Fishing Report 26 August 2012

 Fishing Report

 

Average temps 29 to 19 degrees at dusk.

This week has been productive with fish starting to liven up a bit due to the cooler evenings.

Keith Russell from Leicester landed 13 carp on Wednesday from 2.30 to 8pm.  All caught on the pole using sweetcorn and pellets.

American tourist Dan, landed 3 x carp earlier in the week the largest being a 9.2 lbs mirror.

Guy and Greg both caught carp on Tuesday evening, average weight was 6 lbs.  Mirror and common carp were landed.

The Bailiff and the fishery dog have both been busy with anglers and novices tuition sessions.  Still they found time to land a 10.2 lbs common on Thursday evening in a 1 hour session.

News

John has been working on the specimen lake to prepare for its opening in the autumn.  He has reported seeing several very large carp whilst working around the lake in the evenings.  Both common and mirror from high doubles to mid 20s.

We are starting to enquiries from AFPOP members after our addition to their benefits package

Fishing Report 19 August 2012

Fishing Report

Average temperatures 38C to 25C at dusk.  Fish like humans are very slow at the moment.  Heat and humidity are having an effect.

The Bailiff fished on Wednesday morning and had 4 Carp, largest 9.5lbs.  One of regulars Keith fished on Thursday evening and had 5 Carp and lost 3 with the largest being 5lbs.  Both experienced anglers fished on the pole.

Fish School continues and we had quite a lot of novices, with smiles on most faces.

Twilight tickets continue to be successful with Carp and Bass being landed

Ticker of the week

Ally the 'Fishery Dog' continue to take a keen interest in all 'fishy frolics'

News

Avril, "are you there?!!!"  You have an order for 2 x pallets of Beetroot from Keith!! He loves it.  "Best ever" he said!! Looks like second local produce to be stocked at the Reel Inn

The Gallows peg is now complete.  Thanks to John and The Bailiff, it looks great and is positively luxurious!!  with patio area and views across the lake!!

Fishing Report 11 August 2012

Fishing Report

Average temperatures this week 42C to 28C at dusk

Fishing is good, but only on the swimming team’s terms.

Winners of the Jubilee Charity auction in June at Penina, Frank and Ben finally joined us on Monday morning for a 4 hour session.  They caught both Carp and Bass and enjoyed their auction item.

Jim and friends from Alvor caught all round, landing a number of Common Carp

The Bailiff had a good session during the week, catching and landing a number of good sized Carp and Bass.

The main topic of this week is that it’s hot hot hot!!! The best results have been on the Twlight Tickets when the temperature drops a little and we have had a good number of anglers enjoying the 5pm to dusk ticket.

Weekly Fishing Report 6 August 2012

Fishing Report 

 

Temps high of 40 degrees Celsius and low of 25, wind, wind and more wind!!  Evening tickets are proving popular with 4 x junior sessions ending successfully. Total bag weight of 43 lbs, over two twilights.

 

A family from Ireland fished Friday with some success.  

Several bass and a large carp, lost!

 

Later the same day, Andy and Julie's family had a go. 

Under The Bailiff's watchful eye they landed several good carp and a final 'stunning common' at 6.5 lbs.

 

Tickler of the week

'Avrils beetroot' went down a storm, with John (owner) and The Bailiff.  John's description of the flavor was brief but to the point... "what a taste explosion!!...More please Avril!!!?"

 

Updates

 

Fishery was closed on Sunday 5th August for some 'fiddley jobs'  John wanted to do around the lake.  He has reported all jobs complete!! 

 

So back to being open 7 days a week from here on in.

Twitter and Updates

Full day fishing is now down to a minimal due to the August temperatures, however the twilight ticket is proving popular - full fishing report due soon for last week

Twitter

In the meantime we have been working hard on spreading the word and building business relationships.  We now have a twitter account @HideawayLakes so don't forget to follow us

Link/Banner Exchanges

We are busy exchanging links and banners with great websites and are open to more relevant websites, this week we have added the following:

We also have a number of other links in the pipeline and will keep you updated through our social media.