Hi everyone. 11 anglers arrived last Saturday and I must admit that the weather conditions have looked perfect all week but the fish have not responded as much as I had expected. I can only assume that the high pressure has slightly reduced their willingness to feed because on several occasions there has been two or three carp being landed at the same time. It suggests that the “feeding trigger” has been squeezed from time to time as the pressure has dropped. The weather has generally been muggy and we have all been waiting for a massive storm to arrive to clear the air.
The fishing has been fairly constant throughout the week with carp coming in daylight and darkness and a few personal bests as the icing on the cake. Other than the fishing the highlight has been seeing two adult coots taken by the big catfish so they’re doing their jobs.
Carp caught are as follows;
Doubles.
15.08 lb, 10.08 lb, 14.00 lb, 18.00 lb, 19.00 lb, 19.08 lb, 16.00 lb,
19.14 lb, 19.00 lb,
Low twenties.
23.02 lb, 22.02 lb, 20.00 lb, 22.08 lb, 20.04 lb, 21.00 lb, 22.00 lb,
22.12 lb, 22.12 lb,
Upper twenties.
27.02 lb, 25.08 lb, 27.08 lb, 29.04 lb, 28.08 lb, 28.00 lb, 25.04 lb,
28.10 lb, 26.08 lb, 29.12 lb, 29.00 lb, 28.12 lb,
Thirties.
36.00 lb, 31.12 lb, 38.00 lb, 36.00 lb, 32.12 lb, 30.02 lb, 32.04 lb,
34.02 lb, 37.04 lb, 37.00 lb, 31.08 lb, 31.06 lb, 35.04 lb, 37.06 lb,
31.00 lb, 36.00 lb, 30.04 lb, 31.12 lb,
Forties.
41.08 lb, 44.08 lb,
Summary.
9 doubles
9 low twenties
12 upper twenties
18 thirties
2 forties
50 carp in total
None of the adult catfish landed this week but several of the kittens of 8 to 10 lb range.
Just to end I’d like to let the Kent Tackle boys know that three more anglers have been “Ayatollah’d” with the early morning alarm. You can’t go carping without the crack.
See you all next week but I think that, as we only have two customers on the lake this week, the fishing is going to be difficult. The next set of results will depend on whether they want a relaxing holiday or to fish hard. We shall have to wait and see.
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