Lookout for super sport on stillwater
Jul 23 2010 The Journal
STILLWATER fisheries are proving to be in excellent form.
There are some great catches coming from Lookout and Bowes where fish are feeding up in the water, responding to pellet and paste.
Thirteen-year-old John Etherington caught his first double-figure carp, a fine common of 12lb 6oz, while Bassetts has also produced some great catches especially when the winds were high.
The coloured water has seen Killingworth Lake spring into life with catches of perch and roach into double figures now coming from the TAA water, while on Whittle Dene there has been some good sport reported from the Lower this week with roach, dace and gudgeon. Steve Eddy and Steve Wood, regulars to the fishery, took catches of 5lb 12oz and 7lb respectively.
Yarm AC’s match on the Tees on Sunday was won by Phil Noble, who took five bream with skimmers for 30lb 14oz ahead of Dave Smiddy with 22lb 15oz.
The match at Croft saw David Firth of Darlington weigh in 10lb 12oz made up of two chub with dace, while Anthony Smith and Billy Leonard tied for runner-up spot with 10lb 8oz apiece.
Matty Prudhoe of Washington had enough to win the match at Scruton on the Swale until Ian Parker saw his worm taken by a 4lb 2oz pike to pip Matty, while George Huscroft of Chester-le-Street was third with 2lb 11oz.
Elsewhere on the Swale at Morton, the Northallerton match was won by Steve Beckwith with nine chub for 33lb.
The Big Waters trip to Wagtail Lake at Woodlands incorporated their Yorkshire Cup which Barry Evans won with 55lb 8oz ahead of Dave Hambleton with 46lb 8oz. Adam Burns won the club’s final junior match, fished on Big Waters, with 4lb 14oz ahead of James Wilson on 4lb 10oz and Stephen Robson with 4lb 4oz.
