weedy rivers

[ksurfbenny]

rught help please guys my local river is quite weedy at the bottom and i need help and advice on the best way tofish it.....

1 is it worth using feeders or will the fish not be able to see it?
and 2 whats the best way toi float fish a weedy river with the obvious problem not being able to fish the bottom due to the weed....... and all i seem to catch are small fish because of this........


thanks.

[sammy-boy]

Try and find a clear patch or try a pop up bollie / critical balanced bait. The fish live in the weed so the idea they won't find the food is wrong As for float fishing, how big / which river ? I never bother float fishing the river severn as there seems no point, the feeder produces the goods Oh and make sure your rigs fish safe if your fishing weeds. It should be anyway but more so when your likely to get broken off. I use 10-12lb mainline in weeds, with a 20lb flurocarbon hooklink with an esp safety kit

[ksurfbenny]

the river im fishing on is the river witham in lincoln, i think me n mate have afound a relatively clear patch near us so ill have to give the feeder a try and see what happens oh and the river is about 30ft wide and probs 9 - 11ft deep in places so not sure on the best way to fish the bottom .

[sammy-boy]

Whats are the target species ?

[ksurfbenny]

in this river i know there are roach , bream, perch for a fact as weve pulled these out and seen sumbody pull out a bream,
there is possibly tench in there aswell as there def being sum pike but im not after those!

[sammy-boy]

I'd go for a medium size feeder, and use maggots as bait

[ksurfbenny]

using a maggot feeder? or justy a general feeder with groundbait in and maggots as the hook bait?

[sammy-boy]

well you either use a blockend feedser with maggot in or an open end feeder with maggots and groundbait

[coldte19]

Originally Posted by ksurfbenny

the river im fishing on is the river witham in lincoln, i think me n mate have afound a relatively clear patch near us so ill have to give the feeder a try and see what happens oh and the river is about 30ft wide and probs 9 - 11ft deep in places so not sure on the best way to fish the bottom .

Hi, I live near and have fished the Witham for 30 years , and my suggestion would be to make up a rake and drag the spot you fancy( fish like the disturbance ) and you will be able to fish any way you want, First day of season i did just that and had over 40 lb of skimmers up to 1 1/2 lb in under 5 hours.If possible drag a couple of days before and prebait , it works well in the Witham.
Some very big carp around tthe Bardney stretch so hang on to your boots.
regards
coldte