carp and barbel on our river

[wrighty29]

Can anyone tell me if we hsve and stretches of river with a few carp in and a good head of barbel as i fancy a day or two messing about on the river

[jb]

the wharfe has some good carp up to mid 20's

[rushy]

Jul 10, 2013 11:14:01 GMT jb said:

the wharfe has some good carp up to mid 20's

There ya go Wrigthy - Jb's sorted you out with some good advice there mate, so get yourself down the Wharfe and have a couple of hours messing about ;D ;D

Tight lines and if you get a few, can you be a bit more specific about where you catch 'em so the rest of us can have a mess about there as well

[wrighty29]

Not much chance of me catching and evem less chance of me posting it on forum rushy lol i'll be having a go in the winter i think

[stanfish]

hi guys,i was talking to one of the locals at skelf yesterday,he told me he watched a guy play and land a carp 23lbs 8oz in the railway field.stan..

[bof]

Isolated Carp have been seen in the Wharfe from Knotford down to 'Skelf. Mostly of fairly modest size, but some are a very worthwhile size indeed. By worthwhile I mean big enough to warrant all the effort in walking the banks all the close season in an effort to locate the areas that the Carp call home.

BOF

[Taz]

There used to be some good 20lb+ fish in the swim where the sluice is @ Grimston Park, but the Seal made short work of most of the larger specimens! There's still a few smaller ones there though.

[bof]

Now the rivers are shut, for the next 90 days or so, its a good time to take a walk down to the section of river you mean to try and see if you can spot any of the fish you are after. Barbel have a habit of "flashing", or rolling over showing their pale belly in the shallower water during the next few months, which can be a dead giveaway.

Good luck with locating your target fish.

BOF

[loafer]

Good advice bof.