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| RUDD |
| COARSE FISHING WITH THE ESSEX ANGLER |
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DISCRIPTION A small deep rounded bodied fish greenish/ golden colour.Like the roach,it has reddish fins. | |
| STATS Speciman weight - 2lb Max length -18 inches Life span - 10-12 years | LOCATION Slow flowing rivers and some stillwaters ponds and lakes. |
| HABITAT Like dense over grown areas and moves around in large shoals. | |
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FEEDING HABITS Mainly a surface feeder, preferring to feed around dusk. | NATURAL FOOD SOURCE Molluscs,fish fry,vegetation,Insect larvae. |
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LIFE CYCLE Reaches maturity at 3-4 years.Spawning occurs from May to July with eggs of up to 200,000 in 2 batches laid amongst weed beds. | |
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TACKLE As a small surface feeding fish,light tackle is needed fished with a waggler. | LINE - 3lb - 4lb b.s. HOOKS - 8 - 16 |
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| BAIT Maggot,Bread,Sweetcorn,lob worm. | ||