My first chub

Went to the local canal today with gavin1928 and managed my very first chub.
GIMMEE MORE !

WELL DONE MATE.

Well done Lefty

I love Chub and the canals round here have some beauties in them so i don't think it will be long before you have some more added to your name

Adie

Andy Webster wrote:Nice going Lefty.

What were the tactics and bait?

Andy Webster

Nothing special really Andy. Double maggot, size 18 hook on a 12" 3lb hooklink, micro swivel, buffer bead, free running maggot feeder. Regular casts to keep the swim topped up. We just kept chucking under the trees opposite us.

Between us we caught, bream, roach, eel, ruffe, perch and of course the chub. We got 4 of those in total, by the way. Missed loads of bites due to the speed and violence of them. Gav reckons they were probably a shoal of chub that had moved in and we held them there due to all the bait going in.

When I hooked mine, at first I thought I'd missed and then it shot off downstream taking some line off the reel. My initial reaction was that a pike had probably grabbed a small roach that I'd hooked. I was well pleased when it surfaced and I saw it was the chub.

Well done matey......yes, they do rather grab your bait, dont they!

Ive caught plenty from the Trent, none of any great size but I have seen others catch them at 5 & 6lb

Nice mate......very nice