Fishing Report Two

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Tuesday 24th  August 2010

Catches have picked up this past week probably with the heavier showers which must have freshened up the water with 10 x 20 pounders recorded in the catch returns at Creedy.  More action has been on the ledger or using pop ups suspended in mid water depths and not many - if any anglers have persisted trying to tempt fish off the surface.  However there are a few leaves falling off the trees now due to the recent gusty winds and it does make good camoufllage for a spot of surface action.

North Petherton's Dan Foster, otherwise known as Biggles, certainly was top rod for the week.  The Somerset angler fished mid way on the right hand bank and landed a total of 10 fish, all of good size.  Topping his bag and also giving Dan a  new personal best catch was  cracking specimen mirror carp which weighed in at 25lbs 6oz (largest catch of the week).  Dan's other 9 commons were all double figures best of 21lbs also including one scaling 19lbs 8oz, one 18lbs 1oz, threee at 17lbs, a 15 pounder, one of 14lbs and one weighing 12lbs 5oz - giving a combined bag weight of 178lbs of fish - best bag of the week.

George Osborne from near Bristol recorded largest bag for the week of 14 fish, all commons whilst fishing 2/3 way up on the boathouse bank and then later moving towards the shallows at the top of the left hand bank.  Topping George's bag was a specimen common scaling 23lbs exactly along with one of just over 20lbs.  Georges catches included 7 doubles.

Kingsteignton angler Mark Walker was please with his Creedy session when he banked 4 fish all of which were commons.  Topping his catches was this 22lbs 9oz common which was heaviest common for the week and pictured below: Mark's other catches, all doubles ranged from 12lbs up to 17lbs 4oz.

14 year old Marcus Carr visiting from Swindon had a great day with 5 fish bag , again all commons.  Marcus was well pleased with his first catch of the day which scaled 17lbs 6oz and gave him a new personal best catch - bettering his previous pb of 10lbs.  He later went on to better that with an 18lbs 14oz, along with an 18lbs 4oz, one at 17lbs 4oz and another common scaling 14lbs 4oz.  Pictured below is Marcus with his 18lbs 14oz common:

Exeter's Phil Thomas enjoyed a good session banking three doubles whilst fishing from the boathouse bank.  Topping his bag was a brace of 20's, a mirror carp weighing 20lbs 10oz together with a common carp of 21lbs 12oz.  Exeter's Martin Cox also fished the boathouse bank and reported a good session landing a total of 8 fish.  His catches were topped with a common of 20lbs 4oz along with 7 other double figures.

Pictured below is Marlene Cooper of Derby who is holding her new personal best catch a common carp of 17lbs 12oz which was tempted from 3/4 way up on the left hand bank.

Marlene's son David also hooked four good sized doubles including commons of 19lbs 6oz, 18lbs 6oz and 17lbs 2oz along with one of 13lbs.

Andy Webber of Newton Abbott scooped a new personal best catch when he landed a  20lbs 4oz common carp.  His other catchs included two doubles, a pair of singles plus heaviest tench recorded for the week scaling 4lbs 1oz.  Lewis Tolliver of Bristol fished adjacent to the boathouse on the left bank and landed just the one good catch, a common carp tipping the scales to 20lbs exactly.  Stockport angler Wayne Ellor started his holiday off well when he tempted a nice common specimen weighing 21lbs when he fished the aeorater swim on the right bank.  Craig Stone had a productive session landing a total of 8 carp, all commons, best of 19lbs 6oz.  Adrian Lazarus also banked an 8 fish bag when he fished in the first swim on the right hand bank, his best fish weighing 14lbs 8oz.  Crediton's Mike Izzard landed best mixed bag of 4 commons up to 18lobs 12oz, one mirror carp scaling 10lbs along with a green tench of 4lbs.   Other catches included Rob Callard with his 18lbs common, Patrick Saunders with 5 fish (3 commons to 15lbs and a pair of green tench to 4lbs 2oz) and Chris Charlwood a pair of double figure commons best 15lbs 4oz.  A mention for 11 year old Tyler Dunn who hooked himself a new personal best catch when he landed his nice common weighing 12lbs 8oz - well done Tyler!