Jake England caught this cracking 29lb common carp from day ticket water Jennetts reservoir, Devon, at the weekend. Jake also had two other commons at 20lb and 17lb.
Blackspot – Furzebray 45lb 12oz
The carp known as Blackspot has been tempted from Furzebray at weight of 45lb 12oz. It was caught during the spring at a weight of 39lb 12oz a massive weight increase of 6lb. At this rate this carp and others in the lake could be nudging 50lb next year!
When I started carp fishing back in the early eighties such a water would have been unheard of in North Devon. Waters that contained such huge carp were spoken of in hushed tones and I would suggest that Furzebray now holds fish to almost match those at Redmire Pool in its glory days.
Stafford Moor Carp Catches
John Jobson enjoyed a cracking day ticket session on Beatties Lakes inlet swim , sticky krill 16mm over pellet and hemp, common 19lb then two mirrors including a personal best of 28lb 11ozs and then a mirror of 18lb12 oz.
(Below) Wayne Law banked four carp to 19lb 8oz
(Below) Jason Crawford and Alex Cole had nine carp from swims 3 and 4 up on lodge lake . They fished out in the open water and tight off the island with Sticky baits krill boilies.
Big Cats on the prowl as autumn descends
Above) Paul Baker recently took his son to Anglers Eldorado to show him what a real Catfish looked like up close and they caught this 30lb Wels Catfish from the Bottom Cat and Carp Lake 2 caught on double halibut pellets.
Lovely to see Families on the bank sharing their passion of fishing with siblings – what it’s all about!
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*PB CATFISH FROM NIRVANA**
David Poolman fished Nirvana’s Day Ticket Specimen Cat Lake and managed to catch a personal best 56lb 8oz Catfish in the early hours.
David caught his PB on a soaked halibut pellet/squid pop up combination.
(Above)Angling Guide Julian Chidgey organised a Cat and Carp Camp weekend at Nirvana. The conditions were tough to say the least, they lost a few but Morgan Lloyd from Oxfordshire saved the weekend by catching his 1st ever Catfish at a whopping 60lbs 3oz and a 15lb Common both from the Specimen Cat Lake.
Julian shared –
‘Well what a weekend that was! Winds that threatened to launch bivvies into the lake, and rain that had me contemplating building an ark! The anglers who attended the Carp and Cat Camp stuck at it despite the weather, knowing that it would only take 1 bite to make the session a success. Morgan Lloyd had the first breakthrough after we spotted a 30-40lb carp top between the waves and a single hookbait cast close by soon gave a bite. Unfortunately the fish dropped off before we got to see it.
Richard and Tony also both had big fish top in front of them and the tension was clear as it felt a bite was on the cards. Morgan was the lucky one again as a single hookbait (Tor baits Squido pop up) produced a bite as darkness fell. A modest mid double common was the result but with the temperature falling and the wind having turned to a bitter North-Easterly it was good to see a fish on the bank. As first light came this morning the keen anglers stood over the rods counting down the final minutes of the session. An alarm sounded and Morgan was again the lucky angler, from the outset it was clear this was a special fish and I soon paddling out with my landing net to scoop up a very long catfish.
It was great to see the teamwork and camaraderie as we weighed and photographed the 60lb 3oz monster. As we packed away our wet gear and headed our separate ways it was great to think of the new friendships formed through a great weekend. I will definitely be organising another event for next Spring so please get in touch to reserve your place for a shot at the fish of a lifetime.’
Upper Tamar Carp are on the feed
(Above)Ryan Willshire from Bude landed this cracking 21lb 4oz scaley Mirror carp from Upper Tamar lake, near Bude on the Cornwall and Devon border. The fish was stocked in September 2017 as part of the lakes re-stocking policy which included 3 fish over 30lbs and lots of fish over 20lbs. The next stocking is in mid October this year.
(Above) Ashley Bunning had a great session on Upper Tamar Lake, on the Cornwall and Devon border. The venue regular banked 8 carp in his 48 hour session including 2 fish over 20lbs. All the fish were caught on Nashbait scopex squid boilies with the largest being a 22lb 8oz mirror.
Superb Autumn Carp at Furzebray
Some stunning autumn carp from Furzebray Carp Fishery with several thirty plus fish. The carp always lookstunning at this time of year there colours reflecting the autumn hues on the surrounding trees.
(Below)Adam Short had successful trip on the island lake landing 3 fish, including the Rudd mouth at 30lb 4oz plus superb fish of 29lb 8oz and a 26lb 8oz
(Above) Brian Ford banked the carp known as Star at a massive 39lb 12oz.
(Above) Jamie Moxey landed Pearly at a new top weight of 32lb
Lower Slade Closed for Maintenance
Lower Slade Reservoir is closed for maintenance from October 8th until 27th October.
Autumn Carp at Stafford Moor
There have been some stunning carp catches at Stafford Moor below are just a few caught recently as autumn descends.
(Below) John Jobson banked this personal best mirror carp of 28lb 1oz using Sticky Krill tipped off with sweetcorn.
(Below)Rich Powell who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake with Andy and had 12 fish out between them up to 26lb 8oz caught out in the middle on single Sticky baits krill hook bait.
(Below)Russ Bending who fished on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake and had 4 fish out up to 28lb all caught on Sticky baits Manilla boilies well done Russ!
(Below) Michael Collyer who had this 25lb Beauty out from Swim 13 on the spit up on Lodge lake at the weekend caught on Cell boilies.
(Below) Alex Charlton fished a quick overnight session on the inlet swim on Beatties lake he had 2 out a 21lb 9oz and 17lb 11pz caught baitwork.
(Below)Mark Downing had 15 fish out up to 26lb 12oz from the inlet swim on Beatties lake all caught on C C Moore live system boilies
Furzebray Record Carp Catch
(Above) Cory Mckay has landed Charlotte from Furzebray Carp Lakes at a massive 47lb 12oz to set a new venue record.
(Above) Jamie Moxey landed the mirror carp known Pearly at a new top weight of 32lb.
Upper Tamar Pallatrax carp pairs
Woods and Ford win the Upper Tamar Pallatrax carp pairs and scoop £2000……
Nigel Woods and Richard Ford from Launceston, Cornwall, won the Pallatrax carp pairs competition at Upper Tamar Lake on the 28-30 September. They chose peg 6 which was a shallow peg and fished really well over the weekend to land 5 carp for 72lbs 10oz to scoop the £2000 top prize.
Karl and Alfie Yates (Bude) were second winning £1000 with 4 fish for 52lb 9oz and Allan Jones and Matthew Pepperell (Bude) were third winning £500 with 4 fish for 46lb 8oz.
The largest fish of the weekend was Richard Ford with a 20lb 5oz mirror carp
