Shearwater Report 14-04-06

[Greenheart]

Got to Shearwater at about 9.30am to find that it was pretty crowded. Every peg along the road side was full of bivvies & carp anglers obviously there to stay for the whole bank holiday weekend. So I went around to the point halfway between the old boathouse & the dam.

I was hoping for a Carp & Tench for the species hunt & I had caught some good ones at this spot early last season.
Made up a tasty groundbait mix consisting of Van Den Eynde Expo, Brown crumb, sweetcorn, Hemp, Caster & mini halibut pellets . Threw out a couple of orange size balls & fished over the groundbait using a feeder & size 12 hair rig baited with sweetcorn. The quivertip went straight round & I struck into a nice Bream of about 3lb. Next cast I had an immediate bite on the drop before I could even put the rod down. Another Bream!! This continued to set the pattern for the rest of the day. I tried using other baits to try & tempt a carp, but just could not get through the bream. Bread, caster, maggot, halibut pellet & shellfish Boilies. Still bream every cast. Good fun, but not what I was after. Mind you, The carp specialists were not having much luck either. Decided to pack up about 6pm, then I noticed a few carp taking floating dog biscuits that had drifted accross to my side of the lake. Trouble was I had no floating bait other than crust. Tried that & although A couple of carp came up & took a look, the ducks kept going for it too & scaring the fish, so called it a day at about 7.30pm. All in all a good days bream fishing with most fish weighing between 2lb - 4lb. Caught well in excess of 100lb & my landing net is now covered in stinking slime to prove it .
Best fish was this battered old warrior of a Bream that went just over 5lb, even with half it's tail missing!!!

[Norfolkboy]

Blimey, sounds like you were kept busy Ian. Well done.

[baitmaster]

that a cracking picture of the venue greenheart

and i have to say what a haul 100lb pus bag

shame you did not get your carp or tench but you know they will be along soon for ya

still after a day like like i reckon you ain,t to both really are you ??

tightlines
kevin

[Rob M]

Great report mate! Fantastic haul of bream there, mucho respect. I also find it annoying when I'm fishing for carp and the snotters get in the way!

Rob

[devondave]

great well done! i want to get a day bream fishing i know the venue just need to wait for it to reopen

as for annoying ducks i think my local lake has far more than its fair share of them annoying things!

also has canada geese nesting too (i bet they will get nasty once eggs are ready to hatch!)

[fishypaul]

well done greenheart a very good day,

i have had a couple of bream catches like that over the years , that slime gets everywhere doesn't it ?,
shame the carp wouldn't play,they will next time

[carper-chris]

fantastic catch, well done
lovely looking venue

[pingu]

great report sounds like fun(pity didnt get target) and very busy
looks lovely as well

[Greenheart]

Cheers guys, big catches of bream are fairly common at Shearwater. I used to fish a lot of matches there in the 1970s - 1980s & it was'nt worth weighing in unless you had over 60lb in your net. In those days it was run by the Warminster club. Since it's been run by the Longleat estate, it has become mainly a carp venue. Expensive & too many rules.

[baitmaster]

yup know that last bit well exspensive and to many rules

tightlines
kevin