Angler’s Mail – July 09, 2019

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Tactics? Short-range float

fished maggots working well.

Pellets and corn also effective,

Flatbed feeder to open water or

features.

Longbridge Lakes

Where? Lee Church Lane,

Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9LG.

Day tickets £10 for 7am-7pm;

half day, overnight and 24-hour

options available.

Tel: 07973 523358.

What’s being caught? Plenty

of multiple carp catches,

including some big fish from

both Main and Canal Lakes.

Quality tench showing on both,

with tincas to 8 lb-plus.

Tactics? Legered wafters over

decent amounts of pellets and

boilies. PVA bags of pellets also

scoring well.

Whinwhistle Coarse Fishery

Where? Whinwhistle Road,

West Wellow, Romsey,

Hampshire, SO51 6BE. Day

tickets £15; 24 hours £20.

Tel: 01794 324485.

What’s being caught? The

two-acre Islands Specimen

Carp Lake is producing several

doubles and a few 20 lb mirrors

and commons, with grassies to

around 30 lb. On The Rail

and Keepers Lake, carp to

18 lb, tench to 8 lb with plenty

of roach, bream and skimmers,

along with perch, for great

mixed bag action.

Tactics? On The Islands,

pop-ups and bottom baits

with small PVA bags is a

persistent catcher. Pole,

waggler or Method feeder with

maggots, pellets, corn, worms

and casters on The Rail and

Keepers.

Whitemoor Lakes

Where? Colehill Lane, Colehill,

Kenn

which appeals to more

traditional coarse anglers.

I nipped up there the other

day and caught up with local

club secretary Ivan Currie

on one of the Kenn’s more

reluctant days, but he managed

one of the venues typically

good-sized ‘slabs’ while I was

there.

The week before, the stretch

had produced a 100 lb-plus bag

of these fish, but it is often the

case that after the early season

shoal-up they split into smaller

groups and can be caught from

a number of swims in lesser

numbers.

The perch go to several

pounds, and the tench to

6 lb-plus, while the rudd are

also 1-2 lb fish. The roach can

top 2 lb, so it really is a quality

coarse fishery.

If you like peaceful coarse

fishing in a non-commercial

environment, the Kenn is

right up there, because the

fish it delivers are lovely

examples of the species.

And day tickets are a very

reasonable £5, or for even

better value you could join

Clevedon DFAC for just £20

a year.

You can find out more from

their website or by calling

Ivan on 07398 198807.

Dorset, BH21 7DA. Day tickets

£9; evenings, after 4pm, £5.

Tel: 07852 413638.

What’s being caught? The

Main Lake is fishing well for

carp, with a good number of

decent doubles, singles and a

few big tench. Plenty of quality

rudd and skimmers, too. Canal

Lake match bags around

50-100 lb of carp, backed by

20 lb bags of silver fish.

Tactics? The carp come to pole

Hot sport! Ivan Currie with

a Kenn bream, and playing a

fish on a pole.

Upper Tamar Lake,

Bude, Cornwall,

EX23 9SB.

Devon angler

Tom Rushby found

a slope covered with

clay, where the depth

went from 13-17 ft,

at 21 wraps, at this

South West Lakes Trust

reservoir, and at first

light he tempted this 30

lb 6 oz mirror carp on

a Sticky Baits The Krill

boilie, presented over

a bed of 16 and

20 mm baits, boosted

by a matching glug and

Active Mix, to give them

“a crusty coating”.

Venue latest:

01566 771930.

and paste, pellets or a flatbed

feeder and pellets. Float fished

casters, corn or pellets down

the middle is great for the tench

and silver fish. The larger carp

on Main come to boilies over

PVA bags of pellets. Floating

crust taking fish off the top in

the evenings. On Canal, meat in

the margins and on the top five

line scoring. Maggots or worms

tight across sort out the better

stamp carp.

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