FISHERY MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORTS + MESSAGES

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REPORT July 23rd 2010

Dear members, new and old,

A warm welcome to you all. A new season is well into its second month. The lakes are fishing very well with pleasure anglers having catches of up to 100lbs per session. Fish are being caught on all baits.

The New Lake is now producing good bags of silvers also bream up to 2.5 lbs, roach to 1.5 lbs, lots of carp in the 10-12 lb bracket plus larger fish up to 28lbs. The Island Lake is producing good bags of fish of all varieties being caught on all baits. Weavers fishing well in its nine fishable swims.

Once again I wish to thank everyone who attended work parties. I think you did a wonderful job and the lakes look spectacular.

Mid season work parties will take place on the following dates:-

This is to clean all swims of weeds etc and trim sides. Time 8am to 12 noon

If anyone has fishing equipment surplus to requirements, please donate to our juniors

If you like what you see tell others, if you don't - tell me.

Have a nice day - Tight Lines Glyn Reeves.(Fisheries Manager)

Message from your Fisheries Manager 2009 - Glynn Reeves

Once again a New Season is upon us. A very warm welcome to all Members old & new and your guests.  Yet again the Membership Fees have not altered “What great value for a Great Venue” A note of caution that all Members are responsible for their guests, may I suggest that you ask them to spend a few minutes before fishing to read the Rules which are posted on the notice boards at the top of the car park, anyone found breaking these rules will have their membership card taken away and dismissed from the club waters straight away, there will be no second chances, also all Guest Tickets must be got before fishing.

This year we have rebuilt 2 disabled swims on the New Lake, pegs 33 & 34 and on the Island Lake pegs 4 &19. If you are fishing these please give the swim up for the disabled member, all these swims are wheelchair accessable, if you are disabled and you need help or find you cannot make it to another swim please ask someone to help you.

This season I would like your co-operation, we have built and erected a large cage holding net in between swims 1 & 34, this is for any fish with bad mouths. Please keep these fish in your keep net until the end of your session (nets will be provided if you do not have one). All fish will then be sorted and some will go into the stock pond to breed and the remainder taken to another pond where we hope they will recover and breed. Fish taken out will be replaced with new stock in Oct/Nov. Also dip tanks will be in every swim, this take contains a solution of special salt, please dip the fish for 20 seconds, this is for the benefit of the fishery and welfare of the fish. This year to try and minimise the bad mouth situation all fish over half a pound must be landed by net, no hauling them out the water, if in doubt just net it!
This must also be adhered to for all matches as well!
Matches this year will look quite interesting with 7 new venues to fish at, so please book early for these matches. The Junior matches this year are on Saturdays with 5 in total medals and cups to be won, so come along you Juniors and show us your skills. OAP’s matches are on Wednesdays from 1st Oct – 31st Mar.

Now on to the work parties, once again the numbers of members turning up to give the club 3hrs of their time, once a year, to help maintain the fishery is disgusting. I know a lot of you think “ Oh its not worth it, I will pay the tenner”, well if everyone thought like that the fishery would go to rack and ruin. Our Fishery is one of the best and cleanest water around and the Committee has put in hours and hours of hard work to keep this in top condition, more help is needed on these work parties to make it even better. But owing to poor support to work parties this year work will be ongoing during the season and parts of the lakes will be closed off . Mid season work will start during Aug/Sept, please see the notice boards and web site for details.
I hope you have a very pleasant year and catch plenty of fish, have a nice season and tight lines.

                                            Glyn Reeves. (Fisheries Manager)

REPORT FOR AUGUST 2009 -

Another month gone by. The lakes are still fishing very well. Fishing in New Lake has slowed down a little now that night temperatures are dropping but still plenty of fish being caught on all baits. Last week one of our members had a suberb bag of 25 - 30 lbs of good sized bream - Well Done. (see photo opposite) The Island Lake is still producing good sized tench of up to 4lbs, also, other species being caught.

The mid-season work parties have now finished. Thank you to anyone who gave up their time. All the work which required doing has been completed.

Once again I must remind members who bring guests are to make sure they read the rules and abide by them.

I am pleased that a lot more juniors are coming fishing with Mum, Dad, Grandma and Grandad. More ladies are coming fishing. This club is now becoming a really happy family club and I hope that it will continue to do so.

Tight Lines Glyn Reeves.

REPORT FOR JULY 2009 -

The fishing is still great. New Lake is fishing well on all swims, plenty of carp around 8-10lbs, good bags of silver up to 30lbs of bream, roach and rudd. Fish taken on all baits.

The Island Lake is fishing really well. You can catch on all baits, with light tackle such as 4lb line and 16-14 hooks.

Juniors are doing really well in their matches. The last Junior Match on New Lake was won with a weight of 79lbs, well done Mark Sharpless. So come on you juniors and attend these matches. Medals and prizes are awarded on the day.

Weavers has now got the go ahead to fish. I wish to thank you for the cooperation you have given me regarding fish with bad mouths. So far 70 fish have been taken out, please keep it up.

Mid season working parties will take place every Saturday morning during August ( dates: 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th) This work will be split over the 4 weeks. Swims will be shut down whilst the work is going on.

Any member wishing to attend is always welcome.

Have a nice day and I hope you catch plenty of fish - tight lines.

Glyn Reeves.