Anglian Water Trout Reports November 5th, 2012

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Week ending 4 November 2012

• Ian’s in the money …….
Following our recent season ticket holder survey Ian Donaldson has won the draw for £100 gift vouchers.
First of the day ticket surveys out of the hat was Ron Brown who wins boat fishing for 2 on a water of his choice
Thank you to all of the anglers who responded to our survey

• Rod average of 4.4 at Grafham

• Fish for less in November
Four fish permits valid all day – special offer
buy two for £25 (valid on separate days)
November boat for only £18 (£13 single man)

• Pick of the pike at our fisheries
Boat fishing with barbless lures and dead sea fish over 18cm
Pitsford 1 October to 25 November
Rutland 8 October to 25 November
Grafham 8 October to 25 November
Ravensthorpe 8 October to 25 November
Ardleigh 1 May to 28 February

http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure

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 440 (season 29,679) Returns 203 (8,929) Rod average 2.16 (3.35)
Unsettled weather did not stop anglers catching with the best recorded Rainbow of the week being a personal best for Oakham’s Matt Gregory. Matt brought the fish around to the fishing lodge on Monday and this superb conditioned specimen weighed in at 6lb 9oz. Jim Watts of Ryhall has been in form with four consecutive 8 fish limits recently.
Bank anglers are taking fish off the Peninsula, Normanton with good average sized fish around 3lb plus with Dave Porter netting a 5lb 4oz Rainbow.
Boat anglers caught a good number of fish with individual boats netting 10 fish last Tuesday in particular. Fish are now feeding hard on daphnia, shrimp, corixa and to a lesser extent one or two fry.

Now that the winter restrictions are in place bank anglers will concentrate on the Peninsula, Whitwell, Sykes Lane and East Creek down to the dam.

Boats will fish around Old Hall up to Spud Bay, Berrybutts to Sailing Club and the Main Basin ie transformer, Finches and the North Arm. The water level has now dropped by a couple of feet, so it will not present the problem of last year regarding silt and mud. Still the best bet is to fish off the bank and cover more water any way ie to be more mobile.

Best Rainbow 6lb 9oz taken by Matt Gregory of Oakham.

Best Brown 7lb 1oz taken by Mike Barrett of Sheffield.

Best boat areas Berry Butts to Old Hall, the Main Basin, middle
of North Arm.

Best bank areas The Finches, Whitwell, Old Hall Barn.

Best methods Bank – Minkies, black tadpole, floating fry and
nymphs.
Boat – As for bank but include various sinking lines
with mini lures and tube flies.

Please note the Brown trout season ended on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water immediately.
Winter restrictions started on 1 November – no boats past the sailing limits.

Forthcoming events
Boat fish for Pike at Rutland Water – mid week boats now available.
Plus pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.
Rutland Water Fur & Feather (bank) 2 December

Grafham Water
Fish week 523 (season 22,026) Returns 118(6,026) Rod average 4.4 (3.65)
Anglers are enjoying fantastic fishing at Grafham Water with a tremendous rod average of 4.4. Fish are still tight in on the banks taking mainly either shrimps or fry.

Bank anglers are enjoying all the success with the North Shore from Hedge End through along the Dam and onto the Seat all producing large catches of quality fish. Paul Knight writes “I netted seven fish in a two hour session from the bank last Monday evening. The best was a Rainbow of 7lb 3oz – it took 20 minutes to land. Curiously it was 25.5 inches long – which is the same length as the 10lb 1oz specimen I caught in 2000 that now hangs on my wall”.

The most successful method for catching fish is with a floater, midge tip or slow glass with a minkie booby on the point and a couple of shrimp patterns in front of it.
Best boat areas Dam, G and D buoys, Willows, Deep Water Point,
Hedge End, Pylon Point.
Best bank areas Entire Dam, Willows, G bank, Deep Water Point.

Best methods See report.

Please note the Brown trout season ends on 29 October. Any Browns caught must be returned safely to the water. Since 1 November the western end of the reservoir has been out of bounds for all fishing (bank and boat). Please see wardens or shop staff if you are unsure of the restrictions.

Forthcoming events
Boat fish for Pike at Grafham Water – mid week boats now available. Plus pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.
Grafham Water Fur and Feather (bank) 9 December

Pitsford Water
Fish week 240 (season 16,624) Returns 80(4,795) Rod average 3.0(3.4)
Although the colder weather has made fishing harder this week there has been an increase in the size of fish caught with plenty in the 3-4lb range and several fish of 5lb caught on fry patterns, corixa and snail patterns.

Bank fishing is encouraging with fish feeding in the margins. The fish will start feeding freely with intermediate lines and fry patterns being effective.

Best Rainbow 5lb taken by Ian Powell of Leicester

Best boat areas Narrows, Pines, Cliffs, Gorse.

Best bank areas Pines, Rigbys, Cliffs.

Best methods See report.

Midweek boat winner M Matthews of Coventry.

Forthcoming events
Pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 1 October to 25 November.
Pitsford Water Fur and Feather 11 November

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 141 (season 9,227) Returns 33 (2,012) Rod average 4.2 (4.5)
A quieter week at Ravensthorpe as temperatures begin to fall. Those anglers braving the elements last week were rewarded with some great catches with a rod average of 4.2 for the week. Some boat anglers caught and released over 20 fish.

The fish are deep down and dark minkies have been the best flies. Brown minkies in particular have been taking many fish.

Bank sport is slow but the odd fish has been caught and plenty have shown in warm spells with small midge hatches.

Anglian Water Fur and Feather match
This was held on Sunday with 22 anglers accounting for 85 fish for a rod average of 3.7. Rob Dobson and boat partner Mike Smith took top spot with 12 fish for 30lb 12oz. Rob also took the biggest fish of the match at 3lb 8oz. Graham Pearson and Tom Davis took second place with 12 fish for 29lb 14oz and in third place were Pat Flynn and Pete Webb with 12 fish for 29lb 6oz. All the fish were fit and fighting in excellent condition.

Pike anglers have also enjoyed some good days this week with several doubles caught to 16lb – mostly on soft plastics.

Best Rainbow 3-4lb.

Best boat areas Island, Mongers, Willow Bay.

Best bank areas Dam, Platforms 4 and 5, 11 and 12.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Pete Webb.

Please note the Brown trout season ended on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water.

Forthcoming events
Pike fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.

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