peter Barton
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I am lucky enough to be living in Spain on the Costa Blanca, although not a generally good area for fishing. If anybody fancies a holiday in Spain they should look at Extramadura ( unless you are catfish mad )
Anyway, we have available an area known as the Pego marshes and there are 2 little rivers with carp, barbel ( few ) and a lot of Mullet. These things leap out of the water and generally shoot about all over the place.They can be caught on float fished bread flake and give a spectacular fight which actually exceeds these wild carp in ferocity. A mate hooked a big one yesterday which careered all round the river before breaking his 5lb line although he did nothing wrong --- you dont have time to do anything much as they are lightning fast and powerful.
Does anybody have experience of these phenomenal fish and can advise on methods ? Another mate reckons the only comparator in fight is a Salmon ! Be good to hear from
Anyway, we have available an area known as the Pego marshes and there are 2 little rivers with carp, barbel ( few ) and a lot of Mullet. These things leap out of the water and generally shoot about all over the place.They can be caught on float fished bread flake and give a spectacular fight which actually exceeds these wild carp in ferocity. A mate hooked a big one yesterday which careered all round the river before breaking his 5lb line although he did nothing wrong --- you dont have time to do anything much as they are lightning fast and powerful.
Does anybody have experience of these phenomenal fish and can advise on methods ? Another mate reckons the only comparator in fight is a Salmon ! Be good to hear from