Lymmvale Result

It was once again my favourite part of the week and time for the
weekly night session, once the car was loaded and hearing stories that
the fish have started spawning on the majority of club waters taking
stock of the situation and where best for a fish during this yearly
activity. I opted for the Lymmvale a deep old sand quarry where the
water temperature would be a little lower and may not have kicked them
off spawning yet.

Arriving at the picturesque setting I notice there was no anglers on
the Beach Swim, the car was unpacked and I was on my way.  The reason
I opted for Beach as it is situated in the middle of the lake so I
could see any activity in all directions.

The rods were set up one on a static bottom bait 16mm Boilies that I
was testing for Kenny@enoughcarp with a pva crushed boilie. The Other
rod was on a adjustable zig for roaming. On arrival I could see plenty
of fish cruising round the surface so the zig was adjusted to just
under the surface at about 12ft, to make casting easier I use a pva
nugget on the hook which also helps get the right presentation.

Going into to darkness all I had to show was a few bleeps on the zig
nothing materialising into a run, the bottom bait had not had as
single bleep. I reeled both rods in an rested the swim for a hour why
I changed the zig to a matching bottom bait and cooked tea.  While I
rest the swim I like to keep a small about of bait both full and half
boilies going in on the baited area just so the is something to keep
them interested in.

Once the rods were back out and I was satisfied I retired to my bed,
no sooner than I started to drop off I was having lots of liners so I
knew there was fish in the area, I had my first fish at roughly 1am a
nice 8lb Mirror. The rod was back out  on the spot followed by more
free offerings within half an hour I had another run which resulted in
a nice bream of about 5lb. This was followed by two further carp one
about 12lb and the best of the session of 16lb these fish all came by
3am and was a very productive couple of hours on a tricky venue. The
final fish was a Tench of around 4 ½ lb which was nice as it has been
a few years since I landed my last tinker. All fish were taken on my
IQ Combi rig.


The next day the sun was unbearable which had kicked the fish of
spawning  needless to say the rods were left out and I enjoyed the
very unusual British weather.

12lb 

16lb

1st Tench in a while

Recent catches an Brett's Return

The rich run of form has continued rather than bore you with all the details ill just fill you in with some recent catches before the big news of Bretts return..

First up after is this spring stunner at 16lb

 Then this at 18lb during some freakish weather

The Freakish weather

Now the big news

Good things come to those who wait...

Let me take you back to the 28^th August 2011 when I landed my uk pb of 28lb a fish know as Brett’s fish from the Belmont Estate on the Lymm Anglers card. This day was a red letter day for me as the haul included 6 fish and 3 of which were over 20lb and Brett’s itself at 28lb. It was also a day that haunted me ever since, as I was fishing alone and couldn’t get the picture I wanted of significant fish in my angling career, doesn’t look much of a fish on the mat.

 I had a quick overnighter planned on 25^th April for Belmont Pool two days before heading off to party in Amsterdam, arriving at the lake at roughly 7pm I opted for a peg called the Lawn as the wind was pushing towards the island out in front and the peg to the right was empty. Setting up just before dark the rods were out on mainlines new grange with a matching pop up, both chopped down so they were critically balance with a nice dip in a secret glug I have been trying out with a few results but nothing of any significance, each sport had twenty or so offerings spread around a relatively tight area.

A couple of hours in to darkness I had a few twitches on the bobbin followed by a slow run which I hit into, with the clutch going into overdrive and the fish heading left towards a snaggy out of bounds area, after a short disagreement I managed to bring the fish back in front of me to play at close quarters succeeding a short scuffle the fish was in the net, upon lifting the fish on to the mat I could tell it was a nice fish. The biggest of the year so far, weighing in at 22lb and a stunning fish to start of the session off.

 The rod was back out on exactly the same spot followed by more freebies.  I settled down for the night as temperature was dropping, I was woken a few times throughout the night with single bleeps but nothing to get too excited about until I was woken up with a screaming run at first light.

 A different conflict altogether this time with the fish heading back towards the island fiercely  I managed to turn the fish back around and gain some line but under the tip the fish went mental again and wouldn’t get its head up for me to have a look. The first sight I got of the fish was when I was sliding the net underneath, I could see the scale pattern and couldn’t believe my eyes it was the return of Brett’s fish. Eagerly I weight the fish to see if it had gained any weight as it looked like it had much more of belly but unfortunately it was 28lb on the button, the disappointed ended their an turned to joy as this time I got the picture that had haunted me since last year. Happy days the memory has now been wiped and I can proudly show the picture of my PB.

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