River Ribble

[John McLaren]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..above Ribchester
Date...................08.10.02
Time fished............15.30 - 22:30
Weather conditions.....dry but cooling with strong and rising wind
Water conditions.......low
Water Temperature...... 12.5C
Bait .................. maggot then pellet
Method ............... during afternoon trotted waggler with maggot, feeding maggot and hemp. Switched to ledger using pellet, crumb and hemp feed with pellet on hook.
Results : 4 small barbel to 2lb 12oz and 2 trout on float tactics. Nil on ledger - lost three heavy fish though
Comments : - very frustrating especially as my mate had a new pb bill!

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Samlesbury
Date...................09.10.02
Time fished............17.00 - 00:00
Weather conditions.....dry , coldish and windy
Water conditions.......low
Water Temperature...... not taken
Bait .................. pellet and boilies
Method ............... fished over a bed of hemp that was fed through the bait dropper.
Results : 1 chub about 4lb
Comments : - Despite a couple of small chub knocks no decent bites or fish.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Shaws arms
Date...................11.10.02
Time fished............16.00 - 21:00
Weather conditions.....raining moderately all session, quite windy
Water conditions.......low
Water Temperature...... not taken
Bait .................. pellet, boilies, maggot, bread, meat, worms
Method ............... ledger over pva/feeder
Results : Blank
Comments : - One little pluck on meat and that was it. Couldnt even get a snig on worm or maggot. If my mate hadnt fished 20 yds upstream and managed only 1 dace all session i would be thinking im a seriously rubbish angler.
Are we downhearted - NO !! ( not yet)

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Balderstones
Date...................21.10.02
Time fished............09.00 - 19:00
Weather conditions.....raining most of the day, air temp 9C
Water conditions.......Full Flood
Water Temperature...... 9C
Bait .................. pellet, maggot, meat and sweetcorn
Method ............... ledger
Results : Blank
Comments : - Fished a couple of slacks 1M from bank. River in full flood, trees and the odd dead sheep coming down, main problem reeling in every 10 mins to remove the twigs and crap off the line.

 

[Derrick Hodges]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Balderstones
Date...................26.10.02
Time fished............07.00 - 15:00
Weather conditions..... Lets just say changeable
Water conditions.......V. High but falling fast
Water Temperature...... N/K
Bait .................. pellet, maggot, meat and trigga
Method ............... Feeder
Results : 8 1/2 lb Barb and hook pull from another at net
Comments : - Lots of leaves but to be expected this time of year. Had a barbel roll in front of me in the margins no more than 2 feet from me. Love the Ribble valley this time of year

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Samlesbury
Date...................25.10.02
Time fished............09.00 - 12:00
Weather conditions..... showery
Water conditions.......5 ft up and came up another 2 ft whilst fishing
Water Temperature...... not taken
Bait .................. meat and pellet
Method ............... ledger
Results : Blank
Comments : - Lots of leaves and other crap coming down, touch ledgering the only option with 6oz of lead. Had one bite but missed it and hook came back with a scale on it !!
Had a look on 26/10 but river was close to 10ft up and my mate didnt fancy it so didnt fish.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Above preston
Date...................28.10.02
Time fished............13.00 - 19:00
Weather conditions..... blustery / showery
Water conditions.......5 1/2 ft up at start and dropped 2 ft whilst fishing
Water Temperature...... not taken
Bait .................. meat and pellet
Method ............... ledger
Results : 1 barbel at 9lb 12 oz and 2 chub , 1 at 4lb 14oz and the other at 6lb 6oz ( a p.b and my first ever 6 lb chub)
Comments : River was fishable with the extra water in and very little leaves etc being washed down. Still required plenty of lead to hold bottom @ 4-6 oz.
All three fish came in consecutive casts and were the only 3 bites i had during the session.
I was really happy catching the small chub first and avoiding a blank but then to get a near double barbel after not catching one for weeks made my day. Then to finish with a huge chub was unreal.
Sometimes we get downhearted ( and wet and muddy) but then you get days when you feel the hardwork and effort is rewarded - like yesterday.
I love the ribble too !

 

[John McLaren]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..above Ribchester
Date...................29.10.02
Time fished............14.30 - 19:00
Weather conditions.....odd showers following a morning of rain, air temp at start 11C but dropping to 8C within the first hour
Water conditions.......around 1 metre up
Water Temperature...... 8C
Bait .................. pellet then bread
Method ............... pellet with bagged pellets on straight lead, bread with mash in feeder
Results: Blank
Comments: Levels at 3am were encouraging - up about half a metre but falling but steady rain for about eight hours meant the river was up again and bringing down lots of rubbish. Had just three lightning fast bites. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Above preston
Date...................04.11.02
Time fished............10.00 - 18:00
Weather conditions..... nice with odd shower
Water conditions.......5 ft up at start and dropped 2 1/2 ft whilst fishing
Water Temperature...... not taken
Bait .................. meat , pellet , boilie
Method ............... ledger
Results : 2 barbel at 11lb 10 oz and 10lb 4oz. 1 chub at 4lb 6oz
Comments : Needed 4-5 oz of lead to hold bottom and leaves were a bit of a prob but who cares when you get 2 doubles in a day.
I also got snapped off by an unseen barbel that could have made it an even better day , still i musnt grumble. Another day on the ribble that is going to live long in the memory.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Above preston
Date...................05.11.02
Time fished............12.00 - 18:00
Weather conditions..... lovely for time of year
Water conditions.......1 1/2ft up
Water Temperature...... not taken ( air temp - 16 c)
Bait .................. meat , pellet , boilie
Method ............... ledger
Results : 2 barbel at 7lb 9oz and 6lb 12oz. 1 chub at 4lb 12oz
Comments : Fished the same swim as yesterday but it was a bit of an anti climax after yesterdays fish.
I suspect the gods are about to change and im due a few blanks but i love the ribble with extra water on it.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..near Clitheroe
Date...................19.11.02
Time fished............10.00 - 17:00
Weather conditions..... overcast
Water conditions.......6 inch above summer level and clear
Water Temperature......6 deg c (bought a digi therm now )
Bait .................. bread and maggot
Method ............... feeder
Result : 15 chub between 1 and 4 1/2 lbs , 4 trout and 2 grayling
Comments : 14 chub on bread flake over liquidised bread. The rest on maggot but the chub werent interested in maggot.
Missed plenty of bites on bread even though i touch ledgered for much of the day.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch.. Ribchester
Date...................21.11.02
Time fished............12.30 - 16:00
Weather conditions.....raining and windy
Water conditions.......6 inch above summer level and clear
Water Temperature......6 deg c Bait .................. bread and cheesepaste
Method ............... ledger
Result : blank
Comments : Had a wander on a new bit of river but only managed one half hearted knock on bread. Weather was c**p but it was still enjoyable

 

[Keith Hacking]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: clitheroe
Date:24.11.02
Day Ticket/Club/Private: club
Time fished: 9am 1pm
Weather conditions:sunny at first clouding over
Water conditions: 12ins up on normal
Water Temperature: 42f
Bait: maggot and sweetcorn
Method:trotting
Results: 7 grayling.8 trout.2 chub
Brief description of the session and any remarks:nice grayling 1/2lbs to 11/4lbs.trout a nuisance.1chub at 4lbs 1 at31/2lbs and lost a big chub which ran into a snag and came of thought this stretch was clear but the chub knew were the snag was A good mornings sport

 

[John McLaren]

Section of Fishery or river stretch.. above Ribchester
Date...................26.11.02
Time fished............15.00 - 20:00
Weather conditions.....fine but a bit windy
Water conditions....... low & clear
Water Temperature......7 deg c Bait .................. maggots, bread and cheesepaste
Method ............... quiver tip feeder
Result : 2 Trout (one a brownie over 1lb thwe other a small sea trout) on maggots, not a touch on bread or cheesepaste.
Comments : delayed getting to the river on a surprisingly pleasant day. Can't believe I didn't get a bite on bread!!!

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch.. above Ribchester
Date...................27.11.02
Time fished............13.00 - 16:30
Weather conditions.....showery and windy
Water conditions....... summer level & clear
Water Temperature......6 deg c Bait .................. bread Method ............... flake over liquidised bread on the tip
Result : 2 chub both @ 4lb.
Had a wander along the stretch fishing each swim for 15 mins and moving if no bites came.
The 2 bites i hit were at opposite ends of the spectrum, 1 moved the tip barely 1/16 of an inch the other resembled a barbel bite moving the tip 12+ inches as i was pouring a brew.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..clitheroe Date...................28.11.02
Time fished............13.00 - 16:30
Weather conditions.....showery
Water conditions....... a foot up with some colour
Water Temperature......6 deg c Bait .................. bread and cheesepaste
Method ............... flake over liquidised bread on the tip and cheesepate on the bomb
Result : 5 chub between 2 and 4lb. 1 trout.
Comments : Fished a few swims in rotation, had first fish on cheesepaste then all the other fish on bread.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Ribchester Date...................06.12.02
Time fished............12.00 - 22:00
Weather conditions.....Frost in the morning then bright sunshine clouding over at dusk Air temp 12C at mid day dropping to 6C after dusk
Water conditions....... Carrying some water and colour Rivercall at Salmesbury @ 15:00hrs 0.49M and falling
Water Temperature......6 deg c Bait .................. bread, paste and pellets
Method ............... Quiver tip
Result : Blank
Comments : Plenty of bites after dusk, got stuck into a fish but lost it after a couple fo pulls. Matt, the lad I was fishing with, landed a nice 4lb-12oz chub and another around 4lb.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Samlesbury
Date...................05.12.02
Time fished............10.00 - 16:30
Weather conditions.....squally showers
Water conditions....... about 1 1/2 foot up and rose another foot during fishing
Water Temperature......7 deg c Bait .................. pellet and boilie
Method ............... ledger
Result : Blank
Comments : Fancied it for barbel with the weather/ river conditions so sat it out on pellet and boilie but only had 1 chub @ 4 1/2 lb .

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Long Preston
Date...................14.12.02
Time fished............13.00 - 16:30
Weather conditions.....overcast and drizzly
Water conditions.......low and clear
Water Temperature......not taken
Bait .................. bread over liquidised bread
Method ............... Quiver tip
Result : 6 chub all around the 4 lb mark
Comments : New stretch so wandered about until i got bites in 1 swim and stayed there having the chub and missing a few bites.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch..Long Preston
Date...................20.12.02
Time fished............12.00 - 16:30
Weather conditions.....cold and overcast
Water conditions.......low and clear
Water Temperature......3.7 deg
Bait .................. bread over liquidised bread, maggot
Method ............... Quiver tip
Result : blank
Comments : not a sniff of a bite all session which was surprising. Air temp was 2 deg and dropped to zero at dusk.