River Ribble above Preston Sun 23/10/16
Time 16:00-21.30
Weather conditions Cold easterly Wind Very Low Clear River Conditions
Bait Pellet, Meat
Method Two rods Groundbait Feeder
First session on the River since March 16 and despite low water conditions, I still fancied my chances. Had nothing in the day on Maggot feeder and switched to Ground bait feeder just before nightfall (17:50hrs). I had Meat on upstream rod and 14mm Pellet on my downstream rod. The first hour of darkness passed without any indication, and I started to get worried. Despite fishing hard and a number of tactic changes, I couldn't buy a bite, and there was no signs of life at all on the river. I decided I would fish until 21.30 and pack in if no action. True to form, my downstream rod sprung into life on luncheon meat at 21.25hrs and I hooked a small chub about 2.5Lb, however I lost it to a hook pull at the net. This wasn't going to be my night, cold and disheartened, I decided to call it a day.
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River Ribble above Preston Thu 24/10/16
Weather Mild Air temp 14c Very Low River Levels
Time 16.00- 23.00hrs
Method Ground bait Feeder two rods
Bait Pellet, Meat, Pepperami, and Prawns
Decided to give the river another chance after my poor last outing on Sunday.
Again, caught nothing in the day and the first hour of dark produce nothing and no indication. A double blank was looking ominous! However, the weather was mild and it was a pleasant evening on the river,so I decided to persevere. I started to get some sharp plucks on meat, but they wouldn't take the hook, so I scaled down to a small piece of pepperami and switched to prawn on my downstream rod. The prawn had been in for 2 minuted when I got a positive bite (20.30), but I lifted in to very little resistance, which resulted in a small snig, not what I was after, but at least I lip hooked it! 30 Minutes later my Pepperami rod produced a nice chub of 4lb 10oz. At about 21.20, my Prawn rod produced an almost identical chub of 4Lb 11 oz. Things where looking up, but again went quiet for about an hour, when the pepperami rod sprung into life again and produced my best chub of the night, at 5lb 6 oz. I caught a final small chub of about 2lb before packing in at 23.00hrs. No Barbel, but 3 great conditioned Chub, so I went home quiet satisfied with my nights work.