04/03/2008 by Mike Inkster.

The spring appears to be here and we’re seeing good catches of Roach and Rudd on the pole and float. The bigger fish are still more elusive but there have been a few Carp in the 14/16lb region caught in the last couple of weeks.

 We’ve planted a hedge around Scroggins Lake and hopefully that will be big enough in the next couple of years to keep the marsh winds off - in the meanwhile, you may well need a well tyed down brolly to do the job.

 We’ll try and put weekly updates on the blog throughout the year. If you have anything to report/comment on you can add your comments or email us.

 Happy fishing in 2008.

Mike, Vic and Adrian

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08/10/2007 by Mike Inkster.

These two good sized barbel were caught by Barry parker at the Old (Homershams) lake on the same day in early October.

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08/10/2007 by Mike Inkster.

The lakes have fished really well during the summer and the season has produced two big fish on the Old (Homershams) Lake. The biggest reported was a 32 lb’er but no ‘photo (?). However, Deano caught a 25lb 10oz common in late September and the picture is there for all to see. Well done Deano.

The lakes will be open all through the winter and with the stock and variety in the lakes there should be something to catch most of the time. We are hoping to get some trees and shrubs in around Scroggins Lake in the coming weeks to provide some shelter from the wind next year.

 In the meanwhile, good fishing….

Mike 

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28/06/2007 by Mike Inkster.

Due to a cancellation on another lake the Wantsum Club came to Scroggins as an alternative venue. Most had a very good day despite the weather and the winning catch of 72lb by Graham was an excellent result. Well done Graham.

The 16lb Silver Koi was caught at Scroggins during the week which gave the catcher a bit of a surprise. There have also been some good sized Tench caught.

We hope to get another 5 swims in and completed next week. Only 20 to go then. 

There have been plenty of double figure carp out on the Old Lake

 Feel free to leave comments if you have any…..

Good fishing.

 Mike

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23/06/2007 by Mike Inkster.

New member Stewart had a good day on Scroggins catching three of our newly stocked tench in one afternoon - the biggest being 8lbs 4ozs. He enjoyed it so much he came back the next day with his son and caught another big tench among some smaller carp, roach and rudd.

We’ve got the banger gun going every half hour which, although a bit annoying, does keep the cormorants off. We have a cormorant on the Old Lake that seem to be quite at home with human presence which is a bit worrying. Please try and scare it off whenever possible.

Happy fishing……

Mike

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20/06/2007 by Mike Inkster.

Last week saw two successful matches on Scroggins Lake.

The first was a 3 hour evening match when we hosted the Wantsum Fishing Club. The winning catch was an excellent 33lbs which represents over 10lbs of fish per hour. The second match was arranged through the sandwich Tackle Shop. Despite it being fathers day there was a reasonable turn out and the winning weight was 33.5lbs. Everyone who fished in this match had good catches ans Scroggins Lake seems to be fulfilling our expectations of it as a match venue.

Last Wednesday we added a new 25lb Common Carp to the Old Lake. It is in prime condition and very dark in colour - it’s in there all you have to do now is catch it! At the same time, we also added 20 new Tench to Scroggins - they are between 4 & 6lbs. Two have been caught already this week.

Feel free to add your thoughts and ideas via the ‘comments’ button.

Good Fishing

Mike 

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12/06/2007 by Mike Inkster.

Phil caught 6 fish over 10lbs the biggest being a beautiful 19lb 4oz Mirror Carp

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10/06/2007 by Mike Inkster.

Despite the foul weather on a couple of days this week there have been some interseting catches. At least 3 Carp over 19lbs and a couple of Barbel. We put the Barbel in 18 months ago at about half a pound and the two that were caught this week were over two lbs each so they’re in there and getting bigger. No big Tench this week but a couple of double figure ‘ghosties’.

Scroggins is teeming with fry which is good to see, especially as the water is so ‘new’. No doubt most will be eaten by the Perch we’ve put in but a good few will survive for the future. The Cormorants have re-appeared so we’ve re-set the ‘banger’ to every half hour. Sorry about the noise but we need to protect the fish stocks for the future.

We have a few small matches this month but they won’t affect your ability to fish on either lake so just turn up as ususal. We’re going to try and arrange for some members’ Matches in the next few weeks so we’ll be letting you know when they will be taking place.

‘Photos of your catches are always welcome and I’ll try and get them on the web ASAP and on the notice board at the Old Lake.

Happy fishing…..

Mike 

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27/05/2007 by Mike Inkster.

The roadway from the Old lake to Scroggins is now finished which makes getting from one to the other much better on your car springs!

There have been some good catches on both lakes with tiny Roach at one end of the scales and a 9lb 4 oz Tench at the other. A night fisherman on the Old lake had 6 ‘double’ Carp as part of his night’s efforts with a good mixed bag of other fish. His biggest was a 19lb Mirror. Another night fisherman also had a similarly successful evening.

 We had a delivery of Tench to Scroggins on Thursday but as yet am not aware of anyone having caught one - let me know if you do catch tench in Scroggins.

The Bank holiday weather is, of course, grim but I’m sure that won’t put all of you off so good fishing.

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23/05/2007 by Mike Inkster.

Wednesday 23rd May 2007 and I enter a new world of technology. I want to use the blog to keep our fishery users up to date with what’s being caught on both lakes, pictures of some of the catches, competition dates and results as well as any other items of interest that come to mind. If you have any comments please let us hear them. The fishing has been intermittany yhis week with really good catches some days and not so good on others. How can you catch several 16lb Carp one day and in the same swim the next day only catch tiny Roach?

Work on surfacing the roadway from the Old Lake round to Scroggins lake starts today which will make life a lot easier for everyone - especially when it’s wet. The land owner wants us to stop vehicles from driving round Scroggins as we currently allow people to do so we will be putting in posts in the near future to stop this - sorry about that but it’s not something we have any control over.

We would also like you to use a ‘one way system’ when going between the lakes. From the Old lake to Scroggins and then when leaving Scroggins going ‘right’ down to the road and back to the Old lake via the marsh road. This is to stop vehicles meeting in the middle where there is little or no room to pass unless you want to back up the whole way or end in the ditch.

That’s it for now must find out how to get pictures on here!!

Mike

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