Welcome to Belfont Lake

Belfont Lake Fishing Diary 2008

This is the diary of Richard and Andrew Smith, and Robin Hackett, friend. Thanks go to them for allowing us to share in their years ups and downs.

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	23^rd April
Weather Conditions	Very windy and cold.
Notes	Enjoyed.
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	2^nd May
Weather Conditions	Terrible biting wind.
Notes	Had some bites but no fish.
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	20^th May
Weather Conditions	Fairly sunny but cold wind coming off the Brecon Beacons.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	2	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	27^th May
Weather Conditions	Good conditions.
Notes	Lake placid.
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0
Robin	1 (Picture)	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	30^th May
Weather Conditions	Excellent, lake like a mirror.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0
Robin	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	17^th June
Weather Conditions	Torrential rain and wind.
Notes	Saw a water vole and a mallard duck with 3 chicks.
	Fish Caught
Richard	3	0	0
Andrew	2	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	27^th June
Weather Conditions	Rain and high wind.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1	0	0
Andrew	1	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	1^st July
Weather Conditions	Terrible Gale force winds.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	8	0	0
Andrew	2	1	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	16^th July
Weather Conditions	Lovely day but still windy.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1	0	0
Andrew	1	1	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	22^nd July
Weather Conditions	Sunny day but windy.
Notes	Richard lost carp in tree roots.
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0
Robin	2	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	25^th July
Weather Conditions	Wet and cloudy, some sunshine.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	7	2 (Picture)	0
Andrew	5	1 (Picture)	2 (Picture)
Robin	11	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	28^th July
Weather Conditions	Very hot day.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Andrew	6	1	1 (Picture)
Robin	6	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	30^th July
Weather Conditions	Very heavy rain and wind. Soaking wet.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	3	0	0
Andrew	1	1	0
Robin	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	8^th August
Weather Conditions	A better day, some rain.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1	0	0
Andrew	4	0	0
Robin	1	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	15^th August
Weather Conditions	Windy and quite cold.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	2	0	0
Andrew	5	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	22^nd August
Weather Conditions	Mixed weather. Sun, wind and rain.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	3	0	0
Andrew	6	1	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	27^th August
Weather Conditions	(Not recorded)
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1 (weighed 3.25lb)	0	0
Andrew	5	2	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	29^th August
Weather Conditions	The lake was like a mirror, very warm, very little wind.
Notes	Fish not feeding very much.
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	1	0	1

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	10^th September
Weather Conditions	Terrible conditions, like a hurricane blasting across the lake..
Notes	Went home at 12.30 .
	Fish Caught
Richard	0	0	0
Andrew	0	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	19^th September
Weather Conditions	A good day.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	2	0	0
Andrew	1	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	23^rd September
Weather Conditions	At 9.30am the lake was like a mirror, mountains covered in cloud. Later, the wind got up and was really icy, water choppy.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	1 (weighed 1.75lb)	0	0
Andrew	1	0	0

Name	Tench	Mirror Carp	Common Carp
Date	26^th September
Weather Conditions	On arrival at lake, very low cloud. Couldn't see Brecon Beacons or the Black Mountains. Later the cloud cleared, quite sunny but high winds from the Brecon Beacons. Lake very choppy.
Notes
	Fish Caught
Richard	4	1	0
Andrew	3	1	1

Web design copyright Stephen Powell 2005. Content Copyright Diane Jones 2005.