Sunday 6th July 08 Open Lookout
Mostly Cloudy, ambient temp 14 deg, humidity 88%, wind 3 mph, Barometer 1001 mb, moon phase waxing crescent, water temp 17.7 deg after rain Sat, DO 14.5, PH 7.80, con -52.
1st Chris Owers Angel 76lb 15oz peg 2
2nd Dave Hudson Langley Park 54lb 9oz peg 14
3rd Tommy Cullerton Angel 53lb 7oz peg 5
4th Andrew Brown 51lb 4oz peg 8
5th John Foster Angel 44lb 11oz peg 6
6th Chris Pine 44lb peg 32
Chris used pole 5 meters out on pellet and paste
Wednesday 2nd July Eve open Bowes
Conditions – Partly cloudy, ambient temp 18 deg, humidity 56%, wind S7 mph, barometer 1006.1 mb, moon phase waning Crescent, water temp 18.3 deg, ph 7.98, DO 12.7, conductivity -78 ,
1st Ray Wallace Angel 38lb 7oz Peg 3
2nd Eddie Douglas Langley Park 22lb 3oz Peg 1
3rd Peter Smith 19lb peg 35
4th Dave Hudson Langley Park 17lb peg 37
5th Chris Owers angel 14lb 11oz peg 21
6th Dave foster 12lb 9oz peg 18
Well done Ray on a Tough night with fish spawning again with water temperature over 18 deg, and water going into a Plankton algae bloom which pulled the DO down to 12. Heavy rain later on Wed eve might alter the plankton bloom.
General
A great week of exceptional catches and catch rates, anglers need to choose correct pegs according to weather conditions, quality fish in size and condition and also quantity have been caught this week. Evening and Dusk producing some stunning specimen species.
Fish tight in the margins and feed often as fish are very hungry with water temperatures around 18 deg, excellent sport is being produced and some good fights being put up on capture by the fish.
Hook baits:- Pellet (soft hooker, expander, and hair rigged) Paste, Corn, meat, mussle, prawn, worm, maggot all working well.
Feed Angel Feed Pellets.
Bowes
A great week fishing and water temp going over 18 deg started the carp spawning again plus an algae bloom on Wed however the heavy rain Wed night and Sat stopped the bloom and also stopped the spawning.
Alan Straughan from Houghton Le Street took 71 carp, to 4lb also a great 17lb 4oz all on Worm tipped with maggot.
Ian Dixon on Thursday Eve fly fishing for carp took a stunning over one meter long common carp a female post spawning see photo.
Jimmy Hagan using pole had a magical day on Sunday with all carp caught above 3lb mark to 10 lb using a hook bait of worm and double sweetcorn tipped as a cocktail.
Lookout
Lookout every peg has caught at fish a chuck this week with well in excess of 100 fish in a days session and several anglers reporting over 200 fish,
We even had anglers complaining it was fishing to well on Friday as they could not get a cuppa or a ciggie as they were catching at fish a chuck!!!
Jimmy Hagan fishing pole with paste took over 100 fish on peg 34 including 17 tench best at 5lb 1oz, 14 carp best 4ln 2oz, the rest silvers inc a lovely orfe.
Norman Eden Monday morning caught 30 fish 13 carp to lb 8oz, 7 Tench and 10 skimmers on peg 16aa.
Tuesday morning he caught 29 fish, 4 carp to 5lb, 2 golden tench and 5 tench, 2 rudd, and 16 skimmers. All on pellet with garlic flavouring added and meat cubes.
Friday Normans Son Chris’s Catch Approx. 80. 4 carp to 3lbs, 12 crucians, tench to 3lbs, golden tench skimmers, roach and rudd. Baits: pellets, corn and meat.
Normans catch Approx 100. 10 carp to3.5 lbs, 2 crucian, 12 golden tench, tench, skimmers, roach and rudd. Baits: pellets and meat
Bassetts
Exceptional catches coming of this pond with carp, crucians, tench, golden tench, ide, rudd, roach, orfe, all feeding well.
Jason Henry had an excellent mornings session with 79 fish to 1pm best was a carp to 4lb and a golden tench to 2lb.
Father and daughter Chris and Lisa Johnston (9 yrs old) gave this pond a try for the first time at Angel and got 66 fish and 32 fish respectively both very pleased with the half day session and Lisa’s smile was fabulous.
Coaching
Any Sea or Game or Begginners wanting to Coarse fish please book onto the coaching session phone 0191 4100449.
Browning Youth Masters Qualifier is on July 19th on Lookout Island any junior wanting to participate please ring to put your name down.
