Spawning over for another year….I hope !!

The early part of the week saw plenty of spawning with many of the bigger fish partaking. As would be expected the fishing was tricky and I feel the lads did very well to finish their session on a total of 29 carp including  6 x 50’s.

The weather remained very warm and sunny for the most part with little wind and clear, cooler nights. Many of the fish banked were showing the usual signs of having recently spawned with various cuts and lifted scales to be dealt with. This is nothing out of the ordinary and within a few weeks they will be back to their best. It is noticeable that this years spawning has resulted in some dramatic weight drops, which in the longer term is a good thing, however it will be a few months before we see many of the carp back to their best weights. It has also been apparent that the carp are generally fighting very hard and as a result need a little nursing before they are ready to swim off. It would seem that the exertions of spawning followed by a long fight at the end of an anglers line is really tiring them out so gentle handling and a quick return are the order of the day at the moment.

Anyway, back to this weeks catches….

Highlight as far as I am concerned was young Lennon bagging his new pb at 49lb 10oz. Not bad at all for a 12 year old lad. His father Joe also did well with new pb’s included in his 3 x 50’s which came in at 53lb 12oz, 54lb 2oz and 55lb. Joe also had four good 40’s and a brace of 20’s in his 9 fish catch.

Tim had just the 3 carp but included in that were a cracking brace of commons at 50lb 4oz and 53lb 8oz whilst Dan, fishing the shallows had 8 carp topped by a 51lb 12oz mirror. Will had 3 carp with a best of 46lb 10oz whilst Mark and Andy had a brace each with a best of 49lb 8oz for Andy and 46lb for Mark.

The lads fished well in difficult circumstances and did well to amass a bag of 29 carp in a week dominated by spawning. Well done fellah’s.

Now a few pictures however, as seems the norm these days I have less than I like due to phones being used rather than camera’s….Grrrrrr