Catch report - East Pond

Steve Burchell.

East pond

Date:

18/06/2026

Peg Number:	3	Weather:	Overcast but warm, very light breeze.
Air temp:	16°c rising	Water temp:		19.5°c

Equipment
Rod 1:	Avon through action rod, 6lb, size 14 guru hook
Rod 2:	N/a

Bait.
Maize	Small red worms

Comments

Set hook to just touch the lakebed, (four metre depth) one piece of maize three metres from bank.

06.00am. lots of small silvers 4 to 6 ounce. Basically, one a cast.

06.15am. 9lb common carp. Not sure how I landed it. Led me a merry dance around the lilies.

Then more silvers, Rudd taking maize on the drop.

07.10am. another 9lb common carp, like the first, both

in pristine condition.

07.20am. 1 ½ lb Rudd, or it would have been a lovely Rudd, but the slime up the hook link and in the net would suggest it was a hybrid.

Swapped over to small red worm, 1lb perch then a lot of smaller perch, it was small silvers and perch from then on, they were that greedy, I caught Rudd a foot from the bank.

Switched back to maize and caught a 3/4lb perch.

09.30 am, 8lb common carp and smaller silvers.

Conclusion.

Total perch = 41, larger 1lb

Total Rudd and hybrids = 31, largest 1 ½ lb

Total Commons 3, largest 9lb.

Parking can be a bit of a problem, the school bus leaves the layby at 06.30am Monday to Friday, or park further up the road where the road widens. It’s well worth a day or even half a day. If you have mobility issues stick to the higher peg numbers. 

Tight Lines,

Steve Burchell