What's catching: week of 21 September

The week in numbers

Three captures went in the book this week, all from a single angler on one water. It is a quiet return compared with the wider quarter, which has seen 37 captures across 20 waters and 14 anglers.

The best fish this week went 24lb 12oz. For context, the quarter's top mark still stands at 39lb 12oz, so there is bigger about when conditions line up.

Baits that did the work

Only one bait featured this week and it did all the work. Baitworks accounted for all three fish, with an average of 23lb 9oz and two over the twenty.

With one angler behind the whole tally it is hard to read too much into it, but a consistent bait putting three good mirrors on the bank is worth noting.

Where the fish came from

All the action this week came from Wiltshire, with one water producing the lot and a best of 24lb 12oz.

Biggest fish

Top of the pile was Daniel Silvester (weedandteabags) with a 24lb 12oz mirror on Baitworks, banked on 25 September.

He backed it up with a 23lb mirror on 22 September, also on Baitworks. A tidy week's work from one angler.

Conditions

The logged fish came with pressure sitting steady around 1019mb under a waxing gibbous moon, with the best fish landed mid-afternoon around 3pm to 4pm.

Try this week

• Give Baitworks a go if you fancy what has been working locally this week
• Fish through the afternoon, as both of the week's fish came between 3pm and 4pm
• Keep an eye on Wiltshire waters, which held the only action logged this week