Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
ANGLING: BRETT’S BUMPER BAG, WRITES PAUL MERCER
Glen Brett made the most of near-perfect conditions overnight to lead a field of 21 anglers and lift the CDAA’S Wacher Cup at Trenley Lake.
Bream were generally caught with a few tench taken, all on feeder rod tactics, and a great night ended with Brett reeling in 85lb 8oz to lift this year’s Cup ahead of second-placed Steve West with 71lb 8oz.
Colin Durman’s 57lb 8oz gave him third and Alan Smith was fourth, having landed another good bag of 56lb 9oz.
Trenley Lake has fished well away from the competition and good bream and tench catches have been seen during the night and day from all swims.
More big carp catches have been seen in another busy period at Fordwich Lake. A common carp brace of 27lb and 24lb was taken by Brian Gaymer while Dave Footman had two more carp, his best a 22lb 4oz common.
Yet more common carp were banked when Kevin Ostritch hooked a 24lb 6oz specimen and Oliver Law three more of 17lb, 19lb and 22lb.
Jack Warner’s fine season has continued with commons of 25lb 10oz and 27lb 14oz, a fine 20lb 1oz mirror carp which were all topped with a cracking 35lb 6oz personalbest mirror carp.
Stonar Lake continues to fish well with most visitors to the Sandwich still water connecting into good quality coarse fish of all species.
Junior CDAA member Jack Hensbey netted a personal best common carp with a 16lb fish.
Stonar Bailiff Jock White used his local knowledge to hook roach of 1lb 4oz, 1lb 6oz and 1lb 8oz, rudd to 1lb 12oz and a 7lb common carp, all taken using half an 18mm boilie presented on a float rod, as well as a 14lb mirror carp when Jock switched to his heavier carp rod.
Mixed bags were taken by Steven Duke when he landed a 7lb 8oz common carp as well as 20 bream to 3lb 8oz and 20 rudd to 2lb and Andy Tappenden with rudd to 1lb 4oz, bream to 5lb, and carp of 10lb, 15lb 6oz, 22lb 6oz and 25lb 8oz.
Andy’s last fish, a mirror carp, was a new PB and finished his excellent session at Stonar Lake.
Plenty more big carp were seen at Stonar and some fell to anglers targeting smaller fish on light tackle. Mick Sharpe bagged 15 bream to 8lb and a 29lb 2oz fully scaled mirror carp and Matthew Slater seven big bream to 9lb 8oz and five common carp to 14lb 8oz.
This year’s Canterbury & District Angling Association Blundell Cup will be contested on Sunday at Trenley and Stour Lakes.
The draw will be held at Trenley at 8am and fishing will be between 9am and 4pm.