The next best thing to actually fishing is watching fish and with water temperatures climbing carp are spawning at many lakes across the region. This gives the unique opportunity to do a bit of fish watching and to get a good look at what the venue contains. Kris Vanstone sent me this video of Lower Tamar lakes carp in full courtship ritual. At times like this the carp seldom feed and are best left in peace.
Lower Tamar Lake is an historic water that often gets overlooked by anglers who hear more about the fabulous catches from the Upper Lake. Lower Tamar has some fabulous carp and a head of bream into double figures along with specimen perch and eels. In the past the water has produced specimen rudd that sadly seem to have all but disappeared.
Lee Graver fished Lower Tamar Lake, on the Cornwall and Devon border, at the weekend and was rewarded with this stunning 23lb 14oz Fully scaled mirror. Lower Tamar is open to everyone for day or 24 hour tickets.
Steve Pinn place a bait in the margin at Furzebray and was delighted when an hour or so later this 22lb 7oz ghost carp made off with a CR1 pale yellow pastel over une petit bed of CR1.
Andrew Ferenczi stayed at Furzebray and even though he only fished short sessions he was rewarded big time for resting the swim with the mighty Clover at 40lb 6oz.
(Above) Joe Darby broke the Copse lake record with this stunning 34lb mirror carp.
Ian Ross enjoyed a couple of nights at Lower Slade and was rewarded with this fully scaled mirror of 22lb 10oz.
(Above) Karl Hutchings and friend Edward Cochran who fished up on the inlet swim on Beatties lake they had 10 fish out up to 28lb fishing with Sticky baits white Manilla pop ups (Edward had a new pb of 28lb )
(Above) Matt Everill caught 5 fish up to 22lb 5oz on the dam wall of lodge lake fishing with Nash scopes boilies in a 48 hour session.
(Above) Darren Rundle landed 3 fish in a day session on swim 3 up on lodge lake fishing with Sticky Baits Manilla 16mm boilies.
(Above) Joe Slater banked 5 fish up to 29lb from the summer house swim on Beatties lake. Joe was fishing with Sticky baits Manilla 16mm boilies and spodded hemp and Manilla pellets combined.
(Above)Mark Downing and Dave Dymond’s haul of 41 fish in a 48 hour session on Beatties lake, Mark fished with Dave on the summer hut swim then Dave had a session on the inlet swim all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla bodies and Uberbaits.
Nick Galley landed a brace of fine carp from Upper Tamar lake a mirror carp of 23lb 15oz mirror and an 11lb common carp both fish came to homemade baits on Gardner silt skin rigs and Gardner mirage leaders.
(Above) Steve Pinn banked this beauty from Furzebrays Willow Lake on CR Baits 12mm yellow special pop up.
(Above) Jay Thomas with a stunning 25lb Furzebray Carp!
(Above) Jay Thomas with another stunning carp or 32lb
Jamie Everard fished Stafford Moor with his friend Ben Drew , fishing on swim 3 (small island ) on the Dam wall of Beatties Lake, Jamie had 5 fish off the surface with floating pellets.
(Above)Ian Fowler caught a 38lb 4oz Mirror from our Day Ticket Kracking Carp Lake at Nirvana. Ian caught the big Mirror with a trimmed down Element hook bait on a running rig size 8 barbless hook on soft braid fished 12 metres from bank in swim 1. Ian also caught this lovely 26lb 3oz Linear Carp from the Specimen Carp Lake. Ian caught the beauty using The Element by Denham baits presented as a snowman fished on a 3oz running rig, size 6 barbless hook to N’trap soft hooklink placed beside some lillies on the island margin.
(Above) Matthew Colegate completely smashed the Main Carp Lake catching a variety of Carp! Mathew caught Mirrors of 20lbs 6oz, 20lbs 4oz, 19lbs 10oz, 17lbs 14oz, 17lbs 8oz, 16lbs 14oz and a 19lb 6oz Common, all in immaculate condition. All fish were caught on a simple blow back rig with A2 Baits Fruity Fish Wafter over A2 Baits Fruity Fish freebies with a couple of handfuls of corn.
(Above) Nick Rayment also joined in on the action and caught himself a 24lb 4oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake on Mainline Cell.
