LATE NEWS/CATCH UP

I've been silly busy at work recently so just haven't had time to service the web site so here's a little catch up.

Steve the bailiff carried on for a while fishing the day ticket lake until he moved to the syndicate. Steve had several sessions where he had multiple catches on the maggots but then started to pick a few up on boilies. Steve's best fish was this 21.08lb but the average fish were upper doubles. As I've probably said, removing the small fish has increased the weights of the doubles and it looks likely that the more I take out the better.

I'll be having one more go at removing the under doubles this year (a bit late I know but the terrible winter put the nets men I know so behind it will have to be late) After the next netting I will only be netting every other year if the remaining carp keep breading like they have been. To be honest I thought the netting would upset the fishing but the total reverse has happened every time, it seems to stir them up and get them on the feed. Even after the last attempt, after Christmas the fishing got better even though it was still perishing cold. Steve caught his 20 only a few days after the netting.

There's been quiet a lot of fish out of the Day Ticket lake recently since the last report when Pete Dickel had the new lake record 34.02 mirror. The common we caught while netting has come out twice since the netting, once at 29 and again at just over 30. Hope to have the pics soon.

In the few days of decent weather we had there was a lot of takes on zig rigs, one angler having 6 or so night takes on black foam zigs. I don't think there was any fish out on the surface but the carp did have a few days living just under the surface showing their self's of to the anglers present.

With the weather being as it is they have been a little tricky but there is now fish coming out much more regular than a month or so back. In the last few weeks there has been several 20's including a 26, a 27, the common out twice at 29 and 30 and an heap of upper to high doubles. The track is good and the banks have dried out nice so nows the time to get down there, the 32 and the 34 mirrors are due.

Cheers

Gary