Foremark w/e - 08/03/08

Just when you thought the fishing couldn't get any better anglers at Foremark prove me wrong by taking bags weighing up to 26lb for 6 fish. The rod average at Foremark is 8 this week with some massive bags of rainbows coming to the scales with big fish also coming out up to the 9lb mark.
Ray Land had the largest fish of the season this week a cracking overwintered fish at 8lb 10ozs. Ray took 20 mins to land this fantastic rainbow which took a Green Damsel fished on an intermidate line outside the Lodge. Les Wheeler weighed a fine Blue trout in at 7lb which he took of the boat fishing a Di7 and a Orange Boobie on the bottom next to the cage. Iain Barr had probably the best day this week taking 35 fish up to 4lb off the boat in variours spote from the Sailing Club down the Cavers Arm and the Gorse Bushes. Iain was fishing a di3 with his new patterns the Blue Cat and also the U V Black Cormarant and boy do they work.

Bank anglers are catching well all around the bank from the Lodge Frontage to Bramble bay, Floating or intermidates have been producind the best bags and flies like Black/green, green/white and pritty much any lure you have. Some anglers have been catching on the nymphes and they have been picking out some of the older fish which is great to see. Boat anglers have found alot of fish around the Cages, Sailing Club, Flamingo and all the way down thw Cavers Arm, the tip for the boat lads is to stay within 100yrds of the bank as the fish haven't really nmoved out yet and again top patterns have been lures.

Ray Land with his 8lb 10oz overwintered rainbow taken on a Damsel off the bank.

(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM FOREMARK WEBSITE @ http://www.foremarktroutfishery.co.uk/)

Saturday 15th - Cracking Morning @ Foremark today, fishing in Sailing Club Bay.

Started off with two lovely rainbows caught on di3 with a black & silver Hummungus, lots of other anglers catching around me on various coloured Fritz Lures The fish started to show near the surface and lots of activity close in to bank. Decided to try some buzzers, so switched to Floating line with a midge tip, black buzzer on the dropper and green on the point, spent the rest of the morning having lots of fun catching another seven fish, on both the black and green buzzer.

fished foremark this morning , next to pontoon at the sailing club. had cracking start on white lure on intermediate , taking my six bag limit within the first 2 hours, had loads of pull and lost a few too. slowed down around elevenish so went on to buzzer and had 4 more. wind started to pick up and i had been standing in water for 5hrs and my feet frozen decided to call it a day. plenty of fish coming out around the bay .

gareth

Sounds like you guys are having some good sport Have never fished Foremark but will have to give it a go sometime - not too far away. Is it a waders job from the bank??

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Waders are helpful but not essential at Foremark.

Foremark w/e 16/03/08

Yet another great weeks fishing at Foremark with the rod average remaining high at 7.8. There has been some excellent sport seen this week especially on the bank in flamingo bay where local angler Scott Wilson caught 44 fish in just over 3 hours on a gold head rubber legged daddy on an intermediate line. He commented that flamingo bay was alive with fish as did fellow angler Clive Wilkins who also had 25 fish from the bay on Saturday, on an olive damsel. Saturday also saw over 70 anglers turn up to experience the superb sport, with the majority of them catching stockies high up in the water on buzzers, black and green fritz and tadpoles. While other anglers who were keen to fish deeper using boobies, pulled out some fantastic residents up to the 7lb mark.

Although Sunday wasn’t the best day weather wise, the Coppenhall lads were not put off and fished in the awful weather to catch their 6 fish. What can I say, apart from I won the match thanks to my first catch of the day, which was a 6lb 2 oz over wintered fish, which I caught outside the lodge on a di3, using a black and green fritz which I tied in the morning. Some anglers had bagged up by lunchtime, whilst others stuck it out to get their best 6 fish.

One of these was newcomer, 14 yr old Rossini Rao who caught his last fish of the day over in sunblest bay on a fly we tied earlier, only half an hour before the match ended. He couldn’t have been happier with his 6 fish especially when they weighed in at a hefty 14lb 10 oz and got him into 3rd place.

The match was won by myself with my 6 fish weighing in at a brilliant 19lb 5oz. Whilst the bank anglers experienced some first class sport throughout the week from the lodge front round to the power lines, the boat anglers have also had their fair share of fish.

The best boat areas appear to still be down carvers arm, around the cages and in flamingo bay, with anglers bagging up using various lure patterns. Gary Owen and his teenage son caught 24 fish between them using a black humungus 50 yards from the bank in the hot spot flamingo bay!

(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM FOREMARK WEBSITE @ http://www.foremarktroutfishery.co.uk/)

It was bitterly cold at Foremark this afternoon but fortunately nobody told the fish. I fished off the bank in Flamingo Bay and had ten fish, losing half as many again in not much over a couple of hours.
Basil's Buzzer did most of the damage, also had two to a damsel nymph and one on a diawl back.
Most people appeared to be catching, it really is going strong at the moment.

Squire, I'm going on Thursday (hopefully), for the first time. I've had a look at the place, but never fished it. I'll be fishing from the bank, is Flamingo Bay the place to head for?

Also, any info about depth of water etc would be useful..

Ta,
John.

also fished foremark yesterday and as the squire said it was very cold. fished at the the end of flamingo bay next to vernuns point. had 3 fish on white lure
and 1 on a green buzzer.then had another hour of the pontoon outside the sailing club the north westly wind making casting differcult. using a lure fished parallel to the bank had six more best over 4lb. plenty of pulls to make you forget about the weather . great fishing at the moment but unfortunatly going to miss the next month due to hernia op this friday ,just my luck.
so keep me informed on how its going give me something to look forward too .

tight lines

gareth

Foremark w/e 23/03/08

Another week of excellent sport at Foremark, despite the very cold unseasonal weather over Easter.

The rainbows are feeding hard on the first buzzer hatches of the season in the area in front of the lodge, and in the sailing club bay and flamingo bay.
The rod average has been maintained at a healthy 7, and many fish of between 5 and 6lb have been caught. Largest brown and rainbow, both in excess of 9lb were caught and returned in the same area near the cages by Gary Mann and Mike Mason respectively.

Fishery owner Phil Dixon has avoided the cold weather and is enjoying superb sport in the North Island of New Zealand with wild brown trout in the run-up to the Commonwealth Championships. The Championships will be fished in the first week of April a full report will follow.

(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM FOREMARK WEBSITE @ http://www.foremarktroutfishery.co.uk/)