TWO FORTIES IN TWO WEEKS
...from lakes on the same complex
THE new year started brightly for Robert Allsop, who banked two forties from two Cambridgeshire venues within a fortnight.
The first fish came from Meadows Lake at the new Holme Fen Fishery and weighed 40lb 8oz. Two weeks later, at nearby Woodpecker Lake on the Earith complex, Robert caught another mirror at 42lb 2oz as part of a four-fish haul.
Earith boss Martin Dawson told Angling Times: “He actually caught that same fish at 39lb last January and hooked it one night after the lake had frozen over, landing it from 100 yards out under the ice!”
The first of the forties fell during a working party on Meadows Lake, which opened to the public last summer and has already produced a phenomenal number of forties and fifties. The big mirror was caught from a hard spot at 100 yards off the Party Point swim.
Robert, who saw a fish show in wet and windy conditions that morning, baited the spot with five Spombs of chopped boilies and sweetcorn.
Two weeks later, he was back on the bank for a two-day session just a few hundred yards away at Woodpecker Lake.
Seeing fish topping from the other side of the lake, he moved swims and targeted a clear channel beside a reed bed at 110 yards. The 42lb 2oz mirror was followed by others of 23lb 2oz, 21lb 2oz and 19lb 8oz. He baited the spot with chopped boilies.
Meadows Lake and the new Poacher’s Pool on the Holme Fen site re-open to the public on March 14, and sessions can be booked via www.holmefenfishery.co.uk