Sunday 25^th Oct 09 open

 

Conditions: – Partly Cloudy, ambient temp 12 deg, humidity 82%, wind WSW 17 mph gusting to 30 mph, barometer 997 mb dropped, moon phase waxing crescent, water temp 9.8 deg, Ph 7.35, DO 8.95, conductivity 1.

1^st Chris Owers 81.00 lb peg 40 up in water pole on pellett caught most in last hour

2^nd Tony Watson 48lb 6oz peg 24

3^rd Barry Lockey 38lb 2oz peg 25

4^th Ricky Bennett 17lb peg 35

5^th Nev Langley 14lb 6oz peg 4

6^th John Nelson & Terry Guthrie 10lb 14oz pegs 1 and 22

 

High winds causing presentation problems and hard to fish pole, most fish caught in last hour.

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Sunday winter League starts 8^th Nov 09 names and deposits taken now fishing 12 matches best 9 out of 12.

 

 

Friday Afternoon 23^rd Oct open

Experiment and Trial run of Bassetts pond for a match (first time a match has been on here)

Conditions: – Partly cloudy, ambient temp 13 deg, humidity 82%, wind S6 mph, moon phase waxing crescent, water temp 9.6 deg, ph 7.30, DO 7.1 ppm, conductivity 8.

!st Ray Wallace 22lb 10oz peg 7

2^nd John Foster 13lb 5oz peg 4

 

 

Wed 21^st Oct 09 Open Lookout

 

Conditions: – Overcast and drizzle or heavy rain, ambient temp 10 deg, wind calm the E 5mph, barometer dropped to 994mb, moon phase waxing gibbous, water temp 9.4 deg, DO 8.5, PH 7.15 (east rain bring pollutants), conductivity –45.

1^st John foster  39lb 3oz peg 25 and golden peg fishing pellet and corn on tip and pole.

2^nd Ricky Bennett 38lb 9oz peg 27

 

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Sunday winter League starts 8^th Nov 09 names and deposits taken now fishing 12 matches best 9 out of 12.

 

General

 

With water temperatures this week holding in the 9 deg bracket it really is between seasons and therefore baits. Paste has worked some, pellet doing very well incredibly even the 10mm banded, maggot doing very well and worm, sweet corn also meat still catching reasonably well, chopped worm mixed with crushed casters and some hemp works well as a feed in very cold months.. Some good success has resulted in using seasonal berries with Carp as well as silvers taking them very well on the hook as long as some of the juices are escaping.

Although you should not be overfeeding just small amounts little and often this changes if you are on the shoals when the water is black in front of you with fish, then extra feed is required to keep them in your swim. This is because the fish are still at times during the day switched on to feed up for the winter and cold weather coming up, but also have a switch off time as well.

If using flavourings be careful as sometimes winter baits can be so over-flavoured that they turn fish off. Flavouring of baits works but can be a disadvantage where the same bait and flavours have been used too much to keep a real edge then use the flavourings sparingly.

Bait which offers a complete balanced diet including amino acids and attractant taste for example angel feed pellets (fish meal based) and break down easily, have an edge to attracting the fish and is easily digestible even in cold water temperatures. This adds a psychological effect and stimuli to the fish especially as they feed up for winter months ahead.

 

Bowes

 

Malcolm Rutter on peg 19 took 18 carp to double figures using sweet corn as hook bait on Friday.

Keith Brown fishing Q Tip with pellet had a great Saturday with 40 carp on peg 24 although it was windy and rainy.

Some good success has resulted in using seasonal berries with Carp as well as silvers taking them very well on the hook as long as some of the juices are escaping.

Fish moving still around lake and definitely following warm South winds, as the thermals in the lake are very defined now at this water temperature with the top and bottom layers being the coldest, and margins and middle layers the warmest, this does change dramatically after a frost or prolonged cold spells when the margins become cooler first.

 

Lookout

 

Chris Abbott fishing Thursday on 16aaa took carp, good Bream and skimmers on pellet with fish switching of feeding around 12 till 2 and then coming back on to feed again.

Fishing very well especially if you get shoals in front of you, as the fish are going into their winter shoals, not tight groups yet but small collective groups. Walk around the lake and watch for the fish movements and feed bubbles, as well as the wind direction and ambient temperatures as this will effect where the fish are, it is critical in winter to choose pegs carefully to ensure good catches..

Some good success has resulted in using seasonal berries with Carp as well as silvers taking them very well on the hook as long as some of the juices are escaping.

 

 

Bassetts

 

Try soaking 3mm pellets for 5 mins drain of excess water and mix in some boiled hemp great for balling in very small balls. On the hook use pellet, maggot or if not going well sweet corn.

Some good success has resulted in using seasonal berries with Carp as well as silvers taking them very well on the hook as long as some of the juices are escaping.

A trial match for the first time on Friday produced 22lb 10oz with a net of very good 2lb ish Ide and Rudd by Ray Wallace. We thought to try this, as it is so sheltered so if we have any very high winds this pond could be a fall back to match fishing in a smaller number.

 

Coaching

Coaching is one to one during winter months or groups to be pre arranged so enough angling coaches can be provided.

 

Matches

 

Wednesday open on Lookout island draw at 10am (get the kids to school first)

Friday Afternoon Bowes draw at 12

Sunday open draw at 9am all during winter will be on  Lookout

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Sunday winter League starts 8^th Nov 09 names and deposits taken now fishing 12 matches best 9 out of 12.

 

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