Catch Report

*** Attention all Anglers ***

Latest Catch report from the last week.

The weather seems to be a little unsettled again this week with sun, strong winds and also lots of cloudy skies  with the odd heavy down poor. The temperatures have been ok with daytime being around 20 degrees and the nighttime temperatures averaging 11 degrees and the atmospheric pressure has been hovering around 1010mbp. The slightly cooler overcast conditions have certainly got the fish in feeding mood and spending more time in open water zones.

 This time around we will start things of with foxes, Tony Ashcroft and Nikki had a fantastic time in peg 7 managing a whopping 21 bites resulting in 15 fish including 3 new PBS, tony landed his PB carp in the shape of “Top Lynn” at 29lb 8oz he also landed a pb catfish of 48lbs, Nikki also got in on the action also landing a pb in the shape of “The Scar Mirror” at 26lb there hall included 4 x 20lb plus fish and the rest was between 10lb and 19lb. Nikki landed hers on a zig the rest came to 14mm DNA baits dumbbell wafters soaked in matching liquid food over a baited area of bug dumbbells 12mm and 15mm bug boilies, chilli hemp soaked in bug spod syrup and liver extract. Next up Kevin landed 2 fish from peg 2 the biggest tipping the scales to 22lb both falling to spreads of boilies on top of the bar. Lastly Mark Wild did 24 hours in peg 6 and managed 6 bites resulting in 5 fish up to over 20lbs all bites falling to yellow wafters over a bed of pacific tuna and corn fished to the right-hand margin.

Now we will roll down the hill to S1, Jordan Ross landed a 29lb mirror from peg 4 caught on a DNA bug boilie tipped with fake corn over bug boilies and corn, Ashley landed her new pb of 17lb from peg 7 from the right-hand margin next up Paul miller has sent in a couple of pictures of 2 stunning mirror he landed and also are very Own “Lanky” landed a 28lb mirror of the surface, lastly I did a 24 hour tuition with Nick on pegs 8 and 9, we opted not to fish till late afternoon as we had a lot of stuff to cover such as casting, feature finding, lead control,  bait and bait application and rigs, we got the rods out about 4pm and the change in weather got the fish on the munch as we manged an impressive 13 bites between us with the biggest going 24lb, Nick also landed his new PB, fish came to solid bags fished tight to the margin but the most bites came from the open water over a heavily baited area ( started with 30 spombs and toped up after every bite, 15kg used in total) of 8mm, 12mm and 15mm bug boilies, crayfish min and Maxi pellets, corn and loads of bug liquid food and S7 amino smoke with bug wafter tipped with foam as fished on a simple blowback rig made up with 12 inches of Korda n trap soft and size 4 curve shanks .

Now we will hop over the bund to S2, John Johnston had a productive 24 hours in the point landing 5 fish including 3 x 20lbers up to 23lb, 3 bites falling to solid bag and the other 2 coming to zig rigs next up Joshua Mercer landed a 16lber from peg 9 and Philip Ogden landed a 17lb common from peg 16, lastly Finley landed 2 up to 18lb from the road bank caught on fake corn over a bed of corn.

Now to the members waters, Bantons, Ric Bamford landed 2 fish including a 20lb mirror and “Jaynes fish” at 30lb 4oz, Matt Rydeard landed a 26lb mirror and Jack Bowker landed a 27lber and Gary landed a 20lber Lastly Simon Corney landed “Sally fish” at 31lb 4oz caught on a krill wafter over krill boilies.  Now to the “Mighty” John Tine is as consistent as ever this time landing a 22lb mirror, mark bowden landed a 16lber from the island on a ultra pop up . Next up gumpy landed a mid-double, David Wearden landed a 27lb common caught on a Captured wafter bait  and finally Neil landed a 22lber.

On to River, our coarse lake, and it continues to fish very well, with lots of fish being landed, including carp, tench, bream, roach, chub, and perch, with big bags of over 40lb being reported. All tactics have their day on this lake, however, a pole fished just off the marginal shelf or flat-bed feeder fished into the middle, with a fishmeal ground bait with a pellet, corn or meat hook bait being favourites at the moment. We plan to hold the next coarse match on Sunday 22nd September, and this is available to book online now. Go to our website click on the “Events” tab and find the date to make your booking.

Don’t forget Malcolm’s Saturday kids’ fishing club, is running once again this summer. These two-hour sessions take place on a Saturday morning. For more information and how to book, visit our website, click on the “Book Fishing” circle, then under Category, select “Kids Fishing”.

The dates highlighted in green are those which are available to book.

Please remember to send in your pictures and reports.

Please REMEMBER if you land a fish over 30lb from any of the waters and require assistance please ring a bailiff, so that they can come and help with the photos, fish safety, and verifying the weight.

IMPORTANT INFO.

• Food deliveries to pegs are now available seven days a week (breakfast and evenings) for the duration of the summer holidays. Please visit the website to view the menu. You can place your order in person, at Reception or over the phone and pay by card at the time of ordering. Breakfast orders must be placed before 8 am and evening orders need to be placed before 4pm.

• Opening hours are 7am ‘til 7pm daily.

• Please remember to pack your fish care equipment last, including mat/cradle, net, sling, and waders, so that they are easily accessible on arrival, as you will be required to submerge them in the disinfectant dip for a minimum of 5 minutes before you check in. You will not be able to proceed to the lakes, until you have done this, and we aim to prevent delays and have an efficient check in process to make your fishing trip enjoyable.

• For your convenience we have a shop on site holding a wide range of terminal tackle and bait from, Korda, Fox, ESP, Tackle Guru, Mainline, DNA Baits, Sticky Baits, Pike Pro, Bait box and dynamite we also stock a range of drinks, toiletries, confectionery and much more.

Tight lines.

Peace out.

The Viking!

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