A mixed weather week, heavy frosts, torrential rain, full sun and calm winds has made fishing difficult, however Alex Burton managed 87lb 9oz on Wednesdays match, with Rob Emmery 2nd with 76lb 4oz, both were fishing through the channel between the islands from either end of the lake.
Alex caught on a hair rig with maggot clip with 6 to 8 maggots on.
Fly fishing for carp on Saturday on one bank of Bowes produced some very good carp best to 15lb but also a 4lb bream quite unexpected of the top.
Bassetts has produced some cracking fishing with good averages of 40 to 50 lb of fish in a half day session.
Maggot and pellet as well as worm and caster doing well on the hook don’t overfeed as water temperatures have dropped a lot to 7 deg.
Wed 17th Oct 2012 open Bowes
Conditions: overnight frost, then torrential rain , followed by sunny and partly cloudy, ambient temp rose to 13 deg, wind ?SSW 10mph gusting to 18 and swinging around , barometer 992.mb, moon phase waxing crescent, water temp 7.8 deg, PH 7.85, DO 8.90
1st Alex Burton 87lb 09 peg 24
2nd Rob Emmery 76lb 4oz peg 2
3rd Jonny Trainor 22lb 01 peg 22
Sat 20th Oct 2012 open Bowes
Conditions:- partly cloudy, ambient temp 13 deg, wind WSW 6 mph, barometer 1013.9 mb, moon phase waxing crescent, DO 8.2, PH 7.96, Water temp 9.3
1st Jimmy Messer 33lb 12oz peg 24
2nd Colin Pine 31lb 03lb peg 3
3rd Chris Pine 29lb 12oz peg 10
4th Dave Jackson 26lb 14oz peg 5
5th Peter Cairns 21lb 05oz Peg 2
6th Tommy Marshall 19lb 8oz peg 4
Sunday 21st Oct 2012 open/ league Lookout
Conditions:- Heavy overnight frost left lakes steaming, bright sunshine, wind calm, barometer 1021, moon phase waxing crescent, DO 8.7, Water Temp 7.8, PH 7.99
1st Dave Pearson 21lb 13oz peg 5
2nd Chris Owers 11lb 11oz peg 25
2nd John Dryden 11lb 11oz peg 3
