Lord Paul of Sheffield
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I posted this question on the pike thread but decided to start a new thread
Accidental chub captures whist pike fishing
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I posted this question on the pike thread but decided to start a new thread
Phil Heaton
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Here's an old Trent warrior that snaffled a 6" fox replicant, obviously intended for a green toothed monster.
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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well they have big mouths chub 
philblakey
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I've had a few chub by accident, on various lures, never had a big chub though.
A couple of old ones! One on a Lucky 13 off the top; the others a Reflex spinner.
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A couple of old ones! One on a Lucky 13 off the top; the others a Reflex spinner.
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Eric Edwards
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Here's a five pound chub I had on a big chunk of lamprey from the Ure a few years back. Had the baits picked up several times by chub but only landed this one.
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Lord Paul of Sheffield
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What other species have taken lure or spinner - I've heard of carp caught with the lure in the scissors
Apart from predatory species I've heard of and seen pics of bream, tench, rudd, roach, gudgeon, and grayling all caught on lures. The ultralight stuff really seems to appeal to more species than you'd first think but then some ultralight lures are barely bigger than fishing flies these days.
terry m
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I have had medium sized chub on lures intended for pike, Fox Runts and 6inch shads!
The common themes are that it has always been in the summer, and without exception the lure has been grabbed as soon as it hits the water!!
The common themes are that it has always been in the summer, and without exception the lure has been grabbed as soon as it hits the water!!
philblakey
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I keep in touch with a lad from Croatia called Dalien, he sometimes fishes for barbel with lures.
Good clip of him catching one on YouTube, it's something i'd never seen before;
Barbel caught on savage gear prey 69 lure - YouTube
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Good clip of him catching one on YouTube, it's something i'd never seen before;
Barbel caught on savage gear prey 69 lure - YouTube
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Not exactly relevant to this thread, so apologies in advancemg:
Recently I’ve caught loads of chub whilst fishing for perch. The chubbers seem to love small “soft plastics” on ultralight jig heads.
They go barmy for Berkley craws, crickets, shrimp, leech, minnows, and nightcrawlers. So much so I’ve targeted chub on them.
No groundbait, feeders, maggots and worms. Just a couple of jars in me rucksack and a big hook. I feel such a cheat for doing so :wh
mg:Recently I’ve caught loads of chub whilst fishing for perch. The chubbers seem to love small “soft plastics” on ultralight jig heads.
They go barmy for Berkley craws, crickets, shrimp, leech, minnows, and nightcrawlers. So much so I’ve targeted chub on them.
No groundbait, feeders, maggots and worms. Just a couple of jars in me rucksack and a big hook. I feel such a cheat for doing so :wh
simon dunbar
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Caught a few chub on lures , to 5 lbs 2 oz, once had a bream on a lure. A few years ago had a big carp follow a Rebel Buzz N Frog ( surface lure that looked like a swimming frog ) . Couple of casts later it followed it again, chomped at it but never took it properly. One day on the lower Dorset stour caught two mullet in a couple of casts while fishing for pike.
That was when I was into lure fishing big time , rarely go now ,still got loads of lures though !
That was when I was into lure fishing big time , rarely go now ,still got loads of lures though !
mark knowles
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Used to do a lot of small river chub fishing but to this day my biggest, 5lb 9oz, took a float ledgered sardine from the wide Welland near Crowland Bridge.
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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Had plenty on lures tho not really accidental. One capture does stick in my mind of a
4lb 10oz fish that took a 6 inch roach livebait complete with wire trace and trebles
4lb 10oz fish that took a 6 inch roach livebait complete with wire trace and trebles
themyth
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i can recall bagging 3 carp one hot summers day upto 33lb on the old devonshire minnow spinner,most the other lads were sitting it out on zigs and surface baits.
stu_the_blank
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Only one (so far!) a 4-12 that took a patanostered 6" trout deadbait on the Mole near Dorking. Over Christmas about 10 yrs ago. The thread brought back the memory.
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I regular use lures for chub, during the winter and summer even though they could quite as well catch Pike, they just tend to be smaller for the chub, but this won't stop decent sized chub attacking a 6" lure. As I see from the posts a few members have had them on 6" lures. I tend to use lures around the 40 - 70mm mark specifically for them but maybe I should try a few bigger ones sometimes?.