Chub
Chub is mainly a river fish found in slow moving rivers to the faster moving rivers and weirs especially where trees or bushes overhang the water. The chub is also found in ponds and lakes and is now being stocked in commercial fisheries. The chub is a thick set fish with a large blunt head. It has a long and cylindrical body with large greenish/brown scales that have a slight black edging across the back working down to a lighter golden flank and a light belly with a dark brown or black tail. The dorsal fin of the chub is a greyish/green colour, with all the other fins being orange/red.
The chub has a large mouth with thick rubbery lips and a voracious appetite and will eat almost anything. When smaller, the chub is sometimes mistaken for dace as both the chub and the dace have similar body and fin colouring.
Identification is by the shaping of the dorsal and anal fins. The chub has convex shaped fins while the dace is concave.
Chub are known for being gluttonous and will eat just about anything. Unlike other fish the chub will feed throughout the year be it a hot summer afternoon or freezing winter morning.
Baits to use
Worms, lob worms, redworms, cheese (especially the smelly cheese), cheese paste, bread (either crust, flake or paste), maggots, pinkies, casters, pellets, hemp and tares, wasp grubs, slugs, black slugs are a good chub bait, sweetcorn, luncheon meat, sausage meat, berries and elderberries, shrimps, cockles (fresh not frozen or pickled in vinegar), boilies.
The chub has a large mouth with thick rubbery lips and a voracious appetite and will eat almost anything. When smaller, the chub is sometimes mistaken for dace as both the chub and the dace have similar body and fin colouring.
Identification is by the shaping of the dorsal and anal fins. The chub has convex shaped fins while the dace is concave.
Chub are known for being gluttonous and will eat just about anything. Unlike other fish the chub will feed throughout the year be it a hot summer afternoon or freezing winter morning.
Baits to use
Worms, lob worms, redworms, cheese (especially the smelly cheese), cheese paste, bread (either crust, flake or paste), maggots, pinkies, casters, pellets, hemp and tares, wasp grubs, slugs, black slugs are a good chub bait, sweetcorn, luncheon meat, sausage meat, berries and elderberries, shrimps, cockles (fresh not frozen or pickled in vinegar), boilies.
Where to look for Chub
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Weed rafts are a magnet to chub who hide beneath them.
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