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05.06.08

INTERNET FISHING REPORT

Tewitfield has offered some exceptional sport lately, with carp to 21lb, tench to 6lb, Rudd to 1.75 lb and pike to 17lb. Plenty of smaller fish offering regular sport. It really is the hot water of the moment for the coarse angler. Game anglers have an excellent choice of on form venues at the moment, with Esthwaite, Bigland, High Newton all offering an outstanding day out.

 

 

 


Gatebeck And Banks Pond

Gatebeck now producing very well…..peg 6 bream to 4lb. Peg 2 tench and bream, peg 8 carp to 8lb. Plenty of carp activity between pegs 8 and 9


Bigland Hall

Trout fishing outstanding at the moment with bags of fish into double figures. These being caught on Goldhead Cats Whisker, Yellow Fritz, Daiwl Bach and Gold Rib Hares Ear.


Borwick Day Ticket

Large carp to 33 lb coming out of Jimmys lake. The smaller lakes also producing phenominal sport, carp feeding mid water - try bagging waggler, to draw carp to the feed.


Esthwaite Water

The fishing at Esthwaite Water is still on top form with a recent rod average of 7.7 fish per angler. There has been excellent hatches of buzzer, olives and alders, with falls of hawthorn and the odd daddy log legs, keeping the fish up in the water and making floating line tactics the obvious choice at present. Ron and Mary Jones from Askam in Furness had a couple of bumper trips to the venue recently landing 29 rainbows to 3lb + from the boats, using a variety of flies, including fritz, budgies, sparklers and worm! Also season ticket holder Richard Maddox from Barrow in Furness had a session to remember fishing from the boats landing 35 rainbows to 4lb 3oz. All Richards fish fell to floating line and buzzer tactics. Bank anglers are also having a bumper time at present. Roger Black from Wigan fished legered worm along with two of his mates to take 18 rainbows and browns from the car park banking. Best areas at present include the swimming pool and the weather buoys in the north basin , meanwhile in the south 4 tree bay, Strickland bay and the car park are the hot areas! The Lakeland Fly Dressers Guild held their annual evening boat match at Esthwaite Water last week and had a cracking evenings fishing . Ten anglers fished the match. The winner of the competition was Graham Kennely landing 14 fish in total. Graham landed half of his fish on sinking line and lure tactics and half of his fish on floating line and nymph tactics. Well done to Graham for his efforts! Heat 3 of the Masterline and Shakespeare sponsored Esthwaite Open Pairs competition was also contested recently and 16 anglers weighed in 88 fish for a total weight of 148lb 8oz including time bonuses. In second place Masterline team Esthwaite members Mike Frith and Andrew Esplin weighed in 12 fish for 26lb 4oz including time bonuses, meanwhile in first place Richard Landsbry and Blyth Palmer weighed in 12 fish for 27lb exactly. Both pairs now go through to the grand final in September.The next heat of the competition will now take place on Saturday June 7th, anyone wishing to fish the match should contact the fishery for details and entry forms. Also our next FREE tuition day will be on June 7th and will be specifically for juniors only. Any children attending the mornings tuition 9.30am- 1.30pm should contact the fishery to let us know you are coming. They must have an adult in attendance with them and they are also requested to bring along a hat and a pair of sunglasses for protection. For up to the minute information log onto www.hawksheadtrout.com or telephone on 015394 36541.


Farleton View Fishery

Farleton fishing exceptionally well, with a huge rise last thing at night. Easterly winds do, however, seem to slow it down a bit. Olive klinkhammers, blak shipmans, black spider dries doing well. Small buzzers in black or olive doing well also.


Ghyll Head and High Newton Reservoirs

Nice weather and a nice ripple at the moment. Try beetles, hawthorn, grey duster, olives at the top. Or go deep with Zonker to test the deeper and sometimes bigger fish.


Kentmere Lake

Kentmere produscing brownies to olive dries, olive bumble wets and small buzzers


Killington Reservoir

Trout to worm at car park side. Also toby sized lures doing extremely well.


Lancaster Canal

All parts of canal producing tench especially weedy basin at second bridge, where one angler caught 19 tench on Sunday. Tench match will be held here on fathers day at 4.00pm


Ratherheath Tarn

Carp, tench and bream now coming out on a regular basis. Some nice fish coming out to dog biscuit floated on the top.


River Kent www.kentangling.co.uk

Despite only sporadic rain, Salmon and Sea Trout have now entered the river system and can be seen basking in the afternoons. Trout fishing very good to small black dries and spinners. Gold ribbed hares ear doing very well


Rydal Grasmere and Coniston

All three lakes fishing really well after a long quiet period. Bank anglers are producing well on mackerel, Pacific Saury, scad and mackerel.


Tewitfields Coarse Lake

Pike fishing still ok with a best of twenty six pounds a week ago. Tench and carp now on the feed this is the time to fish tewitfield.


Windermere

Pike anglers havg plenty of sport, the deadbait method seems to be doing very well at the moment, particularly lamprey section.


Wych Elm

Buzzers in black or olive, chompers in same colours and invicta wets doing well.

 

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