Angel of the North Fishing Lakes Matc and Catch Report to Sunday 5th November 2006

Saturday 4^th November 2006 Open Match Results Angel Lakes

Partly cloudy, Ambient temperature 12 deg, humidity 77%, Wind WNW to 15 mph, Barometer 1030.1 mb, moon phase waxing Gibbous, water temperature 7.7 to 5.7 deg, DO 6.3, PH 7.62 was today’s setting, three nights in a row we had our first frosts which together with wind has effected water temperature dropping at all levels.

1^st    Ray Laing AON 34lb 06oz peg 40

2^{nd    john Foster AON 31lb 15oz peg 23}

3^{rd    Mathew Shanley} AON 27lb 02oz peg 21

4^{th Mark Carlin AON 16lb 09oz peg 4}

5^{th   Dave Hudson   AON 14lb 15oz peg 5}

6^{th    Alan Mc Guire AON}     12lb 08oz peg 6

Ray fished pole 12mtrs, dripped fed angel 3mm pellets, fished pellet on hook 6mm, 0.14Antares line, B911 hook, KC Carpa float 0.5grm, bulked shot up with 2 droppers.

Wind spoiled presentation and missed more than took.

John got 7 on feeder to island, then rest on pole at 11 metres all on expander 4.5 & 6mm.

Catch report for week, with 3 heavy frosts, some times high winds water temperatures at all levels cooled quickly this week, putting fish down in water, however if tackle is balanced and swims plumbed up, very reduced feed, together with smaller hooks in general all end tackle scaled down, catches on all lakes are still being produced.

Lookout

Carp, Bream, Ide and Perch are the most prolific, followed by Rudd, Roach, Tench and Crucians now appear to be down for the winter. Bites are numerous but very shy, so fish are still feeding well.

Bowes

Carp feeding more in afternoons and some quality fish being caught, wind affecting pole anglers presentation, and feeder coming into there own. Pleasure anglers and Match anglers who find where the carp are shoaling up are then doing the business.

Bassetts

Switching on to feed around late morning then again around 3pm, some excellent catches coming out, Novices also doing well with catch rates.

Junior club 

Every Sunday afternoon all Jnr coarse anglers welcome, float, feeder and pole being coached.

Open Matches

Every Saturday and Wednesday draws at 9 am, with a mini league also starting alongside the opens from next Saturday,

Photos Ray Laing 34lb 06 oz in Bag & Mathew Shanley with a 7lb 7oz Carp part of his 27lb 2oz third place bag