Happy Days

Mustang has been in great form in these good low air pressure conditions and there have been a lot of happy anglers. I had a great tutorial session on Thursday in peg 8 with 13-year-old James and his step day Dave. James banked a 26lb common and Dave followed that up with a 23lb mirror and a small double. Well done guys.
Richard Brown ( another one of my ex-students) banged out a cracking 27lb common from peg 10 and next door in peg 11 Ross ( the carp machine) banked a common just shy of 24lb.
"Grandad" Bill banked a nice 23lb mirror from peg 14 and Mark Webb banked his first ever twenty for peg 3 with a nice 21lb mirror. Another 21lb mirror was taken by Andy Meeks in peg 5 and David Carver had a 23lb 8oz common from peg 1.
Several of other doubles have been caught all over the lake. Pellets and decent freezer boilies are working well. PVA bags and spodding are the most consistent tactics.

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35 Twenties

After a slowish week the Mustang carp got back to normal this weekend and at least 15 carp were banked from  all over. Peg 14 produced three bites in a night for George Parsons, who's best fish was a 23lb mirror, a carp that Viv Shears stocked last November at just 16lb! My old mate James Furness had 9 bites from peg 3 and banked 7 carp to upper doubles. We had another two new twenties out from peg 11 along with fish caught from 2,4,6,8,9,10 and 12. I now know that there are at least 35 different twenties in Mustang the fish are really doing well and stacking on the pounds.
Beds of pellets are still working best, but 8-10mm trout or carp pellets are most effective, not the micro or CSL pellets that break down in five minutes. Nash Scopex or Monster Squid boilies mixed in with the pellets works a treat with a PVA bag over the top. I have not seen anyone do very well with particle baits in the last couple of weeks.
Sorry for a moan but can I please ask anyone who comes to the fishery not to throw their unused bait in the edge before they leave - thank you.
Can I also please remind everyone that pike fishing is not allowed until October. I know some decent pike are being spotted, but they are fragile until the water temperature starts to drop so I do not want them stressed and caught in the warmer months. I have had two anglers start spinning for them this week, which has really bugged me as I don't allow lures on the venue or pike fishing until October and one pike was killed.

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Back on the feed

After the unsettled weather the conditions now have really improved and the Mustang carp are back on the feed.
The fish are still spread out and last night they were rolling and fizzing in most areas of the lake. Beds of large trout and carp pellets (8mm-11mm) with decent boilies mixed in is still the best tactic. Simple rigs with light leads will catch plenty of fish if you put them in the right spot.
Yesterday I fished for a couple of hours in peg 1 as I was being shot for a magazine feature with Angling Times UKCarp. You will have to read next months issue to see how I got on, but things went well.

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