At the start, he feeds six feeders full, before attaching his hook-link and fishing normally. And, being tidal, you need to be mindful of this fact. Roach can be difficult fish to catch from stillwaters on a feeder and trying to tempt these clever fish on a river can be even more taxing. The fish populace in tidal rivers are not only prolific; there are some huge specimens to be had, including massive barbel, carp well into double-figures, masses of silverfish and some enormous bream shoals, all you have to do is summon the guts to fish for them and make sure you have the right bait and tackle. On the Tidal Yare, it depends which fish you are after as to which state of tide is better. “Let the fish dictate to you how to feed on the day – if you let it, the river will tell you all it secrets.”. “When I’m working in the shop, a lot of anglers comment how high off the water the swims have been cut,” Ian continued. “Yes, if you are fishing mid-river for carp of barbel, you’d probably need a five-ounce flat lead, but why make things difficult for yourself? Scenarios like this are why Jim Evans loves the challenge offered by coarse fishing on the tidal sections of the nation’s rivers. Quiet spell then ending with loosing a good pike under rod end. Although the Severn has always been known as a barbel river, here on the tidal, there are fewer barbel, but those that are here are usually, in Ian’s words ‘Barney Rubbles’ (doubles in layman’s terms). “You visit one of the many gravel pits around here and the depth remains the same week in week out, a river that is affected by the tides offers the angler a much larger challenge. The river has a powerful incoming surge and equally pacy ebb, not well suited to normal tactics. The tidal river. The tackle you need for targeting tidals when feeder fishing. The only difference was he attached a 25-foot shock leader of 8lb mono, both to take the sting out of the cast and to cope with the extra detritus carried by the river. But, one thing is for certain, to disregard these stretches is to forfeit some truly great fishing. On past results it seems hard to fault when you take into account the prevailing tidal problems. This again will depend upon what he is mostly catching. Sarasota, FL is a prime location to target winter redfish. “There are 100’s of them along here and for river carp, they are relatively easy to catch too,” Ian said. Ian spent the day fishing on the Bankside Tackle-controlled stretch on the Severn, just upstream of the Red Lion pub on Wainlode Lane, Gloucester. By the end of the short session, even with Ian not having fished for a good hour, he still managed to put over 20lb of decent silverfish in the net, including a few very fine roach. Targeting the river’s silverfish, Ian’s main loosefeed was groundbait. A one-ounce tip, combined with a 6lb mainline, 0.14mm hooklink and a size 14 hook were as complicated as things got. Lack of fishing pressure is a major reason Nassau River feeder creeks are fish-filled. Although, bream being bream, you need to track down the shoals to get a big weight, but once found, it is as easy as shelling peas as long as you keep the bait going in! No content may be reproduced without permissions. 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