30/04/2008 by Mike Inkster.

Wilks, one 0f our regulars, has a cracking black eye. He got it after an encounter with an onion ring in the kitchen where he works - sad but true.

Anyway, now I’ve got your attention, back to the fishing. Fortunes have been mixed over the last few days. The weather has been volatile and at times, dreadful but people still brave it to catch fish.

Phil (as featured in the photo on the back of the 2008 brochure) had an excellent day with a 16, 2 x 14s, a 10 and an 8lb Ghostie. he was very pleased with himself. There have been a couple of 16s out of the old lake as well as a 14lb Grass Carp and an 8lb Barbel. The afore mentioned Wilks caught a monster which he reckons was around the 25lb mark but it slipped the hook as he was landing it - this ‘fishy’ tale was verified by his mate Matt who swears it’s true (?)

Scroggins has produced an abundance of smaller fish but no reports of much over 8lbs in the last few days but they are in there and are waiting for someone with the right skills & luck to catch them.

Good fishing

Mike 

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10/04/2008 by Mike Inkster.

Despite the weather, which has been pretty cold and windy most of the time, there have been some reasonable catches reported.

Regular angler Martin had a 16, 12, 10 and an 8 (carp) all within a couple of hours on Homershams last Saturday. Liam had a 16 carp and a 7.5 barbel on Homershams during the week. They were both fishing from peg 5.

Adrian had a 4.24 tench on Scroggins on Wednesday but still not as good as the 6.5 tench caught there two days before. Carp up to 7 are being caught in Scroggins at the moment but the predominant catch is still the smaller silver fish and mainly on maggot. Someone caught 4 good sized perch at peg 42 on Tuesday using maggot. That put a smile on his face!

There’s a double match on Scroggins on this Sunday (13th April) but  you can still fish on Homershams if you wish. If you have any ‘photos of fish you’ve caught at Marshside please email them to me so we can include them on the site. Good fishing……………

Mike

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02/04/2008 by Mike Inkster.

It’s still been windy (gale force) and very cold but the Wantsum club members braved the weather for their monthly Sunday match last week. Everyone caught something but the winning bag was a creditable 39lbs of mainly silver fish with a couple of small carp. Well done to all you brave souls.

We also had a mention on the Sky TV programme Tight Lines and there is a possibility that they may send a camera crew down in the summer to do some filming for a documentary piece. You never know, you might get yourself on the tele!

Mike

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