Why is it that some anglers think they own the river when you turn up to fish ?


Are some anglers selfish when it comes to Barbel ?

happens in all walks of life 2hoops dunit,was fishing a midlands river a few years ago got there mid afternoon & had caught many chubbys & 3 barbs up to 9.bout 6 this bloke turns up dead opposite ,see me av a few while he sets his gear up (river bout 20ft bank to bank) then proceeds to bait drop 2 gallons of hemp in texbook style without a "do you mind mate im just gona put some bait in) .i did after 10 dropper loads object calmly, but it made no difference for the next 20 mins.the swim was dead & so it stayed that way so what did i do ,packed up & ventured into the ajoing field & got a pile of boulders.he got 2hrs worth bless him sometimes you jus have to treat as treated mate

This thread reminds me why I'm getting into river fishing from carping...

Some of the numpties in carp fishing? well I could write a book.

Overcrowded and overly expensive venues with carpers (sadly mostly young ones) showing no respect for the venue or their fellow anglers...hyper bright head torches, music, alcohol, spodding in six tonnes of party mix, £500 big pit reels on£300 3.75lb rods casting all over the place, shouting to their mate at the other end of the lake, their mates visiting in the middle of the night and stomping past yer bivvy at 3am etc etc etc I guarantee others on here know what I'm on about with carpers.

I was looking for some peace and quiet with barbel fishing am I deluded?

Hey red tell it how it is bro where you targeting? Because the stretch I'm on I've only seen two guys in over two months and both were fluff chuckers,one of which was an A-Hole who waded into the river 20yards up stream of me I gave him the look of death but too no avail. On thee other hand the other guy I saw was really nice and I had a good chat with him about chub holding areas and the deeper holes on the stretch he told me his friend had a 9lb bream near bredbury hall what a fish. Fishing is the same across the board there's good blokes and A-holes the latter are probably the same in there every day life. SAAAADDD!

no red your not deluded,my example was once in years, most of the places i fish are nice n quiet apart from ignorant boaters,like you say mate most of the wnkers are round their holes in the ground lol good luck & happy days on the bank

Originally Posted by tinsoldier

happens in all walks of life 2hoops dunit,was fishing a midlands river a few years ago got there mid afternoon & had caught many chubbys & 3 barbs up to 9.bout 6 this bloke turns up dead opposite ,see me av a few while he sets his gear up (river bout 20ft bank to bank) then proceeds to bait drop 2 gallons of hemp in texbook style without a "do you mind mate im just gona put some bait in) .i did after 10 dropper loads object calmly, but it made no difference for the next 20 mins.the swim was dead & so it stayed that way so what did i do ,packed up & ventured into the ajoing field & got a pile of boulders.he got 2hrs worth bless him sometimes you jus have to treat as treated mate

I know where your coming from tinsoldier

My problems are anglers feeding so many swims up in advance with all types of bait and quantity which they hope to fish sometime during they time on the banks, which inturns gives you very little chance of finding a swim they haven't fed up along the section of river to fish

Gets me very angry when i find out that i have sat in a swim and suddenly hear that the swim has been fed before hand

thats what you get for fishing the medway full of blonkers witnessed it myself of many occasion to muck reading books not enough fishing 2 hoops are we talking about someone in general and do i now the person bet i do

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Originally Posted by Pheonixphythian

Hey red tell it how it is bro where you targeting? Because the stretch I'm on I've only seen two guys in over two months and both were fluff chuckers,one of which was an A-Hole who waded into the river 20yards up stream of me I gave him the look of death but too no avail. On thee other hand the other guy I saw was really nice and I had a good chat with him about chub holding areas and the deeper holes on the stretch he told me his friend had a 9lb bream near bredbury hall what a fish. Fishing is the same across the board there's good blokes and A-holes the latter are probably the same in there every day life. SAAAADDD!

TBH I'm speaking generally about a minority of carp anglers who can really spoil it for decent people out there. You sound like you've got a place of peace and tranquillity to fish fella, a rare and treasured thing in our overcrowded country for sure!

As people say on here, the twonks are probably the type of people who whether it's fishing or anything else, they would mess it up for others with zero consideration for them. I'm not saying I want to be a recluse in my angling but goodness me, some people are so inconsiderate it's unbelievable that they go through life like that.

I'm looking forwards to my joining one of the biggest angling societies in Europe(you know who) next month and I'll be picking out of the way venues to fish early by next year "We need rules to be free!"

Originally Posted by tinsoldier

no red your not deluded,my example was once in years, most of the places i fish are nice n quiet apart from ignorant boaters,like you say mate most of the wnkers are round their holes in the ground lol good luck & happy days on the bank

Cheers matey, I know what you mean about inconsiderate boaters or even windsurfers. I used to fish a water that was also a windsurfing school! Jokers the bleedin lot of 'em Mind you it taught me about back lead fishing tactics for sure

i agree, the A-holes on the bank WILL be A-holes in everyday life, sadly thats the way it is, panda i know where you`re coming from with regards to some carpers, ive witnessed the loud yobbish ways of some people treating an overnighter as a social p**s up without any regard to fellow anglers, i use the fellow anglers term very loosely as those sort of people, in my mind are not anglers, they have no understanding of the art of fishing, they just grab a bivvy , grab a rod , spod out 6 tonne of bait, then dive straight into the 24 pack of super strength then make as much noise as possible before passing out waiting for the bite alarm to sound

i`ll get off my soap box now

chris