The Quarantinis – At the Lodge Lake

Week Commencing:  23/07/2021

Team Members: Dave & Jason (no Dan this time sadly)

Biggest Fish Caught: 48lb Mirror, 42lb Grass Carp, 46.5lb Common

Total Fish: 83

Total Weight:   2155 lb

Average Weight:   26lb

Catch Report and Comments: 

Friday 23rd:

Grass Carp: 42lb PB

Mirror: 27lb

Catfish: 3lb

Saturday 24th:

Grass Carp: 33lb

Mirrors: 36lb, 33.5lb, 32lb, 27lb, 26lb, 23lb, 21.5lb, 20.5lb, 8lb, 6lb

Common: 24lb

Koi: 20lb, 15lb, 13lb, 10lb, 5lb

Sunday 25th:

Mirrors: 39.5lb, 37lb, 36lb, 33lb, 31.5lb, 2x 29lb, 28lb, 26lb, 24lb, 22lb

Common: 28lb

Pike: 18.5lb PB, 5lb, 2lb

Monday 26th:

Mirrors: 40lb, 37lb, 36lb, 29lb, 28lb, 24lb, 21lb

Commons: 46.5lb PB, 28lb, 21lb

Koi: 26lb, 15lb

Pike: 4lb

Tuesday 27th:

Commons: 31lb, 2x 28lb, 27lb, 21lb

Mirror: 28lb

Wednesday 28th:

Mirrors: 48lb PB, 41lb, 35lb, 2x 32lb, 30lb, 28lb, 26lb, 25lb, 24lb, 19lb

Thursday 29th:

Grass Carp: 40lb PB, 33lb

Mirrors: 28lb, 2x 30lb, 29lb, 22lb, 16lb

Pike: 10lb

Friday 30th: 

Grass Carp: 32.5lb

Mirrors: 34lb, 29lb, 2x 25lb, 23lb

Commons: 33lb, 25.5lb

Pike: 8lb

Method: We used house bait and plenty of it !! 2 sacks of house pellet & 2 sacks of hard pellet. All boilies worked including pop-up, snowmen and single, probably the best was Rum & Raspberry.

Caught fish at all locations across the lake.

Top Tip – Listen to Gary he knows this better than anyone and all the tweaks he suggested worked !

Boat the bait out.

Comments: Dave and I have been coming to the lake for 8 years and I have been a couple of times before. So we know the lake. This has been our most prolific trip but it is always good with lots of memorably fish over the years including a 110lb Cat caught by my son, an 88lb Cat I caught on a tiny spinner whilst Pike fishing and loads of firsts and PB’s. Sturgeon, grass carp, first 30lb, first 40lb, pike PB’s twice, so we love it.

The tips are the same each time:

1. Use loads of bait
2. Use loads of Bait
3. Yes, Gary does well if you use loads of bait but so do you ! He isn’t Bulls**ting you to buy more bait, it just works !
4. Use his bait, it’s what he feeds them on
5. Cover the whole lake and watch the water, the fish will move over the week
6. Don’t keep chopping and changing, they will come
7. Early mornings and evenings are best, We like our beds so no night fishing !
8. As Dave says ask Gary, if it’s quiet he will give you an idea
9. Finally, use lots of bait.

The best news for us, is when we arrive, and Gary says that the week before, the quests didn’t use much bait !!!!!!!!! Think about it…

TOTAL:

• 83 FISH
• 6x 40lb+
• 23x 30lb+
• 2155lb (977.4kg just 23kg’s shy of a ton!)

DAVE:

• PB’s: Grass, Common, Mirror

JASON:

• PB’s: Mirror, Grass, Pike

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