Second Stocking

 



This was the scene at the carpark on Tuesday. The road in from Kirkby Moor was blocked with drifts up to 2 metres deep. This part was only just passable. The snow had frozen and with the temperatures not rising much can't see it disappearing quickly.



A sample of the fish. As you can see the tagged fish have gone in. This year the colour is green and 40 fish were introduced at an average weight of 2.9 pound, so look out for some corkers. Please remember to record the colour of the tag if you catch one of these - last year the colour was green. As per last blog one of these has turned up already.



As you can see the tarn was partially frozen.
The water was only just above freezing, but the fish went in OK.
Don't think the conditions will improve much in the near future.
Really cold on the bingies!!
Dave H



Recent Fishing

Have managed two trips so far with reasonable results.
Fished all afternoon on Saturday and never saw or touched a fish until about 5.00pm (would think there were no fish in the place!), when a small rise started in the calm water near the stile bank. Previously tried weighted damsel nymph and corixa with no effect. Just swapped to a size 14 beetle fishing round from the point when I spotted the rise. Missed the first fish I covered - blow off the rust! Managed three fish before I had to go. One of these was a superb green tagged fish that had overwintered - estimated weight about 3pounds. Chuffed to bits. Sorry no photo - wanted to get it back asap.
Tried again Monday afternoon from 3 till 4.30 and managed seven on a mixture of spiders and beetle.
Could see that the fish are still shoaled up and cruising the edges, but still feeding. Other people have had success with a variety of lures - assume they got among these shoaled fish as they appeared to chase anything. Tried a Kate McClaren pulled across the surface and had many chases but never connected. It was then that I spotted that, even they were swirling around, they were actually rising. That's when I swapped to the beetle, dropping it into the area the fish were and just leaving it. Takes were confidant.
Dave H