Lovely start to the day, cold but bright sunshine. The fish are bitting but a smaller hook and lighter tackle would be advised as in both lakes the water is crystal clear. The fisheries own feed pellets also help but feel free to bring your own if you prefer. I like this time of the year as with the warm sunshine on the water during the day it does not take long for the bigger carp to come up to the surface and start basking.
04.02.2025
Its been a quiet few weeks but at least it has given me a chance to clear and clean up after the winter. I know some of you will say it is still winter, maybe metrologically it is but in my head it is already spring. Daffodils are growing some already with buds on, some primroses and primilas in flower and buds and catkins on some trees. And further good news is with the longer days and the sun, when out from under the cloud cover, does have some heat to it, enough to warm the water and encouraging the fish to mooch about and feed more readily. The anglers who have been steady in numbers as expected at this time of year, are catching most days, some only silvers but others are catching carp using lighter tackle and baits to attract them. All the fish are in excellent condition and do not appear to have lost any condition over the colder darker days of winter where they tend to lie dormant in deeper water and certainly do not feed so much. Picture below our friendly heron taking flight accross the botom lake.
Caption
14.01.2025.
Happy New Year all, welcome to me first post of 2025 and an update on how the fishing went over the last month. Weather was a major factor as it has been very varied, from strong winds and storms to mild overcast days, heavy rain, frost, and mild sunny days or at least part sunny days. This did not put all the anglers and those who did venture out where most if not all caught fish, some targeting the stunning roach and rudd others just carp. The prize for top anglers of the period must got to two London lads who visited for the first time. This is the review they sent to me , "Had a lovely day on the 31 st of December and between me and my friend , fishing three rods between the two of us we landed a total of 36 carp between us ( ranging from 3-10 lb ) on relatively simple ledger rigs". They were also very impressed with the quality of the carp and I am sure that on they next vist to Pembrokeshire we will see them again. Another who did well was Tom a local angler who visited on a very frosty day. He had such a good day that he came back again a few days later, on both occasions he caught some stunning carp, again to double figures in weight. On Christmas Eve we also had a visit from an Egret , it is the first and only time I have seen one at the fishery , infact I dont ever recall seeing in one in this area of South West Wales before. I do not think it managed to feed much , if at all, as I have not seen it since. I did managed to get to photographs through a window hence the pictures are not as clear as I would have liked but at least I did get a record of it's visit.
.jpg)
