Saturday 30th Aug 08 Bowes open
Mostly cloudy, ambient temp 19 deg, Humidity 88%, wind SSW 3 mph, barometer 1013.9, moon phase New, water temp 15.7 deg, DO 13.1, PH 7.54, conductivity -56
1st Peter Smith 75lb 6oz peg 28
2nd Dave Pearson 57lb 6oz peg 1
3rd Billy Ellis 55lb 9oz peg 26
4th Tommy Marshall 47lb 11oz peg 36
5th Ray Wallace 34lb 4oz peg 40
6th Terry Guthrie 30lb 8oz peg 34
Well done Peter good weight
Sunday 31st Aug 08 Open Lookout 23 anglers
Conditions Mostly cloudy with fog early, rained at weigh in! again, ambient temp 17 deg, humidity 88%, wind calm, air very still , water smooth not even a ripple, barometer 1010.2 mb, moon phase New, water temp 15.7 deg, PH 7.53, DO 13.2, cond -62
1st John Foster Angel 57lb 3oz peg 3
2nd Neil Brown Angel 37lb 14oz peg 4
3rd Steve Knowles 37lb peg 2
4th Dave Walker 34lb 11oz peg 26
5th Tony Watson Fishing Republic 34lb 3oz Peg 6
6th Nathan Patterson 27lb 14oz peg 39
John produced a carp net just on the limit of 50lb WOW well done John,
Today was a tough day with not even a ripple on the water and a very still muggy airless day until weigh in when it rained and we had a slight breeze.
Matches Sept on :- Saturday Bowes and Sunday Lookout Draw 9 am please phone to put names down.
Names are being taken for the winter league starting Oct.
A week day match can be arranged through winter if required.
Browning Youth Masters at Cudmore Fisheries may we congratulate Ryan Baker who won with 116lb Ryan is only 13 years old! a great future in store for this young lad in angling well done Ryan.
General
Some excellent fishing on most days however if still water and very still air then the fishing goes off but does come back on when a ripple on the water develops, and is fishing fantastic at dusk, overnight and dawn.
Water temperature has held at 15 deg this week so nice and stable, but is lower than should be for August.
Lots of regular anglers trying out different methods and reporting back with mixed results from one day to the next. The tip is proving to be the most successful with pole next then waggler float but plumbing up each swim is critical for good results.
Hook baits working at 15 deg water temp are :- paste, which can be great then the fish go off, pellet seems to be a constant success working well both as a hook bait and hair rigged. Caster & maggot both have success but do attract smaller fish as well as larger fish, worm on its own is working but it becomes great when tipped with either sweetcorn, caster or maggot, mussle & prawn have had good success, so has cubed luncheon meat.
Lookout
Pegs which have been fishing very well are the ones facing the wind direction with pegs 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 14, 15,16aa to 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 37,38, 40. 41, 42 doing very well.
Plumbing up is critical to success with feed patterns and hook baits chosen for the species targeted very important.
Fish tight in margins up on the edge of the planting shelf at 3ft out 3 ft deep, or try 6 ft out and 6 ft deep for the edge of the second shelf, alternatively try 6 metres out and go for rudd on the drop, go down slightly over depth for skimmers, keep the feed going in to keep them in the swim.
Colin Gowan on his first visit to angel was amazed at the variety of species he managed to catch with his first ever golden rudd and golden tench he ended the day with 53 fish including carp to his guess over 100lb fish.
Ray Wallace had two exceptional ghost carp on Sunday, Norman Eden using pellet flavoured with garlic liquid had crucians, lots of carp to 4lb, tench and golden tench, roach, and skimmers around 35 fish on a half day session.
Bowes
The tip is working very well on this lake with pole next, then waggler. Colin Thompson fishing less than 3 hours using meat on the hook and fed very well angel fed pellets took 28 carp to 5lb. Dave Hodgson on tip, pole and pellet waggler had a great day trying out different methods and baits took over 70 carp a good average of 5 lb.
Jimmy Hagan on peg 19 using tip and pole (but smashed a section on his pole) tried paste, pellet and most success was on worm cocktails with his day ending early with a broken pole section catching in excess of 50 carp getting snapped on two lumps.
Some good doubles coming out with season ticket holder paul gibson getting his PB, Ian Richardson taking three doubles inside half an hour
Bassetts
Some exceptional catches with all species being caught including good sized roach to 1lb – 1 ½ lb and ide to 2lb 2oz, crucians to 2lb, golden tench to 2lb 9oz, and carp to a lovely 9lb 7oz common carp, the rudd and golden rudd have piled weight on with a 1lb 10oz being caught, skimmers also to 1lb being caught. All pegs have been fishing well but remain tight in the margins for some great numbers of fish,
Coaching
Lots of people of all ages and both sexes are joining in our sport and learning to coarse fish with some excellent successes, please book in advance for lessons both Sat & Sun morning group sessions from 9 am until 12, or for one to one weekdays.
Some good progression to tip and pole sessions and during Sept some lessons on Rudd on the drop and Carp are being delivered please phone for enquiries 0191 4100449
Matches
Sept on :- Saturday Bowes and Sunday Lookout Draw 9 am please phone to put names down.
Wednesday a day match will start soon.
Names are being taken for the winter league starting Oct both individual and a pairs
A week day match can be arranged through winter if required.
