A Beautiful Chub!!!

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 On the first of October I went to Wood Mill on the river Itchen - first fishing with lobworms and then 5 maggot on a size 10 hook. No luck with the worms but after a couple of hours I did manage to catch a minnow with the maggots! A small rudd followed and then my bait was taken on the drop and the float shot under - 'this isn't a minnow' I thought. There followed a second or so of total stillness during which a log on the bottom came to mind but then the creature at the other end of the tackle began to move off taking line as it went. There followed a very spirited few minutes before I had the fish safe in my landing net.


It was a chub of over 5lb - I can't be any more precise than that as I was using two 4lb scales to weigh it with.  It pulled a single scale right down to the bottom with no trouble whatsoever.

As you can see it was a beautiful fish in it's prime with not a scale out of place, neatly hooked in the corner of the mouth. An added bonus was the exhilerating sight of large sea trout jumping fully clear of the water throughout the day.

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  1. Filo8 May 2021 at 08:35

    What a stunning example of a river chub! Well done mate😁👌

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  2. Unknown9 May 2021 at 02:46

    That's a fantastic chevin there Mike! The Itchen valley is a wonderful place for a bit of dangling

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