Monk Lake 4 12th August 2017

[Spamwham]

Well the polite version is "that was a surprise!"
It fished very hard today - rumours from a very reliable source are that the lake has been netted and quite a bit of stock taken out. It certainly felt like that today - with every one trying a whole range of baits and tactics - long, short and to the islands etc to tempt fish, with only limited success. The weights were much less than our previous late winter ones. Every fish counted today with the odd carp or a few extra silvers potentially gaining an extra 2 or 3 places up the board.
The widely held view was that we should switch to lakes 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 next year.
Results:
1. Tony R peg 143 32-08lb
2. Keith Peg 140 22-08lb
3. Terry Peg 144 21-12lb
4. John Peg 139 21-00lb
5. Mick Peg 152 20-00lb
6. Clive Peg 148 18-04lb
7. Gino Peg 137 13-08lb
8. Jim Peg 151 12-00lb
9. Tony W Peg 136 11-00lb
10. Simon Peg 146 8-08lb
11. Richard Peg 142 6-08lb
12. Rod Peg 149 4-00lb

Section winners today: 136-140 Keith; 142-146 Tony R; 148-152 Mick

[wat2tone]

Not a great days fishing tried everything I know which ain't a bloody lot
Would like to try lake 3 maybe or a different venue all together rather than lake 4 again

[Tel]

Awful - I think even Hawkhurst would be preferable to that - over to you Clive

[Dave C]

That's the worst result from there, we have lake 2 later on which should be a lot better. Seems like I chose the right match to go on holiday.