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What’s the ideal depth for different species?
Sorry if this sounds misguided lol I’m just trying to start a conversation. It would seem to me that other than Bream most fish prefer shallower water? Am interested in what people think about Barbel in different depths of water though as I don't know much about that...
Fishing on a stretch of the Severn I have in my mind that the deeper pegs there are a waste of time for Barbel. I could be wrong on this, but it's because I have caught in the 4’ stretches and blanked on the deeper 7’ sections. I get the impression that while the odd bigger fish might hole up in deeper water, at most times of year about 4 to 5' is spot on?
The deeper sections are a bit slower and so easier for to learn float fishing rivers and I had a nice mixed bag of Roach, Dace, Chublets and Perch from there. On the other hand my personal best Roach came from Barbel fishing a shallow peg.
Likewise, most of the proper Chub I catch come from a 3-4’ weir pool but Im sure that has more to do with it being a weir and they will hole up in deeper holes on the rest of the small river.
Bream fishing I associate with deep water, just because that’s the normal reservoir or big lake type venues I’ve targeted them on, although I’ve also caught them in shallower commercial waters.
A point I’ve made before to some 'contention' is that I fish the deeper pegs on a couple of commercials in Winter when I fish for commercial Carp even though I’m told they’re in the warmer shallower water, which is probably right at most places but when I say deeper pegs I’m talking about 7’ instead of 3’ and not mega deep like one 20’ deep place I plan to give a try later this year.
Sorry if this sounds misguided lol I’m just trying to start a conversation. It would seem to me that other than Bream most fish prefer shallower water? Am interested in what people think about Barbel in different depths of water though as I don't know much about that...
Fishing on a stretch of the Severn I have in my mind that the deeper pegs there are a waste of time for Barbel. I could be wrong on this, but it's because I have caught in the 4’ stretches and blanked on the deeper 7’ sections. I get the impression that while the odd bigger fish might hole up in deeper water, at most times of year about 4 to 5' is spot on?
The deeper sections are a bit slower and so easier for to learn float fishing rivers and I had a nice mixed bag of Roach, Dace, Chublets and Perch from there. On the other hand my personal best Roach came from Barbel fishing a shallow peg.
Likewise, most of the proper Chub I catch come from a 3-4’ weir pool but Im sure that has more to do with it being a weir and they will hole up in deeper holes on the rest of the small river.
Bream fishing I associate with deep water, just because that’s the normal reservoir or big lake type venues I’ve targeted them on, although I’ve also caught them in shallower commercial waters.
A point I’ve made before to some 'contention' is that I fish the deeper pegs on a couple of commercials in Winter when I fish for commercial Carp even though I’m told they’re in the warmer shallower water, which is probably right at most places but when I say deeper pegs I’m talking about 7’ instead of 3’ and not mega deep like one 20’ deep place I plan to give a try later this year.