by Martyn Russ, Trish Lloyd and Brian Lloyd
Another drop of the hat decision to go fishing landed us back up at Peterstone Lakes for an afternoons fishing on the Pencil Lake. There is a good stock of fish in the pencil lake including carp up to the High 20’s and Barble up to 8 lb. +. There is also a good stock of Rudd, Roach, Bream, Perch and Tench lurking in the lake but are rarely caught let alone seen. Sometimes you just get days where no matter how hard you try you only get a couple of bites and a few fish but all count, well that was the kind of day i ended up having. Don’t get me wrong i caught a few quality fish and had a great time including a Carp of about 6 or 7 lb. and a dinner plate of a bream but i just couldn’t seem to get my rhythm going.
Trish and Brian were a different story as soon as they chose there swims and set up they were into fish almost immediately it only had to be 10 minuets of setting up and Trish was landing her first Bream and Brian followed with a nice Barble. With constant feed they managed to keep their swims fairly active, they were still finding it a tough day but managed to keep the fish coming.
They both managed to land some nice Barble and Carp and Trish also managed a nice little Perch making it 3 of us now have caught Perch on the Pencil lake at Petestone. She also managed a monster of a Carp that was well over 10 lb. as it was so thick and stocky. You have to see the lakes to realise how big they really are as the lay out is long and shapely with an island at one end for a feature to fish to. There are lads of over hanging trees and reeds around the margins making it one of the best all method lakes we have fished in south Wales and have decided to use it as the FAW official meeting lake for fun and competitions.
Wet Nets & Tight Lines
