Essex and Suffolk Water Go Fishing     
Ranger's Weekly Fishing Review    
     
Fishery:Hanningfield    
     
Date: 07/04/2008    
     
Number of rods:  152
Number of trout taken: 357
Rod average:  2.30     
Best rainbow:  9lb 13oz, Mr Bromley     
Number of fish re-stocked to-date: 15,000     
Number of anglers to date:  450
Total number of fish taken to date: 573
Largest fish of the season so far: 9lb 13oz     
     
Ranger's Review:     
A much improved week with the rod average increasing to 2.3.  Boats are still doing slightly  
better than the bank. The 9lb 13oz rainbow caught last Monday remains the biggest catch     
so far.  J. Wheeldon caught a 7lb 8oz pike on a fly and three perch. Black/Green boobies on 
sinking lines remains the most successful method at the moment. Drifting from Atlantis and     
the Peninsula areas are the most productive, as well as School Bay.     
3,000 fish were stocked in Middlemead on Friday which will boost catches in the coming     
weeks. 
Water Temp  7C
Boats in Time  7.30pm      
Bank Closing  7.45pm      
Best catch:   9lb 13 oz rainbow
Best areas:   Atlantis, Peninsula.     
Best flies:    Black / Green Booby.     
     
Charlotte Bradley