Steve and Louis Worton Masterclass Day Decoy Lakes
August 11th 2014
fantastic catch Steve
Steve had booked his dad Louis and himself for a Masterclass Day. The wonderful Decoy lakes near Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire was the chosen venue. Diane the owner had kindly allowed them both to use keepnets.
Louis with his first fish
It was a cool morning with a strong southerly wind, the UK was suffering from the tail end of a hurricane. I decided the Cedar lake would be a good choice.
Steve with his first fish
The stormy conditions did not upset the fish. Both anglers started on the pole in the deep margins, loose feeding with 4 and 6mm hard feed carp pellets with a banded 6mm pellet on the hook. It was action right from the start and never stopped as each of them were catching a succession of quality carp and barbel.
two mirror carp both over 10lbs
With their net limit of 50lbs reached by 2pm they were returning fish as they caught them and I guess when we packed away just after 4pm that Louis had caught about 130lbs and Steve around 170lbs.
Bob
Some more pictures:
this must be a big fish
a 4lb common carp
a 3lb barbel in perfect condition
a 3lb barbel
a double figure mirror carp
biggest barbel of the day
brilliant catch Louis