December on the Lower Derwent
       
  In December of 2006 I decided to fish on the Lower Derwent on a regular basis to see if the quality fish still fed in mid winter. On occasions the river was in flood but I still decided to try my luck and as the following photos show I was quite successful. Even though I only averaged two fish per visit some of the sessions only lasted a few hours.
 
 
This shows a Barbel on 4th December and weighed 9lb 12oz
  On the 11th December I decided to fish with two rods and managed to catch chub as well as barbel by trying different baits. The next photograph shows quality chub as well as barbel that I caught on that day.
 
 
Barbel 8lb with a 4lb chub
 
 
A nice barbel of 10lb 4oz - another quality barbel of 9lb 6oz was caught in the same session
  On 19th December 2006 I was lucky enough to be in the company of Tony Hopley when I caught a barbel of 10lb 8oz . He took the photo that is shown below.
 
 
10lb 8oz barbel
     
Report by Alan Booth
     

A note from the Fisheries Secretary

It is important, especially in the case of a pollution incident, that catches such as these are reported and whenever possible photographs taken. Such information is vital if DCAC need to build a case against polluters as well as being good publicity for the club so that new members can be recruited to the Lower Derwent section. Any such reports do not need to include peg numbers or baits if you wish to keep them secret.

     
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