Zander or Barbel ?

Tue 24th Nov

After debating whether to fish for either Zander on the T&M Canal or Barbel on the Trent or Dove. In the end I decided on the Trent which looked in good form with some mouthwatering slacks. Considering the ideal conditions we've been having over the last week (mild temps, rain and flood water) I thought that I would regret not giving it a try. 

Nov Sessions

I've not kept the blog up to date much lately, mainly because of a lack of anything to report, so when I have a lull like this I will just summarise the month.

11/11/09 River Dove.
I caught a small Chub on the barbel rod and a decent Dace on the float rod trotting maggots down a nice run. I thought it might be my first Grayling as it fought quite

October

Round up of the months sessions

07/10/09 Fished the Carp pool again but this time the target was Perch managed to get a live bait but despite trying many different swims round the north east side of the lake I blanked.

11/10/09 Fished the morning on the Dove at Marston but blanked yet again, tried a maggot rig then later pellet when my frustration got the better of me.










29/10/09 Final session of the month was on the Dove and again was consistant with current trends i.e. I blanked yet again , I've probably got more chance of catching a mahseer !