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magiscroft fishing reports @ 30 April 2005

The Island and Top Ponds are fishing brilliantly now and with warmer and longer days the fishing is improving on the Main Loch too. The spring weather is very changeable and this can affect the sport, so it's still important to judge the conditions before you decide where and how to fish. Check with Ronnie in the shop and he will give you all the latest info and advice.  

 

1st Gus Brindle - 38lb 12oz

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1st Kyle McCormack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Island Pond

Fishing has been excellent with great catches of Ide and Carp showing strongly now and catches over 30lb are common. Bobby Marshall had the best pleasure catch last week, estimated around 70lb including at least 40 carp over 1lb, Ghosties to over 4lb and Tench to over 4lb. Sweetcorn was the best bait and spring is a time when corn starts to works really well.

Tench are also feeding strongly and Malky Ward had 4 averaging 4lb in a great catch estimated between 40 and 50lb. Ralph Farrell also has a big 40lb catch including big Carp and tench to 5lb. Pellet and Corn are working well for Carp now with individual fish to 5lb. Gus Brindle broke the Island Pond match record with 38lb 12oz (report here). Chopped Worm is a good bait to pick out the Tench and is also good for Ide.

Good catches of big Ide to over 1lb are still being taken with Caster working better now.

Top Pond

Warm weather has really switched the Carp on and the pond is 'fishing it's head off'! Many people are catching a Carp every cast with F1s up to 1lb feeding ravenously.

Pellet is by far the best bait for Carp but Maggot is also good and will catch the Ide and Orfe too.

Main Loch

Because of the deeper water the Main Loch usually takes around 3 weeks longer than the Carp ponds to warm up in the Spring. This means that we are still in a transition period from Winter to Spring and the fish can be unsettled. So one day can see great catches like Davie Duncan's 40lb of Carp and Skimmers last week including fish to 3lb, then the next day the fish can seem to switch off completely. The fish can be to be up and down and difficult to predict.

The pole is working well now and should become the best method over the next few weeks. Feeder and Slider methods are still working in deeper water but on wamer days the fish are inclined to rise up in the water and have been caught as shallow as 4ft deep and less. 10 to 12 ft deep has been most consistent recently.

Previous Reports

18 April 2005

25 March 2005

28 February 2005

22 January 2005

18 December 2004

25 October 2004

27 August 2004

26 June 2004

25 May 2004

27 April 2004

21 April 2004

12 April 2004

3 April 2004

18 March 2004

18 January 2004

26 December 2003

17 November 2003

27 October 2003

7 October 2003

29 July 2003

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