Fishing on river Rother

[BIGGUNN 10]

has anyone been fishing down on river rother at beighton if so what did u catch and what bait worked best?

[gremlin_mick 10]

Maggots maggots and more maggots!

 

There's Chub and Roach in there that are pristine. Heard tell of Barbel too, but never seen any myself.

 

Watch out for the Crayfish though....

[ratter71 10]

Had pike, perch and chub on a spinner. Theres quite a few barbel in there, and ive been told some big carp.

The stretch above the weir at beighton is around 15'-20' deep. I was told by some blokes that are always down there that the best method is feeder fished marine halibut pellets.

[alex3659 11]

Had some barbel above the weir at beighton only a couple of pound each.

It's not bad sport and you can travel light.

[ultracynic 10]

is it free fishing?

[ratter71 10]

is it free fishing?

 

if youve got a license

[Firemansam 10]

Maggots maggots and more maggots!

 

There's Chub and Roach in there that are pristine. Heard tell of Barbel too, but never seen any myself.

 

Watch out for the Crayfish though....

 

are the crayfish edible - or big enough to be worth eating?

[BIGGUNN 10]

are the crayfish edible - or big enough to be worth eating?

 

Yea there quite big. But the biggest I've seen are in a little pond in the shire brook valley and there's loads of them. Don't know if there edible or not tho mate never eaten cray fish.

[spankysufc 10]

I have fished it a couple of times above the weir and had mixed results fished it just after the floods a couple of years ago and had 2 carp about 2 lb each which were jet black, proper weird looking things!!

[biggsy 10]

are the crayfish edible - or big enough to be worth eating?

 

 

Hi

 

Yes, they're good to eat, only eat the larger signal crayfish though as our native ones are very rare now..

 

Here's a link to a series of pics with explanations going through catching them to cooking and eating them, very interesting!!

 

 

 

John:)