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5 September 2004
INTERNET FISHING REPORT
The last 2 weeks have seen a mixed bag of weather with plenty of showers plus sun. lakes and rivers are at excellent levels and plenty of migratory fish have been running. This is a much better situation than this time last year and the last 4 weeks of the brown and sea trout season plus the last 2 months of the salmon season should provide superb fishing. As I write this report the sun has apeared again and is forecast for the next few days
Dubbs, Ghyll Head and High Newton Reservoirs
From the reports we have received we suspect that our predictions were correct and that these waters were restocked just days prior to the bank holiday as plenty of nice fish came out t o lures and intermediate lines.Best lures on these waters tend to be menace varients, black and green tadpoles, white and green tadpolesand hot orange fritz goldheads. As the fish get feeding naturally buzzers will still produce along with daddies and fry with some sedges etc late in the day. To fish these waters with consistent success you need to fish with clear leader materials because of the water clarity.
Esthwaite Water
Further cooling of the lake has resulted in much improved sport with a rod average now up to 4.5. During the day fishing is best using intermediate or sinking lines combined with lures or various nymphs.However in the evenings there are large hatches of buzzers and sedges and fish have responded by feeding hard at the surface. Floating lines and sedges plus daddies and hoppers are very effective at the moment.Best bag was 12 rainbows to over 3lb to black and green fritz lure.Fishing will be very good over the next few weeks as a large number of rainbows between 4lb and 10lb+ have just been stocked so be warned !! If you want to know the very latest then phone the fishery on 015394 36541.
Farleton View Fishery
Like most local trout lakes the cooler water has led to a big improvement in sport and in the last few days rainbows of 7.5lbs and 8lbs have been caught. Also trout of between 3lb and 4lb are showing up on a very regular basis.Best patterns are cdc buzzers, shipmans buzzers,sedges, hoppers and daddy longlegs.Some success with orange fritz based lures.
Gatebeck Tarn
This small new lake continues to fish extremely well for small c toarp, perch and eels and is a nice easy water to take young anglers to or for beginners. Best baits are still maggots and flavoured corn although small 4mm pellets are also working just fine.
Kentmere Lake
Both lakes are full and if you want to catch a sea trout or salmon on the fly then there is a chance in the main lake.However please remember that a lot of the fish will be stale and should be returned.The small lake is fishing better for rainbow trout and on windy cloudy days good bags are being taken on floating fry, daddy longlegs, hoppers and sedges.In sunny conditions, buzzers, pink sight bob killers and yellow or red headbangers are producing nice fish.For anglers fishing below menace varients,dawsons olives,cats whiskers and various gold head fritz patterns are doing well.
Killington Reservoir
One or two better bags of trout reported with up to 8 fish taken per angler to worm.Fishing should be good for the next few weeks mainly to worm but spinners and killer jigs will also be very effective.One or two anglers dead baiting for pike but we have not heard of any good catches.No reports of roach but most anglers wait until October when there is usually a reduced permit fee to fish for them.If you want any information about Killington then you should call 015395 68393.
Lancaster Canal
Better day time catches when it has been cloudy with mainly small roach and perch but still some nice tench catches early and late.For these good tench bags you need to think like a tench and rake the swims well and put in lots of grounbait including worms,corn ,maggots and bread. To get a good bag you will need more than a quarter pint of maggots.A session for tench with a quarter pint of maggots will invariably lead to poor or no catches.
Ratherheath Tarn
Some excellent carp reported this week with fish into the teens.Nice bags of tench, bream and roach continue and it is a gudgeon a cast on small baits.Best baits for carp in the last few days have included halibut pellets,4mm and 8mm pellets and a good variety of soft flavoured pellets.Flavoured meat, corn and bread also producing and even maggot has taken the odd double figure fish.You need to check the open days for the next few weeks as this lake will be closed a lot for either shooting or competitions. Fishing should remain good unless there are extremes of weather conditions and all the visitor pressure is now over leaving a much better choice of pegs.
River Kent
The last two weeks has seen some superb lifts in the river and there have been some excellent catches of mainly salmon but also a few sea trout. A lot of anglers complained of not many fish but with so many river rises they tended to run and be well spread out and customers have seen them taking the weirs in Staveley. Some super fresh run salmon were taken last week in Levens Park and some good fish were taken around Kendal with the best being 13.5 lbs to fly. One local angler took 3 nice fish a few days ago.Flying condoms,tobies, large mepps and rapalas plus worm and shrimp flies are all producing.
Rydal and Grasmere
Lots of perch but pike activity not as hectic as it was. However visitor pressure is now off these lakes and pike fishing will get back to normal with both ledgered deadbaits and lure fishing likely to work. Perch are being taken on worms, maggots, small spoons and killer jigs and roach to ledgered maggot.
Tenement Farm
This Burneside based fishery is also fishing well but you need to be aware of the weed. We have heard of a visting angler that we sent there catching a carp of just over 6lbs which is arger than was though to be in there so there could be some pleasant surprises in the coming months.Best baits are maggots and corn and a bit of loose feed to bring the fish in.
Tewitfields Coarse Lake
This small lake is fishing very well with good nets of perch, rudd, bream and carp. Baits fished hard on the bottom such as maggots, corn, bread etc are producing the quality fish. Very much worth a try with surface baits for the big carp
Tewitfields Trout lake
The cooler weather plus extra water has given sport a big boost and rod average is now upto 4.5 The best recent bag was 20 trout including rainbows to 3.5 lbs and a lovely 3lb brownie. All came on lures which always work well in Autumn. The lake is slightly tinged and as we predicted in the last report you can expect outstanding fun with fry paterns. If it is cloudy and windy try daddy longlegs and floating fry and big grass hoppers.On calmer days buzzer patterns and headbangers are doing well fished statically on floating lines.
Windermere
There has been the usual good fishing for perch which have been caught virtualy anywhere and good methods are float or ledger fishing with worms or maggots, spinning with small spoons such as mepps or killer jigs in a good variety of colours.Roach fishing has been confined to evenings and mostly to maggot or corn ledgered using a feeder.Still too much weed for good bank fishing for pike and even from a boat it has been a bit difficult but top water lures such as lucky 13s and frogs have given sport to smaller fish at the weed beds.
Wych Elm
Fishing well now and as we predicted recently olives are again showing up at this lake giving some good sport on cloudy days and evenings. Fishing has been difficult on sunny days but some nice fish falling to buzzers, lures, daddies, f flies and klinkhammers.
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