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Our diary page....

As and when I get the time, I shall use this page to keep you informed of what's going on in and around the lake.

 

'August 7th
Early August continued as July finished - steamy with very high pressure. This didn't do the fishing much good and Charlie, our regular had a poor 24 hour session last week.

I had previously had an interesting couple of hours during heavy rain while I gave a youngster a brief lesson. It was obviously going to storm and as the distant thunder grew louder the fish went crazy. The youngster missed a number of fish and so, before the storm got too close, I decided to show him how it was done.

Within minutes I had a run and if the dog hadn't chosen that moment to stand between me and the rod I would (probably) have landed the carp who chose to use the 3 or 4 second delay wisely by heading, fairly rapidly, for an overhanging bush. Surely it was an angler who said don't work with kids and animals!

Last night we had another storm. A terrific, almost tropical storm that seemed to go on for hours. This was of little interest until I discovered, this morning, that Matt, a very experienced carp angler,
had a run at 2am and finally landed the fish at 5am, having been forced to fight the fish right through the storm.

He was convinced it was one of the lake's 40's until he banked it and sacked it in the certain knowledge that it was a 30. We weighed it early this morning and it's either one of the mid 20's that has gained a lot of weight, or one of the 30's that's been on a diet. And while we all know that weight shouldn't matter, we all know that really it does. So while Matt was delighted with the best fight he's ever had from a carp there was also a bit of disappointment that the scales didn't swing just a little further.

Just for the record he was fishing with a 2 3/4 lb test carp rod and 15lb line so the fight didn't go on for 3 hours because of any fear for the strength of the tackle.'
 

Steve


 


July / August 08

At the start of July we finished working on 'the jungle'. We cut enough trees out of this area to keep the bar fire going for many an evening and it is now ready to fish in comfort. This swim is the furthest from the house and is great for those who enjoy real solitude. It also gives easy access to the river course which seems to be a good fish holding area.

July was very hot and very dry. The lake is low and the carp sluggish. However, as we come into August we have already had a shower or two. Storms are expected in the next couple of days and we expect the fishing to pick up immediately.

We are not expecting too much angling pressure during August so September and October should be excellent months. I would write more but it's my day off - so i'm just off up the lake to wet a line, see you soon.' 

Steve

July 08

'One of 18 carp caught by Charlie a local angler during a 48 hour session last week (second week of July). He is convinced a good 30 slipped the hook just shy of the net. Better luck next time, Charlie

 

June 08

 

The poor weather has set things back somewhat.

 

The lake is fed by two streams. This is hugely advantageous from the point of view of water quality and keeping the water reasonably cool in the hot months. However with weeks of very serious rain the streams have been more like rivers as millions of gallons of cold water have poured into the top end of the lake.

 

Strangely this doesn't appear to have had too much of an effect on the fish. From the day I arrived back from the UK they have been actively wandering all around the lake. This was really gratifying as the original stock of fish tend to stay close to the snags, and there is always a worry that the new stock will take on the characteristics of the original fish.

 

What the cold weather did to their feeding behaviour I have no idea because I didn't get to fish until very recently. Once the weather started to change I started to feed the fish and also to decide where to have the first cast.

 

I have now fished two very short sessions. The first was no more than 40 minutes and the second about 2 hours (it's great owning your own fishery. A 7 ½ acre lake on my doorstep and I manage ¼ of a day in 6 weeks!). In that time I have landed 4 very nice carp. See the picture on the 'fish' page with the caption '1st  fish to be banked'.

 

A small number of local lads are talking about fishing in the next few weeks but we still have very few bookings. I can see that plenty of people are looking at the web-site and we are already taking bookings for next year. However, you could still be among the first to get amongst this new stock.

 

Cheers for now, and tight lines.
 
Steve