It was a busy weekend at Lanesborough with a number of anglers settled in for the long haul. Some like Paul Waghorne had the comfort of a real bed, but early starts. 5.30 am on Friday was cold but clear and though not many fish were caught by the anglers there were some big fish taken. Tim Collyer and Paul both caught tench with Tim managing a 5lb female. On the hot stretch, John Herriven again caught well during the night with two very good Bream in a mixed bag. The best bream weighed 7lb 2oz. As the day went on it became quite bright and no big bags were reported.
On Saturday all that had changed. Killian McCormack recorded arguably the best catch of the year so far at Lanesborough with just over 90lbs made up of Bream, Hybrids and a solitary Tench. Whilst only having one big Bream, it was a specimen of 7lb 15oz, a new personal best. His travelling partner Damien Allchorne had as many fish, but in general were half the stamp of Killian’s and weighed 50lbs. Elsewhere, others fishing the stretch also caught well. After the sun came out, most of the anglers struggled and packed up or slept. Killian resumed angling to catch a good bag of mainly smaller Roach. Rory Wrightson had a very large Roach of 1lb 14.5oz from between the trees. A strong gusting wind blew up mid afternoon and this made conditions below the bridge difficult. Two anglers fishing near the beer table had three Tench and Steven Keogh managed two very small Tench before getting cold.
Saturday night into early Sunday again fished well. Killian again came out tops with a 90lb bag – almost totally Bream. Damian had 75lbs net and Glenn put together a catch of 60lb. Paul again had a few tench in the early morning. Steven Keogh and Larry Kelly fished the morning session and a combined catch of 15 Tench. Some larger Rudd have appeared on Sundaywith John Finnegan and Rory Wrightson both claiming 1lb+ fish. Rory also had a Bream in excess of 5lb in a 40lb bag.
Paul Waghorne
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