a couple of chub to date. just to add to the bent fish syndrome ive recorded all my catches and found i only had a couple from the pearmill area but higher up the river towards otterspool they seemed to be more common. each fish seemed healthy and strong averaging around six pound mark. all the chub and trout have been spot on. its worth looking into just for peace of mind. up to now ive assumed its summit to to with the pollution from years ago still lingering in areas. i was wondering why i was glowing in the dark. |
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big barbel hunter |
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Hi Wazoo With ref to the bent backs on some of the barbel and chub this appears to be some form of genetic problem or a vitamim defficiancy and seems to appear in rivers nationwide,I know that the some stock did contain the odd fish with this trait but at the end of the day you give them the benefit of the doubt and by the sounds of things these odd fish have survived and gone on to mature into adult fish as is the case with nature in general. However I will be keeping a close eye on the situation.
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dan1988 |
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Hi all, not fished yet, out this weekend, had a walk last monday, fishing not bad, the level has dropped, still slightly higher than usual, as there are a few areas ive fished from previously still under water, not much but that should be settling down now
well done on the barbel and chub, hopefully i can experience some success now this weekend dont know much about the bent backs of the barbel, honestly couldnt say any more than that but the vitamin defficiency is an interesting thought. tight lines dan |
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wazoo |
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Thanks BBH, nice to know it's still being watched.
Regards, John. |
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winston2003 |
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hi
i caught a bent barbel out of the weir at pear mill last summer as i remember only fis of the day . came in lack a sack of spuds. regards paul |
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oilman |
barbel catches | ||
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Plenty of barbel coming out one guy had 4 on the 16 at paintmasters. and a few coming out on oterspool not heard of a double yet but they are in there myself zero, been on three times will give it a go into the night. this week will let you know how i went on.will be sticking to my chicken spices boiles work last year on the goyt.
tight lines oilman |
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