Catch Reports
Roach ,bream (and skimmers) ,perch ,are now making up the bulk of the catches , on maggot ,pellet or sweetcorn. Ide to 4lb also coming out on the maggot feeder, or can also still be caught up in the water when catapulting maggot.
Deeper pegs now fishing better as the temperatures drop.
A few carp still coming out up to 10lbs on boilies, with the odd barbel to 4lb. Luncheon meat also worth a try.
Carp to 12lb have been caught recently on mostly boilies and dog biscuits (On surface).
Ide to 4lb ,Bream 5lb,Roach 2lb and a lot of perch have been caught (very few gudgeon),
with a few crucian carp ,tench and barbel also showing.
Most prolific baits have been maggot,pellets and luncheon meat ,but sweetcorn not doing so well.
The recent charity match produced some good weights (Up to 42lb)and £400 was raised
for the local St John's hospital. Thanks to all who donated.
March started off very slowly due to the prolonged cold weather with ice still on the water during March.
Ide and roach made up the bulk of the catches with maggot feeder and pole fished maggot doing well.
The odd Carp started appearing in the 2nd half of March with the biggest caught at 10lb (also on maggot).
A few tench up to 2lb have also been appearing, as well as barbel on luncheon meat
Catches of carp (mostly 5-7lb) picked up in september with the biggest carp caught at 17lb by Edinbugh angler Davy Baigrie on boilie.
Roach, perch and gudgeon are now making up the bulk of the catches, with good bags to be had with maggot on the pole, waggler or feeder. The odd bonus ide to 3lb also being caught although they can still be seen hitting the maggot as it hits the water.
The carp fishing has now began to pick up now, with a few low doubles and high singles being caught with dog biscuit and bread on the surface, and the usual boilies, sweetcorn and pellet fished in the margins doing well.
People fishing for silver fish have been catching all over, with roach (up to 2lb) making up the bulk of the catches, along with a number of tench appearing. Bags of over 100 fish has been possible with ide to 3lb ,perch, rudd and the odd barbel to 2 1/2 lb.
Maggots on the waggler/pole as well as sweetcorn, pellets and luncheon meat have all been catching.
Reservoir was frozen for the first 3 weeks of February.
9 carp over 3lb caught in the last week of the month (2 doubles at 10 & 11lb) to pop ups and sweetcorn.
Ide (to 2 1/2 lb), roach, perch and a few small carp caught on maggot . Water temp 5-6 Deg.C
| Carp | 120 caught (over 3lb), including 10 doubles with the biggest being 13lb. |
| Roach | To 1 1/2lb |
| Rudd | To 1/2lb |
| Tench | Many small tench with a few being caught around the 2lb mark. |
| Ide | To 3lb |
| Chub | To 1lb |
Good catches of roach and ide (To 2lb) at the start of the month from
both ends of the reservoir. As the weather got colder ,the fish were
being caught from the middle weed bed down to the dam wall. Along with
the usual gudgeon ,there were a few "goldfish" ,some small
tench,chub,perch and the occasional bream to 3lb,mostly caught on
maggot.