Lee Parkhouse landed seven carp up to 23lb 14oz this weekend from swim 3 on the dam wall of Stafford Moor’s Lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla Boilies fabulous fishing especially this time of year.
Winter carp at Stafford Moor
(Above) John Townsend had a brace of carp from the sunset swim (dam wall) on lodge lake . He used a solid PVA bag rig. Hook bait was the ever reliable Cell dumbell ‘
(Above) Martyn Green had 3 fish including this stunning common from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake using Mainline cell boilies.
Winter Carp Action at Stafford Moor
Jacob Glover who had this lovely looking mirror carp from the dam wall on lodge lake on a day ticket using Mainline Essential IB boilies.
Carp at Stafford Moor as temperature drops
Steve Pinn continues to catch at Stafford Moor despite the onset of colder weather!
Melbury brace of twenties
A quick overnight session for Aaron Jones at the weekend on Melbury produced two cracking 20lb mirrors. Aaron’s pre-baiting and persistence on the venue has paid off in the shape of this 20.08 mirror and a linear of 20.02 which is on the matt. Driving hail and rain didn’t deter Aaron so credit to him given the conditions to catch. He had this to say ‘After 3 weeks of pre baiting I had 2 carp, the first was still in the net while I re-cast to the baited spot then again it went steaming off!’ well done Aaron – top stuff.
Paradise Carp
(Above)Nicholas Rayment, 61 from East Sussex joined us for his free week after his 10th year in a row holidaying with us and decided to target the Specimen Carp Lake as the Main Carp Lake is being prepped ready for the fish to return.
Nicholas was made up when he caught a 22lb 12oz Mirror and a 23lb 8oz Common making his week! Nicholas fished from the Pagoda, using a bottom bait presentation size 6 wide gap hook with a 20mm Krill Boilie fishing over a small bed of hemp, sweetcorn, 10mm boilies and 15mm half baits.
(Above)Oli Dietrich, 43 from Virginstow was a very happy chappy after landing a 26lb 8oz Common also from Nirvana’s Day Ticket Xanadu Lake. Oli used a 18mm bottom bait on a simple blow back rig, with two kilos of freebies around the hook bait in the margin, and was caught on a Robin baits new test bait TT.
(Above)Alan George 39, from Treharris, South Wales caught a 21lb 14oz Common from Nirvana’s Day Ticket Xanadu Lake. Alan caught the Common using Mad Baits Nuts snowman on a Fluro D Rig, fished over boilie crumb and whole boilies.
Paul Craddock from Southampton fished the Specimen Carp Lake and caught a PB 27lb 2oz Mirror off the top on a Sticky Krill Floater. After a 20 minute battle through the patches of Lily Pads he finally landed the fish, Paul couldn’t believe that he beat his old PB by 10lbs! Paul said – “New PB was now 27lb 2oz… That one fish made the whole trip worth it. Thank you for the opportunity to fish such a fantastic venue.”
Upper Tamar Carp
Andy Johnson caught this stunning mirror carp of 21lb1oz from Upper Tamar Lake.
Winter Carp from Lodge Lake
Darren Rundle from Lanivet, Bodmin fished a one day session on Stafford Moors Lodge Lake to bank three fabulous carp fish using 20mm Sticky Baits Manilla Boilies.
Secret brings a big smile!
Ben Smeeth of SWLT sent me this news story; its not a North Devon Fish but its a handsome fish with a happy angler!
Bill Laken has caught ‘the secret’ from Argal reservoir in Cornwall at a top weight of 37lb. It’s the first time this fish has reached 37lbs and fingers crossed it will go even higher over the winter and head towards the 40lb mark for the spring. It’s a great reward for Bill who puts a lot of time and effort into Argal both as a bailiff and angler and we are delighted for him on this success.
Carp off the surface in November
EASY ACCESS COMMON OFF THE TOP
5C’s Member Maggot Mick Whitfield recently had a few hours on the Easy Access Lake and managed to catch this lovely 12lb Common off the top on dog biscuits.
It just goes to show that if you get the conditions right then you can fish off the surface any time of year!