The Coarse Fishing Guide

Latin name Scardinius erythrophthalmus

The Rudd is a similar fish to the Roach, but is often a more golden colour and slightly deeper in the body. While less common than the Roach, the Rudd is widely distributed throughout british stillwater coarse fisheries such as ponds, lakes and canals as well as slow moving rivers.

In waters where Roach and Rudd exist together they will often be taken in a mixed bag, the rudd often feeding higher in the water than Roach and taking baits on or near the surface.

Baits

Like Roach, Rudd are generally fished for with maggots, with bread flake or paste being a popular bait for the larger specimens. They will also take worms, pellets and small boilies.

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Tactics

In addition to float and leger tactics, Rudd can be taken by presenting floating breadflake, and they will also take an artificial fly presented with fly tackle. Like the roach, floatfished or legered breadflake can account for the larger specimens where they are present.

In ponds, lakes and canals, pole or whip tactics can account for large bags of small or medium sized Rudd using pinkies or maggots with a cloud groundbait.