Anglian Water Report To November 8th…. British Record Zander From Grafham

Week ending 8 November 2009

• British record breaking Zander at Grafham Water
22lb Zander for Michael Dollan of Walsall

• Terrific tackle sale 14 – 29 November
Rutland, Grafham and Pitsford lodges

30% off all clothing
20% off everything else!

Some selected items have an even greater reduction
With Christmas coming there won’t be a better time or place to grab a bargain

• Final Anglian Water Fur & Feather match of 2009 Rutland Water 6 December – book now 01780 686441

• Fish all day for half price in November and December
Half day four fish permit valid all day in November and December.
Please note that Brown trout are now out of season and any caught must be returned safely to the water

http://www.anglianwater.co.uk

Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531;
Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350,
Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105
Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021

Rutland Water
Fish week 334 (season 43,091) returns 129 (11,351) rod average 2.58 (3.79)

The best Rainbow of the week fell to P North of Gotham, Notts, who took a 6lb 12oz Rainbow whilst boat fishing. There are rumours of a 10lb Rainbow caught from the bank last week, but we are waiting for details. Richard Cross, of Hallaton, hooked a 9½lb out of season brown whilst bank fishing the peninsula. This was returned safely to the water.

Les Dickenson, a season ticket holder from Oakham, recorded an eight fish limit from a boat last Tuesday. Les found fish off the Sailing Club frontage where he witnessed gulls diving into the water feeding on the fry. Les put his boat in amongst them and caught rainbows up to 3½lb on a sinking line and tube fly.

Prospects look good with plenty of food available with Bream/Roach fry and sticklebacks still on the menu with corixa, snails and small buzzer hatches occurring on settled days.

Best Rainbow 6lb 12oz taken by P North of Gotham, Notts

Best Brown 9lb 8oz (out of season and returned safely to the water)

Best boat areas Off the sailing club, fishing lodge frontage down to Fantasy Island

Best bank areas East Creek to the fishing lodge and the peninsula, Fantasy Island and the Dam

Best methods Fry patterns and lures. Nymphs, dries in settled conditions.

Forthcoming events – Huge reductions in our Tackle Sale 14-29 November
Rutland Challenge 14 November
Beginners course 21 November.
Fur and Feather (bank) 6 December
Boats will remain on the water throughout November. Please note that November boats go out on the water at 9am. Please check availability before starting your journey.
Pike fishing 12 October to 29 November
Boat fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm (excluding lamprey)

Grafham Water
Fish week 268 (season 23,994) returns 101 (6,527) rod average 2.65 (3.67)

Grafham Water has continued to fish well this week with once again the vast majority of trout being caught in the top three feet of the water. The fishery has had some exciting news this week with a potential British record – see the predator report below.

Bank anglers have had some excellent trout fishing this week mainly at Mander car park frontage, Harbour, Perry Point, the Seat and Gaynes Cove. The main methods for the bank anglers have been floating lines with buglers, minkies, boobies, cormorants, crunchers and diawl bachs generally fished with a slow figure of eight.

Boat anglers have also had some cracking sport this week mainly from fishing floating and di 3 lines with boobies, friendly tubes, minkies, diawl bachs and crunchers. The main areas for the boat anglers this week have been the lodge frontage, W buoy, Perry Point, Sludge Bank and Gaynes Cove.

Predator fishing

Michael Dollan, from Walsall, West Midlands, fishing with his wife Jane, visited Grafham Water for the first time on Saturday 7 November. On the advice of top predator angler Mick Brown from Market Deeping, Michael fished mackerel dead b