| #1  10-28-2009, 09:04 AM | ||||
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| My first Barbel - River Culm One of my proudest moments in fishing occured last Friday when I landed my first Barbel. A work mate and I headed for an afternoon/evening session at the Culm, near Killerton. Was maggot feeder fishing on one rod and hair rigged luncheon meat on my bonus rod. Throughout the afternoon and tea time all I was getting was minnow, minnow, minnow, minnow, minnow...... minnow and a couple of dace. At about 7pm, I heard a bit of drag go off on my bonus rod. My mate laughed and said it was probably an eel. (He knows how aggravated I get when I catch an eel! ... Then the drag went like hell! Because I cast upstream the Barbel swum towards me and had an easy landing. It weighed in at 9lb 4oz Here's the pic:  My mate also caught another Barbel (7lb 3oz) about an hour later. We've been there a couple more times since last Friday but have blanked. I am aware that Barbel are rare in the Westcouuntry? I've spoken to a few people and they have blamed otters. Is this really the case?     |
| #2 10-28-2009, 09:19 AM | |||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Nice catch, well done. If you fancy a salmon, the fishing rights on the stretch of the Culm that goes right past my window here is up for sale. A mere 70K |
| #3 10-28-2009, 09:47 AM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Well done mate what a cracker __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #4 10-28-2009, 10:07 AM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Well done, it's a brilliant fish to be your first BW __________________ Copyright © All Rights Reserved. No part of this post may be reproduced on any website other than www.fishing-forum.info Keep Ulster's Waters Healthy, Practice Catch and Release! |
| #5 10-28-2009, 11:15 AM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Cracking fish well done....  You wait till Ping reads this... I feel a trip to Killerton coming on!!!!  __________________ Right then, checklist: Rods. Check. Reels. Check. Speckled Hen. Check. Bait…… BAIT! Sh*t, where’s the bait? |
| #6 10-28-2009, 11:27 AM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Congratulations, still waiting for my first barbel, would help if I fished barbel containing waters a bit more though. |
| #7 10-28-2009, 11:33 AM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm Congratulations on your first 'river pig' younggun7, what a clonker, well done. Quote:
NB. Unfortunately a couple of members have reported seeing an otter on our river last week and both swear that it was not a Mink; so we are praying that they where wrong. __________________ My Web Site (The Average Coarse Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
| #9 10-28-2009, 07:07 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm nice one there dead jealous mmm as rich said i feel a river trip comeing on dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go...and if you do go please let us know :D |
| #10 10-29-2009, 04:10 PM | |||
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| Re: My first Barbel - River Culm cracking fish .. how good is the river culm .. i do a lot of pleasure fishing on the avon and river frome in somerset ,,, only ever fished lime killns once and blanked ,,, looking for local rivers anyone got any ideas ,,, |
