ESTHWAITE WATER
TROUT FISHERY REPORT – 6/8/14
It’s an
improving picture on the fishing front now that the hot weather has broken. As
the days go by and the rain comes down the fish are edging their way back to
the surface and have certainly been more forthcoming on a variety of methods.
Anglers employing fly and spinning tactics have also been more successful since
the weather has cooled down some what. For weeks on end the fish were residing
on the thermocline and feeding almost exclusively on Daphnia, which made them
very tricky to catch, both on the fly and on spinner!
Geoff
Reynolds from Lancaster had a cracking day’s sport on the fly from the boats
landing 6 nice brown’s to 2lb+. Geoff fished a DI-7 line in conjunction with boobies
and sparkler’s. Meanwhile Dave Johnson from Darlington also took to the boats
and landed 4 nice trout on sinking line and cats whisker combo’.
Bruce Duguid
from Dundee fished from the boats with spinner and landed 5 brown’s to 1lb 8oz
from the ticket office frontage. Jack Robert’s from nearby Kendal also fished
with spinning tactics from the boats and landed his bag limit of 4 brown’s.
During the
hot weather though it was the wormer’s that produced the most consistent
results. Indeed Jim Wills from Harrogate landed 5 fish to 2lb+ fishing sliding
float and worm 20 feet down. Peter Bradshaw from Penrith also enjoyed fabulous
sport taking 7 fish on similar tactics!
Since the
weather has cooled down, there have been some good sport from the bank too. The
Squirrell family from Devon had a cracking session last Friday, taking 9 Brown
Trout to 1lb 8oz. All their fish were taken on a combination of legered worm
and spinning tactics (see attached photo).
The Pike
fishing slowed down predictably during the heatwave, however expect sport to
improve again no end with some nice hauls of fish to 20lb being reported
already and plenty of double figure specimens putting in an appearance. Stuart
Davies from North Wales took 5 nice fish last week on jerkbaits, the best
tipping the scales at 19lb 8oz! We are still open for the rest of this summer
for Pike fishing with lures and fly only and we are once again open for
deadbaiting from October 1st!
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Best Regards
David
Coleman M.I.F.M
FISHERY
MANAGER
