bobthebailif

28+ for Split lin.......nice, those fish have been fed again then by the sound of things, with 8 20+ I reckon a few that were heading to 20 have done it then as there were only 6 I could get, I would be surprised if single scale and Lumpy aren't 20 now. Might have to jump on there for the winter then and see if I can winkle one or 2 out. I have been collecting some timber so I will probably see if I can make any platform repairs while I'm there, I havent been down there and baillifing half as much as I'd like, just been strolling round Hill farm and Pick your own as they are on my doorstep. Your right, if you have half a clue Bozy ain't a hard water, certainly not the headbanger it was, I would say more than 35 fish though but certainly no more than 50.

Anyone had any joy on there this year?

Oh also hill farm, yes there has been a problem, I am surprised it is still open while the fish are still dying.

To be honest mate unless you don't mind catching them I would leave the pop ups till the tench stop feeding as they are more partial to them than the carp, I would aim for a quality food bait and fish the same spot very regularly either early morning or very late into the night, as for the Method, try it, would be good for the silvers bream abd tench, maybe a carp, but you would be lucky to land it.

Sorry the reply took a while, must be months since I came on here last. TBH mate, the best way to fish for the tench is pretty much standard carp tactics, boilies and pellet, Trigga, Active-8, Spicy shrimp and prawn and SC-25 all do well for tench on there, I know some guys were fishing 10mm baits to great effect, and there is always the chance of a carp fishing that way, best swims are 3,6 and 10(left one of the 3 on the point and the 2 solid swims round to the left of the point) these are good tench swims, in all honesty if more of the swims on this part of the lake were fishable then most would be good tench swims, but strangely I have never done the bigger carp from these swims, well not by fishing them in a conventional manner anyway, and barely ever within their boundaries, although one of those swims has a little winter secret......lol. Last thing to mention is to fish the night, or dinnertime till 12-2am or first light, not between 9am and 4pm, it is amazing how many anglers fished these hours for the tench, even though there is a chance, they have to surely be the worst tench fishing hours. I have had to wind my rods in at 1am after 13 tench just to get some sleep as I was going straight to work in the morning from the lake.

Well to be honest mate, if people had weighed their fish properly this past season, then I probably wouldn't have posted the pics, but it is hard for the fish to be seen for more than what they actualy are now I have posted them. As for gems.......I wish, and if I found out otherwise I would go back, but in 8yrs there has been a oxygen crash and otter predation, so it is a wonder that the ones above are still there, there may be one or 2 that slipped under my radar, but not under the radar of all of the good anglers in the last 6yrs that I can be sure of, and we all fished it a bit differently, if you fished it recently though there are a couple of fish that may have reached 20 now.

Well as far as I'm aware you can, as long as A; you don't mind the nightmare of getting round there through all the sludge, and B; you can find a fishable swim, there is one new swim, 22, but if the water level carries on dropping it'll be like fishing Southend Pier.....lol

I am only willing to divulge what I post on the open forum, sorry, though I don't really fish it now, if by chance things took a major turn for the better over there I may return, so I don't want to give away too much, what I know took 8yrs, and it didn't come easy, putting me in a position where a blank would come as a surprise, having said that, it ain't the ballbreaker it was 4yrs back.

The only hard spots are the odd mussel beds, and they will usually end up with a cut off, presentation is not a problem, I won't say a lot, other than that I didn't fish it in the usual paranoid manner that most people do when fishing in silt, I fished it exactly the same way I would a gravel pit.

To be honest I wouldn't worry about them, there is much worse on the bottom of that place, and it'll all sink in the silt in next to no time anyway, have you not heard about the horse and carriage that went careering in their many, many years ago, few people died in that one, bet you wont find the remains of the carriage now though.

Would have to agree with ya there Blank, apparently something will happen sometime, but in all honesty, I have given up, such a shame as the potential is there, but I am not dangling for fish I have caught so many times I have lost count, not when they have all lost weight anyway, there is another Baillif on there now as well, I would say as well as me, but I have been there less than half a dozen times last year, and fished it about 3 times. I think the only way forward on that place would be a syndicate of likeminded gents wanting to cover the rent, materials and a stocking program and bring it back to it's former glory as a team that are in it for the long term goal, as managed correctly the lake will do 30's. For those who are interested though these are the 20's (or at least they were 20's, these fish were at their higher weights, they have all lost 2-4lb now ) Splitlinear @ 25-05 Pretty Mirror @ 24-08 (last caught at 21-14) Linear @ 24-04 Nan's Ghostie @ 20-12 Half Lin @ 22-08 Starry Common, my boy's PB @ 21-12 ( have had her at 23-13 but couldn't be bothered to upload pic to photobucket) so there you are, the Bosmere 20's, and for the record, the supposed 28lber ( then 29lb, then 30lb+ ) was Splitlinear, and the fish was in fact 22lb, so those scales were a loooooong way out........lmao, last summer when rescuing the boat I was drifting over the whole of the lakes stock, and, apart from the above fish, I saw no fish near 20, I had heard there were once more than these 6 20's, including a 28lb lake record 9yrs or so ago, but I think either the fish kill or Mr Otter had those, the Starry Common wasn't 100% identifiable, but my boy then caught it later to confirm that it was still there, when there are enough anglers on the lake to feed them properly these fish grow, but due to the lack of anglers that are generous with their bait, these fish have all lost weight, shame as they are gorgeous fish, and some of the smaller ones were rocketing up in weight when the bait was going in.

Havent heard a thing, aint had the chance to get down there and have had no comunication from the club or landowner regarding new swims, mind you communication isnt the clubs strong point, I have just found out there is another Bailiff on bozy now, I found out through the grapevine this weekend, apparently he has been for the last month, not a single call to let me know, all good though as finally there will be the eyes down there that I have never had the time to do.

The swim work has been started by the land owner now, I am a little worried by the height of some of Badgers, havn't had the chance to have a look at the others, but only another hot, dry summer will highlight that, looking promising though, I am gonna get down there and sort out the walkway to suicide (double boards) soon if the land owner doesn't intend to rip it out too soon. Could be some major changes down there, so watch this space

Burgh Castle is a nice little water, I had a go when on holiday, shame about the local muppets who don't realise if you fish quietly the fish come in the near margin during the day, I spooked one off of my bait when I stood up for a pee, they just started to come back and feed as the muppets turned up in force=no more fish, slamming bootlids/doors, casting to far margins, snaging recasting, blatantly dropping bait on mine with a baitboat after seeing me bait up there(it's that type of plum that gives us boat users a bad name), one bloke got in a dinghy not much more than 10yds up, rocking the water, placed a bait in the far margin, then walked round to bait up???? why not cast a lead to the far margin and rig it up then place it with PVA and a spare rod???, then sat by caravan making a racket getting lashed etc, p'd me right off, and to think I was worried about taking my 7yr old to a serious carp fishery , he was a better angler than most of the grown ups.......never again.

Sorry 4seasons, got carried away with the fish stock side of things......lol Guys who have got the key info have worked long and hard for it so it doesn't come easy, I will give you some that will be of benefit to you the other anglers and also, the fish, High quality food baits, the fish will get on it, you will catch the fish will benefit and so will all the other anglers and yourselves by the weight gains that will come with it, Jay is right, if there were enough anglers on there and the grub went in there readily enough and long enough, then maybe one day bozzy will do that magic 30. It frustrates me that there is so much wasted potential in there. Be prepared for the tench though , and the bream are starting to make a come back after the fish kill due to an oxygen crash 6yrs ago (that's old silty waters for you), it is also sensible not to pile the boilies in as there are few carp, but particle and pellet use plenty (within reason), the smaller fish will have the left overs. One big thing though.......Barbless hooks, fish have been towing tackle.