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Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1830 - 2300 Warm and sunny. AT 21º - 14ºC. 2 Tench: 2lb 13oz & 1½lb. 1 Perch 1lb 9oz. Summer tench campaign on this water starts with a (half) decent perch - my first over a lb from the water - which is rumoured to hold MUCH bigger ones! The perch came...
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3 July, 10th Paul Goulbourn Memorial Trophy Fish-in.
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Harris Lake - Marsh Farm fishery, Milford. 0600 - 2245 Warm with bright sunshine for most of the day - clouding over somewhat for the last 3-4 hours of daylight (thankfully!) AT, a chilly 5ºC when I arrived, highs of around 24ºC and 16ºC when I drove off a little after a 11pm. 12 Tenc... -
Marshall's Mere (formerly Willows Lake) 1815 - 2245 Warm, mainly overcast and quite breezy. AT 21º - 16ºC. 2 Tench: 5lb, 3lb 13oz. 5 Carp, in order of capture: 7lb11oz, 11lb 12oz, 8lb 7oz, 13lb 2oz, 9lb 4oz. 2 Roach; small. A lively evening not catching tench (for the most part)!...
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Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1800 - 2230 Warm and clear - with quite a stiff SE breeze - great for keeping the mozzies away! AT 21ºC - 16ºC 3 Tench: 5lb 12oz, 4lb 12oz, 3lb 3oz. Summer is giving us a last hurrah this week so it was back to my new favourite tench water (but still se...
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Marshall's Mere (aka Willows) - Thatcham 1800 - 2230 Calm, cloudy and cool(ish). AT 18ºC - 14ºC. 1 Tench: 4lb 2oz. 4 Carp: 11lb 9oz, 10lb 3oz, 6lb 3oz, 5lb 7oz. 1 Skimmer, 1 Perch - small. Both smaller carp on float gear in the first 30mins - but after this initial commotion bite...
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Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1830 - 2230 Warm, overcast and muggy. AT 24ºC - 16ºC. 4 Tench: 7lb 14oz, 4lb 12oz, 3lb 1oz, 2lb 6oz. Another super evening on my 'new' favourite tench water. That's now 12 tench in 4 evening trips here - on what people keep telling me is a hard water! A...
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Harris Lake, Marsh Farm, Milford. 1500 - 2315 Warm and mainly sunny. AT 23ºC - 18ºC. 6 Tench: various sizes, from bars of soap up to a biggest of 4lb 6oz. 3 Crucians - all over a lb, best 1lb 11oz. 8 Roach, 7 Rudd and 3 Perch - 2 tiddlers and one of nearly a lb. A 'sporadic' kind...
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Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1830 - 2230 Warm, overcast very breezy with some light drizzle at times. Perfect conditions, pity no one told the fish! AT 18ºC 1 Tench 3lb 5oz. 2 perch - small. Another crepuscular session - though this was a bit of a struggle compared to my previous t...
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Warwick's Water 1830 - 2245 Hot and sultry. AT 29ºC when I arrived and still 23ºC when I left. 4 Tench: 8lb 2oz (new PB), 6lb 0oz, 4lb 7oz, 4lb 3oz. 4 Perch - all small. Wow - second PB of the summer (after my opening day chub) and after a rather unpromising start too. As earlier...
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Marshall's Mere (aka Willows) - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Warm, mainly overcast with quite a stiff southerly breeze wafting in the vinegary aromas of the English Provender Company's (makers of Paul Newman salad dressings) factory at Greenham. Kept the mossies and dew at bay. AT 23º - and still...
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Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1900 - 2300 Warm and sunny. 21º - 15ºC. 3 Tench: 4lb 11oz, 4lb 8oz, 3lb 11oz. An evening float fishing worm - hoping for a tench but hedging my bets for one of the pond's fabled big perch. What I hadn't reckoned on was one of the water's rogue carp. The...
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Johnsons Lake - Milford 1600 - 2300 Hot and sultry. AT 28ºC - and still 20ºC when I packed up. 2 Tench: 3lb 5oz and a 'pounder'. 12 Perch - all small. Bit of a grueller in the heat. No bites at all with the sun on the water (apart from the nuisance perch). Dusk brought a little m...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1600 - 2200 Bright with sunny spells quite breezy at times. AT 20º-12ºC. 2 Tench: 5lb 14oz & 5lb 9oz. 1 Bream: 6lb 13oz. 2 Carp: 6lb 3oz & 7lb 11oz. 1 Perch - small. Summer tenching campaign gets off to a good start with a brace of 5lbers - eventually! I'd...
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Warwicks Water - Thatcham 0700 - 1300 Warm, calm and overcast (though a thunderstorm rolled in just after I packed up ) AT 16º-18ºC 2 Tench: 5lb 14oz, 2lb 2oz. Doz+ Perch: all fairly small. Reports of big stripeys had me starting my autumn perch campaign on this rarely fished and...
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Harris Lake, Marsh Farm Fishery, Milford 1500 - 2300. Hot and sunny with a stiffish southerly breeze - clear, warm evening. AT 28ºC and still 17ºC when I left. 7 Tench; best 6lb on the nose plus a variety of sizes (1X5lb+, 2X4lb+, 2X3lb+, 1X2lb+). 2 Crucians; 2lb 6oz, 1lb 13oz & 1lb 1...
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Alders Lake - Thatcham 1730 - 2230 Bright and breezy. AT 20º - 15ºC. 4 Bream: 4lb 8oz, 4lb 5oz, 4lb 2oz, 3lb 10oz. 4 Tench: 4lb 3oz, 3lb 3oz X2(different fish I think!), 2lb 11oz. 2 Carp: unweighed but both around 1½lb. 6 Perch; - most around 6-8oz. 2 Rudd. A very busy evening wi...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1730 - 2230 Warm and overcast - clearing. No breeze so copious amounts of DEET required to keep the mossies at bay! AT 23º-17ºC 2 Tench; 4lb 7oz & 4lb 3oz. 2 Carp; 8lb 6oz & 6lb 11oz First evening this summer on here when the carp have been a nuisance. Alo...
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Harris Lake - Marsh Farm Fishery - Milford 1430 - 2300 Hot and sunny with a warm southerly breeze all evening - very welcome as it kept the mossies and dew at bay. AT 25º and still 18ºC when I left. 5 Crucians: 3lb 4oz, 2lb 14oz, 2lb 10oz, 2lb 3oz, 1lb 13oz. 9 Tench - various sizes fr...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Overcast and breezy - clearing to cloudless skies as it got dark (the exact opposite to the forecast I watched in the morning!!) AT 19º-13ºC 6 (!) Tench: 5lb 15oz, 5lb 12oz, 5lb 8oz, 5lb 3oz, 4lb 11oz, 4lb 7oz. 1 Carp 7lb 13oz. 1 perch (small)...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Overcast and very breezy all evening after rain all afternoon - clearing to reveal a very bright full moon for last hour. AT 17ºC - 14ºC. 5 Tench: 6lb 0oz, 5lb 9oz, 5lb 5oz, 4lb 14oz, 4lb 6oz. 1 Carp 9lb 4oz. 1 Perch; small. Very lively evening...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Cool, overcast and drizzly with a more substantial shower as it got dark. AT 14ºC - 12ºC. 2 Tench: 5lb 11oz & 4lb 4oz. 3 perch - all small. As expected, bites at a bit of a premium with conditions more akin to mid autumn than mid July. Pretty p...
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Alders Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Warm and overcast with a stiffish breeze for the most part - which kept the mozzies at bay. AT 21ºC - 18ºC 4 Tench; 3lb 11oz, 3lb 2oz, 3lb, 2lb 13oz (all 3 smaller ones feisty hard fighting males). 2 Bream; 4lb 11oz & 4lb 8oz. 2 Perch, 2 Roach (all s...
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Willows Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 0000 Warm (ish), overcast with drizzly rain to start - clearing and becoming quite cool. AT 21ºC -> 12ºC. 1 Carp 8lb 1oz, 1 Tench 3lb 8oz. A frustrating evening on the float. Lots of dithering, dips and rises and lots of striking at thin air for the...
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Alders Lake - Thatcham 1800 - 2300 Fresher than recent days and cooler. Quite breezy.AT 21º-15ºC. 1 Bream: 4lb 14oz. 1 Tench; 1½lb. 1 Rudd - a netter of around 8-10oz, 1 Roach - small. 5 Perch - handsized. Alders campaign gets off to a sluggish start - though it started promising...
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Harris Lake - Marsh Farm, Milford 0730 - 2315 Hot, sunny and sultry. AT around 25ºC all day and still 18ºC when I drove off at a little before midnight. 11 Tench: various sizes from quite small bars of soap up to 5lb - biggest 5lb 3oz. 2 Crucians 2lb 4oz & 1lb 2oz. 30 Rudd - most hand...
