Written by Bill Baker from Oakford near Aberaeron

"Although January has been a cold month our location near to the coast affords us some shelter and while those around us have had frozen lakes we were only completely iced over for a couple of days. This means that our water temperatures are not low and fish are still on the feed.

Plenty of Carp are coming out on sausage, luncheon meat and floating bread. Paul Horobin of Newtown using halibut pellets had 9 Carp to 11 1/2 lb; Nick Clements used floating bread on a number of occasions, his best session produced 17 fish to 9lb. Lee Whitfield of Llanarth using sausage had several sessions producing over 9 carp mainly in the 4-5lb range with the occasional double.

Daniel Purton of New Quay, a youth and newcomer to fishing, on a cold day stuck it out and using sweet corn had four carp to 6 1/2lb, a 1lb Bream and many good roach around the 12oz to 1lb mark. Peter Seaton of Aberystwyth had two trout at 2lb and 3lb then went coarse fishing ending the day with several carp including a Grass Carp and a 10lb common.

Nineoaks now has a Fishing Club run by the members with an active membership and calendar. A number of other fisheries are scheduled for the coming months. Next trip will be to Boscherton Lakes for a days pike fishing. Club membership has a number of benefits including Night Fishing at Nineoaks, discount in the fishery tackle shop and 3rd party liability insurance that includes cover for members when on non-club fishing trips. Please call the fishery or club secretary (07) for a membership application form.

Despite recent stories regarding Otter attacks and other predators at the fishery we are still maintaining good stock levels in the Trout lakes. Most fish are being caught on buzzers, blood worm and green- bodied Montanas about 18" to 2 feet down. Most anglers are bagging up. Peter Seaton of Aberystwyth had two trout at 2lb and 3lb. One angler from New Quay using red and black buzzer or bloodworm on a catch and release ticket had 12 fish averaging 2 1/2lb. Pals Simon and Andy from New Quay on a catch and release ticket using a black buzzer had a total of 26 fish between them."

Written by Bill Baker from Oakford near Aberaeron