Fishing the Trent

[jjjonsey1]

Hi, i am new to river fishing but i live in swadlincote and i am wondering what parts of the river trent are free or how to fish the trent, any tips and info will be great peeps, thanks :)

[Maddison_Twatter]

Hi mate I fish the Trent a fair bit, mainly on stretches on the other side of newark.
for me to be able to help you with tactics you wil need to tell me what type of fish you wish to target and what tackle you have ? also what are conditions like where you are ie colour,flow,size ect.
As for free pegs you should be looking for the "Parish" pegs, these are allocated pegs for the locals not owned by any clubs, there are usually two or three pegs per village/ stretch. the best thing to do to find these is ask around.

[jjjonsey1]

Thanks for the fast reply, i have got a few general float rods and various coarse reels, also a few strong t.c rods, and the rest of the general tackle. as for specie i would be interested in fishing for chub, barbel and pretty much anything but perch pike and zander , thanks :)

[fishypaul]

hi jjjonsey1 welcome to the forum

dont forget its the close season on the rivers at the moment

[jjjonsey1]

Why the close season?

[Maddison_Twatter]

Ther are many ways to fish the trent or other big rivers but I will just tell you what I do (Bearing in mind im still learning myself).
If Im fishing for large barbel/carp I use two 2.5 tc rods, two shimano or other bait runner style reels loaded with 12lb line. On this I have a running feeder (varying from 3-6 ounce) to a 3-4 foot hook length made from 10lb flurocarbon. I normally fill the feeder with a mix of small pellets and hemp plugged with groundbait,I mainly use pellet or boilie hook bait but you can use anything you fancy ie luncheon meat, pepperami ect ect. I am going to try using smaller hooks and bait this year to tempt more barbel. also remember to have your rods elevated if the water is fast flowing, this keeps a lot of the line out the water helping your feeder hold bottom.

I also feeder fish the Trent with a light maggot or groundbait feeder about 1 to 2 rod lengths out. This method for me has produced some nice bream,chub,perch , and the odd gudgeon.
Main thing is to get on the bank and experiment and see what works for you

[Maddison_Twatter]

Originally Posted by jjjonsey1

Why the close season?

you cannot fish the Trent(and most other rivers) from 15th march to 15th june, as for the reasons why thats a whole new thread so just dont do it lol

[jjjonsey1]

ok, thanks for the replies, would breadbe useful?

[Maddison_Twatter]

Originally Posted by jjjonsey1

ok, thanks for the replies, would breadbe useful?

Yeah , but it wouldnt stay on the hook for very long, try balling in liquidised bread then trot a piece of bread flake pinched onto the hook, good fro roach, chub, bream, rudd, barbel

[jjjonsey1]

Ok, thanks for all the help guys, i am really impressed with this forum so far, :)