as said really i could do with any tips at all for catching barble cos my mucka is taking me tomorrow and iv never fished for them b4 infact i only really do seafishing and trout poaching so any advice would be a life saver thanks in advance leepy

hey leepy not much ov a barble expert but i know u need 2 b on the bottom and they luv trout pellet,sweetcorn a wormz.And its barbel fishin law 2 light a phat1 before u start......the weed b lettin u know barble lurks

cheers mucka thats a start trout pellets i have tons of those bud i got plenty of that worms i can dig them owt els anyone can add

Depends what river your fishing really mate but the best advice I can give,is, if your really after a barbel ignore all the little knocks and pulls on your rod tip and wait for your rod to nearly get dragged in!

i second that
also dont be in too much of a rush to start fishing
bait a couple of swims and leave them for a while and have a fish in another swim.
try the baited swims after a few hours.
dont cast in out,in out-if your baits in the right place and your not getting bites or knocks its prob becouse theres no barbel there.
hope this helps
ukbl

The best advise I can for barbel fishing is bait some swims with hemp and halibut pellets, 4 small bait droppers of hemp and 1 of small pellets in each swim then skin up as the best way to kick off a barbel swim is to leave it for at least an hour, if you got the patience after an hour put a couple more droppers in and wait for another hour. Leaving the swim like this gives any barbel in the swims time to get confidant on your beds of feed and will give you more chance of catching more than one fish from the swim.

You want be using 10/12lb line with a fast sinking braid hooklink, I use 12lb Drennan Sink Braid and fish a longish hooklink around 18 inches, fish a big halibut pellet on a hair rig on a size 10 strong hook, keep your rig simple, a simple running ledger will catch you plenty of barbel. This is how I fish most of the time and I catch plenty of fish. I only fish small rivers so can't really help you if you are fishing a big river like the Thames or Severn.

Ignore knocks and taps, you will know when its a barbel bite as the rod tip will bang over, don't leave your rods in the water unattended, if you do and you get a bite it will have your rod in.

If you do catch please make sure you get it back in the river as quick as possible and hold the fish with its head facing upstream until it kicks away, it will let you know when its recovered. Barbel are hard fighting fish and give their all in the fight and if you release them too soon before they have recovered they can go belly up and die. I had a nice double on tuesday night and ended up nursing it back to life for 10 minutes before it kicked away back into the river.

I am guessing your mate has done some barbel fishing so he should be able to help you setting up your rigs and stuff and also put you onto some fish.

Good luck matey, I really hope you get one, they are one of the hardest fighting coarse fish in the country and you will have a right scrap on your hands when you hook one, I guarentee you will get the bug and be back for more

Cheers

I just read the title post and thought you wanted tips on catching Barbie

Luncheon meat is also a top bait for barbel.

Hope you catch.

HAH

Shaman warrior Ukbudlover Jakk Ice Blue Herman herb
Thankyou all very much
Jakk that was a top post mucka some really good advice and very well explained cheers pal watch this space for my barble pics later tonight BECAUSE i will get one i wont leave till i do anyway

Well chaps after 12 hour of fishing i can now say im hooked on barble i fucking love it ,love it, love it iv cought four today an lost two my first one was the smallest barble my mucka had ever seen Click to view attachmentbut hey forgive me if im wrong but a barble is a barble regardless of its size
this was my 2nd fish Click to view attachment and this was my 3rd Click to view attachment My 4th fish escaped out my hands while having its picture took

Congrats on catching your first barbel Leepy, sounds like you got the bug, I knew you would.

What did you think of the scrap they gave you, powerful fish arn't they, even the smaller ones can give you the run around

I am chuffed to bits you caught some fish on your first trip, well done.

If you need anymore advise please feel to ask, there are few barbel anglers who post on here.

Cheers

Jakk

Yeeesss Leepy , well chuffed you've caught your first BARBEL.

Cherish that little one mate, you dont get many of those!

ive gotta get back into course fishing ive been on the fly for too long. getting very bored of 4 pound trout. i might go seafishing

Cheers jakk thats very decent of ya mucka and as for the fight mate well the second one i cought i thought id hooked a fucking a small shark or something an my mucka had just gone to the car so i was shouting for him like a complete twat we he came running back im like grab the fucking net grab the net its massive an wen it came up i was very surprised cos i thought it was massive wen i hooked it an i must say that my mucka bless him took his 3rods set em all up and just sat there all day an let me take every bite now thats what i call a good lad so cheers shag

Shaman warrior
mucka you'v made my day saying that about the little one cos those were the excact words my mucka used wen i cought it and i thought he was trying to make me feel better because of how small it was cheers matey

Hey up rebirth
Mucka we'v got a tope trip booked for the 27th of this month if you wanna make one in mate

Heres my most cherished, caught a couple of years ago rolling meat around a nice pool

shaman that could be my fish Click to view attachmentno mine is much smaller im off to the tackel shop shortly to buy myself my own barbel set up

No, mines smaller

Get yourself a nice small front drag reel, soooooo much fun to play them on. Im upgrading to a Daiwa whisker ss2600 next month, retro brilliance!

just had a look for this piture for yas this was my first carp id ever cought after my younger brother pestered the life out of me to go fishing with him it was 21.3lb Click to view attachment i really think i could get into this fishing crack

well done leepy
its usally harder to catch the small ones,in 28 years fishing ive only had a handfull of barbel under a pound.
what river was that on-looks a bit like the wye?
keep it up mate
ukbl

im not too sure mucka to be honest but i can tell you we were in a place called collingham if that helps

That'll be the Trent then, eh?

thats the fecker

The guys are right Leepy, those little barbel are rare as rocking horse shite, you should be chuffed with that.

I been out on the Kennet this evening and had a nice fish 9lb 6oz, wait till you hook a lump like that matey, be carefull it don't pull you in

well done mucka 9lb 6oz fuck me my mucka said my biggest was about 3.5lb .and i thought id hooked a fucking marlin or some shit like that cant wait to get some decent size fish might have a quick hour tonight

smaller barbel are the nuts on my river you know if the barbel is under around 6lb because they take off like a cat with a rocket up its arse great sport on trotted float tatics The bigger barbs tend to pretend there sacks of wet cement hit bottom and plod around until the games up then wake up and try and take you water skiing.

big chunks of luncheon meat on a hair rig..about 1/4 of a tin should do

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