20/08/2012
Weekly Catch Reports
Each week the fishery manager Danny T aka ‘Le Grand Fromage’ will be updating this section of the site with what’s been caught, by who and on what. Keep an eye out for patterns re bait and hot spots.
Date: 11th August 2012
Number of anglers: 8
Total number of Carp: 12
Biggest fish: Steve Broad with Pips at 53.08lb
A strange week with fish showing well in areas, but just not being caught. Feeding over baited areas but just not strong enough to slip up it would seem.
Kyle in Pole had fish over him very strong early in the week but he eventually got to grips with them and nabbed a couple. Slightly tougher than he thought it would be? But you can’t keep a good guy down and catch em he did.
James, out on Alcatraz had a succession of morning bites, 09:30 on the dot with fish most days, weirdly, nothing huge, mainly 20s & 30s. Productive never the less
Ayden snared a stunning mid 30 common from the Beach, his only fish but a stunner.
Steve in Co's got to grips with them from the off, catching 4 fish, the biggest of the week in the form of 'Pips' slightly down, now spawned out at 53.08lb. Quite a difficult fish, Pips, to catch. I’m hoping for big things with this fish, as she has a considerable frame on her. One to watch out for
For the rest of the guys, it was a blank for the week, tough fishing, watching other anglers catching, whilst all generally fishing the same method but the fish here are very testing and you have to be on top of your game to succeed.
Week in week out, with a full compliment of 10 guys fishing for them, the fish are under immense pressure and you have to do everything right to be successful here. Nicking a fish here and there is manageable for most but multiple captures, that’s something harder, and many simply don’t manage it, even with fish in front of them.
Some would say it’s a difficult lake, but surely that’s part of the excitement and draw to fish here? We see what works and what doesn’t, each and every week, yet very few anglers ask us for our opinion of what is likely to happen during their week? We’re here to help, please don’t forget that, we want you to catch so ask us.
I’m looking forward to the first clients for our new lake, the Road lake next week. A recent nights fishing proved exciting with a multiple catch through the one night we fished. With fish everywhere, location was simple, and the fishing frantic, too frantic for the busy day ahead so, a flurry of action saw us reel the rods in for the night so we could get some sleep but showing fish over the area made sleeping difficult.
Its shaping up to be a very prolific water and Ill keep you all informed of just how many fish our first clients will catch after a full weeks fishing next week.
Until then, be safe, be lucky.
Danny
