Good luck, let us know if you catch one.
what an excellent comment thank you very much indeed
yes it's a chub producing water, with other club members catching chub in the same location this year
Good luck, let us know if you catch one.
Could just be bad luck then, sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to fishing. Could just blame in it on the stars, I know some that do, I never fish without consulting my astrologer or casting the runes first. Just keep trying and mixing it up a little bit, something will give.what an excellent comment thank you very much indeed
yes it's a chub producing water, with other club members catching chub in the same location this year
Thanks for the suggestion, I could do this yes, but it's a long walk between swims and that takes out an hour of the day's fishing, but will try it. could you recommend a good recipe for bread mash? I assume it will work fine alongside cheesepaste as a hookbaitIf you have the opportunity I would say a little walking and prebaiting will often work .
I agree but . . . All I can think is just to keep mixing up which bait I'll use, about a month ago I caught a pike on this cheesepaste so maybe I'm living in topsy turvy land and I should be using a deadbait for the chubJust keep trying and mixing it up a little bit, something will give.
Is the water colour a bit cloudy?. or is the water fairly clear?
Presuming that the Chub are actually feeding in your swim; there are lots of different things that you can try until you find a presentation that works.
close to the sea and is highly tidal, twice a day it rises and drops by a meter
That puts a whole new slant on it Keep. Are you sure they are there! Winter tidal surges pushing salt water further upstream, could be pushing the chub up with it. The muddier water. Stronger flood water pushing downstream and not enough cover for them to hide so they vacate in the winter. Tidal feeding times! Usually somewhere around 1 hour before and after the top of the tide or the slack water at the top of the tide but, not always so!
I have caught chub near the sea but only in controlled tidal stretches where the tide is controlled by sluice gates and I cannot remember if I have caught in a full tidal stretch but there will be limits. You have seen the chub there in the summer though but the winter might be a different ball game. I think you have said it is a club stretch and other anglers catch chub there but it might be worth asking how and when and/or trying tide times or fishing further upstream if you can. Food for thought....
I think I would ditch the finesse roving etc., this is not summer chub fishing on a nice twee Mr. Crabtree river. and swim feed a load of maggots' bread, smelly cheese cubes, just dice up a bit of cheap supermarket cheddar, anything, and sit on it and see what turns up, you might even get a flounder this time of year or a bit later. Let any chub in the vicinity come and find you.
PS-you might have to avoid eels on a tidal stretch if you don't like them; bread only or sweetcorn on the hook. You might still hook one or two though.
That's a distinct possibility, they look very much like chub in the water and they would be there in the summer and not the winter. If they are that puts a completely different spin on it.Are you sure they’re chub in your tidal stretch, could they be grey mullet?
Thats a shame, you mention a sluice gate, is this open or closed. Usually they are only opened when flood conditions abound. If it is open it could be driving the coarse species up the river as the salinity rises. Also. some of those dabs might come in, they like red maggots. And then there is the question of Mullet as previous post that PeterC mentioned. It might also fish differently in the summer as well if the sluice gate is kept closed. These stretches tidal, semi tidal etc. take a bit of learning but worth learning if it is convenient to you. But some dabs off the beach would lure me as well, tasty meal a few fresh dabs.I followed your advice very well but still no luck, particularly your comment on fishing high tide in the river I was excited to try but no joy. I even had a couple of sessions right down by the sluice gate that enters the harbour just for a laugh. I think this is the season closed for me - I want to try and catch some dab apparently they have arrived on my beach in large numbers
next year I'll give it another crack using your static suggestions as well as trying a completely different river if nothing works