| #1  11-11-2007, 05:37 PM | ||||
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| Barbel from a lake? Maxine and I went fishing for the day yesterday,which is nothing unusual. We were both using ledgering set ups, bit of sweetcorn and a pellet. I had a hard hitting take after some time which turned out to be a barbel. How suprised was I, especially as we were on a fishery that we have fished many times. To make the day better, Maxine had a barbel too .....  Is it common to find these in commercials?     |
| #2 11-11-2007, 05:51 PM | ||||
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| Re: Barbel from a lake? Seems to be the latest "in" fish so a few more commercials are stocking them. Out of interest what sort of size and condition were they in, as they usually like fast water. Did they put up much of a fight? __________________ Life is brief and fragile. Do that which makes you happy. |
| #3 11-11-2007, 08:25 PM | ||||
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| Re: Barbel from a lake? I catch them on my local commercial. They are not too big at the moment, between 1 - 2lb's but they fight a lot harder than the Carp! |
| #4 11-12-2007, 06:09 AM | ||||
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| Barbel in lakes Unfortunatly if the water gets a good hot summer and the oxygen goes down barbel will really struggle to survie. If I remember this Barbel were socked many years ago to a few lakes but very few survied more than a few years __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #5 11-12-2007, 03:10 PM | |||
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| Re: Barbel from a lake? well done on your captures but i belive it is wrong to put barble in lakes as they are a river fish __________________ if it dont flow i dont fish it |
| #6 11-12-2007, 04:06 PM | ||||
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| Re: Barbel from a lake? I agree with markl813, barbel belong in rivers, as the 'boss' said, they struggle to survive in a lake at summer time, due to the lack of oxygen. Besides, barbel with a boilie belly is not a pretty fish imo  __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #7 11-12-2007, 05:30 PM | ||||
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 Re: Barbel from a lake? The Barbel we caught were only a pound to pond and a half and seemed to be in good condition ..... and certainly fought! We've had one from the same lake over a year ago but never caught one since so we're not sure where they hide! The one I landed decided to head straight for the snags under a tree ...... but didn't make it as I managed to stop it ...... then again, I was using a carp rod! I have to say, it was a suprise to land one as we never expected to see one yet alone two in the same session. Made a change though!  |
