Members catch report

Steve Burchell.

East pond

Date:

21/08/2025

Peg Number:		Weather:	Overcast with sun breaking through later
	Air temp:	13°c	Water temp:	19.5°c

	Equipment
Rod 1:	Float rod, size 16 barbless hook
Rod 2:	n/a

	Bait.
Spam	Halibut soft hookers
Sweetcorn	1/2kg fine mixed ground bait

Comments

07:00 am

Measured the depth and discovered a drop-off about 5 meters out. Set up so the hook barely touched the bottom at approximately 4.5 meters deep.

Began with a few small balls of mixed ground bait, no larger than a golf ball, and used a small piece of spam as bait.

Caught Rudd to 8ozs with each cast. Using a larger piece of spam led to numerous false bites until the fish reduced it to a size they could fit into their mouths.

Caught a very small perch on a bare hook while reeling in.

08:20 am

Switched to soft halibut hookers and added a couple more small balls of mixed ground bait.

08:22 am

What started as a good day turned great with my first crucian carp, weighing 2 ½ lb after deducting a pound for the wet net.

08:30 am

Added a few more small balls of mixed ground bait, and the next bite yielded a 1 ½ lb crucian carp.

After catching this fish, it was back to the Rudd.

Another short session, headed off to work.

Steve.B