June & July 2025

Hot and Humid

Dean Ayres

7/6/20251 min read

Mick Baldwin spent the first day of the new season at Broom Lake and his ledger tactics resulted in 7 bream for 32lb 14oz. Mick has fished Willington Lake 7 times in recent weeks. Mick has managed to keep catching by constantly tweaking his rigs, baits and changing swims. His sessions have produced: 2 bream for 10lb 1oz; 2 bream for 11lb 4oz; 5 bream and 3 tench for 39lb 2oz; 7 bream, 3 carp, 1 pike, 1 perch and 1 eel for 57lb 9oz; 6 bream, 2 tench and 2 carp for 55lb 5oz; 3 bream, 3 tench. 2 carp and an eel for 50lb 8oz; 2 bream, 4 tench, 1 eel and a roach for 33lb 10oz. Mick’s fish have included bream to 7lb 12oz, tench to 6lb 6oz and eels to 4lb.

Karim Dhanji struggled to catch carp at The Airman during the recent heat waves but did managed a 15lb mirror. Karim also managed a few chub from the Ivel at the start of the new river season.