July / August 2008 Fish Report

I know, I know the July fish report is ridiculously late so you are all thinking it was shit and I didn’t want to put it on.

Actually the summer fishing was great, perhaps too great as I fished me little socks of myself. After record levels of visitors in May and June I had record lows for July and August. On top of this it rained almost every day (great for the fishing) so my usual local regulars were not fishing much either. What is it with you Canadians; we Brits would never miss a session because of a little rain. You fish through tiny holes in minus 30 degrees but are afraid you will melt in the rain !!!

Those that fished caught well. I should first mention Jason who whilst a true Canadian does not suffer from a PVA raincoat and fished with us 2 or 3 days per week right through the summer. Most days he was up in the 20 fish per day level a few 30 fish days and only the odd 10 or below. We do get a smaller average in the summer but he still managed 6 to 8 plus 30’s and loads of 20’s. His best day saw 2 x 30’s on the bank, and what he described as a huge fish lost at the net, and Jason has seen enough 30’s to know what a HUGE fish really looks like.

Vali another local came between showers and caught fish with a 38 being the biggest in this period. Peter the Dutchman was out catching all the time and has now returned to Holland so I can get my bloody swims back. Peter also had several 30’s in this period.
Eli another local was in amongst the big fish and even his girlfriend Alisha managed a 32lb Mirror. Alcido and Roger from Toronto were up for a few days, but Alcido got ill and they had to leave, I hope it was not the two 30’s he had on the first day that upset him. Carl another regular caught on the float, and so it went, if they fished they caught, but few were fishing.

Brits over on holiday in July included my nephew Elliot who edged his PB up to 28 ½ ( next year for the 30 Ells) Steve Hudson had 110 fish to 30lb and his mate Scott had 50 fish to 26, but Scott had never cast a rod for ANY fish before he got here. Vicky and Darren had just over the magic 100 fish between them, and of course it was Vicky who got the biggest at 34. 10. The Cambridge boys Peter and James had 60 and 72 fish respectively and Peter had the biggest at 34.8. Steve G. and Paul caught fish when sober, but only managed 55 fish between them and no 30’s this year, however there were more than a few mornings they did not surface to noon ….Think of my fish reports boys!!!!!

August was much the same as July a lot of rain showers good fishing but still few anglers. The usual suspects above kept catching. Jay who works with us had his first ever evening Carp fishing with me we had around 20 fish in 4 hours including a 29lb fish for Jay.

One of my mail order customers emailed me because he had a friend over from the UK and there were no fish up his end on the Trent system, so Steve and Ron came up for a week and caught good numbers every day, they had some good 20”s but sadly non of the big old Girls.

The 5 guys over from Romania for their second year did much better this time. Quite a few days we got above 20 fish, and they obviously liked it because they booked for 5 days went away for a day and then came back again for another 4. The carp were nervous as to why they returned, but we caught them anyway. Sadly no 30”s for this group but plenty of 20’s and as always a bloody good laugh. We also got young Viktor His first ever carp, and he is also now the undisputed king of Gobies in Long Sault.

Pete Thompson had 78 fish in his week with 3 x 30’s to 32. Sally and Mike had lots of fish (56 and 62) but not one 30 which was strange. The Bristol boys were the big dicks this month and had 172 fish between then with 6 30`s best 35.4.

As to me and Colin, we have been banging the fish throughout July and August. Mostly we do four hour sessions and pretty much every trip was 10 to 15 fish and most of these we took on the float. I even had my first 30 on the float which was nice and we both had a few each on the leads, but only low 30”s.

August did see for me ALMOST the best days fishing of my life. I decided to do a rare 12 hour session, but had to pack up after five hours with my arms and shoulders killing me. I had three last fish but then just had to give up. I don’t know exactly how many I had but it was well over 30 fish all but two were over 20 and the only reason it was not my best ever day was I did not get a single 30. 27 lb was the biggest, but it was a hell of a morning,

I can’t believe it but now as I write this it is October already and almost time to go home, only 14 fishing days left. I promise the September report will be up within a few days and for anyone fancying a late trip October is already good and likely to get better as it is only just starting to get cold