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Well at last I managed to fit in my first trip to Wingham of this season! Sod the rod and reel repairs and sod being ill I got there! And what a glorious four days of weather we had.

 

Each morning their was as much mist coming of the water as my first cuppa!

 

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The lake allways looks superb at this time of year with the water clear and the new reed growth just starting to come through the old and dead. Water temperatures (as I can well vouch for!) rising nicely as well.

 

First "session" trip of the year is allways a pretty casual affair for me and bruv more of a sorting out and proving thing than a hardcore fish hunting trip.Good to make sure we have everything we need in the trailer and a chance to include anything forgot for the later more serious ones!

 

We chose a swim we were pretty familiar with and all though not in our top few choices for the best fishing a good one to be "sociable" in and to target both bream, for me and tench for Andrew.

 

Like I said a very relaxed affair with plenty of tackle/gear sorting (why do it at home in such lovely weather?) and most mornings spent catching up with other friends and syndicate members.However one thing I decided to do was to work on my mental hang up with plastic baits! Now for those who know of my carping exploits at Conningbrook it may be a bit of a suprise that I dont have any faith in them! but I assure you for me fishing black beads over 50+ litres of hemp is a long long way from using todays aretificial bait tactics. So a few days using only plastic corn over a couple of handfulls of

the real stuff was what I decided to do. Well on two rods any way!

 

I placed one rod with worm (and a piece of plastic corn as a "stopper") on the spot I had a big bream from and the other two (one on a neutral bouyancy set up and one on a clssic pop up rig) just out 30m to an area we had marked and were baiting.Unlike the "bream spot" there was no feature and just a steady depth of 10-12'.Both areas were baited with standard tinned corn.

 

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The rigs on all three were just standard running ledgers with 2 ozs weights and short hook lengths to give a "bolt" effect.Only difference being that a mono hook link (with no hair) on the worm rig and the corn rigs having braided hook links and hairs. Real simple stuff-

 

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Fist fish was a modest (by Wingham standards) 7 lbr just as it got light the first morning

 

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As it was so hot during the day there wasn't a great deal happening.Most of the action being night and early morning.

 

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However I did catch a fish/have a run each morning around 11 which has become quite common on this swim! Andrew was catching much the same.The final fish came late morning as we were packing up and this proved to be my best of the session at 8lb 8ozs-

 

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So five fish each from 7 to 8 1/2lb each.Not "hauling" but a pleasant way to start the season and even though I saw no sign of bream as all my fish took artificial corn (both neutral and popped up) a start to my gaining a little confidence in the stuff!

 

I don't often post "catch reports" but thought I would just to wet the appetites of you guys hoping to attend this years fish in and show you what the lake can produce even on a casual trip like this where more time was spent sorting gear,messing about in boats (er and out of them!) and socialising! Hope to see you there soon got to be worth comming even just for the sun sets!.(oh and Peggy's BBQ's!)

 

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And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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Looks like you had a good time Budgie. Some very nice fish there m8, nice pic's n'all :).

Hardcore haulin or casual social I allways have a good time there Ian! I think that's the biggest problem there! Once your there you just cant help relaxing and I often get so relaxed not a lot of effort goes in to the actual fishing.As us hardcore Wingham addicts keep saying "its all about the place not just the big fish or even fishing itself"! Totally daft I know! :rolleyes:

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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As us hardcore Wingham addicts keep saying "its all about the place not just the big fish or even fishing itself"! Totally daft I know! :rolleyes:

 

 

Not daft at all m8 just being by the water in lovely countryside and chillin out is the main thing, catchin fish just puts the icing on it ;):) .

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Nice report Budgie, thanks for that :) The lake is looking beautiful right now. You're totally right, it's nice to catch big fish but the real magic of Wingham is the spirit of the place, very hard to find these days.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

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Great report and some nice fish.

 

Any sign of any big Perch about?

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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It's amazing how you Wingham anglers can be so casual about a catch that'd be a session of a lifetime for most of us !!!

 

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