River black with Fish
I went for a walk today along the river Cober, in Helston. I was amazed at the sight I saw.
The river was black with fish for an area about 40 feet long. It looked like I was looking into a stock pool at a trout fishery.
There were a few of what looked like Perch amongst the Trout but I am not sure why they are gathering like this at this time of year. I thought that most spawning was done in the spring. Have you got any ideas? let us know please………………
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Comment from terry
Time: November 12, 2007, 9:33 am
I saw this about a month ago ,I sent pics to another angling site for info .I have pasted his reply
Thanks for the email. The fish you have seen are mostly ROACH, they are very big ones but definitely roach as you can see their red fins (The roach is nicknamed REDFIN)…. there are also some big fish mixed in which are possibly chub or carp and a few perch (stripy ones)…
This is definitely an unusual sight… but some anglers are attributing it to the very clear water conditions due to the flooding this summer.
Simon Young
http://www.TalkAngling.co.uk
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Comment from Fishing Blog
Time: November 12, 2007, 10:25 am
Haqving been back down a few times they are indeed Roach with Perch mixed in.
I spent about 2 hrs down there watching them all. I wouldn’t like to estimate how many there were. I tried to take a few photos but sadly it did not come out well even with a poloroid lens.
Thank you very much for posting the reply you have.
Comment from Micky
Time: November 12, 2007, 10:09 pm
What happens this time of the year with coarse fish.Is that when the temperature starts to drop,they shoal up and start to look for deeper water.On the deeper lakes like Wheal Grey in Ashton, this will happen later on,because the volume of water is far greater than that of the Cobar.
Comment from Fishing Blog
Time: November 13, 2007, 10:30 am
Micky - thankyou for your reply and I feel alot more happy now i know what they are doing!!
Will they migrate down into loe pool??
Comment from Micky
Time: December 5, 2007, 12:44 am
I am not sure,but it could be more likely that they came from Loe pool,as the Helston[Cober] end is the shallow end,thus will cool down quicker than the deeper middle and beach end.This time of the year lakes/pond fishing go very quiet,yet the river fishing is better.Perhaps the temperature in running water is more consistant then the thermoclines[layers] in lakes.
At the weekend I had great difficulty locating and catching small roach/rudd/perch at Porth resevior for pike/perch live bait.As soon as I had a few and put a small roach out on a float,I had an inastant take with a 3lb perch.
Loe bar pool intrigues me.There is not much local information on the water, apart from the legendary hybrid sea/brown trout that Helston residents can get a permit to fly fish for.
I go and spin with mepps spinner/telescopic rod and have caught the trout,no great size,and also had perch of over 1lb.I have seen bubbling which is a sign of carp/bream/tench,but because no one is allowed to fish for them the lake holds a great mystery to me.May be I might pre-bait a descreet spot next summer and have a go,see whats in there.
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