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FENLAND FISHERIES REPORT BY MIKE HAWES August 2010

Firstly let me apologise to those anglers who filled in catch reports over the last couple of weeks & are expecting to see them in this piece. I don’t know how but some idiot managed to loose them probably yours truly but I will try to remember the catches as we go.

Darren Skyrme dusted his tackle down & fished for the first time in 12 months banking 6 fish including mirrors of 27lb &38lb8oz from peg 17.

Ian Davenport had 6 fish including 4 twenties the best of which went 28lb4oz & 26lb10oz from peg 2. Dave ford fished peg 5 taking 2 fish of 21lb & just over 30lb. Matt Rand done 24 hour session for 2 carp to 27lb from peg15.

Daniel George fished peg 18 & banked if memory serves me right 8 fish to 28lb during a 48 hour session.

Gary Harmer & his mates took 6 fish to upper twenties.

Lee Elliott fished his favourite peg 1 netting 7 carp to 26lb.

Steve Gordon banked carp of 28lb12oz, 28lb & 16lb as well as 5 catfish to 28lb on halibuts.

Chris Spencer & his party of 5 fished for 48hours taking a total of 8 fish between them, with Dave Chambers banking the biggest at 33lb6oz. Preston boys Steve Haddon & Matt Hunt done 48hours Steve had 2 fish at 21lb &26lb & Matt just the one of 25lb10oz.

Mick Hillman came down from the black country to bag a nice mirror of 31lb8oz & Jamie Purrel had fish of 21lb & 27lb. Lots of other fish caught but these are the best of the bunch ( I THINK) & its nice too see a few of the bigger fish showing again .

On Vermuyden lake Wayne Mackie, Callum Mackie & Lenny Issacs took 23 fish in a single night with the largest 17lb.

Chris Nixon took 4 fish to 23lb. Andy Southby fished a day session to bag 2 fish of 18lb ,1of 16 & 1 at 21lb.

Young Jamie Brown who is just 6 years of age banked 10 fish to 16lb 8oz all on method feeder . Now young Jamie reckons he caught the fish all on his own without his dads help but I have my suspicions about that one .

Well done Jamie & well done Dad. That’s another budding Carper well & truly hooked.

Again many more fish caught but too many to mention.

Mark Hardy A.K.A The Crimper fished on the Pingles syndicate & banked a leather at 23lb 80z plus a common of 21lb. No other reports from this water at present.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO www.fenlandfisheriesltd OR www.premiumcarpfishing THE BOOKING LINE FOR WILLOW & VERMUYDEN NIGHT FISHING IS 01487 841858.

Mik Pitt had another enjoyable session on Willow just recently landing two fish of  36lbs and 27.10lbs

Well done Mik

Chris Tribe spent a few days on willow lake and caught mirrors of 23Ib, 26.4lb, 27.2lb and this 29.10lb.

Chris said “I had a fantastic few days fishing and will certainly be back for another crack at one of those thirty pound carp”

Good stuff fella we look forward to seeing you again Chris.

Now anyone who knows me will tell you that i am very partial to a bacon buttie. So on a recent visit to Fenland fisheries i could not resist sampling the delights of Dave’s Burger van, in fact i ordered two bacon butties and very nice they were too!!! Dave and his van will be there every weekend and on bank holidays from about 8.30am until mid afternoon serving all the regular fare plus hot drinks. Parked in the car park next to Vermuyden lake ( which incidentally is fishing its head off at the moment! one guy had 15 Carp in one night this week all doubles ) So give Dave a try, top nosh and good prices and less hassle than cooking yourself eh!

Lee Jeffries had a blinding session in swim 1 last week,  at Fenland Fisheries, Willow lake. Commons of 10 and 15 pounds and Mirrors weighing 23, 25, 28, 29 and a trio of thirty’s,  the big three weighed 30-2, 33-4 and 38-8.  The fish pictured is the 33-4. what a brilliant session for Lee who becomes the first angler to catch 3 fish over 30 pounds in the same session at Willow,  well done mate and see you soon!!

The fishing at Willow Lake over the last few weeks has been a little slow, however this super common slipped up, and was caught by Dan Bruton. Dan was on a recent visit to Willow with a few mates for the weekend and was well pleased with this one !  Reckon we all would be eh!!

Whilst out doing a final field test on Cambridge Carp Baits Fluro-Berry popups I gave half a dozen to Barry Mundy whilst he was fishing swim 17 on willow lake.

The next morning Barry landed this fat common of 25lb, well done fella!

Fluro-Berry popups have been formulated to be fished in conjunction with Cambridge Carp Baits Winter Berry and will be available from the Premium Carp Fishing Website shortly.

The Yateley boys recently did a weekend on Willow lake and despite the fishing being rock hard,  Deano managed to bag this 32lb mirror on a CCB red berry boilie.  Fish were showing regularly,  but just not having it!! Darren snicked out a nice looking 23lb Mirror but that was about it ! these boys know what they are doing, and it just shows,  that you carnt make them eat!!  When i arrived for a cup of tea and a chin wag,  two of the lads were playing poker, using red berry boilies as stake money!!!! does that mean they like the bait or not?? Look forward to seeing you all again soon lads.

Vermuyden is due to be stocked with 20 – 30 of our home grown Premium Carp from 15lb to 25lb+ sometime in December 2009!

The fenland fisheries management are also currently considering allowing limited NIGHT FISHING from April 1^st 2010 on Vermuyden lake.

Keep an eye on the Premium Fishing News pages for further details.

Regular willow lake visitor Paul Ockendon caught this 33lb Mirror Carp and  41lb Catfish during his latest 48 hour session. Paul fished from peg 19 and also caught carp of 15lb and 25lb. All his fish were caught on Halibut pellets fished at 30 yards.

Nice one Paul