River Trent Barbel Fishing: Can you Catch a DAYTIME Barbel in the Tidal Trent??
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2021
- Comprehensive Blog post for barbel fishing: fishingdiscoveries.com/barbel...
Join John Pearson and Gary Evans in their challenge to catch a barbel in daylight on the River Trent. Conventional wisdom and standard barbel fishing tactics mean that anglers usually only catch the large barbel of the Tidal River Trent when darkness falls.
That scenario is one that John and Gary had experienced before - and of course the night fishing for barbel on the Trent is a great experience too. However, with a bit of research, it seemed that there are a handful of folks having good success with big barbel in the daytime on the Tidal Trent.
So that seemed like an ideal excuse for a fishing challenge; to catch a big Trent barbel in the daytime.
Some of the reasons that darkness could provide better success may be the fish avoiding the feeder more easily in daylight - so changing the length and setup of your hook-link could be important. Also, when fishing two rods, using one with a feeder and one with a lead lets you be tactical about where you place the lead versus the feeder rod.
Clipping up for accuracy, finding gravel and choosing the right strength of tackle and weight of feeder or lead are also key points. John and Gary talk about the length and test curves of their barbel rods as well as the strength of main reel line and hook-lengths (with discussions about braid and fluorocarbon for different purposes).
Also, underestimating the amount of feed you might need to concentrate the fish in the area of your hookbait in a tidal river - and taking advantage of slack water when placing bait before fishing - are likely to be important factors.
So, as with all fishing, location, the right rigs and tactics to maximise your chances of a fish encountering your hook - with no reason to avoid taking the bait - will always be key factors. A good smelly bait should be really helpful in strongly-flowing, larger river venues to increase the attractiveness of the area to the roving barbel shoals too.
Finally, because barbel give their all in the fight - you can easily see the importance of resting the fish as the FIRST thing you do after getting it in the landing net (not after taking it out of the water to weigh or photograph). See how strongly both Gary's and John's fish swim away in this video of their successful captures. As soon as their heads touch the water, they are bursting off away from the bank. No extended support and recovery period after weighing them was needed - because the resting up and recovery had already been taken care of right after the fight (when they need it most).
So, just having a nice wet mat or weigh sling doesn't automatically mean you'll be practicing good fish welfare; you need to think about the physiology of a fish fight, what it needs and WHEN it needs it. Rest in oxygenated water so that the fish can get rid of its "oxygen debt" from anaerobic exertion is the first thing a hard-fighting fish needs.
Enjoy the tips and the story in John and Gary's successful one-day challenge to catch a barbel each in the hours of daylight.
Paul - Sport
Would love to see you catching Barbel using Split Bamboo!
An Old School Angler.
Couldn't agree more about resting the fish in the net for a good 5 minutes immediately after the fight, excellent advice that everyone should take on board.
Defo mate i ll start doing that as well
Well done gentlmen! Great tto see you both having fun and of course sharing best practice!
Many thanks Neil (we'll have to get you out for a try).
Lovely couple of fish guys, well done!
Brilliant film, look forward to the next one. Thanks for posting
Cracking vid, and thanks for the link to the very informative blog Barbel guide.
Cheers guys.
Our pleasure! Paul
Great show let's have more lads 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
Thanks, we'll try and get a few more barbel trips filmed this year.
Well done guys 👍👍👍nice barbel on day time 💪💪💪
Cracking stuff, majority of my short sessions are between school times ,with odd evening session if I'm lucky, caught most of my barbel, including my pb, during daylight hours, impressive video chaps, tight lines, good health and safe travels, cheers craig
Cheers Craig, glad you enjoyed it and good to hear you're catching.
Great information in this video mate well done, can’t wait to fish the Trent myself 🎣🎥👍🏻
Good luck!
caught over 20 on my first trip and what is still my pb, all in day time every 30 mins.
i thought it was like that all the time but must of just been amazing timing for a big feed, it can be hard in the day but not impossible bit of rain helps for sure.
What an amazing session!
I’m in my 60’s now and started fishing when I was 12.It’s incredible how angling has evolved in my lifetime.
Thank you for dropping this message for us Rusty, I bet you've already accumulated some brilliant stories and experiences over your angling career so far. Paul
@@FishingDiscoveries All you had back then was a Bruce & Walker 13’ rod and a 9’ Ledger rod where you screwed in a swing or quivertip and a Mitchell Match and ABU 506 and you were good to go and that was state of the art equipment!
Great video… very informative,, especially to the new and still learning amongst us …. Just brilliant !!!!!!!!!!! 😀🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Super glad you enjoyed it and found some useful tips in this one John. Paul.
@@FishingDiscoveries most definitely and thankyou so much 😀😀… tight lines and all the best to you 😀
Just started fishing the Tidal Trent only do day sessions, 14 Barbel caught in three sessions all during daylight hours
Great fish care. 👍
Cheers Jonboy!
Cheers for sharing, fish opposite there myself
Nice one Paul! Glad you enjoyed this one.
Greatest venue in the country.
Without doubt the best river in the country. 200 mile round trip, bit its worth a mileage. Good video, with some great tips.
Nice one Tone 👍
Great stuff thanks for sharing.
Did you catch many bream on the session?
Many thanks 😊. No bream on this session but I’ve had bream in the area before.
@@johnpearson138 I fished it at the weekend (10) and that’s all I had.
Had one rod with maggots on in the day and it is stuffed with skimmers.
Didn’t get a bite through the night.
I’ll try the 6 ft hooklength and smaller bait next time.
Cheers👍
What test curve rods necessary for the trent?
I'd say somewhere between 2lb and 2.75lb depending on the weight of your feeder(s). 12ft an advantage also. Paul
put them back in the net and rest them that way
I’d definitely do that if access to the water was a bit more difficult. Those fish were rested for a minimum of 5 minutes in the net after the fight - never had their heads out of water. The key is to allow the fish to recover from “oxygen debt” following anaerobic respiration during a hard fight. After a five minute rest in the net they’re only out for a very short time. The fish is supported upright in the river until it’s ready to swim off. Both those fish were very, very well rested and recovered and swam off strongly as soon as they were given the chance - they literally broke our (gentle) grip on them - if they weren’t well recovered we’d have been supporting them for a longer time until they were ready.
@@johnpearson138 just thought it would be alot easier for you, personally find it easier to leave them in the net after facing upstream 👍
get the fish in ...wasting to much time fart arising about, net...cradle 🙄