Shepherds Way Carp

Another large Carp from Shepherds Way.

Lowbell Lane

Ray Mouratsing catch from Lowbell 20lb plus of skimmers and Roach from peg 1

Shepherds Way

Carp from Shepherds Way

Shepherds Way

Fish Shepherds way over night and had 19 carp best catches were one of 15lb 5oz and one of 14lb 8oz all caught on sweet corn on their rig.

Shepherds Way

These two carp were caught on pellet on a size 14 hair rig hook, the bait was Robbin red pellet and a piece of sweet corn.

The two carp weighed 18lb 9oz and 13lb 4oz .

Blunham

Members fishing Blunham last weekend (18-6-2016) found the river rising but still managed to catch on the inside line, Roach and Perch also two eels.

If we don’t get to much more rain this coming weekend the river should be ok.

Shepherds Way

Jordan Neighbor with his best catches from Shepherds Way

Mark Elliott eight year old daughter Scarlett with a Carp she caught from Shepherds Way

E Kain with a 23lb common Carp from Shepherds Way

Recent Catches

Caught in the big pit at London Colney, a 24lb 6oz carp

Caught at London Colney a 15lb 10oz Pike. Not pictured on the same day another 11lb Pike!

Another great catch of 12lbs at Lowbell Lane by our member Stuart Richardson.

Mark Elliott eight year old daughter Scarlett with a Carp she caught from Shepherds Way

Jordan Neighbor with some of the best catches he has had from Shepherds Way.

Quick action saves fish at Shepherds Way

Thanks must go out to Don Crucifix and his Son after arriving early on Sunday morning to do further swim work at Shepherds Way. He saw that fish were in distress on the small lake and set the following sequences into action after contacting the Secretary.

The EA were notified at 07.30 and logged the report, Dave Porter drove down and witnessed fish in distress or dead, fry were struggling all across the lake and obviously this was a worrying sight. Further calls were made, this time to the Fire Brigade, requesting their assistance with pumps to re oxygenate the water. Unfortunately there was a large fire in Barnet, so crews were tied up.

George Horne (On Call EA Officer) arrived before 9.00 and proceeded to record oxygen levels, the readings were to say the least very worrying. Many recordings were taken around the lake with readings varying from 4% to 12% oxygen. We were informed that anything below 50% would give cause for concern and the levels we were experiencing classed this at the highest category 1 danger level.

Don brought down our own pump and that was set up, but much more was needed to avoid a major fish kill.

Shortly after this the Fire Brigade arrived from Kings Langley fire station with a most obliging crew who stayed with their pumps fully on for 4 1⁄2 hours. Further recordings were taken and levels began to rise eventually reaching the 50% plus level and a major fish loss was averted.

We have been strongly advised by the EA to keep the small lake closed for a while to take any further pressure off the fish and we will monitor this situation closely.

The Club would like to pass on special thanks to Don and his Son, George Horne EA, who stayed much longer than he should have done and of course the crew from Kings Langley, all were rewarded with tea, sandwiches and biscuits.

The Club is also to send the Fire station two complimentary tickets for this season, with our sincere thanks.

We would also ask members visiting Shepherds Way to keep a close eye on the lakes and report any further instances as soon as possible to the EA emergency number. 0800 80 70 60