Anglian Water Trout Reservoir Reports October 31st

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Latest News and Information from
Week ending 30 October 2011

• Big Rainbow at Rutland Water topples last week’s season’s best
Gordon Anthony of Whittlesey takes 7lb 13 3/8oz Rainbow beating the best of the season taken last week

• November reductions
Half Day permits valid all day from 1 November until 31 December
4 fish Rutland, Grafham and Pitsford £15
1 fish plus catch and release at Ravensthorpe £16
Boat prices reduced in November – fish all day from 9am for £17.

• Autumn offer at our tackle shops
25% off all Grey’s Platinum XD Comp Special and Saltwater Rods.
25% off all Sonik SK4 Rods.
Available from all 3 tackle shops, whilst stocks last.

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 480 (season 27,086) Returns 199 (8,686) Rod average 2.41 (3.11)
It’s been an excellent week for big fish at Rutland Water. The best Rainbow of the season fell to Gordon Anthony of Whittlesey, Peterborough, on Saturday 29 October. The fish took the scales round to 7lb 13 3/8oz and fell to an orange lure fished on a floating line from the Normanton shore.

Paul Gilbert from Billinghay, Lincolnshire caught four fish for 17lb 5 ¾oz whilst boat fishing in the South Arm, the best fish was a 5lb 8¾oz Brown. Paul also recorded a 5lb 2oz Rainbow. The successful tactics were fry patterns with a nymph on a dropper.

Mike Barret and Graham Pearson weighed in 16 fish for 46lb 12¾oz taking their fish from the North Arm with the majority of their catch falling to tubes fished on a Di5 line. One of our junior anglers, Graham Hayward is continuing his good form and took three fish including a 4lb 10oz Rainbow from the Fantasy area of the Normanton bank.

Ted Batty fished the Lincolnshire Police end of season get together on Wednesday 26 October and weighed in two fine Rainbows for 10lb 4oz.

Many anglers are weighing in fish around the 4-5lb mark with minkies, floating fry and nymphs accounting for a lot of them. The best areas to fish are the weed beds in the North Arm, Barnhill, Spud Bay, Hinmans and Yellowstone. The south end of the dam is also producing some very good bags.

Competition news
Hinckley Shield
On a tough day 48 local anglers caught 78 fish from the banks of Rutland Water. There were 10 fish of 4lb or more with the best being 5lb 12oz caught by Graham Willis of the Greenwell Persuaders. Top rod on the day was Kevin Appleton with 6 fish for 19lb with Richard Cooper in second place with 7 fish for 15lb.

Overall Grafham Water Fly Fishers retained the trophy with 14 fish for 39lb 9oz ahead of Greenwell Persuaders with 14 fish for 35lb 8oz.

1st GWFFA ‘B’ 14 fish for 39lb 9oz
2nd Greenwell Persuaders 14 fish for 35lb 8oz
3rd Rutland North 15 fish for 35lb 3oz
4th Rutland South 12 fish for 26lb 0oz
5th Invicta 9 fish for 21lb 8oz
6th Leicester FF 6 fish for 13lb 11oz
7th GWFFA ‘A’ 4 fish for 10lb 3oz
8th East Midlands 4 fish for 7lb 9oz

The top ten individual results were
1st Kevin Appleton 19lb 1oz
2nd Richard Cooper 15lb 0oz
3rd Graham Willis 12lb 14oz
4th Chris Bobby 12lb 5oz
5th Chris McLeod 10lb 4oz
6th Gary Cooper 9lb 5oz
7th Mike Netherclift 9lb 3oz
8th Alan Wale 8lb 13oz
9th Dave Kennel 7lb 2oz
10th Gordon Bramwell 6lb 5oz

Predator anglers have reported some good catches over the last week or so in the North and South Arms with Zander up to 7lb recorded.

Don’t forget the winter restrictions are now in force and all Browns must be returned safely to the water. At this time of year a reduced number of boats are available so boat anglers are advised to book in advance.

November reductions
Four fish (half day permits) will be valid all day from 1 November until 31 December £15 (Rainbows only).
Boat prices reduced in November – fish all day from 9am for £17.

Best Rainbow 7lb 13 3/8oz taken by Gordon Anthony of Whittlesey.

Best Brown 5lb 8¾oz taken by Paul Gilbert of Billinghay, Lincolnshire.

Best boat areas See report.

Best bank areas See report.

Best methods See report.

Fish stocked 1,100

Forthcoming events:
Mid week predator days – boat fishing for Pike and Zander – Five boats available mid week for fishing with lures over 18cm at both Rutland and Grafham.
Predator boat fishing with lures and dead sea bait over 18cm (excluding lamprey) 11 October to 27 November.
Beginners Pike fishing 6 November.
The Brown trout season has now ended and all Browns need to be returned safely to the water.

Grafham Water
Fish week 653 (season 23,511) Returns 181 (6,059) Rod average 3.6 (3.88)
Grafham Water continues to fish well for both boat and bank anglers with over a third of the fish caught weighing over 3lb. Bank anglers have had plenty of success by fishing floating lines with shrimp patterns, crunchers, GRHE, diawl bachs and minkies. The most productive areas for the bank anglers have been the Dam (south and bowl), Gaynes Cove, Perry Point, G Buoy, Hill Farm, Pylon Point and Deep Water Point.

Boat anglers have also had a good week’s fishing with the main method being floating lines with minkies, vivas, crunchers, shrimp patterns, claret hoppers and cats whiskers. The best boat areas this week have been G Buoy, Dam, Gaynes Cove, Rectory Bay and Hill Farm.

Competition news
GWFFA bank match 22 October
11 Anglers took part in this local club match catching 76 trout for a rod average of 6.9 and the average fish weight was 2lb 12oz. Top rod on the day was local angler Andy Linwood from Perry. Andy caught 8 trout for 24lb 5oz making this the best bag of the week. John Vincent and Alan Briggs shared the honours for the best fish of the match, both catching Rainbows of 5lb 10oz.

1st Andy Linwood 8 fish for 24lb 5oz
2nd Harley Smith 8 fish for 22lb 14½oz
3rd Chris Bobby 8 fish for 22lb 8oz

Grafham Water Autumn Rudder match 28 October
Eight boat pairs entered this competition catching 69 trout for a very healthy rod average of 4.3. The match was fished to a 16 fish limit with the best brace from each boat going to the scales. The top boat pair on the day was Mike Barrett and Carl Pears. They caught 9 trout with the best brace weighing 10lb 10oz, their best fish was caught by Mike – a superb conditioned Brown of 5lb 7oz (the best Brown of the week) taken off the West bank.

1st Mike Barrett & Carl Pears 10lb 10oz
2nd Graham Pearson & John Finn 9lb 5oz
3rd Paul Kirby & Phil Wellbourn 8lb 5oz

Don’t forget the winter restrictions are now in force and all Browns must be returned safely to the water. At this time of year a reduced number of boats are available so boat anglers are advised to book in advance.

November reductions
Four fish (half day permits) will be valid all day from 1 November until 31 December £15 (Rainbows only).
Boat prices reduced in November – fish all day from 9am for £17.

Best Rainbow 5lb 12oz taken by Neil Cameron of Newmarket.

Best Brown 5lb 7oz taken by Mike Barrett of Sheffield.

Best boat areas G Buoy, Rectory Bay, entire Dam, Gaynes Cove, Hill Farm.

Best bank areas G Buoy, South and bowl of dam, Gaynes Cove, Deep Water Point, Pylon Point, the Seat, Hill Farm, Perry Point.
Grafham Water continued

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner D Brady.

Boat anglers are reminded that they must be at least 50 metres away from any bank angler.

Boats will be available at Grafham Water until Sunday 27 November.

Forthcoming events
Predator boat fishing with lures and dead sea bait over 18cm (excluding lamprey) 10 October to 27 November.
Grafham Water Fur and Feather 11 December

Pitsford Water
Fish week 171 (season 16,195) Returns 67 (4,713) Rod average 2.5 (3.4)
Bank angler Alan Nichols fished the Gravel Bank at Pitsford Water and tied on something meaty for the time of year – a minky booby! He certainly made the right choice as he landed a Rainbow of 8lb 8oz – the best fish of the week.

Boat anglers are taking a few fish on the rudder and other drifting methods. Although numbers of fish are slowly reducing the quality gets better. We still have a few places left to fish in Pitsford Water’s Fur and Feather on 13 November. This is a popular event fished from the boat.

November reductions
From 1 November fishing tickets are reduced and a half day ticket is valid all day. Boat prices are also reduced – fish all day from 9am for £17.

Boats will be available at Pitsford Water until Sunday 20 November.
The Brown trout season has now ended and all Browns need to be returned safely to the water.

Best Rainbow 8lb 8oz taken by Alan Nichols.

Best boat areas Causeway, Gravells, Gorse.

Best bank areas Gravels, Bog Bay.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner John Cox of Moulton, Northampton.

Forthcoming events:
Predator boat fishing with lures and dead sea bait over 18cm (excluding lamprey) 1 October to 20 November.
Bank fishing for Pike with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm
1 November to 31 December.
Fur and Feather (boat) 13 November – call the fishing lodge now to book a place.

Ravensthorpe Resevoir
Fish week 93 (season 11,564) Returns 31 (2,685) Rod average 3.0 (4.3)
With the continuing mild weather fish have been active in the top two feet of water and there have been reports of some surface sport to dries and traditional wet fly fishing. However, a number of anglers have chosen to fish with slow sinking lines and lures (minkies etc) and have had some cracking sport with excellent conditioned fish in the 2-4lb range. We have been told of anglers losing big fish due to them running through the weedbeds and snapping leaders. A good piece of advice is to use at least 8lb B.S leader material and only fish one fly, especially when lure fishing.

Regular Ravensthorpe angler Doug Whibley caught and released a fine Brown of at least 4½lb which took a size 12 Dunkeld on a floating line while fishing a team of traditional flies.

The Brown trout season has now ended and all Browns need to be returned safely to the water.

November reductions
Half Day permits (1 fish) will be valid all day from 1 November until 31 December £16.
Boat prices reduced in November – fish all day from 9am for £17.

Competition news
Mid Northants Bob Church Vice Presidents Trophy Sunday 30 October
The biggest fish of this match was a cracking 7lb 14oz Rainbow caught by Stuart Eggleton. The surprise fish of the day was caught by Ravensthorpe regular Graham Smith – a 20lb Common Carp which took an orange blob!
1st Richard Slater 16lb 0oz
2nd Mick O’Farrell 13lb 14oz
3rd Pip Jeffs 11lb 8oz

Best Rainbow 7lb 14oz Taken by Stuart Eggleton

Best Brown 4lb 8oz Taken by Doug Whibley.

Best boat areas All over.

Best bank areas Dam and far side Platforms.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner S Walsh of Burnham, Bucks.

Forthcoming events
Fur and Feather 6 November.

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