chub

go on then a tricky one ... what is your favorite bait for chub considering you would need a van for all the baits a chub has been caught on ( think matt hayes said that )

jack :d

[fozzie]

Bread is usually my favourite, I caught two 5 pounders last week with just a bread leger.

Worms are considered the best aren't they? If you can get them.

Originally Posted by fozzie

Worms are considered the best aren't they? If you can get them.

i dunno most people i speak to say bread. i like stick float with maggots throwing 4-5 maggots a cast amd drifting it right under a tree then holding back and the maggots go right under a raft of debris works for me

[madcaravanner]

Chub are a daft fish they eat anything when they are hungry and they are usually hungry all the time
BUT
they are also a timid fish when it comes to bait if it caused them problems they stay away so what ever you are using feed it little and often but use a bigger bit on the hook
catch one then move DOWNSTREAM as they always seem to go upstream when you release them so you are heading for fish that are unaware and will have had regular free titbits already

I personally think the stick float with maggots or Casters or Some kind of what and seeds, many work and i have caught many chub like this, not big i admit but its just experimenting. My biggest chub of 4lb 12oz came on bread flake under a treeso never rule bread out but personally, insects and seeds take my vote.

new question what is the best bait to bring the big ones out

My mate uses chunks of mackerel !!!! and he gets plenty of chub. Persoanlly in my four month experience of chub fishing i prefer bread.

lol they are predetors so they will :d

they have the pharnagal teeth or something like that :S

ad i have never caught one on bread

My mate reckons they will take anything he regularly catches them on little trout mepps.

Originally Posted by billy barbel

My mate reckons they will take anything he regularly catches them on little trout mepps.

I've caught a few chub on little mepps, but my biggest was only ever 2lb