All waters are fishing better than ever at the moment with warm weather encouraging the fish to feed at all times. The Main Loch has continued to improve and more and more people who habitually fished the Carp ponds are trying the Main Loch for the first time, enjoying the change and variety of fishing. The Island and Top ponds are still fishing brilliantly though, with 20lb catches commonplace and some reports of estimated bags up to 50lb including carp over 4lb. Many people are commenting on their new 'personal best', either as a total or individual specimens, and that's great to see.

We are also delighted to announce the addition of 6 cygnets to the bird population, watch out for them not far from their nest near to the main Loch.

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 4^th with a great catch of 7lb using a pole for the first time.

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