Angler’s Mail – July 09, 2019

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ROD

the past few weeks the fi shing
has been hard, to say the least,
but there are signs that sport is
starting to improve, with bream,
skimmers, roach, ide and perch
starting to have a go. Recent
match weights improving, and
pleasure bags higher.
Tactics? Method feeder with
pellets or traditional feeder with
chopped worm, casters and
pinkies the most consistent
methods, but pole worth a

try on the deeper pegs on the

roadside bank.

Loversall Lakes

Where? Quarry Farm, Loversall,

Doncaster, South Yorkshire,

DN11 9DH. Day tickets £6.

Tel: 07831 189762.

What’s being caught? Good

sport, with F1s and carp

dominating catches, along with

ide, skimmers and roach.

Tactics? Pole shallow with

pellets for the F1s and carp, and

maggots or casters for mixed

bags, for the most consistent

sport. Corn, pellets and meat

in the margins producing

some bigger carp late in the

afternoon and into the evening.

Moor Monkton Pools

Where? Church Lane, Moor

Monkton, North Yorkshire,

YO26 8LA. Day tickets £7;

£4 for members of Leeds &

District AA, membership £58

plus a £15 year permit at Moor

Monkton. Tel: 0113 2482373.

What’s being caught? Plenty

of carp being caught on all

lakes, with a number of

100 lb-plus match weights.

Tactics? Pole with banded

pellets, paste or meat has given

the biggest catches. Pellet

waggler and ’tip have also

produced some good catches,

and plenty of fi sh being caught

in the margins later in the day.

Walker’s Dam

Where? Off Flanshaw Lane,

Alverthorpe, Wakefi eld, West

Yorkshire, WF2 9JH. Wakefi eld

AC membership £33. See their

website or ring Bob-Co Tackle

on 01132 499943.

What’s being caught? Some

good bags of carp and bream

reported, along with roach,

tench and crucians. Recent

match won with 52 lb of carp,

with a bag of 30 lb of bream

and skimmers second.

Tactics? Pole or feeder with

pellets for the best carp bag,

while pole with worms and

pellets accounted for the best

bream catches.

Worsbrough Reservoir

Where? Worsbrough, Barnsley,

South Yorkshire, S70 5LJ. Day

tickets £4. Barnsley & District

AAS membership £40.

Tel: 01226 203090.

What’s being caught? Some

good catches of carp, bream

and skimmers reported. Also

some good bags of smaller

skimmers, roach and perch if

targeted.

Tactics? Long-range feeder

produces the best catches.

Method feeder with pellets,

mini boilies and wafters will

tempt the carp, as well as

bream. Groundbait feeder with

chopped worm and casters,

and maggots or worms on the

hook, to target the bream and

skimmers.

Alain is happy to reveal

that this barbel was caught

from peg 4 at Holme Marsh

on luncheon meat fi shed

in the edge over a bed of

hemp and pellets.