## Catch Report Baleine – 10/5 till 17/5
What a week it was on Baleine.
After the difficult fishing over the previous weeks and the temperatures dropping hard again at night — back down to 2 degrees — the week started off a little rusty. But consistency, strong angling skills, good listening, and a lot of respect between the anglers and towards the fishery turned this into one of the best catch reports of the year.
There was loads of movement from the anglers throughout the week, with plenty of stalking and moving swims during the day to stay on the fish. Fair play to everyone involved because all the effort truly paid off.
I even managed to get the rods out myself and we all went full focus hunting for carp.
And the result? PBs absolutely smashed everywhere.
Huge congratulations to:
* Carol with a stunning 50lb common and a new PB
* Alex’s dad for banking “The Dinosaur” again at 62lb 13oz — another PB smashed
* Ryan with a new PB common of 50lb 8oz
* Ryan again with another new PB at 53lb 4oz
* Jordan who first smashed his PB with a 51lb 4oz mirror and then, only 2 hours later, landed the 27th 60 from the lake at 60lb 2oz — absolutely obliterating his PB again
And right after that I managed to bank the massive 74lb 9oz common myself, breaking all records:
* Biggest fish in Baleine
* Biggest fish across both lakes
Apologies if I missed anyone, but I believe Liam and Alex may also have beaten PBs during the week too.
Massive shout out to every single angler this week. It truly shows what effort, teamwork, respect, and proper angling can achieve on Baleine 🫵🏻
