SaffaTrev

Hi all, just thought I would fill you in on my lastest session on the river. I took a friend who is new to angling to try and catch his first barbel. We were plagued by bream all night!!! I honestly lost count of how many we banked but on the plus side he was able to catch his first river bream so all was not lost! A tactical bait change saw us start connecting with the barbel and he managed to catch his first barbel a lovely fish of 6lbs 10oz...not a monster but his first ever so it was mission accomplished!!! In total we caught plenty of bream and 12 barbel with the biggest fish going a touch over 9lb. I put out a rod intended for a zander but was surprised by a beaut of a pike which weighed 17lb 11 oz...also lost a smaller zander near the bank...may have gone 6lb if I was to guess its weight. Also had two missed short runs on the predator rod and I think they must have been zander who felt resistance and dropped the bait! All in all a great night out and I will be back soon if the fishing continues to hot up which I suspect it will!!! Would be great to hear from you fellow river men...tight lines all!!! PS: I have put a few pics up of my pike and of my mates first barbel & bream!