which of these swims wood hold better fish?

hi this is the river at my local fisherie i hav had 3 long seshions there tryin to catch a barble there and no joy and there are bable there i have been fishing a methord and cage feeder with a12inch hook lenth and size 12 hook

peg 9
peg 8
peg 7
peg 5
peg 4
please can u tell me wot 1 u think is best i have been fishing peg 7 as i was told by the fisherie balife that that was the best for for them adn the corner is the deepest part of the river at 5ft

please let me no if u cant c the pics i think i might have done it wrong!! lol

[madcaravanner]

Peg 7 does look more fishy with the reeds but all of them should have something in
seems a bit narrow and slow so good pole stream

yea most of the peeps that fish the river there use a pole i just cant seem to catch a barble i hav used flavered meat tryed diff flaverings and pellets and every thing lol

[madcaravanner]

Try a big bunch of worms

Go natural fish tend to get very wary of strange stuff in such a little river

[Viking Lord]

I would agree most of them pegs will hold barbel, they do like streamer weed and gravel bottoms. there not an easy fish to catch by all means, meat is the best bait for them fished over hemp, just ledger in a small river like that no point in putting in loads of feed via a feeder you can throw it in by hand.

also theres no need to put a load of feed in as thye fish will already be there, a big bunh of worms is great but perch are a problem also small nusience chub will take worms. meat is best bait in my opinon too, try freelining it down the swim and feel for the bites? beforehand though let a ;ead run through to feel if theres any holes or hills

sorry lads but i would pick peg 9. and the worm i do agree would be the best way to go, even maggots,hemp to feed and plenty of it

hi with the free lining thing how do i do this i have done it with a float b4 if thats wot u mean or do u mean like a few shots on the line

sorry im not much help lol

[Viking Lord]

Originally Posted by warrior04

sorry lads but i would pick peg 9. and the worm i do agree would be the best way to go, even maggots,hemp to feed and plenty of it

The key problem with worm and feeding maggots is your going to get stacks of perch, if you use hemp and meat you wont have this problem.

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by clabby

hi with the free lining thing how do i do this i have done it with a float b4 if thats wot u mean or do u mean like a few shots on the line

sorry im not much help lol

Freelining is just that no weights or floats just a hook and bait and you let the line run through your fingers with the baitrunner off when you feel the bite snap the baitrunner on and hold on

You will miss a few until you ge the hang of it but it' a perfect remedy for spooked up fish