GAUNTS LAKE
Jimmy Evans has caught two doubles to 18.02 and Tom Harris has caught a lovely mirror of 30.06.
HARDWICK LAKE
Ian Poole tells us that during his recent successful carp session on the water he also caught four bream on his Richworth boilie baits – the fish ranged from 7lb to over 10lbs in weight.
Shimano Consultant, Nick Hellieur is on the water to do a feature for Improve Your Coarse Fishing and so far has caught carp to 18.02. It’s never easy to catch fish to order! Despite the bitterly cold N/E wind both Ian Poole and Nick Helliuer are finding feeding fish. So far Nick has caught six mirrors – three low twenties, two upper doubles and a thirty. At 31.01 the big mirror is another new thirty for the water. Ian has managed two weighing 16.12 and 24.12. Both are using Richworth Bio-Plex boilies on the hook along with small PVA bags containing pellets and crushed boilies and casting these approximately 40 yards to a drop off.
Kevin Barber from Portershead, also making his first visit to our site, spotted the carp bubbling and clouding up the water very close to the bank. A single Richworth boilie fished just three rod lengths out produced a PB for Kevin in the way of a 30.15 mirror – good fishing Kevin!
Shimano’s Nick Helleur is back in action on one of his favourite venues. Fishing Richworth Bio-Plex boilies with PVA bags containing chopped boilies at 35-40 yards.
HUNTS CORNER LAKE
Neil Missing from Hornchurch in Essex never missed the run when a 24.12 mirror carp picked up his Tails Up boilie fished just three rod lengths out.
Derek Orchard from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire has caught a 21.12 and a 23.02 mirror on Trigga boilies. The fish picked up his bait in the margins.
ST JOHNS LAKE
Despite gale force winds and heavy rain the fish are still in a feeding mood. Glen McTaggart and Ross Hynam from South East London are both fishing Tuti Fruti single hook baits at 40 yards – so far Glen has caught a mirror of 22.08 and Ross has managed a 17.12 – this is their first visit.
Bristol’s, Mark Shepherd who we have already reported catching two twenty pound + commons has now caught a PB 31.08 mirror and this is his first visit to the site. Essential Opal was the winning bait. 13.13, 22.12, 17.10 and a linear scaled mirror of 19.10 and another mirror of 25.11. The successful method has been casting his single hook baits to a 90yard mark – Well done Barry!
Bristol’s, Andy Conradi is still on the water and finding the caro. This time he’s caught a 21.12 mirror.
Andy Conradi has continued his run of fish with three more twenties and a double. The latest catch included mirrors of 23.04, 22.04 and 15.04 plus a ghost carp of 23.10. His fishing pal,Paul Oxenham from Gloucestershire has also managed two doubles of 15.02 and 13.01.
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