It was another good week of generally settled, mild weather gave trout fishermen another good week of sport on the Bristol Water trout fisheries.

At Chew Valley the boat fishing has been consistently good from many areas especially the North Shore and Herons Green but these are now beginning to get a little harder and anglers have begun to search out other good places.

Moreton Point, Nunnery and Villice have been found to contain plenty of fish as well as the favourite points around the Island.

Bank fishermen have continued to find lots of fish from the North Shore and the dog leg in Herons Green, with Nunnery and Woodford now becoming more popular.

Most fish are still falling to nymphs – black buzzers, black and plain Diawl Bachs , Crunchers and bloodworms.

Best fish of the week was a fine 7 lb 4 oz rainbow taken by Paul Golding from a boat.

At Blagdon it was changeable with the weather. In overcast conditions the fishing has been excellent but on brighter days the fish have moved out into deeper water making bank fishing more difficult. The North Bank has seen most of the best action with limit bags coming from Pegs, Orchard Point, the seat and the Firs. Best tactics have been floating lines with Diawl Bachs and buzzers. The boars have found the fish easier to take in the brighter conditions, mainly by fishing deeper with the same tactics as the bank fishermen but the hot spots have been Green Lawn, Cheddar Water and along the North Shore. Jerry Pickford took a fine 7 lb 13 oz rainbow and Martin Bullock a 7 lb 3 rainbow both fishing from boats while Richard Evershed took a 7 lb 6 oz rainbow from the bank.

The Barrows fished well again from all the tanks. Best catches are falling to nymphs and lures fished well down as there are few fish moving around so far.

As the days lengthen and the water continues to warm there will be more fly activity especially during the evenings.

Chew produced a total catch last week of 899 fish averaging 2 lb 3 oz topped by a brown of 2 lb 2 oz and rainbow 7 lb 4 oz with 39 limit bags. At Blagdon 998 fish averaging 2 lb 6 oz were taken topped by a brown of 4 lb 1 oz and rainbow 7 lb 13 oz with 66 limit bags. The barrows yielded 284 fish averaging 1 lb 6 oz topped by a brown of 3 lb 8 oz and rainbow 3 lb 8 oz.

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It was also another good week on the Wessex water trout fisheries. Clatworthy produced 385 fish with a rod average of 2.9. Fish are near the top at Rowes End and in the Bay. Dudderidge and the dam are good for boats.

Lures fished well down are working well, bloodworm patterns will work and also buzzers.

Andy Ryall took the best fish of the week with a 5 lb 0 oz rainbow. At Hawkridge 310 fish were taken. Alan Preece took a 3 lb 8 oz rainbow while Mike McColl took a limit bag weighing 13 lb 2 oz.

At Sutton Bingham it has been a good week on the top with 598 fish taken.

Floating lines with Pheasant Tails on the point and Olive Buzzers or Diawl Bach on the droppers caught a lot of fish.

All banks and the boats produced fish. Kevin Wilton took a 4 lb 8 oz rainbow while Harry Copper took a limit bag weighing 14 lb 14 oz.

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There were plenty of fish taken in the latest Bathampton Over 55s/disabled match fished at Bridge Pool.

Although there were no huge weights the carp and silver fish were well spread out leading to an enjoyable match in spite of a strong cold wind. Top honours went to Geoff Stones from Bristol with an all carp catch weighing 55 lb 14 oz taken on pole fished pellets.

Martin Alexander from Bristol took runner up prize with another carp catch weighing 45 lb 12 oz taken on pole fished pellets. Stoke St Michael veteran Terry Bruton again made the frame in third spot with a carp catch weighing 43 lb 4 oz also taken on pole fished pellets.

The silver fish award went to Mike Nicholls form Bitton with a skimmer catch weighing 21 lb 9 oz.

Other placings: 4. Tom Coulson Saltford 41 lb 0 oz; 5. Dave Bacon Bath 31 lb 4 oz; 6. Ian Sheppard Bristol 31 lb 0 oz.

The Dynamite baits Open match at Acorn Fishery produced fairly even weights. Top spot went to Steve Preece of Dynamite Frys MG with a carp catch weighing 32 lb 10 oz taken on long pole fished soft pellets.

Ray Cooper of Dynamite Baits took runner up prize with a carp catch weighing 22 lb 4 oz taken on pole fished sweetcorn. He was fo9llowed by Mervyn Sivell of Dynamite Frys MG with a carp catch weighing 21 lb 12 oz with Pete Sivell of Dynamite Baits in fourth spot with a mixed catch weighing 13 lb 12 oz.

The Wednesday Open match at Viaduct Fishery once again produced outstanding sport with carp feeding well.

Top honours on the day went to Steve Jackson of Garbolino with a fine net of carp weighing 219 lb 0 oz taken on waggler fished pellets. Mash Mashedar clinched second prize with another carp catch weighing 180 lb 9 oz taken on pole fished pellets.

Mark Preston of Sensas Viaduct took third prize with a carp catch weighing 161 lb 12 oz with Julian Heaven from Chippenham in fourth place with a carp catch weighing 107 lb 0 oz.

The Friday Pole only Open match at Viaduct Fishery produced fairly even catches.

Mosella star Tony Rixon hit the jackpot again in top spot with a carp catch weighing 118 lb 5 oz taken on pole fished pellets. Eddie Wynne finished a close runner up with a carp catch weighing 108 lb 5 oz taken on long pole fished pellets.

Chris Edmunds of Avon Angling clinched third prize with another carp catch weighing 104 lb 10 oz taken on pole fished pellets. The silver fish prize went to Steve Jackson of Garbolino with a skimmer catch weighing 45 lb 11 oz.

Other placings: 4. Martin Cardwell Viaduct Select 92 lb 1 oz; 5. Clive Davis Frampton RBL 85 lb 1 oz;

The final round in the Landsend Fishery Winter League produced mixed sport. Adrian Clark of Bristol Flooring rounded off a fine series to take top spot on the day with a carp catch weighing 98 lb 12 oz taken on long pole fished pellets and thus carried off the title to take home the top prize of £550.

Runner up spot went to Nick Collier of GOT Baits with a carp catch weighing 73 lb 14 oz taken on long pole fished pellets. He was followed by Keith Molton of Maver Veals with a carp catch weighing 56 lb 11 oz.

The silver fish champion was John Bradford of Avon Angling with 98 lb 0 oz winning top prize of £300.

Other placings: 4. Chris Konieczy Landsend 52 lb 13 oz; 5. Rod Wooten Dynamite Frys MG 51 lb 12 oz; 6. Paul Nurse Landsend 49 lb 11 oz.

Final League Table: 1. Adrian Clark Bristol Flooring 47 points (£550); 2. Nick Collier GOT Baits 39 (£450); 3. Anton Page GOT Baits 39 (£350); 4. Anton France Cadbury Angling 37 (£250); 5. Mike Duckett Landsend 35 (£150); 6. Keith Molton Maver Veals 34 (£100).

The Wilts Angling Open match fished at Viaduct Fishery on Monday produced excellent sport with carp feeding well.

Top honours on the day went to Nathaniel Johnson of Melksham with a carp catch weighing 171 lb 4 oz taken on legered pellets.

Steve Gardner of Chippenham took second prize with another carp catch weighing 153 lb 3 oz taken on waggler fished pellets.

Jeff Matthews of Trowbridge clinched third prize with a carp catch weighing 142 lb 6 oz taken on legered pellets.

Other placings: 4. Pete Neate Holt 115 lb 0 oz; 5. Dave Andrew Devizes 110 lb 7 oz; 6. Ian Willetts Bradford 107 lb 0 oz.

The Todber Manor Open match fished on Saturday produced excellent sport with fairly even weights. Top honours on the day went to Ian Willetts of Bradford with a carp catch weighing 118 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished pellets.

In form Pete Neate of Holt again framed in second spot with a carp catch weighing 110 lb 4 oz taken on pole fished pellets. Vince Brown from Bristol used identical tactics to clinch third prize with a carp catch weighing 102 lb 8 oz.

Other placings: 4. Jason Mills Gillingham 89 lb 4 oz; 5. Gary Etheridge Devizes 89 lb 0 oz; 6. Matt Cardwell Viaduct 77 lb 8 oz.

With the exception of the winner weights were fairly close in the Wilts Angling Open match fished at Todber manor on Sunday. Jamie Smith of Frome had a runaway win with an all carp catch weighing 120 lb 2 oz taken on pole fished paste.

John Atkins from Trowbridge was a distant runner up with a carp catch weighing 64 lb 8 oz taken on pole fished pellets.

Pete Neate from Holt again made the frame in third spot with a carp catch weighing 64 lb 0 oz also taken on pole fished pellets.

Other placings: 4. Ian Willetts Bradford 51 lb 8 oz; 5. Rob Kepner Chippenham 50 lb 8 oz; 6. Nathaniel Johnson Melksham 50 lb 0 oz.