Main Loch
Has never fished so well and the number and size of
fish to be had has much improved over last year. The end near the
Island Pond has been fishing particularly well for big weights with up
to 30lb catches happening more and more. Yesterday Les Gorst took 23lb
there mainly of beautifully conditioned carp from 1lb to nearly 3lb
while John Elder took a similar catch on the opposite bank. Quite a
few nice Tench to over 3lb are being caught and James Woodrow included
one in his double figure catch on Saturday.
Skimmer Bream are the other main attraction at the
moment as well as the carp. The Skimmers & Ide can rise high in
the water at times and can be taken as shallow as 2ft deep. George
Glen broke the Main Loch match
record with just under 21lb of skimmers caught shallow . Maggot
and pinkie are No.1 bait for silver fish but many people are fishing
for carp just past the margins using pellets and worms too.
Island Pond
Very popular for pleasure anglers and match anglers
too now that the Monday Evening Opens have started. Stef Hunter broke
the Monday Night match record
with 23lb 7oz and that shouldn't stand for too long! Carp are feeding
well and the fact that some of the ghost carp are well over 4lb and
the F1s are going over 3lb shows why pleasure catches have been
estimated up to 50lb. The Ide are getting really big too with many
fish nearing 1lb. Tench are thriving and among the small ones are some
of their bigger brothers up to 3lb.
Pellets are important for the Carp and Jelly Pellets are very
successful and easy to use too. Maggot, sweetcorn and worms can pay
off when the Carp have seen a few too many pellets.
Top Pond
Great fishing for mainly F1 Carp which are growing
fast with more fish topping the 1lb mark. If you get it right you can
catch one every cast. Pellets now catching best with maggots and
sweetcorn are as backup baits.
Several new faces on the Junior scene are enjoying
the top pond especially since it's an ideal place to catch and learn.
Cameron Wood is a great example - he entered his first Junior
Competition and came 4th with a great catch of 7lb using a
pole for the first time.
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