Ravensthorpe week ending 31 March

4 years ago

Fish 590 (Season 3126) Returns 73 (337) Rod average 8.1 (9.2)

A great week’s fishing at Ravensthorpe. The big fish were on the feed. John Barnard had the fish of the week a superb 16lb 6oz Rainbow. John fished from the dam wall with a floating line with a size 14 diawl bach. Well done John.

Mark Bradbury also caught a rainbow trout he estimated at 12lb. This fish was caught from the bank at Platform 5 and safely returned. Mark Draper fished the dam wall and caught a Rainbow of 10lb 9oz and returned five others.

Bob Sharp had a great day from the boat, he returned some lovely Rainbow trout with the biggest at approximately 10lb, with other fish of 6lb, 5lb and a couple at 3lb. Lots of boat anglers are enjoying some great sport. Floating lines with black or green buzzers are working well. John Watson returned 17 fish, John Goodwin returned 18 and Paul Jones returned 17.

 

Fishing Stats

Best Rainbow: 16lb 6oz taken by John Barnard.

Best boat areas: Coton Car Park, Lodge.

Best bank areas: Platforms 4,5 and 6, dam.

Mid week boat winner: Phil Turner of Milton Keynes.

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