Lots of tench, crucians, Ide, rudd, bream also some cracking carp which are fighting very well when caught and head straight to the reeds so be prepared.
Best baits on hook are for carp are paste out of angel 3 or micro pellets, then angel pellet banded, soft hookers, chopped worm, maggot, caster followed by cubes of luncheon meat and sweetcorn
Last of silvers spawning this week with some huge spawning balls in the water with none spawning fish surrounding it feeding of the eggs, water temperatures have dropped a few degrees with all the rain, causing the water to have several thermal layers so important to find where fish are up in water,
Just carp and tench to spawn but need water temperature to rise substancially
Very wet week with couple of weird days eg when it was torrential rain over bassetts pond and not raining on lookout, glourious sunshine then next min heavy rain, lots of rain this week and this week end, roll on summer?
Sunday 11th May 2014 open on Lookout very wet TON UP
Conditions:- heavy rain overnight and rain during match, ambient temp 13 deg, wind wnw 13 swinging to NW 13, low barometer 996.3 mb, moon phase waxing gibbous, water temp drop 8.6 deg, ph 8.01, DO 9.2, mv –54
1st Jon Dodge 120lb 5oz peg 16aa also lost 17 carp off all on paste angels and fed pellets angels
2nd Norman Laing 44lb 8oz peg 24
3rd Chris Gowling 36lb 13oz peg 29
4th Graham Skirrey 36lb peg 42
5th Paul Jackson 35lb 15oz peg 31
6th Ray Laing 31lb 8oz peg 5
Wed 7th May 2014 open day Bowes
Conditions:- light rain, ambient temp 14 deg, wind SW 15 gusts to 20 mph, barometer 1003.1mb, moon phase first quarter, water temp 9.2 deg, DO 8.95, PH 7.55, mv –43
1st Graham Skirrey 62lb 12oz peg 34
2nd John Dryden 45lb 11oz peg 2
3rd Ron Shindler 25lb 6oz peg 24
Wed 7th May 2014 Eve open Bowes wet night
Conditions:- rain, ambient temp 9 deg, wind SW 15 gusts to 20 mph, barometer 1003.1mb, moon phase first quarter, water temp 9.2 deg, DO 8.95, PH 7.55, mv –43
1st John Dryden 56lb 11oz peg 3
2nd Chris Owers 50lb peg 22
3rd Jon Doe 34lb 4oz peg 16
Saturday 10th May 2014 Bowes winner Graham Skirrey 64lb 3oz , Rob Emery 53lb 13ob
