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I rember listening to John Baily talking about the Wensum, the same thing happend on that river and now a few lonely larger fish remain. i guess rivers peak with species then drop and is that now coming to the Severn ?
Posted on November 22, 2020 at 5:21 PM
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Hello Staffie, glad your catching a few mate, i mainly fish from Bridgnorth-Hampton Loade and i have heard that Coalport is fishing ok, must get up that way.
I give Knowel Sands as an example, last season yes 7-9 fish a session this season 2-4 if your lucky and a few blanks thrown in. what i'm getting at is the difference within one season, the fish in these areas seemed to have declined rapid.
But i do agree that the barbel are getting bigger yes, i've also had 8s 9s but the numbers have dropped, its obvious that these larger fish are the diehards and have suvived to get this size,the smaller ones ( 2-4lb ) are seemingly getting less and less and what also happends when these mature fish go ?
I guess nature never stays still and all the other problems listed within this post add to the decline, but from my part and others it seems this year the decline is much more evidet, next season may give us more answers....i mean 2020 is not one to remember is it 
Posted on November 22, 2020 at 4:43 PM
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You know when you add up all the negatives that are stacked up, the future looks very bleak indeed for our natural fisheries
Posted on November 19, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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Meatman i can also remeber those days back in the 80s 90s, the river was very busy back then and yes if you was late arriving it would be hard to get a peg. times have definitely changed baitwize, it was maggot feeder,hemp & meat all the way for me, i do wonder about the use of pellets Stewpar, but they dont seem to affect carp fisheries that get hammerd each day on them ?
It was mentioned about those floods last year, and i can remeber at the time the Severn constantly flooded for weeks on end and thinking this will be bad news next season, i do wonder as before those floods the fishing was good. I just hope the flooding is not as bad this winter, but with the winters now getting wetter each year this looks the norm.
Posted on November 19, 2020 at 5:46 PM
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I also agree Mick/John with your points made, and yes i agree that Barbel fishing on some rivers is in decline. I've been fishing the Severn for 30+ years and have seen the changes over time, but this season i feel something is wrong.
I fish mainly the middle Severn, It seems that all of a sudden many Barbel have gone and something doesn't feel right ?
I'm interested to see how next season develops now.
Posted on November 19, 2020 at 9:56 AM
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