September see’s 3 thirties banked! - 03 09 2009

September see’s 3 thirties banked!

Whilst August has been a tougher month than normal for the carpers owing to the unseasonal weather, the start of September saw three thirties bank on Temple along with a few twenties whilst the Old Lake also saw some good multi bags reported which included a few twenties.

With September fast approaching, Stuart Mountjoy bagged 3 twenties and a cracking thirty during his weekend session. Fishing swim 10 on the back bank, Stuart a Temple regular managed mirrors weighing 27lb, 26lb 4oz and 24lb 8oz as well as a cracking 31lb common known as ‘Jelly’. Stuart caught all his fish from mid water on a new Nash bait he was field-testing.

Temple regular Craig Hess was the other person to come up trumps on Temple this week catching two big mirrors weighing 33lb 10oz and 32lb. Fishing swim 11, Craig caught both his fish on popped up corn which he fished with small PVA bags filled with pellet catching from the island margins. Missing 4 runs, Craig returned mid week to catch a cracking 24lb 14oz common from swim 9 fishing similar tactics.

These three fish now bring the total number of thirties caught on Temple this year to 85!

Whilst Temple saw an improvement this week, so did the Old Lake with a number of anglers reporting multi bags of up to 10 fish topped by the odd twenty. Ross Mills had a good session on the front bank mid week catching 9 fish, the best a 22lb 7oz common. Ross fished an 18mm Icelandic Red boilie to the point of the island over a bed of pellet and loose baits.

Hugh Bonsor also did well on the front bank catching three fish during his session, which included 21lb mirror. Fishing peg 3, Hugh opted to fish 18mm Mainline Pulse baits to the far bank with his other fish being mid doubles.

Victor Korotunas from Harrow also had a good day when he fished peg 10. Fishing mid size Tutti Frutti boilies to the open water, Victor landed 4 carp, the best a 21lb common.