| Feb 13 fished the afternoon with natalie. Nice river conditions but only 12c, borderline for the fish feeding, one dropped run early but I ended up with one good but lean fish | 116 lbs |
| feb 24 fish the aftenoon but no bites expected at 10c | blank |
| march 5 fished with nigel 12c started about 1 and missed a couple of half hearted runs, moved further up river and had one of about 70 straight away then nigel had his pb at 95 and at the death i had another long lean fish at 125 lost one more only on for about 5 secs probably the hook in the pads, no chance. finsihed at 7pm getting cold | 70, 95 and 125 lbs |
| march 14 regular miguel trying out his new baitrunners, struck at one without turning of the baitrunner....what a mess, then a dropped bait and at 7pm a double take I picked up one rod and miguel the other. mine dropped the bait but miguels did not...excellent scrap.. | 107 lbs |
| march 17 had a day in k3 fishing the corn on the waggler 70 lb mixed bag, carp to about 14lb, crucians to 3 lb and one good rudd about the same size. and two small chub. good fun | |
| march 24 Miguel again. Tried deadbaits in the quiet waters two medium sized fish | 70 and 84 lbs |
| march 25 to 26 heavy rain raised the levels two meters and dirty...............no fishing for a few days | |
| 1 april. Guided for three days for another business. water temp on the first day was 12 and caught two fish but the temp dropped to 11c what a difference a few half hearted bites but no fish. On the third day the river was starting to rise and colour again. | 50 lbs 116 lbs |
| 4 april. Rain rain and even more rain up river. river levels rose to 4m above normal. an amazing amount of damage. The locals say it has not been like this for many years. no fishing | |
| 10 april the river dropped over a metre overnight but still two meters up so gave it a go p.m. No fish only half hearted bites. water to cold still 11c. This time last year bagging and catching 140s and 150s but 14 or 15c | |
| 19 april river running very high and still cold. only catching small cats the bigger fish not interested, they are spawning. | two under 40 lbs |
| 21 april river dropped rapidly overnight...........now the fishing will start....yippieee | |
| 26 april Had a go fishing the shore 60 lb mixed bag of carp etc on the feeder to 10 lbs but no barbel.....yet | |
| 27 april went back to the same spot. this time about 80 lb mixed bag on similar tactics but nothing bigger than low doubles. Put out a deadbait for a cat after spotting it roll. took it within ten minutes. good scrap. | about 80 lbs .....No scales |
| april 30 river 15c now and running its normal green colour. two small cats, they must be spawining, a lack of big fish. Missed a screamer..This time last year bagging on ton plus fish. | 30 lb and 55 lbs |
| May. 11 days fishing 17 cats, Two three fish days, Two blanks. Although 11 in 17 days sounds fairly good the fishing has been tough. They have been difficult to locate and tempt. Two reasons, I think.The river was treated with a chemical to kill the mosca negra larve. which is a small black fly of the mosquito family that can have bad site effects when bitten. Last year The same happened and the fish were almost impossible to catch for a couple of weeks. The river ran very green alsost like an algae and had a strange smell. The second reason, Its been a very wet spring, the river levels very high and for much longer than normal. The lack of weed has kept the fish in ther winter areas that took me two blank sessions to discover. Temp now up to 18 to 20c optimum and the biggies will now show. | best of the month 131 lbs 128 lbs 112 lbs |
| June 3 Day customer. three small cats 30, 45 and 65 lbs | |
| June July and August. simply far to busy to keep ths page up to date. Catching fish well, mostly in the late afternoon and up to an hour or so after dark. a good number of fish in the eighties for some reason and best of the summer months two fish in the 140 range. | 148 145 133 133 125 122 120 120 etc average fish day 1.6 good for the hotter months. |
| Sept. only had three days in the first two weeks and now the water levels have stanted to rise and temps dropping the monsters will start feeding well again. | 90 88 60 52 lbs |
| Sept Last two weeks. The river fishing very well. lots of good fish falling to live baits, eight days fishing, 14 fish with five over the ton | best 103, 108. 110 130 135 |
| Oct fishing fantastic fished only 9 days (building an extension) for 20 fish, 3 three fish days and 9 over the 100. I think the winter will come early this year. Its normally Nov when they go silly. | best 105 105 118 119 125 135 ................................... one day 110 121 140 and all on the same rod |
| Nov. Only managed two days in the first two weeks, river low, clear and cold, the fish not taking with confidence so missing runs. only one fish. | 77 lbs |
| Nov. week 3 and 4. four days out, two blanks, one day one fish one day three fish. the two blank days were with a camera crew on the second boat....thats fishin.. |
40 40 and 170 lbs |
| dec 6. returning clients, three fish, and could have had three fish on at the same time....wow | 40, 90 and 110 |
| 2008 | |
| Jan 6th Colin back for more, nice day, two runs, one fish. water temp 11.5c. Dont normally fish for the Cats in Jan but they do feed all year. | 75 lbs |
| 13 Jan Day out on my own just fishing a waggler from the side of the boat in quiet water gently feeding corn, took an hour to get bites but ended up with about 100 lb of carp and crucians, nothing bigger than 12lb Nice change and good fun day. | |
| Jan 17 Poor day catfishing no bites, grumpy customer. | |
| feb 21 to 23 Working on the house not had a chance to go for ages. Three days six Cats and three lost within seconds, hook in the upper pad, it never penetrates | 145 143 70 60 50 50 lbs |
| 26 feb missed two good runs and ended with one fish at dusk, water temp12 c | 72lbs |
| No Bookings in march, no pleasure fishing, just working on the house...boring | |
| 4th to 6th of march two fish, tough going, dropped and missed runs | 40 and 60 lbs |
| 11 to 13th march four good fish in very low and clear water conditions | 136, 115, 98, 70 lbs |
| 17 and 18th mar lots of dropped baits, frustrating days. | 75 70 lbs |
| 22 23 24 mar. cats tightly shoaled, must be getting ready to spawn. | 30 50 50 104 lbs |
| 28 mar to 3rd of may bad luck terry. fish spawning very tough to temp bites one small cat on the third day but ended up with two good fish on the last day | 95 112 and 25 lbs |
| 6th may finished spawning, two badly marked small fish. Having a week off the river. Over the next few days the river rose 1.5m Fishing will be poor until it settles. | 60, 60 lbs |
| 17 to 20 may 17th One well caught fish on a Rapala in Coloured dropping water fishing for zander on very light tackle, | 80lb 2 sa bass 3 and 4 lb |
| 20 to 22 may Two 100s on the first day but struggled to catch anything other than small cats for the next two days. | 108, 101 lbs |
| 31st returned from the UK to find the river 3m high, big flood. | |
| 2ed to 7th Only small cats in the flood water | 55 45 42 40 |
| 16th to 19th June river falling but still running very high, small cats but ended the week with a 100 | 105 lbs |
| The last couple of weeks in June the river fished okay, threeover a ton with five smallish fish | 102 105 108 40 40 40 35 30 lbs 7lb sea bass |
| July and August Not many bookings only managed 5 days and then only catching in the twilight hour and for about an hour after. | 122 96 62 30 30 25 |
| Sept first two weeks the river fished very very well and good fish | 133 129 110 88 80 60lbs four smaller |
| Sept.. The second two weeks no bookings | |
| Oct Should be fishing very well now and although the rewards were there it was not fishing as well as it normally does for the time of year. 12 days fishing only nine fish. No small fish. |
129 122 120 108 106 104 97 86 50lbs a good average size |
| Nov and Dec Wow, rain, rain and more rain in them there hills. River running 3 and 4 meters high No clients. It got very cold in late Nov and I dont suppose the fishing would have been much good. |
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| Jan. The river now back to normal levels but cold. A poor days roach fishing with a bonus 12 lb plus carp on 2lb line fishing for the roach again. | |
| Feb. Carp feeding very well, lots of good doubles the best at 32lbs. Quiet for the cats. |
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| March Carp still feeding in the cold water conditions. Only five days catfishing this month with two retired gentlemen. 142lbs for the 65 year old and 132 for the 75 year old. Sorry we could not catch it on your birthday... Thanks for the company, I adore the sping fishing and no bleeding mozzies.. | Fish of the month the 142 and 132 both took 45 mins plus to land. |
| April Superb month, ton plus fish everywhere we went. Must have been starving. And the river in not very good condition either, sometimes you just cant tell. | 148 128 124 122 122 106 106 105 102 loadsakittens |
| May. Expected better for may, had a few good fish but a good number of fish under 40, not normal for May | 128 125 111 110 102 |
| June the hardest june I have known, Hard to get bites, hard to find feeding fish, resorted to an all nighter to get the fish of the month, I cant remember getting a fish on livebait all month. | 130 plus about a dozen under the ton |
| July (the first two weeks we were on hols) I expect july and August to be the worst months and July was no dissapointment. Catch better in december and february, Very few fish and on the small side to. | |
| August .. Should have went on hols again 50% blank days only one fish over the ton | 75 80 104 |
| Sept, Improving, but still not fishing like it should be now. Sill having some blank days but some good fish coming to the boats | 155 130 110 108 102 Actually had a fifty pounder we caught twice in one week on the same bait in the same swim.. |
| Oct... No bookings the first two weeks and my fav time of the year..We normally lose just one or two fish a year to snags and breakoffs for one reason or another. This month wow only land five from eight hooked. Perhaps used all the bad luck for next year... | 114 110 110 98 50 a week to go yet |