Week Commencing: 16th April 2022 @ The Cabin Lake
Team Members: Joe, Colin, Sarah
Biggest Fish Caught: 41 lb 3oz Mirror
Total Fish: 96
Total Weight: 1596lb (of those weighed)
Catch Report and Comments:
Day 1:
Mirrors: 30lb 8oz, 29lb 12oz, 28lb, 27lb 8oz, 26lb 7oz 24lb, 21lb 7oz
Common: 16lb
Grass: 25lb
Day 2:
Mirrors: 41lb 3oz, 29lb 8oz, 28lb, 8oz, 22lb 10oz, 21lb, 20lb 10oz, 16lb, 15lb 6oz
Koi: 12lb 10oz, 11lb, 4x under 10lb
Day 3:
Mirrors: 34lb 4oz, 26lb 8oz, 25lb 7oz, 19lb 14oz, 2x 18lb, 17lb, 15lb
Commons: 24lb 4oz, 3x under 10lb
Grass: 31lb
Koi: 3 under 10lb
Day 4:
Mirrors: 29lb, 28lb 7oz, 27lb, 23lb 5oz, 20lb, 17lb 8oz
Commons: 26lb 4oz, 5 under 10lb
Koi: 3 under 10lb
Day 5:
Mirrors: 41lb 3oz, 29lb, 28lb 7oz, 28lb, 27lb 12oz, 23lb 6oz, 22lb 9oz, 20lb 14oz, 19lb 12oz, 16lb, 2 under 10lb
Common: 1 under 10lb
Koi: 11lb 4oz, 1 under 10lb
Day 6:
Mirros: 35lb 12oz, 29lb 14oz, 29lb 10oz, 28lb 10oz, 27lb, 23lb 12oz, 23lb, 19lb 12oz
Sturgeon: 24lb
Tench: 4lb 12oz
Commons: 24lb 4oz, 1 under 10lb
Koi: 16lb 12oz, 1 under 10lb
Day 7:
Mirrors: 34lb 15oz, 29lb 8oz, 26lb 8oz, 26lb 6oz, 24lb 12oz, 21lb 7oz, 20lb, 19lb 10oz, 19lb
Common: 1 under 10lb
Tactics:
Lots of fish caught deep in the bowl, – 41lb fish caught once tight of the margin just below the bowl on the left, – caught a second time close in on deep water by the water aerator.
– Walked rigs to the spots, flicked then in and then chucked over the top 3/4 tennis size balls of pellet that had been soaked in lake water along with sweetcorn, crushed boillies, a few whole boillies, with salt and paprika in the mix (secret weapon 😉 ), – Rig was a simple KD rig with a single boillie hookbait and a small PVA bag with two crushed boillies in to stop hook getting tangled.
– Fish were really hot on bait with several bites coming before I had a chance to put the rod down on the rest, – Every bite and rechuck was rebaited, don’t be shy with bait !!, – First day (Saturday) fished from 3.30pm tp 9pm All other days fished from around 11am to 9pm.
– Craziest and best fishing session of my life, my whole body now aches, my back is killing and my hands feel like sand paper (and I’m only 22!!!), – It was all worth it !! PB broken and caught some of the best looking fish I have ever seen. The big common alluded me so I’m going to have to return !!
Weather:
Arrived to a very sunny lake, could see loads of fish crusing in the upper layers, – We started the week with a full moon which I think may have really got the fish active, – All week was warm, sun most days with the odd cloud, I was in shorts everyday !!
Thanks:
As always many thanks to Gary & Kerry for another cracking week. It was well worth the journey from the caribbean ! We wished we could stay longer haha !
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