19 Temple thirties in just 12 days - 15 05 2008

19 thirties in just 12 days

15th May update…

Five more thirties graced the banks of Temple in the past three days bringing the total number of thirties caught to 19 in just twelve days, five of which were new thirties with seven being at a record weight.

The tally so far!
1. Sean Howard 37lb 9oz Mirror Record Weight
2. Tony Vary 37lb 5oz Mirror
3. John Carson 35lb 12oz Mirror Record Weight
4. Matt Cole 35lb 6oz Common
5. Mark Savage 35lb 4oz Ghost
6. Scott Maslen 34lb 2oz Mirror Record Weight
7. Matt Plank 33lb 14oz Mirror Record Weight
8. Matt Plank 33lb 4oz Mirror
9. Dean Jones 32lb 6oz Mirror
10. Dean Meakin 32lb 2oz Mirror Record Weight
11. Andy Brookes 32lb Mirror New thirty
12. Sean Howard 31lb 12oz Mirror Record Weight
13. Sean Howard 31lb 6oz Mirror
14. Roozbeth Yazdanian 30lb 12oz Mirror New thirty
15. John Carson 30lb 9oz Mirror Record Weight
16. Sean Howard 30lb 8oz Mirror
17. Scott Maslen 30lb 8oz Common New thirty
18. Dean Jones 30lb 4oz Common New thirty
19. Andy Brookes 30lb 2oz Mirror New thirty

The latest fish out of Temple was caught by local man Mark Savage who caught ‘The Ghost’ weighing 35lb 4oz, which has almost certainly now spawned. Fishing swim 13 and using a 2’ section of leadcore and very slack lines, Mark wanted to try a different bait and fished a black pepper with squid boilie with mixed pellets in a very small pva bag, which was smaller than the size of a golf ball catching from the mid water. Mark commented, that the fish was in immaculate condition giving a very strong hard fight.

Following the capture of his first thirty last week, a cracking mirror weighing 34lb 2oz, Scott Maslen could not wait to return and was quickly rewarded with his second Temple thirty, a very pretty common weighing 30lb 8oz. Fishing swim 4, Scott fished similar tactics to the week before, maize and balanced popped up corn to the channel catching on a semi fixed in-line lead to a 6” soft link and size 7 barbless claw hook. Carrying tag number 183830, Scott’s common is a new thirty having previously been caught at 27lb 6oz.

Regular Dean Jones was another angler to find the thirties on Temple, indeed a pair of them weighing 32lb 6oz and 30lb 4oz. Slotting into what is now the fancied back bank pegs, swim 13, Dean fished popped up corn to the left hand margin over free offerings catching his first thirty and a new PB into the bargain. Dean’s common carries tag number 143009 and is another new thirty having previously been caught at 29lb 12oz.

Grabbing a short overnight session, Roozbeth Yazdanian was rewarded with a lovely 30lb 12oz mirror, his first Temple thirty. Fishing swim 12, Roozbeth fished popped up corn over pellet, ground bait, maize and particle mix tight to the margin lilies landing his fish at half past midnight after a good fight. Carrying tag number 138656, Roozbeth’s fish was another new thirty having previously been caught at 29lb 14oz.

Whilst Temple understandably is getting all the press, the Old Lake has also being producing some great catches over the past week or so with a number of fish to sub thirty being caught. Temple regular Craig Hess made the most of the weather earlier this week catching ten fish off the surface topped by a cracking 28lb 6oz mirror. Roaming the top bay, Craig caught on floaters fished in between the pads with most of his fish weighing mid to upper doubles. Another angler to do well on the Old Lake was Steve Salridge who bagged 6 carp to 20lb, Steve fished new Cell baits with Terry Hearn pop ups to the island margins. Lastly, the jungle is also worth a mention as a number of boat anglers are finding rod bending action from the massive numbers of carp present. Paul Marshall fished the far end reed bed catching 5 carp to 27lb 4oz on soft pellet fished under a loaded waggler. Paul also caught two tench weighing 8lb 20z and 7lb 12oz to end a great day.

Tight lines
David