I don't really know a lot about this, but as I'm laid up with this broken wrist, I'm reading a lot of bits and pieces.
Bob Roberts wrote a piece saying (roughly) that most Trent anglers fishing around the local weir pools are deceiving themselves that lots of big barbel are present. He implied on some beats the anglers out weigh the fish.
He stated that there were only a very few big fish over 14lb. And that a fish of that size was a fish of a lifetime. And that those bigger were simply recaptured over again.
I just wondered on those who fish the Trent like myself think.
I'm not really bothered, as I just love catching barbel, but I do always think that big fish is around some-place! Ive taken far few doubles to worry about size, but know many that do by the way they fish.
Sorry I cannot find the exact piece, its on his own site somewhere.
Bob Roberts wrote a piece saying (roughly) that most Trent anglers fishing around the local weir pools are deceiving themselves that lots of big barbel are present. He implied on some beats the anglers out weigh the fish.
He stated that there were only a very few big fish over 14lb. And that a fish of that size was a fish of a lifetime. And that those bigger were simply recaptured over again.
I just wondered on those who fish the Trent like myself think.
I'm not really bothered, as I just love catching barbel, but I do always think that big fish is around some-place! Ive taken far few doubles to worry about size, but know many that do by the way they fish.
Sorry I cannot find the exact piece, its on his own site somewhere.