Hot and Cold

Fishing on Mustang has been up and down this week. We seem to have one very good day followed by a slow day. The wind has been swinging all over the place and the carp have not really known where to head.

I must remind everyone that we are hosting BCAC UK carp cup qualifier on Mustang lake between Friday 15th - 17th July. Therefore the lake will be closed from 12pm on the Friday 15th and open again for normal business Sunday evening. Visitors are very welcome to come briefly and watch the match during the weekend, but please don't disturb the anglers too much who are competing.

The best hit taken in a six hour day session was made by Mark Sawyer, who lost two and banked six into upper teens. Consistent rod Darren Rouse had nine takes in 48 hours and banked six. Jason Allen and Kieran Ringwood banked six between them. Several other nice catches have been made and several different tactics have been working including zigs and solid bags.
Pegs 1,3,4,6,7,8,13 have been most productive this week.
I hope you like the pic's.

Back in the UK

Hi everyone, sorry there has not been a report for a while, but I have been away in France on holiday with the family.
My dad has been looking after things and keeping a record of all the fish that have been reported to him, he also managed to get a few snap shots of some nice fish as he walked around and a couple of guys have emailed some pic's from their sessions on Mustang, which I really appreciate - thanks.
When I left for France things were picking up well and in the last week (7 days) we have had 10 different twenties landed and a stack of good doubles. The best hit was made by Danny Castleton, who banked mirrors of 13lb and 20lb along with commons weighing 21lb, 23lb and 25lb 8oz. He fished in swim two and used his spod to good effect - nice work mate, another good session for you.
Another guy who fished in peg 13 banked a brace of twenties on his first trip. Yesterday a chap fishing a day session, I think it was Mal Morrell, banked a 24lb mirror on his first trip to the venue. Other anglers have done well in pegs 1,3,4,5,6. Peg 14 is still worth ago I just walked round and counted over 20 fish in that bay.
I'm not sure what has been working best, but I think the usual baits are accounting for most bites. But I think baiting regularly is a good tactic to keep the bites coming.
I haven't got loads of photo's becausue of my holiday, but I hope you like the pic's.

Picking Up

After a patchy week on Mustang the fish are now showing signs of getting back on the feed. I've also been away a few days so I'm also unsure what fish came out earlier in the week. The high air pressure and north-easterly winds have not helped, but I'm happy to report some nice fish have been out and yesterday I had two different anglers break their PB's with cracking fish, which made my day.
The fish are well spread out and moving around very quickly. They love a fresh wind so it is worth checking the weather before you come to try and predict where the main group will be. Peg 14 has been the hot swim this week. One bloke had three in a night and I think it has produced fish most days, I counted 40 carp in there yesterday. The fish have been also showing a lot in front of peg 4. Peg 3 has also still been in good form.
simple pop-up rigs with light leads are working really well fished over a good scattering of decent boilies, pellets and corn.
I have some nice articles in a few magazines this month, which give some good info about the fishery and how I fish pressured waters - well worth checking out.
I hope you like the pic's.