Oli Dietrich landed this stunning 21lb carp from Lower Tamar lake, it was caught on a18 mm Robinbaits test bait in the margins.
Stafford Moor Carp Catch for Father and Son
Adam Atkins and is dad John Atkins had eight fish out up to 25lb caught on Sticky Baits Manilla and a Sticky Baits Buchenberry pop ups on the inlet swim on Beatties lake.
Twenty Six – Six of the top at Stafford
John Jobson banked this personal best 26lb 6oz mirror off the surface at Stafford Moor’s Beattie’s lake.
Spawning Time for regions Carp
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.
Historic Lower Tamar
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 Banks a Furzebray Ghost
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.
Furzebray Forty and Copse Record
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.
Fine Slade Twenty
Ian Ross enjoyed a couple of nights at Lower Slade and was rewarded with this fully scaled mirror of 22lb 10oz.
Some stunning catches of carp from Stafford Moor
(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.
Upper Tamar Carp Brace
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.
