Water reports
hold
s
River Dane
August 2008
I am a newish member joining on line in April this
year. I have never been a member of a fishing club before but I am very
glad I joined the BMAC! I have fished at Border a couple of times and
Brookehouse and Brookbank. Today, Sunday 3rd August, I thought I would
give the River Dane at Pimlotts Meadow a try. I'm glad i did! Having
never ever fished a river before I was a little stuck for tactics but I
chopped and changed until fish started to become interested, which took
the best part of three hours messing about. First fish out... a
beautiful Grayling of nearly a pound on a piece of meat, then nothing
again. After tripping over and loosening a stone I spotted a big fat
wiggly worm, on the size 14 he went and...wallop a four and a half
pound Chub! As you can imagine I was then turning over stones and rocks
and collecting all these worms in a spare bait box! Over the next two
hours I pulled a further two Greyling and six Chub the biggest of which
was a shade over five pounds. I left there a happy chappy and will
certainly be returning to the same spot. Not only was the river in
lovely condition and the spot I chose a stunning location, but I also
had the company of an Otter for a few minutes. All in a great mornings
enjoyment. Thank you BMAC.
Yours sincerely.......
Andrew Whitehead
October 2nd 2007
Just to let you know how we fared on the
Dane , again many thanks!
Went to the River Dane today Tues 2nd
Oct , walked to the top of the Cotton stretch in the morning with my
mate who I took as a guest.
We both took our trotting rods
and center pins with caster and maggots for bait , first few runs down
saw the floats dart away with quick bites, when we hooked one we found
Dace were the culprits. We then got a few small Chub. The swim then
produced a Barbel of around 3lb, after this it went quiet. I had a
wander down stream and after a few Dace caught a Grayling, my mate had
never seen one before so I let him have a few runs down the glide.
After a few trots through he had is first Grayling, only small but he
was made up . I then had one just shy of a pound before we moved again.
Some of the swims looked like they had not been fished all summer as
the undergrowth was like a jungle. This maybe
because these
little swift glides don't hold many Big fish (Barbel) but all the
better for us as we had quite a few Grayling up to about a pound along
with a few chub to around the same size .
In the afternoon we
walked down stream onto the new Manor stretch and it was nice
to
explore some new river. First cast for me resulted in a Chub of 4lb, a
good start, but even though the river looked good it was quiet until we
found some fast water where again we had a lot of Dace another nice
Grayling and a few small Chub .
We had a good day and all
the Grayling is a good sign of how good the water must be!
yours
J A Peet
November 12th
2006
I
know this is not a record fish
but I have fished the Bay Malton stretch of the Dane since the
club took it over and have had some excellent fish out i.e.
barble and Chub but never a Roach. Today was my first out of this
water. As you can see it has never beencaught and is in excellent
condition.
You never hear of anglers catching Roach or Perch out of the
Cotton Hall stretch. I was wondering if any body else has caught
many of these species of fish out of this stretch. It would be
nice to know if there are good stocks of river Roach and Perch in
the Dane. Peter Shuff
February
18th 2006
Simon Young
has sent in this photograph of a River Dane
Barbel that he caught. I am not to sure when the catch was made
but it certainly made him smile.
October
12th 2005
"Just got home
from a memorable session on the Dane at
Cotton. I took this 5lb 8oz Chub from a swim I fished for the
first time. It is my biggest Chub from any water, it fought like
a Buffalo, I'm over the moon. It was the third Chub over the 4lb
mark in a mad half hour between 15.30 and 16.00 hours. They were
all caught on meat fished swim feedered hemp. Regards Chris
(Spencer)
