22nd March 09 Open Lookout Angel of The North Fishing Lakes
Partly Cloudy, ambient temp 12 deg, humidity 81%, after a calm week the day started calm then the wind changed to W 15mph with gusts up to 35 mph, barometer 1028.1 mb dropping, moon phase waning crescent, water temp 9.1 to 9.2, DO 15.5, PH 7.56, conductivity -56.
1st Ray Laing 38lb 8oz peg 2
2nd Tony Watson 29lb peg 12
3rd Ben Huggins 28lb 14oz peg 16aa
4th Steve Kean 28lb 4oz peg 25
5th Norman Laing 27lb 8oz peg 31
6th Terry Guthrie 26lb 12oz peg 9
Spring league starts Sunday as well as opens one week on Lookout and one week on Bowes.
General
Fishing has been excellent on most days, good weather conditions, favourable barometer and wind directions and rivers closed season bringing out lots of anglers, The tip has proven best method and pellet waggler also doing very well, pole and ledger doing ok. Getting Feeding correct is very important; do not overfeed at this water temperature. go sparingly with feed. Hook baits working well are pellet, maggot, sweetcorn, worm and worm cocktail, paste (use our feed pellets for great results) just starting to work at this water temperature,.
Bowes
Mark Smith jnr on Friday had a good day taking 47 carp from 1.5 lb to best at 13lb as well as silvers on peg 14 tight to island 18 inches deep on fishmeal pellet using pellet waggler. Fishing has been good this week with some days fish feeding later in the day.
Best fish out this week 20lb 6oz Common Carp by Marc Brydon from Gateshead on double sweetcorn hair rigged.
Lookout
Fished great this week with good weather conditions bringing out lots of anglers, some consistant catches whilst barometer and wind were favourable, anglers are able to target species specific now all species catching. Some nice crucians have been caught and tench showing well, Ide to plus 2lb also Golden Orfe, skimmers and bream as well as rudd, golden rudd, perch,ghosties,koi and carp all catching well. Norman Eade had 3 good half day session catching over 30 fish per session.
Bassetts
Fab pond with great stock levels and good fishing, some good catches this week with best fish out a carp at 9lb 2oz, a 2lb Ide golden tench 2lb 10oz,, skimmers, crucians, rudd, golden rudd, tench, carp and koi also gudgeon all caught this week. Use maggot and pellet on the hook and feed over maggot or angel pellets to do well.
Spring league starts Sunday alongside opens one week will be on Lookout and one week on Bowes.
Calling all 16 and under anglers!!!!!
Browning Youth Masters 2009 Qualifier at Angel is on 18th of July participants must be 16 or under by 31st July please phone Browning 01525 714012 to put names down
All participants receive Browning gifts, and the overall winner of the final at Moorlands Fishery
Kidderminster, receives £1500.00 of angling equipment, and a years sponsorship!
Tickets cost £12.00 per Junior entrant.
