Author: Eddie

Bites galore down the lake as the Silver fish match record is broken.

John tells me that today the pleasure anglers were bagging in the small lake as the carp finally decided to have a proper feed as between them they caught over 30 carp and a few doubles included.

Most of the carp came from peg 38 with the angler there catching 18 carp and Taff also caught 9 carp leaving the rest still catching a few so things are finally starting to happen in the long run up to the Easter festival.

In the big lake it was a different matter as i believe the water is currently too deep and cold for the fish to feed properly but the silver fishing is fantastic at the moment with plenty of bites and some really big roach and perch coming to both maggots and casters and both Mick Jones who caught over 24lb of silvers and Pat Pritchard who had a great all silvers catch of 28-07 were kept busy with lots of bites to come 2nd and 3rd in the match .

The big surprise was with Steve Wilson who was fishing peg 32 by the hut and when it was his time to weigh in he needed help to bring out one of his nets which normally means alot of carp but when the net was clear of the water the anglers were gobsmacked when it was full of bream all 80-02 of them. Steve was fishing down the track towards peg 8 and was fishing with 8mm hookbait feeding pellet to catch his bream. John tells me the amazing thing was Steve also spent a while fishing the tip and when he went back on the pole the bream were still there so he thinks a 100lb weight of silvers could of been on today. Together with his carp Steve weighed in 84-11 for not only the match win but to also claim the top weight of silvers caught in a match down the lake { very well done Steve }.

Results.

John has asked as a polite reminder to all the anglers fishing the Easter Festival that the deadline for the deposits need to be paid by the 13th of April {thank you }.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

A mixed day down the lake.

Today saw a low attendance down the lake but there were still a few bites to be had with anglers starting with catching carp in mind but swapping to catching silvers if the carp did not repsond and this was evident in the catches of the top two.

In first place was Paul Jay on peg 22 who started on the tip fishing sweetcorn which got him two quick carp { one going 17lb } then swapping to to the long pole catching another two but after that had a a go at the silvers which he had 20lb + of silvers which after 5 hours gave him a winning weight of 65-08.

In second place was Kev Dolton who started on the tip trying to catch carp but after an hour with no joy opted to go for silvers and had a lovely day catching a near all roach catch of roach to nearly a pound but nearly 350 of them for his best weight of roach down the lake of 29-15. Kev played around with the speed of his caster hookbait falling which determined what size of roach he caught the slower the fall the bigger the roach.

After the match I had a go for a carp and casted a waggler fished at 18 inches spraying pellet fishing a pellet hookbait into about 20 carp on the surface and caught a carp of 12lb within 5 minutes. Kev had a go but this time on peg 25 in to about 50 / 60 feeding carp on the surface and caught a common of about 10lb but it was crazy to see so many carp up in the water on a cold evening.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Hard day at the office except for bagger Bennett

Report to follow.

Todays winner John Bennett with a great 44-07.

My paltry small fish only went 11-07.

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6 fished

John makes it three in a row.

The score now stands at

John 3

Eddie 0

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.

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Results

Two matches two victories for HMS Bennett.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.