Southfield Reservoir
Posted by Administrator on August 27, 2010
Former DDAA secretary Maurice Tate has just started fishing again after a long layoff and wanted to share with us is excellent day at Southfield Reservoir.
Here is Maurice’s Report.
MONDAY 9TH AUGUST 2010
PEG 85 EAST BANK
WIND WESTERLY MOVING 5 DEGREES BELOW OR ABOVE COMPASS POINT AT 10 MPH
Fished pole at 10 metres because of the head wind, I fed by pole cup at 9 metres to allow for the undertow taking the bait away from me. I started with a 0.5 grm bulk rig 2 no 11s droppers & Kamasan B560/20 hook double bronze maggot, after 4 – 6oz fish I caught a skimmer 10oz at this point I decided to change to my worm/sweet corn rig 0.75grm bulk shot 11inch from the hook again with 2 no 11s droppers & Kamasan B560/16 hook. My goundbait was a mix of my own but did contain a large amount of liquidised hemp and sweet corn along with a tin of sweet corn kernels. My initial feed was 6 balls by pole cup, once I started catching Bream I only topped up when smaller fish moved back in the swim and by 3 balls but on every topping up I included loose casters in the cup with the ground bait. Again once I got that first skimmer and changed rigs I used nothing but worm on the hook and never fed one.
Result
Approx 10lb of fish below a 1lb
4 fish at 3lb or more= 12lb
33 fish average 2lb = 66lb
A conservative estimate 88 to 90lb and probably lost another 20lb
Maurice has also informed me that he took another 60lb from the reservoir on Wednesday 26th August.
