After the gloriously warm 20C weather of a few days ago at the Easter weekend it was a bit of a shock when the forecasters were giving 10-12C and showers for our visit to Innis today. In the event the southerly wind was definitely cool and gusty but few rain showers came over and in the afternoon it was more sunny at times. The water temperature was 14C but I did not see any fly life all day and very few trout were seen rising.
Martin Winch collected our ticket monies and told us that Carbis Lake had been re-stocked the previous day. Eight Burrator club members were fishing the competition and at the 10am start we were spread around Carbis. At lunchtime owner Dave Johns arrived with our pasty order - what service! For those connoisseurs of traditional Cornish Pasties these were made by Pearce's Butchers in St Austell.
Don & I began by fishing the left bank of the lake (looking down from the car park) while the others were along the opposite bank. The gusty wind increased and it became more difficult casting directly into it so eventually everyone was fishing the same shore with the wind at our backs. Peter had his three fish limit by lunchtime and I think most trout were taken earlier in the day although four of us still worked hard for our blanks!
The results:
Peter Shazell was the winner with a trout of 3lb. Peter had 3 rainbows including another of 2lb 13oz
Dave Norman had two rainbows best 2lb 10oz
Don Brown also had two rainbows best 2lb 7 oz
Roy Whitaker had one rainbow of 2lb 10oz
Nik Tompkins, Tony Vallack, Bob Prout & Tony Hooper put in nil returns.
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| Above & Below Carbis was looking grey & breezy when we arrived |
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| Don & I started on this bank but the strong gusty wind made casting difficult |
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| Don & TonyV |
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| Don & TonyV stopped for a chat |
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Don into a two pounder
Below Almost ready for the net |
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| Nik lost several trout here |
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| When we finished at 3pm it was quite sunny |
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| Peter had his three fish limit so got his Nikon camera out |
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Nik weighs one of Peter's three rainbows.
Martin in the background while Don takes a video |
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| Martin took the photo of the eight of us at the weigh-in |
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| Nik decided to carry on fishing after the competition and headed back down the lake |
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