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News from Glehias lake

Nov 2006

Quest Baits Testing causes Lake Eruption, 1st Nov

Having recently spoken with Shaun Harrison at Quest Baits, we decided to try out a few of their boillie flavours in the lake to see which had the best results. I always think of spicy baits for catching Barbel and Chub and as far as I know, no one had tried any in our lake, so first on the list was Rahja Spice.

On the 27th of October I set up for a 3 hour session as the sun was coming up, the first run came within 15 minutes and turned out to be a 24lb 14oz mirror, great start. Half an hour later came the second fish of 25lb 8oz.

By 10 o’clock I was into my third and biggest fish of the session a gorgeous Mirror of 29lb 9oz, and finally at around 10:45 I finished with an 18 pounder. I absolutely cannot wait to give this flavour a go on a river.

Two days later, again as the sun was rising I was set up in pretty much the same spot and ready to give Special Crab a go. As with both of these flavours I had been trickling a hand full of boillies in all around the lake each day for about a week before hand to make sure the fish recognised them as a food source.

This time I barely had a chance to put my third rod out when the first one screamed off, 23lb 4oz again a good start, however ten minutes later there were two rods going at once. I managed to land one of these at 24lb 6oz as the other managed to shake the hook out before I could get to it.

Still, I got all three rods back in the water and sat down thinking I’ve probably ruined the swim for a while with all that commotion, but it wasn’t long till my left rod tore off and gave me another good mirror of 26lb 6oz. The short session’s final run came at 11:00 and I knew this was a decent fish as soon as I struck in to it, I was proven right when I weighed the two toned Leather in at 32lb 2oz.

All of these fish were caught just 15 feet from the bank on 18mm sized boillies and were fished over a bed of 7mm Halibut and 5mm Carp Pellet with a hand full of whole and broken boillies around the hookbait. I was astounded by the effect of the Rahja and didn’t think the Special Crab would be able to match it, but the results speak for themselves.

I have come to the conclusion that Shaun Harrison must have been a Carp in a previous life to develop baits so attuned to their taste! We will definitely be stocking these flavours in 18 and 22mm for sale to our customers.

I have yet to try Fruity Trifle and will keep you informed of the results.

Lee

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Oct 2006

Pregnant Tracy lands pregnant shape fish!!!, 1st Oct

It was a horrible rainy Sunday, and I kept waiting for it to ease up so I could get a couple of hours in down at the lakes. It wasn’t showing any sign of stopping, so at around 4 o’clock I decided to go anyway.

I set up 3 rods and planted them perfectly into areas which regularly produce, two of these spots were already fizzing and I thought “it won’t be long now….” After 3 hours with not even a knock, Tracy turned up to see if I was coming home for tea any time soon. I wanted to give it another hour so she decided to wait with me.

Having promptly nicked my seat, my umbrella and my Carp mag, and gotten herself settled in for the hour, I decided to take a wander around to see where the party was at, cos it certainly wasn’t booming over my rods today!

I’d only turned my back for a minute when I heard the alarm screaming! I turned to run back to my rods, but at 9 months pregnant, I hadn’t seen her move so fast in ages, she was off her seat and had managed to nick my rod as well!!

My well placed bait had been snapped up by one of the new stockies – a gorgeous 26lb 10oz Common. I had to let Tracy have it. She was beaming from ear to ear – very pleased with herself indeed, especially having beaten her PB by 17lb 10oz!!

Not bad for a ‘Fish-wife’!!!

Lee

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Oct 2006

Long Lost Relativesâ€¦, 1st Oct

Having not seen my Dad for a while or my baby brother Laurence for over a year, it was great to have them both come down for the day for a spot of fishing and a barbecue.

Unfortunately, fishing on the tail of Darren and Russ’s enormous success, I wasn’t convinced they were going to have an especially good day.

As it turns out, Laurence had a great afternoon, catching four carp between 18lb to 22lb and breaking his PB in the process; all in about five hours.

Well done Laurence, maybe I’ll see a bit more of you now?

Tracy :)

Oct 2006

The Bricolage Boyz, 1st Oct

Patrice and Sylvain, both extremely competent Carpist’s, were keen to try the lake out for a night and a day.

By morning, they had had four fish out to 26lb 12oz. The fish continued to come out steadily throughout the day, to a total of eight fish with an average weight of 23lb.

Cheers for the great review lads, Lee & Tracy :)