VBAS Water Reports

Water Reports

The Victoria & Biddulph Angling Society would like to know what you have been catching on our waters .Please email mycatch@vbas.4t.com with your name, date, the water yo were fishing, what you caught and how you caught it. Please also attach any photo's that could accompany the report.

08.03.08 - Serpentine Success. Click Here for details

29.02.08 - VBAS February Round-up. The Cricket Ground has been on fine form for the better carp. Multiple catches of carp to mid-doubles have been regular with one angler landing 5 in one session. The Victoria has also started to come into form. The occasional carp to 8lb reported but more impressive is the quality roach and bream fishing. Waggler and long pole producing the better roach. Mill Hayes and been up and down a lot with the recent weather. Angling Secretary Ray Smith reports having a particularly good day catches small roach 'one a chuck'. Tick Hill Pool is in similar form with no stop roach fishing with the occasional suprise carp thrown in. Carl Moulton has reported more grayling in a session on the River Dane and a nice double figure pike from Knypersley Reservoir pictured below.

Steve Dawson catches yet another Serpentine carp. However this time, not one of the bigger residents but one of the new one's at a little over 5lb. This being one of two reported new new being caught. Pictures below.

11.02.08 - Carl Moulton reports that he caught 7 nice Grayling in only 1 and a half hours fishing on the River Dane. Red maggot being the effective bait fished using a standard float set-up. Carl is now looking forward to spending a full day on the river to hopefully bag a few more fish.

07.02.08 - Steve Dawson continues his good run of form on the Serpentine landing his second fish in sucessive sessions. The 20lb 9oz mirror came from a shallower marginal spot further round the lake than his previous capture. Please see the gallery page for the photo.

31.01.08 - The Big Linear has come out of the Serpentine on Monday at a pb weight of 30lb 12oz to VBAS regular Steve Dawson. Steve fished peg 14 where he'd seen signs of carp feeding the previous day. After a quiet morning period with increasing signs of carp feeding, Steve changed his baits from a pop-up boilie to a standard bottom bait boilie and within less than an hour the Serpentine's largest resident made its mistake taking in the new bait with rig attached. After a long battle which is a common occurance for the Big Linear, Steve finnally netted his prize. Please see photo below.

28.01.08 - Knypersley Reservoir is in steady form at the moment for small nets of bream and roach. However, course anglers report regular pike attacks along the match length so anyone pike fishing should consider this area.

12.01.08 - Marcus Adams reports having successful piking sessions at the Serpentine. Fish of 9lb, 11lb and 14lb 12oz have been caught on both legered trout and roach deadbaits. Marcus has fished the middle section of the pool, using peg 11 on the far bank to land the 9 & 11lb'ers, and peg 17 on the nearside bank to land the 14lb'ers. Below is a photo and Marcus's 14lb 12oz specimen.