PHIL Dowling, of Kidderminster, used a montana to take 15 trout to 3lb when he fished the Wyre Dell Lake.

The same lake produced 13 trout to 3lb for an angler using a buzzer and another took 10 trout to 2.5lb.

The recent cold weather has had little effect on the coarse fishing with good catches of carp and catfish.

A 13-year-old caught two catfish to 30lb and two carp to 14lb using luncheonmeat on the Erics, while another regular angler used the same bait to tempt two catfish to 24lb.

Bacon grill was used to catch a 29lb catfish on the Erics but meat was fished on the Stuarts for three catfish to 23lb, including the albino.

Boilies attracted six catfish to 17.5lb on the Stuarts and mixed bags of 40lb-50lb were reported on the Stella.