Pendle View Fishing Report 6th May 2007
May 08,2007 00:00
by
Lin-Davies
Hello everyone,
Sorry this report is late. I did not get the
information from Ryan till late tonight. I usually post it to our web site and
then cut and paste to send it out in email format. Anyway to cut a long story
short our web page is down so I am having to re type it all again for you. At
least you will have your report tonight. I will have to post it to the web site
early tomorrow. Well its been a mixture of weather from quite warm, windy at
times, bright sunshine during the week, turning to colder weather during the
Bank Holiday. Here is the fishing report.
Main Lake (pleasure)
The fish are starting to spawn so bag weights are
dropping slightly. Having said that there is still plenty of sport to be had.
Ringers dark and bag mix still proving successful for those who like to catch
bream. The biggest bag this week fell to young Arron from Liverpool. He caught
a nice 80lb bag of skimmers and bream. Arron's set up was a 12 foot feeder rod
with a 7lb main line down to a 4lb hook link with a size 14 B911 kamasan hook.
Arron used a snap swivel to change feeders from a 30g to a 20g feeder with worm
and red maggot as hook bait. Glad you had a good
session Arron. Some anglers seem to have done well catching silvers, whilst
others struggled. Red maggots, caster and pinkies have been the best baits for
catching silvers.
Doughnut Lake (pleasure)
This lake has seen fish spawning all over the place
and bags weights have been affected. One of our regulars Mr. Taylforth caught a
nice 45lb bag of silvers fishing pellet and caster. Some of our regulars have
struggled during the week, whilst some have faired quite well. Quite a few
anglers have fished the margins with vde micro pellet and caster with paste as
hook bait. The long pole is playing a big part on this lake at the moment with
a wire stem pole float keeping hook baits steady and close to the
bottom.
Main Lake (carp)
We have seen lots of carp come to the bank this
week. Things kicked off to a great start early in the week when one of our
regulars caught 10 carp during a 24 hour session. Most successful pegs have
been 20/21, 71/72, 29/30, and 65/66. Its not been a great week for our really
big fish (the high 30's). The biggest fish of the week was a 29lb 13oz common
caught on a tiger nut boilie. A nice fish in good condition from all accounts.
Ryan reported that one angler caught a really big fish but the angler's line got
snagged. Ryan had to put his diving gear on and unteather the fish. Ryan said
it was a nice big carp, but alas it was not brought to the banks. Carp reported
as caught were as follows: 8lb mirror, 22lb mirror, 24lb mirror, 19lb 9oz, 18lb
leather, 17lb mirror, 15lb mirror, 13lb common, 20lb common, 17lb mirror, 8lb
mirror, 19lb mirror, 4lb common, 11lb common, 12lb common, 11lb common, 12lb
ghostie, 14lb mirror, 20lb mirror, 21lb mirror, 19lb mirror, 16lb mirror, 14lb
mirror and 16lb grass carp. A variety of boilies have worked well including
tiger nut, fusion boilies, and home made boilies. Our banks were very busy at
the weekend and sadly quite a few could not get a peg. Just a quick reminder to
ask you to ring our friendly staff (particularly at the weekends) just to check
the peg status. We are looking at the options at the moment of building some
more double carp pegs. I will keep you posted of any decisions we make. I was
speaking to one of our regulars today - he was in fact the angler who landed a
40lb plus carp some two years ago. We were speculating on when a 40lber will
show again at Pendle. The angler in question had told me that he had spent the
weekend fishing for carp but had blanked. We were talking about just how
difficult a water Pendle View can be. I remember well the day that Rob Hughes
fished our waters. (Rob Hughes is a well known and quite famous carper). I
went over to him to ask how it had fished for him during his overnight session.
He told me he had blanked. I remember him saying that he had seen quite a few
carp but his tactics had just not worked on this occassion. He told me at the
time that Pendle was a very difficult water, and this has stuck with me.
Fly Lake
Results have been a little up and down. Dry fly,
cats whisker, and tadpole used a varied retrieve is working well, whislt a
floating line early in the morning for lures and late afternoon for
drys.
Here are the averages
Monday 5.7
Tuesday 3.6
Wednesday 6.5
Thursday 1.2
Friday 3.3
Saturday 4.7
Sunday 1.8
Well folks thats all for now. It was nice to see a
few familiar faces on our banks this weekend.
best wishes