severn heaven?

theirwellkid

New member
Joined
Feb 5, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
i suppose im relatively new to bawbel (thats brummie for barbel) fishing, as i only really fish on the ribble, which leads me to the question: how best to tackle my 1st session on the severn come june? basically ive got the gear but no idea... can anyone help out and offer me some tips? cheers
 

Matty C

New member
Joined
Jun 30, 2004
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
lol theres a top tip.. might not catch manyn fish.. but atleast youll have a nice time..
 
S

Sean Meeghan

Guest
Let me know where you're fishing and, if I can, I'll help.

Barbel society members aren't all bad mate. Don't think the ones on the Severn have any form!
 
D

Dave Burr

Guest
Baldy

What part of the Severn are you going to target? Its a big old river and the barbel aren't spread evenly.

I fish the lower part of the river from below Holt Fleet to the Pixham area so if this bit of the river is in your plans I may be able to give you a few pointers.
 

theirwellkid

New member
Joined
Feb 5, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
im plannin to fish at bridgenorth lads but i dont know what the stretch is called, all i know is that you can camp there, if this is any use???
 
S

Sean Meeghan

Guest
Don't knoe the stretch, but have fished a fair bit in the area. You'll have to ask on the camp site for the best swims, but the methods are fairly standard. I'd use one of 2 methods:

Pellet on the feeder. I use 8mm halibut pellets banded on to a size 14 Super Specialist. With a mixture of various pellets in a cage feeder. Just use smaller halibut pellets with a few 8mm ones mixed in if you like. Just before you tackle up put your feeder pellets into a bait box and cover them with water. Once you've set up pour off the water. You'll now find that you can put the pellet into a cage feeder and they'll stay put when you cast. You'll need some dead cows for the feeder, 10lb reel line and a similar strength hooklink in braid or fluorocarbon.

The alternative is trotting maggots. Set up a balsa or avon float to 6lb line on a carp match rod. You'll need a gallon of maggots as well! Choose your swim and start feeding maggots every cast (a bait dropper on another rod makes this a lot easier). Keep the bait going in no matter what and you'll find that, in the right swim you'll be getting a fish a chuck.

Hope that helps.
 

theirwellkid

New member
Joined
Feb 5, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
cheers sean
the pellet feeder will probably be my main attack as its big barbel that im after. im not concerned about specific swims as i like to see a water before decideing where to place my baits. im more after the tactics used by the locals ie: line strengths, hook sizes etc to give me a head start as im only visiting there for a few days, i dont want to use up half of the time messing around with the basics when i could be catching!!!
 

chubber

New member
Joined
Mar 21, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
baldy,
Myself and my mate fish the area a bit. We use a 10lb mainline to an 8lb hooklength.

Hope this helps!!
 
P

paul williams 2

Guest
If river is low....buy as many casters as you can afford and back them up with hemp........if river is coloured then consider bigger baits......meat etc........and if you can get your hands on A8 boilies or mix all the better!
 

theirwellkid

New member
Joined
Feb 5, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
nice one a few good startin points, thats exactly the sort of info im after! any more??
 

chubber

New member
Joined
Mar 21, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
As always Halibut pellet worked well last season at Atcham. I only fished as low as ironbridge this season though.
Paul will let you know if I'm wrong but we had six Barbel to pellet in a five hour spell at Atcham.
My mate had a few runs on very large lumps of lucheon meat there too.
 

chubber

New member
Joined
Mar 21, 2006
Messages
0
Reaction score
0
Chub, Barbel, trout, pike, roach and some grayling as well as bream i think.
 
P

paul williams 2

Guest
No Chubber you certainly aint wrong.....pellet is a fine bait.
 
S

Sean Meeghan

Guest
Baldy and Chubber if you e-mail me via my profile on this site (just click on my name to get to it) and send me your postal addresses I'll send you a copy of an article by Matt Hayes on fishing the middle Severn. Its an excellent introduction to pellet fishing.
 
Top