whats the best bait for barbel

[Wendy Perry 3]

Hi i'm going on the ribble tomorrow at ribchester and want to catch some barbel i have only ever fished the dove once with Graham i caught a barbel but i haven't got the bait we used.I have some boilies and hookable pellets etc, i am gonna fish the feeder i think?? Any input would be appreciated guys.

Wendy

 

[EC]

Have a look on the Ribble catch reports thread Wendy!

The lads who fish there post regularly!

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

yeah i just been reading the reports Eddie and John Conway goes to the ribchester a lot but i'm still a little unsure of what to use and wether i should be using the feeder? I'm so excited about going there tomorrow

 

[Christian Tyroll]

Could use a feeder fine i would imagine, i dont know what the flows like but if its like every other river i wouldnt worry about the weight of your feeder. Just use liquidised bread and pellets in the feeder and fish pellet on the hair.

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

Cheers christian i am gonna do some liquidised bread as well.i have some hair rigs too so i'll give it a go!

 

[andy robinson]

hi wendy
id check the river levels on rivercall before you go,at 1630 today the level at njr was 1.83 mts up and rising.if we dont get any more rain , it will still be high tommorow.bait wise pellets and boilies are ok.

 

[David Craine]

Hi Wendy...I fish that area regularly..you will not go wrong with Halibut Pellets, fished on the hair...use either crushed or Micro pellet in an open end feeder, with hemp, and bind it with crumb.The takes can be very vicious wrap arounds.. dont be afraid to use large pellet.Halibut Boilies also produce,good tip is to fish downstream rod on feeder, with the upstream rod using PVA net with larger pellet pieces .
Good luck... be aware that the river can rise very quickly, and Ribchester has some very big stone flood defences, which the river can and will cover very quickly in flood..make sure your gear is well up the bank (and yourself in extreme circs)

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

Hi Andy sorry if i sound dumb here but what is rivercall ?

David thanks for the info and hopefully i will do ok i'll let ya know how i get on tomorrow.

 

[paul williams 2]

I could have bought up some of that Graham gave you if you had taken more interest in my jam! -

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

i love your jam!!

 

[paul williams 2]

No good trying to get round me now i'm soused and can't drive you tease!

 

[paul williams 2]

BTW....have you considered a big chunk of meat?

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

really! can't you drive? and me i'm not teasing

 

[Wendy Perry 3]

oh yes have i !!!!! erm yes i have some luncheon meat...do you think if i spread jam on it they would go for it?? lmao ))

 

[paul williams 2]

From our "other" chat and the suggestions i had then i think that if you spread Greengage over the chunk of meat then something would def "go for it"...........probably the larger older whiskered type too!


Bet the barbel police can't get their heads round this one!!!

 

[Bryan Baron 2]

me and Jim where out yesterday just above Ribchester we left at 5.30 just as the river was reaching the top of the bank. It had come up over 8 foot in 2 hours. As i type this we have more heavy rain coming though. I would suspect that the river will be to full tommorow. If the rain stop it should only take a day or two to bring it back to a fishable state.

 

[Graham Whatmore]

Methinks Wendy might be in for a bit of a shock when she sees that then Bryan, she will probably head for the nearest pub, she is a sensible woman.

 

[Bryan Baron 2]

And with one not more than 100 yards from the river, she will not have far to go.

 

[paul williams 2]

I told you to consider a large chunk of meat Wendy........great when such conditions crop up

 

[Graham Whatmore]

You naughty boy!

100 lines of "I must not make rude suggestions to nice ladies".