Wed 19th May New Lake

Fishing times this wed 6.00pm till 9.20pm

Summer is here at last, there has been an upturn in the weather with the evening temperature a steady 16 deg it was a far change from the prev week on the old lake where it plummeted to 6deg by the all out.

A quick walk around the lake before any one turned up and the silvers were hard at it (spawning) if the temperature stays as forested the the carp will soon be at it as well, 20 to 23 deg (water temp) and they will spawn leaving the eggs to hatch,they take about 3 to 4 days to hatch into fry as long as they are fertilised by the male within 60 seconds.
That's Enough biology now.

At the draw the well performing peg 29 went to the PSV draw bag Darren North,With a grin on his face he was off like a rocket to get set up.With the all in under way it was John Clarke who was making good  headway with small carp every put in from peg 32 on corn right over to the reeds.
Everyone was catching well until about 8.00pm then all the small carp and F1s just shut up shop for the night, then everyone was left scratching around for a decent carp or a smattering of small roach and skimmers.

Brian Shanks Took Top spot off peg 26 catching well at the start then switching to banded 4mls on the hook to take decent roach and skimmers.
Close on his heels was Darren North from peg 29 who missed out by 8lb.

Also out of the money spot was Steve Rogers who claimed to have lost enough fish to open a chip shop from  peg 35
Spare a thought for Simon Belchum who had a double fig grass carp leap from the security of his lap straight onto his pole and  breaking two sections.

Results

Brian Shanks..............37.4lb
Darren North.............29.8lb
Johny Clarke.............25.4lb
Steve Rogers.............25.0lb
Keith Billder.............22.8lb
Simon Belchem..........14.00