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Still fish to be had... Despite the weather, river levels and lockdown restricting how far we travel, it's still worth venturing out. The Severn was at a fishable level on Friday and I was able to find a spot reasonably sheltered from the wind on the Northwood bank just above Bewdley. Fished a cage feeder and bread and landed four chub, biggest 4lbs. along with three smaller ones (pictured) for around 9lbs total, despite top temperature of 0 deg C and everything frozen solid. Worth the pain, after a long lean spell ! So the fish are still there to be had. Attachments: 20210212_152603_001_1.jpg 20210212_152544_1.jpg Posted on February 13, 2021 at 9:16 PM
Re: Campsites near the Middle Severn ? Also Hopley's Farm, top of the bypass in Bewdley, and Blackstones which is adjacent to the river at the bottom of the by-pass. Both ideally placed for middle Severn. Posted on January 25, 2021 at 5:33 PM
Re: Unidentified fish Yes, definitely a minnow, but the biggest I have seen for a long time - could be a British record ! Posted on November 29, 2020 at 12:17 AM
Re: Severn Barbel Yes, my experience also. Nine trips on the river this year, one medium sized barbel only, no others hooked or seen. Typical summer's evening on the river this year seems to have been an odd chub on pellet or meat, alternatively floatfishing maggot or caster yields 2-5 pounds of bits - bleak, small dace, chublets, minnows. Only two double figure bags of fish so far in nine trips, even other species aren't really feeding well. Posted on November 18, 2020 at 7:21 PM
Re: Decline of our River Fisheries Which rivers do we think have declined? It's true that our rivers are still far from pristine and indeed still suffer from the pressures other contributors state, but to nowhere near the extent that they used to be. Many river fisheries are now better than they have been at any point in living memory. Otters have not been introduced, they have multiplied and recolonised from strongholds where they have always been, because the environment is now cleaner (in respect of certain lethal pesticides such as DDT) and there are abundant fish stocks. Cormorants have spread inland from their coastal haunts for similar reasons. Maybe some rivers aren't fishing as well as perhaps they did a few years back but if we look at the long term, things tend to be cyclical. Only salmon and eels have shown clear long-term declines on a national scale, and problems in the marine environment may be largely responsible for those. Money is a key factor of course, and the water companies have spent billions in the past 20-30 years on a range of improvements and upgrades (though we should't forget it's actually our money - and our waste). Posted on November 11, 2020 at 11:16 PM

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Still fish to be had...

Despite the weather, river levels and lockdown restricting how far we travel, it's still worth venturing out. The Severn was at a fishable level on Friday and I was able to find a spot reasonably sheltered from the wind on the Northwood bank just above Bewdley. Fished a cage feeder and bread and landed four chub, biggest 4lbs. along with three smaller ones (pictured) for around 9lbs total, despite top temperature of 0 deg C and everything frozen solid. Worth the pain, after a long lean spell !

So the fish are still there to be had.

Posted on February 13, 2021 at 9:16 PM

Re: Campsites near the Middle Severn ?

Also Hopley's Farm, top of the bypass in Bewdley, and Blackstones which is adjacent to the river at the bottom of the by-pass. Both ideally placed for middle Severn.

Posted on January 25, 2021 at 5:33 PM

Re: Unidentified fish

Yes, definitely a minnow, but the biggest I have seen for a long time - could be a British record !

Posted on November 29, 2020 at 12:17 AM

Re: Severn Barbel

Yes, my experience also. Nine trips on the river this year, one medium sized barbel only, no others hooked or seen. Typical summer's evening on the river this year seems to have been an odd chub on pellet or meat, alternatively floatfishing maggot or caster yields 2-5 pounds of bits - bleak, small dace, chublets, minnows. Only two double figure bags of fish so far in nine trips, even other species aren't really feeding well.

Posted on November 18, 2020 at 7:21 PM

Re: Decline of our River Fisheries

Which rivers do we think have declined?

It's true that our rivers are still far from pristine and indeed still suffer from the pressures other contributors state, but to nowhere near the extent that they used to be. Many river fisheries are now better than they have been at any point in living memory. Otters have not been introduced, they have multiplied and recolonised from strongholds where they have always been, because the environment is now cleaner (in respect of certain lethal pesticides such as DDT) and there are abundant fish stocks. Cormorants have spread inland from their coastal haunts for similar reasons.

Maybe some rivers aren't fishing as well as perhaps they did a few years back but if we look at the long term, things tend to be cyclical. Only salmon and eels have shown clear long-term declines on a national scale, and problems in the marine environment may be largely responsible for those.

Money is a key factor of course, and the water companies have spent billions in the past 20-30 years on a range of improvements and upgrades (though we should't forget it's actually our money - and our waste).

Posted on November 11, 2020 at 11:16 PM

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