SOUTH WEST LAKES WEEKLY TROUT FISHERY ROUND UP

Week ending 8 November 2020

Please read on to see how the lakes fished last week…….

Trout fishing statement:

SW Lakes Fishing during lockdown - Covering the period 5 November to 2 December

Fantastic news…….our Rainbow trout fisheries can remain open but you must read and adhere to the information below which highlights the restrictions now in place so we can continue to fish.

• You can only leave home to fish with members of your own household, your support bubble or with one other individual.
• Adhere to social distancing measures: Hand, Face and Space.
• Competition fishing or any other organised fishing event is prohibited by law during lockdown.
• You can travel to go fishing but long journeys should be avoided ‘wherever possible’. Go local wherever possible
• Boat fishing can continue and the boat fishing rules and regulations during covid-19 remain in place.

Please note:

Our fishing permit rooms are closed and day permits will only be available online from our website or from our office Monday to Friday 9.00am-4:30pm on 01566 771930. You can buy a permit as far in advance of your fishing as you would like.

Last weeks fishing…….

Highlights of last week were:

• Stithians sport was much improved with majority of anglers catching fish with Graeme Clement recording 3 Rainbows and 3 Browns 

PERMITS:

It's forecast a mild week ahead so should be some really good fishing. With permit rooms being closed you can get your permits here for each lake:

Kennick Bookings
Siblyback Bookings
Stithians Bookings
Burrator Bookings

Picture: Beautiful Kennick but please don’t stand up in a boat when fishing

Kennick

Andy Birkett was top rod last week with 13 fish from a boat all between poplar bay and central water on the 8^th of November.  Andys fishing report:

‘Another lovely day out in good autumn conditions. Started drifting outside East Wall over deeper water, pulling small white fry patterns 5 or 6 ft down - lots of follows and a few nice fish netted. Found another group of fish as I drifted into Poplar bay. Most fish were taking in the deepest part of the retrieve, so put the anchor in over 15' of water and fished more slowly at depth. This is where the bigger fish were, including a beautiful 2 3/4lb fish.

A few more fish later back at East wall, this time on a deep nymph.

All in all a very nice day given the time of year. Grateful to be out enjoying the freedom of fishing’.

Boats definitely having the best of it with best locations Poplar bay & central water with Alan Judd also doing well with 7 rainbows between boat bay & Forest bay.  Andy Birkett also had a further 12 fish from a boat on the 5^th of November.  Best flies from the boat: Boobies & Orange Lures

The bank is fishing steady with the best location being Oak tree point.  The best flies from the bank are Montanas, Cats Whisker and Orange lures.

The biggest fish of 3lb was caught by Mr R Birt from the bank using a Blue Zulu on the 6^th of November.

Check out the Kennick fishing map here.
The Kennick fishing guide is here.

Picture: Alan Judd’s Rainbow from Kennick last week

Siblyback

We stocked last week on Friday with nearly 400 more Rainbows to over 3lbs in size. I don’t have any information on successful flies or locations from last week but I would recommend trying Stocky Bay and Two meadows because we have stocked fish very recently.

Read our guide to fishing at Siblyback here.
Check out our Siblyback fishing map here.

Burrator

Burrator fish last week were caught mainly from Pig trough bay and the top end. The usual flies were the most productive with blue flash damsel leading the way.

There were Rainbows recorded to 2lbs in size. Kevin Sellar caught 1 Rainbow and 2 Blues and Ian Foxley had 2 Rainbows and a Blue.

Interestingly some Blues were caught last week which we stocked much earlier this season.

Read our guide to fishing at Burrator here.
Check out our Burrator fishing map here.

Stithians

Stithians produced some nice fishing last week with Rainbows and browns (and one blue!) being caught from Goonlaze and Mossops to a range of flies.

Graeme Clement recorded 3 Rainbows to just under 2lbs and 3 brownies last week using smokie nymph, Teeny Orange nasty and black beetles. Graeme caught fish at Mossops and Goonlaze

Warren Chegwidden had a rainbow and a blue using white cats whiskers from Mossops. Another successful angler was Richard Keast who caught two Rainbows from Goonlaze using a cormorant.

Giles Eustice and David Pascoa both recorded Rainbows using a Kennick killer olive and orange blob respectively.

We also had some returns from the last couple of weeks and John Henderson has caught 9 Rainbows to just over 2lbs using mainly orange flies.

Read our guide to fishing at Stithians here
Check out our Stithians fishing map here

BOATS

We have 4 boats available at Kennick and one at Siblyback.

2 PEOPLE PER BOAT PERMITTED

Here are the links to book a boat which can only be done online or by calling our office on 01566 771930.

Siblyback Boat Bookings
Kennick Boat Bookings: Kennick has 4 boats available and the fishing has been superb! 

All the best for the week ahead.

Ben Smeeth – Head of Angling