Fourways fishery, Gunthorpe

[BOF]

Had a day over near Owston Ferry on the Trent, at Fourways fishery yesterday.
Now I admit that just now, as a relatively new complex, it is desperately in need of a load more trees around it, and not just for appearances sake. Those of you that visit Lincolnshire when that cold North easterly is blowing will know what a keen edge it has to it, and a screen of mixed Conifers will do wonders for an anglers comfort.

However, I will ignore the thin wind for now, (I wish I could have at the time), the fishing started slowly, but built up steadily throughout the morning. With the occasional Roach at first, building to one a chuck. For those anglers that are used to catching endless "Pastie" Carp, Roach are quicker biting small slim silver fish that are very satisfying to catch. ;D
Then these were pushed out by the Rudd, and what beautiful fish they were. Varying from 6oz to over the pound mark, I havent seen quality Rudd like these for years, and I could put a regular visit to Fourways on my list just for these, if nothing else.
Later on all went very quiet as the Rudd were pushed out in their turn, and a mixed bag of what I am told were Crucians, and some Tench moved in.
Alas I wasnt able to land a "Crucian" to verify its origins.
Note to self, when its barbless hooks only as it is, a size 16 doesnt let you bully fish that bite as delicately or fight as well as a Crucian.
Anyway the Tench were more obliging (best c 3 1/2lb), and mixed in with the odd Perch and the belting Rudd again they saw out my day well.
Thats not all that is in the main lake, (there are 3 lakes on the complex), you have Carp to mid teens, and Ide also. But I will have to take John and Mals word for that, as I certainly couldnt catch them on this trip even if Mal kept calling across that he had landed another.

BOF

[beachball]

Wind in the Willows (and most other places) ;D

Ratty and Mole go fishing

Well ratty said i what shall we do to pass the time i 'm fed up with digging myself into the mire with our lass,but i don't want to mess about on a boat so what shall we do ratty.
ratty said to mole a very good way of passing the time would be to go fishing Friend Mole, but where shall we go.
I know a nice new fishery that has some lovely specemin rudd and crucians i said.
So Ratty and Mole went to gunthorpe to fish.
Ratty wasn't used to the little fiddley stuff like size 16 hooks lol i was on 18 prestom xtra strong carp to 4lb nylon and 10lb main line as the carp and Large tench can wrag you all over for fun that was my main line and on the sleeper carp rod i was on 15 lb main line and again preston xtra strong carp but this time a size 12 to 8lb nylon, maggots on the small hook corn and meat on the big hook.
Ok i can't keep the Ratty and Mole persona's up so i'll stick to Bof and I
we chose our swims me in a corner where i was hoping to fish a nice bay wthe a load of rushes opposite and a known tench and carp holding place .
Bof moved off to where the breeze was blowing hoping the fish would follow the wind to pick up the wind blown food.
We paid John ou £7.00 for our 2 rod approach and i did the usual thing of asking him about the weather there had been a frost evidentially that morning which put the carp off the feed but he again assured me of no rain giggle i should know by now not to ask .
the sun shone and i had some nice roach and the odd small perch on the old blackcap maggot feeder tactic and then i had a massive pull roud and for a brief moment was attached to somthing that was very angry and then ping before i really even had a chance to contact the beast i'd been snapped 4lb line parted really as if it was straw.
the sun was shining it was a tad breezy but not bad and then the families turned up two of them and picked the swims directly opposite me it had suddenly got very crowded in my corner so i had to move peg and fish into the main part of the lake and build up another area with bait this time on the old shallow puddle chucker.
eventually i got them going again and was knocking out small roach rudd and ide perch were suprisingly not showing very much.
the clouds decided they wanted a get together and soon outstripped the sun and the wind picked up and became rather lazy and istead of going round you went straight through and with it came a fine needle type rain that stings when it catches you face or bare hands.
The families decided that was enough and moved off home but by then it was too late cold and windy to get back into the corner.
it was then that i had my only bite on the carp rod a drop back bite too which i was lucky to pickup and this turned out to be an Ide of about 2lb.
i told John i'd apply for the kite mark for him as you could certainly fly one which gave him a giggle.
i carried on until 18.00 and i ran out of bait catching steadily.
As bof says the trees need to grow the weather needs to warm upbut apart from that it was great and the fish are pristine and you can catch on most methods pole waggler feeder even carp method . and john is a real gent and a big thank you to his lass for the sarni yummy (shsh she won't do it for everybody )
Phil's turn to pick a venue next regards Malc.

[humhx]

Good write up Ratty and Mole, sorry meant Mal and Bof. That wind was a bit cold yesterday. ;D ;D