Chub

richchappy · Chub

Thinking of having a chub session on the rivers this weekend, for a few hours,

ive never caught a river chub, so its a bit of a botch job, nothing complicated, just going to bait a few swims with mashed bread and fish a bit of flake over the top,...

any other tips people

also whats your pb chub, and have you got piccys... :)

Mac

My pb is 4lb 10oz

Caught not too far from you Rich

My tips mate

Halibut pellets
Elips pellets
A decent boilie

All will catch chub from the river

Michael

just use light carp tactics mate. cant go wrong with a boilie or pellet.

Michael

i dont mean bite alarms, carp rods etc, just similar rigs and baiting.

Mac

Personally I would say a carp rod is a little too stiff for chubbing but if you have nothing else it will do the job. No bite alarm required, just wait for the 3ft twitch LOL

Margin Master

For chub I usually use a light quiver tip rod 6-8lb line,(x-line) a 1/4oz lead, 10-14 inch hooklenth, size 8-10 hook(drennan super specialist barbel) either bit of luncheon meat on a hair, or my favorite chub bait stilton cheese paste (made with stilton/ liquidised bread) moulded round a bit of plastic sinking corn on a hair.
When quiver tipping bites can at times very suttle, a little rat a tat tat, and at other times they can be very agressive.
Be ready for the bites as you can often miss them if you strike to late.
Location usual stuff, overhangs, reedbeds, deep areas, snags, open water creases in flow, fast areas, slow areas etc anywhere really, have a rove about.

My PB chub is 5lb 5oz caught on a tiger nut while carp fishing
My PB while proper chub fishing is 4lb 11oz caught on cheese paste

Hope this helps MM

richchappy

i got a nice avon style rod that will do the job ok,

was that on the dove mac...

Mac

Yes mate.

andydan

A nice juicy slug is a good chub bait
So is liver

Ben

you could try a small maggot feeder with double maggot on the hook
thats what i usually do
and just cast tight in to a snag - thats were they are normally holding

Steve Howard

My biggest chub (5lb 4oz) fell to a float fished brandling

darrell atkins

go roving, freeline either lob worms or cheesepaste, no weight on the line and watch the line for twitches and bites ...chub fishing is simplicity itself

antdeller

i used to do a lot of river fishing for chub. I would reccomend a light quiver rod because some bites are really weak and 4-6lb line is fine. For bait i would go simple just use a lump of cheese, but keep it simple. I caught my pb chub of 4lb 6oz on a lump of quivertipped cheese.
Good luck.
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