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| 16 October 2011 |
Posted by Andy |
Forest BlogJust returned from the lake myself from a four night stay,i ended up with one 53lb4oz 2xforties 6xthirties and a couple of twenties to round it off! not bad for October! All the fish were caught on premier matrix a bait which does not seem to lose its effectiveness even in the colder months The fishing this year has gone from strength to strength with some really big fish and big bags being caught A few weeks ago two guys mentioning no names had over 1500 pound of fish which is a lake record,There catch included a 53 6x40s 20x30s and one of the cats! i dont think they slept for 3 days! Many thanks to these 2 guys as along with the fishing they found the time to clear about 2ton of rocks from the shallows making it snag free now.
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30 October 2011 Posted by Alan Turner |
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Just returned from another fantastic week at the Lakes, as we arrived near Limoges we were greeted by a frost and I thought we would struggle for a bite. My fishing companion for the session was Sid, who opted to fish the Dam wall side of the lake so I went in the Lodge swim, with no fish landed in the first 36 hours but then at 8.30pm on the Sunday I landed a 55lb-4oz Mirror followed by a 37lb-8oz Mirror, Sid then had a PB Mirror of 40lb-0oz beating his previous by 11lb, he then followed this with a 29lb-8oz and a 36lb-0oz.
Its funny how things happen,one minute im sitting feeling sorry for myself,due to three cracked ribs the next im looking at the disappearing Dover cliffs on my way back to Forest lakes
My good friend Andy and Bob had decided on a late trip at the end of October when most others had had there fill
Talk on the way over was would they still be on the munch how big and how many were we going to bank
Ive been mates with Andy since he acquired the lakes four years ago and fished it on various occasions but ive never had a forty out of the place Ive not been able to go for the last couple of years and have had to listen as i heard stories of yet another fifty coming out ,to be honest i was beginning to doubt my mates scales as it wasn’t that long ago that we were catching them at 35lb,Well i shouldn’t of had those doubts as after about 4hrs of the rods being in the water i had my first bite which turned out to be a 53lb mirror,I was meant to be resting my ribs,but when the wife saw the pics of the fish in my arms and me grinning like an idiot it sort of gave the game away
The fishing slowed up abit during the week but many things happened that made the hours on the bank worth the while,the highlight of which was two Roe deer coming right up alongside the bivvy along with Red Kites and countless Scurvy night skies
The last morning came around all too quick and the fish came back on the feed,I started the proceedings with a 35lb mirror,followed quickly by Andy with a 46mirror which i thought was going to be the death of me as i went to photo it only to get half way along the dam wall before my buzzer went into over drive which had me haring back to the rods just a little out of breath!! another 35lb mirror graced my net fifteen minutes later followed shortly later by another! what a mad hours fishing 3 thirty five pluses and a forty six for good measure!!
There in there make no doubt and how those fish have grown,all the time we were there the fish were boshing through the night,and jeez there were some real lumps heaving themselves out the water!
I love the place not just the angling its just so peaceful and pretty and you cant hear a bloody motorway!
Im glad he is my mate
Ps you and Bob never paid me for the biggest fish!
Go see for yourselves you could catch a fish of your dreams in surroundings second to none
J Baldry