7 thirties top catches over the Easter weekend! - 16 04 2009


David Povey led the field on Temple this week catching a stunning big mirror weighing 35lb. Fishing swim 5, David fished a Tutti Frutti boilie tipped with red corn over 30 or so freebies catching close to the island. Carrying tag number 187219, this stunning scaled mirror is now at a record new weight.




Waving the flag for the girls, was new specimen carp member Laura Richardson who not only caught two fish during her first session on Temple, which is no mean feat, but also a new PB in the shape of a stunning 32lb 8oz common. Laura fished swim 3 catching the big common and a 24lb mirror on a 12mm white coconut pop up which Laura fished to the island margins.






Adam Porter was another lucky angler to bag a Temple thirty this weekend catching a 31lb mirror. Fishing swim 4, Adam from Sutton, Surrey caught on an Icelandic Red boilie which he fished with popped up red corn just off the island in front of his peg.




Temple guru Sean Howard also continued his run of big fish over Easter catching a 31lb 12oz common and a 28lb 6oz mirror. Both fish came from swim 10 and were caught on popped up glugged corn. Interestingly, the mirror is now at a record weight having put on 3lb since last year.






Another angler to catch a thirty was Robert Tyrone Collander who caught ‘Italian Two’ weighing 32lb from swim 5. Fishing his baits to the island margins, Robert caught on a Shellfish boilie. Following his three fish catch last week, Stuart Mountjoy returned to bag another three Temple beauties over the weekend which again included a thirty. All mirrors, Stuart caught fish weighing 31lb 8oz, 28lb 4oz and 21lb 10oz, which were all caught on 10mm Tutti Frutti boilies, which he fished over a bed of hemp.
Other anglers to catch on Temple this week were Lee Fisher who caught a 28lb 8oz mirror from swim 7 on popped up corn.



Martin Sontag who bagged a brace of mirrors weighing 27lb 8oz and 23lb 8oz on four pieces of popped up corn fished with a 20mm homemade boilie, which Martin fished to the margins from peg 6. Rob O’Neill was another angler to bag a brace on Temple, two mirrors weighing 27lb 2oz and 22lb 2oz. Both fish cam e from swim 9 falling to popped up corn fished over pellet.
With Temple currently throwing up a thirty for every third fish banked, the Old Lake also hit form this week producing a string of twenties as well as a 32lb mirror, which came as part of a 6 fish haul for Bury Hill regular Ed Mason. Fishing peg 3, Ed caught all his fish on a 18mm Icelandic Red boilie, which he fished with a 15mm Super Stench boilie as a Snowman rig. Ed fished the far bank and fed crushed boilies in a pva bag.



Other angler’s to catch on the Old Lake this week were Scott Maslen, Scott fished peg 8 catching on a white pop up. Fishing peg 70, James Kelly also had a great session landing three commons, the best a stunning fish weighing 28lb 10oz. James fished a homemade boilie over pellet close the island margins.  James’s brother Andrew also did well on the next peg 69 catching 7 carp, which included a brace of twenties, both mirrors weighing 22lb 6oz and 21lb 4oz. Andrew also fished homemade boilies over pellet to the island margins. Another angler to catch round the back of the island was Matt who caught 3 fish, the best a 25lb 8oz mirror which fell to a Pineapple boilie fished over pellet tight to the island. Joe Levy was another angler to do well on the Old Lake catching 8 carp, all doubles and a 24lb 2oz common. Joe fished a Mainline Fusion 15mm boilie to the point of the island from peg 37.