Week Ending – Saturday 16th May 2009

This Week :
Browns : 1
Weight : 7lbs 12ozs
Av Weight : 7lbs 12ozs
Largest : 7lbs 12ozs
Rainbows : 940
Weight : 2478lbs 10ozs
Av Weight : 2lbs 7ozs
Largest : 13lbs 12ozs
No of Visits : 373
Total Catch : 941
Av Catch per Angler Visit : 2.52

This Season :
Largest Brown : 11lbs 2ozs
Largest Rainbow : 13lbs 12ozs
No of Visits : 3240
Total Catch : 10682
Av Weight : 2lbs 7ozs
Av Catch per Angler Visit : 3.3

Comments :

Winds again a big feature, but catches have improved on the less blowy days.

Toft, Farborough Spit and Rainbow Corner best for boats. Flat Stones, Valve Tower, Cornfield and Toft Bay have been the favourite bank areas.

Mini Lures such as Cormorant, Viva, Cat’s Whisker, Orange Blob, Damsel also Buzzer and Diawl Bach all popular flies.

Mr W Pollykett caught the 13lbs 12ozs rainbow from the bank at Toft Bay to set a new season’s record big fish. Along with another four fish his bag of five weighed 23lbs 8ozs.
Mr Keith Eastbury of Stratford on Avon banked five for 19lbs 7ozs to the Buzzer. Mr John Dixon of Accrington took a rainbow of 10lbs 12ozs and another at 9lbs 8ozs both to the Buzzer at Toft Bay.
Mr Stan Green of Bedford returned two big browns from Draycote Bank, one was estimated to be 10lbs 00ozs and the other 7lbs 00ozs.The same day Mr Bob Batsford returned one at 5lbs 8ozs and Mr Simon Snelson put a 7lbs 8ozs back. Bank fisher Mr Bill Murphy returned a 4lbs 8ozs brown the day before.
Mr Peter Sanders and Mr Bob Gee, both of Atherstone boated thirteen fish between them weighing 41lbs 00ozs. Mr Rod Wilson had eight for 33lbs 8ozs which included a brown of 7lbs 12ozs and a rainbow of 7lbs 00ozs. Mr Ian Buckley and Mr David Shore both boat fishing with Coppenhall FF took limit bags of 26lbs 12ozs and 26lbs 11ozs respectively.