Game angling: Regional round-up

Nov 20 2011 Sunday Sun

Derwent Reservoir

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Fly anglers have found the area above the sailing club to be the hot spot this last week with best tactics being an intermediate line fished with patterns such as Dawson’s Olive, Black Fritz, White Booby and Cats Whisker. Multi bait anglers fishing around Pow Hill & Hunter House have caught well using either pink or orange power bait eggs, worms or spinners. This last week has seen lots of good bags recorded with a good few 10 fish limits taken, the best fish of the week weighed in at 6Ib 7ozs caught by Turan Denari from Newcastle taken on ledgered power bait with Joseph Dobson from Prudhoe taking the best 10 fish bag weighing 20Ib 8ozs. Throughout the month of November multi-bait anglers can fish the North shore and with 250 prime Lartington trout being stocked weighing between 2Ib and 8Ib sport should remain top class until the end of the season. Anglers don’t forget to put your £1 sweep money in when you book in as the next tagged fish caught is worth a whopping £1,000.

Fontburn Reservoir

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The North shore bays have proved the most productive the last week but the best tactics are still to keep on the move and cover as much water as you can. Fly anglers have found top patterns to be Dawson’s Olive, Cats Whisker, Black Fritz and Yellow Dancers all fished on a sunk line, bait anglers fishing ledgering tactics have caught well using Chartreuse eggs, Yellow paste and magic dust in a feeder. Notable catches went to Gordon Rice who landed 8 fish for 21Ib 8ozs his best weighed 5Ib 1oz all caught on power bait, John Tulip netted 4 fish for 13Ib 4ozs his best was 4Ib 8ozs, Sid Barnes also caught 4 fish for 10Ib 12ozs all taken on power bait, Dave Kirkwood had 5 fish for 14Ib 12ozs his best was 4Ibs and A Hunter netted the best fish of the week weighing in at 7Ib 8ozs caught on power bait. The reservoir will continue to be stocked until the end of the season.

Sharpley Springs/Waters

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Sharpley has seen some exceptionally good fishing this last week with free rising trout virtually all days, top patterns have included Olive or Black Buzzer, Black Gnat, “F” flies, CDC Sedge, Daddies and Hoppers, if you have needed to fish a lure the best of the bunch have been Fluff Cats, Dawson’s Olive and Cats Whisker. Notable catches went to Dave Hall from Sunderland who netted a cracking 13Ib rainbow, Dave Cardwell from Darlington visited the fishery twice netting trout weighing 8Ibs, 6Ibs and 5Ibs while Ryan Burrow from Coxhoe returned the biggest bag with 16 trout all taken on Bloodworm patterns. Rod average for the week was 4.1. The top tagged fish prize has now gone over the £1,000 with the second tagged fish now worth £500.

Langley Dam

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Top angler this week was B Armstrong who netted the heaviest fish weighing 6Ibs that was part of the best 5 fish bag weighing 22Ibs, what a great session he had as he also went on to return a further 10 fish. Top patterns have included White Fritz, Cats Whisker, Zonkers, Bloodworm and Black Spiders. The mild conditions have seen rout trout feeding just sub surface so a floating line and naturals during these times have proved best, the cooler mornings have seen best sport had by anglers fishing lures deep. The lake has seen another good stocking this week, which should insure more excellent sport until the end of the season as long as the weather plays its part.

Jubilee Lakes

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Thursday and Saturday saw some great fishing the other two days sport was hard. Top patterns have been lures such as Fluff Cats, Zonkers and Cats Whiskers have been the best of the bunch. Anglers doing well included Malcolm Proudlock from Annfield Plain who had a great session on Saturday catching two rainbows weighing 6Ib 14ozs each, then went a little better netting a cracker weighing 7Ib 3ozs and then 15 minutes before the end of the day he landed a beauty weighing 7Ib 13ozs, not a bad days fishing in any ones book, Lance Roberts from Darlington was more than happy with his fish weighing 7Ib 6ozs, Phil Totten from Lanchester netted two nice trout weighing 7Ib 2ozs and 6Ib 12ozs, John Wildon from Middlesbrough also landed two nice trout weighing 7Ib 2ozs and 6Ib 4ozs and finally G Smith from Marton took a 7Ib 2ozs fish on a Damsel.

Chatton Fishery

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All is well at this ever popular fishery with good bags and individual specimens landed, anglers catching well included Peter Marshall from Blyth who netted a cracking 6Ib 2oz rainbow caught on a Black Zonker, Matty Divine from Hadston landed 18 fish his best weighed 5Ib 4ozs, Kenny McMahon and son Johnny both from Iiderton landed 27 fish between them, Ali Tait from Morpeth and Trevor Wadds from Craster both caught 14 trout each, Trevor’s best fish weighed 11Ibs, Alan Long from Blyth kept 3 fish and returned 6 while John Allan from Ashington landed 8 fish. Top patterns over the week included Zonkers, Black & Green Fritz, Cats Whiskers, Yellow Dancers, Diawl Bach, Buzzers and Bloodworm. The fishery is now closing at 4pm.

Caistron Fishery

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The mild conditions have seen lots of trout feeding on or just sub surface so a floating line approach has proved best during these times, patterns working well have included Sedge, CDC Emergers, Black Spiders, Buzzers, Flexi Bloodworms, GRHE, Pearly PTN, Diawl Bach and Damsels, if a lure has been needed try a fry patterns as the trout are feeding hard on the fry in the lake at this time of year, Cats Whisker, Zonker, Jack Frost and Appetiser are all well worth a try. Lots of anglers netting 6 trout or more with a good number over the 4Ib size. Rod average for the week was 4. This fishery for next year (the 2012 season) is offering a bespoke season ticket that can be tailored to your needs, this ticket will combine fishing at the Stillwater and on the stretch of the River Wear it controls, for more details on this please give Cliff a ring on the usual number.

Witton Castle Lakes

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It’s a great time to get down to Witton Castle as the month of November is seeing some special lower priced tickets to be had and they are as follows: a 3 fish ticket is now £22, a two fish ticket is now £18, a catch and release ticket is now &10, a four-hour catch and release ticket is now £8, an adult & junior 2 fish ticket is now £22 and an adult and junior catch and release ticket is now £15. All lakes are still stuffed full of trout many of which are well over 10Ibs in size, as long as the weather holds you will be hard pushed to find a nicer spot for a few hours winter fishing.

Aldin Grange Lakes

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Sport has been good on both lakes although trout have been feeding at all depths so spending a little time to find them has been well worth it, if they have been deep fry patterns have produced the best results, try the likes of Zonkers in White, Black or Natural, Cats Whiskers, Jack Frosts and Appetisers, mid water with an intermediate and patterns such as Damsels, Tinnies, Blobs, GRHE, PTN, Buzzers and Bloodworm have been productive and if the fish have been on the top get your floater on and try Black Spiders, “F” flies, Sedge, CDC Emergers and Crunchers. Top rod this week was D Shanks from Durham who netted 10 fish on a mixture of Buzzers, Black Gnat and Sedge, the heaviest fish of the week was just over 5Ib in weight caught by K Sutherland. Rod average for the week was 4. The Boxing Day Open Fly Fishing Competition is starting to fill up so if you would like to fish it please book your place as soon as you can to avoid any disappointment, you can do this by phoning Mick on the usual fishery number.

Sleekburn Water

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A very productive weeks fishing with many fish in the 2Ib to 4Ib size and all in top condition. Best tactics over the week has been a floating line with patterns such as Damsels, GRHE, PTN, Buzzers, Bloodworm, Montana’s, Sedge, Klinkhammers and Hoppers. Anglers included Colin White from Nedderton who visited the fishery twice over the week landing a total of 16 fish all taken on Damsels, Andy Wilkinson from Blyth did well netting five trout again taken on Damsels and John Thompson from Bedlington landed a Hopper and the other on a Damsel. Rod average for the week was 4.5.