Fishing has picked up this weekend with a good number of 20's from Carp Lake. Notable catches are as follows. Damsel: Jay caught 4 to 16-08, Will 4 to a 20lb mirror and Andy a 16lb and a 22lb. Plenty of Bream were coming out too.
The fishing picked up this weekend with several anglers netting good multiple catches. Highlights as follows. On Damsel plenty of bream to 8lb were coming out. Andy caught a 21lb common from the margin and Nick a 15-14.
The variable weather has continued to make life difficult for anglers although there have been some good catches over the weekend. On Damsel Martin Gray caught 14-08 and a 4lb tench. Steve Way caught 2 commons at 14lb and 21-08. Darren Twyler netted a 19-03 mirror.
Sporadic spawning and heavy weather conspired against anglers this weekend and saw many struggle, there were however some notable highlights. On Damsel Theresa and Mike McEvoy booked a 6 night stint to celebrate Theresa's birthday and target the bream. Sadly Theresa failed to locate the bream but did pick up a welcome tench. She also caught 5 nuisance carp, including her PB at 19-08 on a size 18 hook.
On Damsel Craig Daniels bagged 5 to 18lb, fishing with Lee Turner who caught 3 to 21-08 and Tom Large 5 to 13lb. Jamie Pullen caught 5 to 21lb, Glem Barrable had 2 to an 18-10 common, Ben Bowler 5 to 18-04. Matthew Lucas beat his dad into second place taking 8 to 21-04 his dad Michael with 5 to 16-04. The most notable catch was Paul Goldsmith, aged 15, who snared his PB and one of the biggest in the lake at 25-10.
This weekend was bit slower with some fish spawning but even so a few PB's were smashedOn Damsel Nathan Richards caught a 12lb, Mark Williams two 13lb commons, Doug Ashley a 16lb and Laurie Gregory a 12lb and an 18lb. On Carp Lake Duane Richardson over 2 nights bagged 9 to 25lb including 3 other 20's on Thripster Baits and Thripster Pearl pop ups. Milosz Jedraszewski caught an 18-08 common. Ryan Hatton caught 7 to 19-08 on @Mainline Cell and Hybrid and pop ups on a Ronnie Rig.
The weather this weekend was a marked contrast to last with a return to the cold and wet, as a result catches were down. Those that did catch include:
On Damsel Colin Bryant with 22-08, 21lb and 15-01 to Essential Cell and Chris Bell 2 to 11-04 on Sticky Baits Krill.
On Carp Lake a group of nine booked for an annual social, Ricky Guegon caught a 24lb in the margin and a 17-08, Wayne bagged 12 to 22lb on Monster Squid, Stuart a 17lb common, Harry 4 to 21lb, Cole 12 to 22lb with a 10mm pop up over Sticky Krill boilies, Nicky 16 to 21-12 and Dean a 20lb on Scopex Squid and Citrus and Strawberry Crush and Hi Vis pop ups.
On Becks Dave Hatch landed 2 just under 20lb to a solid bag and a Manilla wafter.