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Why have I never caught a barbel less than 4lb anywhere in all my years of fishing?
Equivalent of Chub, Roach Bream etc, no problem, thousands of them. My smallest barbel is 4lb that I can remember.
1lb barbel just do not seem to exist. Just out of academic interest, where are they?
Just adding, I never have seen anyone else catch very small barbel, I never hear of anyone being plagued by small barbel as you often see or hear with other species, in fact it is more often the case; smaller fish of any species are more common, form bigger shoals and feed more ravenously. I find that odd and peculiar to barbel alone. I may be wrong and its just what has happened to me. I am just curious if anyone else has found this and any reasons why.
I rarely fish for barbel these days but, I have done a fair bit in the past on the Kennet and Avon. Shoals or single fish of over 4lb only. Shoals of small fish or even single small fish, never. Odd !
Equivalent of Chub, Roach Bream etc, no problem, thousands of them. My smallest barbel is 4lb that I can remember.
1lb barbel just do not seem to exist. Just out of academic interest, where are they?
Just adding, I never have seen anyone else catch very small barbel, I never hear of anyone being plagued by small barbel as you often see or hear with other species, in fact it is more often the case; smaller fish of any species are more common, form bigger shoals and feed more ravenously. I find that odd and peculiar to barbel alone. I may be wrong and its just what has happened to me. I am just curious if anyone else has found this and any reasons why.
I rarely fish for barbel these days but, I have done a fair bit in the past on the Kennet and Avon. Shoals or single fish of over 4lb only. Shoals of small fish or even single small fish, never. Odd !
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