tortoise100
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Does anybody have any tips on how to find and catch the bigger fish .
I have now lived in the area for two years and have fished stretches up towards Ely and the river is often very slow flowing up there .
I have fished godmanchester , paxton and St Neots stretches to try and find someware I feel comfortable with.
The closest area to me is the St Neots to St Ives area but the river changes so much and in some stretches seems hard to find any fish in others there are so many small fish its unreal.
I fished up at St Ives today for the first time and was supprised at the flow and the fact that the river remains very clear even after boat traffic but near pocket park area St Neots the water has much more colour.
My river experiance mainly comes from the derwent in derby or the cam in cambridge both of these rivers are nothing like the ouse at all one is very fast and powerfull the other fishtank clear and very slow.
I suppose I just find it very intimidating to fish on the ouse in most places it just seems very deep and dark with no way of fish spotting .
I have considered moving on to the Ivel but that does mean joining expensive clubs as there is no day ticket waters at all on the Ivel.
I know there are supposed to be large carp in the ouse in these stretches as well as decent fish of most species but I have never seen them or would not know how to strart I am not a long stay fisherman more of a roving around for a few hours at a time looking for fish .
I fish for all species but would like a zander a good perch or decent eel the most ,though a good carp ,tench ,bream, barbel or chub would be nice .
Just feel that since it's my local i should be getting to grips with it a bit more by now.
Any help would be great.
I have now lived in the area for two years and have fished stretches up towards Ely and the river is often very slow flowing up there .
I have fished godmanchester , paxton and St Neots stretches to try and find someware I feel comfortable with.
The closest area to me is the St Neots to St Ives area but the river changes so much and in some stretches seems hard to find any fish in others there are so many small fish its unreal.
I fished up at St Ives today for the first time and was supprised at the flow and the fact that the river remains very clear even after boat traffic but near pocket park area St Neots the water has much more colour.
My river experiance mainly comes from the derwent in derby or the cam in cambridge both of these rivers are nothing like the ouse at all one is very fast and powerfull the other fishtank clear and very slow.
I suppose I just find it very intimidating to fish on the ouse in most places it just seems very deep and dark with no way of fish spotting .
I have considered moving on to the Ivel but that does mean joining expensive clubs as there is no day ticket waters at all on the Ivel.
I know there are supposed to be large carp in the ouse in these stretches as well as decent fish of most species but I have never seen them or would not know how to strart I am not a long stay fisherman more of a roving around for a few hours at a time looking for fish .
I fish for all species but would like a zander a good perch or decent eel the most ,though a good carp ,tench ,bream, barbel or chub would be nice .
Just feel that since it's my local i should be getting to grips with it a bit more by now.
Any help would be great.
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