In reply to Post #512
See your PM mate, apologies for the delay but I've been proper busy and really ill recently!
See your PM mate, apologies for the delay but I've been proper busy and really ill recently!
In reply to Post #508
Hi Andy,
It was a toughy, eh! Since then the fish have spread all over Heron! The 'Crazy Hats' week has been well documented on FB, as was the week before (1 after you!).... 16 has fished really well over the past 2 weeks but ALL the fish have come from 2 spots less than 10ft from the bank (seriously!!)
I can't remember the last time the fish fed this hard on the run into spawning, the guys in 11-12 wound up on 67 fish between them, the following week saw a 35 fish haul from the opposite end of the Lake too?? Hasn't just been the multiple captures that are unusual either, the amount of recaptures is amazing, with Single Scale, Gums, The Grey Lady, The Unknown and Shoulders all slipping up on more than one occasion.. The Unknown is usually a once a year fish but it slipped up twice in 3 days last week, Gums was last out in November 2011 and that's now been on the bank 3 times in the past fortnight!!
Judging by conditions (the amount of early season sunshine, water temps, fish chasing each other, etc..) it looks like they'll spawn quite soon, possible mid May, which'll ease any worries I have after a very late spawning (end of July) left us with a couple of casualties last season!
Fox has continued in much the same vein, with fish coming out all over the Lake! It produced a couple of big hits, back to back, in the past fortnight, with Steve Shaw taking 30 fish and then Matt Miller having 28! This week's already got one chap on 21 fish, Humpy has had a couple of visits to the bank, both times over 70lb, the latter being at a new Lake record of 70lb 14oz!
Kingfisher is truckin' along nicely, the average weight in there is far higher than previously thought and even though there are a fair few upper 20's landed each week, their numbers are easily outweighed by the number of 40lb+ Carp!
Attila was a bit of a slow starter this season but it's now up to full speed, Danny Champion is flying from Peg ?
and is up to 19 fish (I think), with 8x 40's amongst them!!
Wildboar isn't to be sniffed at, it's producing huge numbers of fish, in amongst them, a couple of stand out catches.. A double take in the first week of April, saw a 42+ and a 46 Mirror landed.. A couple of Dutch regulars had 3 40lb+ fish on the bounce (including a gorgeous slate grey Mirror of 45.12) and last Friday night, we had a 45+ fully scaled on the bank!!
For more (regular) updates, feel free to look at the NEW Abbey FB page (with 'likes' not friends) as that's easier to keep topped up with pics, etc..
Regards,
Ru
Hi Andy,
It was a toughy, eh! Since then the fish have spread all over Heron! The 'Crazy Hats' week has been well documented on FB, as was the week before (1 after you!).... 16 has fished really well over the past 2 weeks but ALL the fish have come from 2 spots less than 10ft from the bank (seriously!!)
I can't remember the last time the fish fed this hard on the run into spawning, the guys in 11-12 wound up on 67 fish between them, the following week saw a 35 fish haul from the opposite end of the Lake too?? Hasn't just been the multiple captures that are unusual either, the amount of recaptures is amazing, with Single Scale, Gums, The Grey Lady, The Unknown and Shoulders all slipping up on more than one occasion.. The Unknown is usually a once a year fish but it slipped up twice in 3 days last week, Gums was last out in November 2011 and that's now been on the bank 3 times in the past fortnight!!
Judging by conditions (the amount of early season sunshine, water temps, fish chasing each other, etc..) it looks like they'll spawn quite soon, possible mid May, which'll ease any worries I have after a very late spawning (end of July) left us with a couple of casualties last season!
Fox has continued in much the same vein, with fish coming out all over the Lake! It produced a couple of big hits, back to back, in the past fortnight, with Steve Shaw taking 30 fish and then Matt Miller having 28! This week's already got one chap on 21 fish, Humpy has had a couple of visits to the bank, both times over 70lb, the latter being at a new Lake record of 70lb 14oz!
Kingfisher is truckin' along nicely, the average weight in there is far higher than previously thought and even though there are a fair few upper 20's landed each week, their numbers are easily outweighed by the number of 40lb+ Carp!
Attila was a bit of a slow starter this season but it's now up to full speed, Danny Champion is flying from Peg ?
and is up to 19 fish (I think), with 8x 40's amongst them!!Wildboar isn't to be sniffed at, it's producing huge numbers of fish, in amongst them, a couple of stand out catches.. A double take in the first week of April, saw a 42+ and a 46 Mirror landed.. A couple of Dutch regulars had 3 40lb+ fish on the bounce (including a gorgeous slate grey Mirror of 45.12) and last Friday night, we had a 45+ fully scaled on the bank!!
For more (regular) updates, feel free to look at the NEW Abbey FB page (with 'likes' not friends) as that's easier to keep topped up with pics, etc..
Regards,
Ru
In reply to Post #514
Eh up ru! Yeah defo a toughy but always half expect that on venues where your fishing for the quality n size that abbey offer but hey oh that's fishin I guess!
Hasn't suprised me at all that the fish have spread out,they got hammered in there that week we fished.started showing a bit in front of 15-17 a day before we left but couldn't really get a rig to em from 16.
Be kingfisher f me again next time I think,lovely water with still some unknown whackers in there I think.
Tight lines for rest of season to everyone that's on there this year....
Eh up ru! Yeah defo a toughy but always half expect that on venues where your fishing for the quality n size that abbey offer but hey oh that's fishin I guess!
Hasn't suprised me at all that the fish have spread out,they got hammered in there that week we fished.started showing a bit in front of 15-17 a day before we left but couldn't really get a rig to em from 16.
Be kingfisher f me again next time I think,lovely water with still some unknown whackers in there I think.
Tight lines for rest of season to everyone that's on there this year....
In reply to Post #515
In reply to Post #516
Hi lads is there any double pegs on wild boar
Hi lads is there any double pegs on wild boar
In reply to Post #517
Hi Ru,
Any signs of the fish shoaling up for spawning yet? Over end of June so hope that they have got it out of their system on Attila by then!
Cheers
Hi Ru,
Any signs of the fish shoaling up for spawning yet? Over end of June so hope that they have got it out of their system on Attila by then!
Cheers
In reply to Post #517
Hi Mitch,
Yep, there are a couple but there are also a handful of single pegs that are situated very close to each other, so you can still fish as a 'pair' if needs be
Hi Mitch,
Yep, there are a couple but there are also a handful of single pegs that are situated very close to each other, so you can still fish as a 'pair' if needs be
In reply to Post #518
The fish have been feeding hard all over the Complex for what seems like ages now, that's always a sign they're on the run up to it. For at least 3wks, there have been reports of fish shoaling up, 'chasing' and even the odd one of fish crashing about in the shallower margins too but they certainly haven't started spawning properly!
The water is currently between 12.5°C and 14°ish around the edges, although the recent temperatures aren't helping knock it past the 17-20°C that's needed!
Even with the cooler weather, I'd guess that spawning'll occur sometime in the next fortnight to three weeks..
The fish have been feeding hard all over the Complex for what seems like ages now, that's always a sign they're on the run up to it. For at least 3wks, there have been reports of fish shoaling up, 'chasing' and even the odd one of fish crashing about in the shallower margins too but they certainly haven't started spawning properly!
The water is currently between 12.5°C and 14°ish around the edges, although the recent temperatures aren't helping knock it past the 17-20°C that's needed!
Even with the cooler weather, I'd guess that spawning'll occur sometime in the next fortnight to three weeks..
In reply to Post #520
Cheers Ru, hopefully ill have timed my trip just right then!
Cheers
dave
Cheers Ru, hopefully ill have timed my trip just right then!
Cheers
dave
In reply to Post #520
Any update on abbey (heron) Rupert, have the fish started spawning yet? I'm out on the 25 may
Any update on abbey (heron) Rupert, have the fish started spawning yet? I'm out on the 25 may
They must be close by now Ru?
ps Will you please keep us informed about boat usage by mid June.....don't want to pack mine unecessarily...cheers mate
ps Will you please keep us informed about boat usage by mid June.....don't want to pack mine unecessarily...cheers mate
In reply to Post #523
They were spawning in heron sat morn in peg 12 proper going for it .
They were spawning in heron sat morn in peg 12 proper going for it .
In reply to Post #524
Cheers Gaz how did you get on in the end in Fox?
Cheers Gaz
how did you get on in the end in Fox?
Hi Ru, do you have any update on the spawning at wild boar lake?
In reply to Post #526
Would like to hear aswell, arriving next saturday
Would like to hear aswell, arriving next saturday