Latest Catch Report.
Well over the last week we saw the last of the good weather as a low-pressure front moved in. We’ve experienced torrential down pours, strong winds and atmospheric pressure as low as 990mbp. The temperatures have remained mild and even when it has been raining it has felt nice and mild. This in conjunction with the full moon phase has definitely got the fish back on the munch!
Starting things off this week with Foxes lake, young Alfie had a cracking session landing a low double and a catfish from peg 4 before moving to peg 7 where he caught a further four carp up to 24lbs, he caught them off the surface and off the bottom using Monkey Mix and Forbidden Fruits hook baits. Jordan Dean landed a lovely mirror from peg 2, William Ahern landed two fish the first one being a 22lb mirror and the second being a 30lb 2oz Mirror, one was caught on a chopped down pink pop up caught off the surface and the other was caught on a krill wafter over 4 spombs. 12 year old Carter Deakin fished with his dad doing a 48 hour session on arrival the lake was busy so he opted to fish in peg 12 and unfortunately resulted in a lost fish, the second day after noticing people departing he moved to peg 3 and straight away caught a 9lb Mirror caught off the surface using bread and not 5 minutes lates he caught a 15lb Common on the same tactic, the next morning he was awoken by a screaming bite alarm resulting in his new PB in the shape of a 28lb Common this one falling to a 3ft red and yellow zig. Leo and his dad managed 3 runs resulting in his PB being landed of 14lb 2oz the winning tactic was a simple hair rig fished inside a solid bag full of, pellets and cloudy liquid. Lastly Martin Anderton landed 3 fish up to 23lbs 8oz’s the winning way was zigs in the day and pop ups at night.
Now we run down the hill to Sunnyside 1, Adam Jones landed 3 fish up to 25lbs 11oz from peg 8 all caught from the left-hand margin, caught on Parker Baits 10mm boilies with a matching wafter over the top. Sebastian Chwiulkowski landed 2 18lbers from the shallows both falling to solid bags, next up Andy Cowell landed fish of 22lbs and 15lbs from peg 11, Oscar Jones landed a mid-double from peg 9 and Gary Spencer landed 3 fish from peg 7 with the biggest tipping the scales to 24lbs all bites came from the right hand margin on pink half tone bug wafters over, bug & S7 boilies, Lastly Ben Gallagher landed 2 fish up to 18lbs from peg 5 one falling to a solid bag and the other to a zig.
Now we hop over the bund to Sunnyside 2, Richard Lord landed 2 mid doubles from peg 18, Steven Mayall landed a 21lb 8oz mirror from peg 1 and James landed 2 fish up to 16lbs from peg 8, next up Keith Jones landed 3 fish up to 21lbs from peg 16 all coming to a bed of Hemp and corn with Ronnie rigs and yellow pop ups fished over the top. Lastly Kevin Taylor landed 5 fish from peg 9 with the biggest going 27lbs all bites fell to pink krill pop ups over a spread of 15mm krill fished a rod length of the far margin.
Now to the members waters starting with Bantons, Darren Greaves landed 4 fish topped by a stunning 29lb 8oz fully scaled mirror all bites coming from the island over a very heavily baited spot of boilies and pellets. Timothy Craig landed 3 fish up to 28lb all caught over a heavily baited area with spinner rigs over the top and James Harruson landed his new pb in the shape of “Sams” at 33lb 2oz. Lastly Chris Law landed 5 fish up to 35lb.
Now to the “Mighty” Mark Bowden landed 2 mirrors up to 21lb and Ian Davidson landed a 25lb fully scaled mirror caught from the island over a baited aria of monkey mix, next up Peter Eastwood landed a lovely upper double caught on monkey mix and forbidden fruits. Alan Harrison is back at it this time landing 5 fish including 2 stunning fully scaled mirror and “Tango” at over 30lbs Alan fished over a baited spot of Bug and S7 boilies, cray fish pellets all glazed in amino smoke after each bite he topped the spot up with 6 spombs to keep the bites coming. Jack landed a lovely 22lber and Dan Tebay landed 2 fish up to 27lb 14oz also Andy landed an 18lber. Lastly I did 48 hours in the point and manged 7 bites resulting in 5 fish landed including a home grown scale 20lb mirror, 3 old school 20lb plus mirrors toped by “New Lyn” at a spawned out weight of 29lb 8oz, the wining way was going very heavy with the bait I started with a full 17l bucket of bug boilies in 8mm, 12mm, 15mm, crumb and dumbbells mixed with bug pellets all soaked in Calanus liquid and amino smoke and kept it topped up after every bite and used over 25kg in the end.
Now to River Lake, our coarse water and the fishing is on top form at the moment. There are loads of reports of mixed bags of fish coming out daily, however the tench and carp seem to be on the feed big time. At the moment both the feeder and pole are working well with a fishy ground bait and pellet, corn, meat and pellets being the favoured hook baits.
IMPORTANT INFO.
Current opening hours are – 7.00am till 7pm daily.
Food deliveries are available 7 days a week excluding Sunday evenings. Breakfast orders must be in before 8am and evening orders in before 4pm.
We now stock maggot, casters and worm; please call reception by 4.30pm each Tuesday to place and pay for your order, ready for collection from Friday on words (we will try and have spares but to guarantee your naturals please pre-order).
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. Each angler must have their own equipment. 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, Trakker, Fox, ESP, Tackle Guru, Mainline, DNA Baits, Sticky Baits, and Dynamite we also stock a range of drinks, toiletries, confectionery and much more.
Tight lines. Enjoy your time on the bank
Peace out.
The Viking