20 Sep 2017

Cats and Carp in Paradise

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RAINING CATS AND CARP ON THE SPECIMEN CAT LAKE!

Fishing Friends Scott Brown, Damien Hicks, Colin, Chris Jones and Girlfriend Leslie came down from different parts of the Country to Fish our Day Ticket Venue Nirvana, let’s just say…there was quite a lot of heavy dew during their session but at least it also rained Cats and Carp for them too!!

Scott Shared –

“All Summer I have been counting down the days for our trip to the Nirvana Day Ticket Complex at Anglers Paradise in Devon. Myself, Chris, Leslie, Damien and Colin arrived and set our traps hoping for a similar outcome to last year’s trip.

Zyg says it never rains in Devon – well on this occasion I’m afraid he was telling porky pies, it chucked it down! But never the less the, Lakes still produced a few corkers!

I managed a 30lb 3oz catfish and a 22lb 5oz mirror as well as three smaller but chunky carp, all my fish coming to Finforce baits. Chris Jones got the biggest of the trip a 51lb 1oz Catfish all from the Specimen Cat Lake and Damien managed a 29lb Common from the Kracking Carp Lake. Leslie and Colin bagged up on Orfe and Rudd whilst trying a bit of float fishing but unfortunately didn’t manage to get amongst the bigger ones this time.

Great trip had by all and I look forward to our next adventure as a group”.

FISHING, FRIENDS AND FUN, ENJOYING THE SPORT TOGETHER – WELL DONE GUYS!

Anglers Paradise

 

18 Sep 2017

Stafford Moor Carp Fishing Latest

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Jason Shipway and his son Liam landed 23 fish in a 48 hour session from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake. They were both using Mainline cell Boilies. Jason had a new personal best  30lb 2oz carp.   Liam had a new personal best of 27lb. They both had a fabulous session here.

(Below) Liam Shipway carp 27lb

17 Sep 2017

Specimen Carp From Stafford Moor

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Liam Shipway  caught 11 fish up to 22lb  from the inlet swim on Beattie’s using Mainline cell boilies.

Darren Rundle landed 2 fish in a day session up to 19lb (shown below) on swim 3 up on lodge lake using Sticky Baits Krill boilies.

(Below ) Rob Kendall who fished on the summer hut swim on Beattie’s and had 8 fish out up to 29lb 4oz using home made boilies.

11 Sep 2017

Stafford Moor – Carp on the feed!

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(Above)Paul Evans  had a few fish up to 24lb 11oz from the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using baitworks and Mainline cell & Hybrid boilies.

(Above)Adam Hilton and daughter Isla.(Below) They had 5 fish from the back bays on Beattie’s using Sticky Baits Manilla Boilies.

(Below) Simon Sweet who was here with friend Jeff watts. They fished the first double swim up on lodge lake on the dam wall. They had 4 fish out using Mainline doucey crab and cell.

(Below) Regular Steve Pinn with a fine common carp caught on on the new Uberbait’s Uberkrab.

(Above) Another fine carp for Steve Pinn

 

11 Sep 2017

FURZEBRAY on top form with Forties topping catches

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Furzebray’s Island Carp Lake certainly hit top form last week with two carp banked at over forty pounds and numerous thirties. Above is Josh Jones with Clover at a weight of 41lb 6oz.

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Andey Massey banked Dropscale at a weight of 40lb 6oz. Andy also landed Star at a weight of 35lb 4oz and several other 20lb plus carp.

The fish was stocked in 2007 and the capture of this fish and other huge fish from the venue are testament to years of hard work and development from father and son team Martin and Tony Kingdom

James Stanford had a fantastic weekends fishing on Willow Lake landing this cracking 33lb mirror and a 22.12 ghost common!!The mirror sets a new Lake record for Willow Lake.

I visited Furzebray myself at the weekend for a day session and succeeded in putting one carp onto the bank a lumpy mirror known to regulars as ‘Quasimodo’. Due to a fault with my scales I cannot register the weight but it weighed over twenty on its last five visits to the bank! The fish was tempted on Sticky Baits Krill purchased from North Devon Tackle. Many thanks to Jamie who gave welcome advice to an occasional carp dangler. I have not invested much time in carp fishing over recent years and browsing through the shelves of technical tackle on display is mind blowing. Whilst there is a huge array of tackle and bait available these days little has really changed since the early eighties when I indulged in a period of relatively intense carp fishing. Basically standard carp fishing revolves around bolt rigs and hair rigs presenting a boilie on the hook. Catching big carp is still hard work and above all tends to demand the investment of time. Good water craft and careful thought can of course shorten the odds of connecting with a specimen. The first step in catching quality carp is of course to fish water where they are present and Furzebray is certainly a great place to target. Carp anglers in the South West have never had it so good with waters containing fish over twenty pounds and even thirty pounds now very widespread.

One of the joys of carp fishing is the opportunity to just sit and observe the wild life that abounds around our lakes. As a strong wind swept over the lakes at Furzebray yesterday swallows and martins were swooping over the water feasting before leaving on their migration to warmer climes. Autumn is certainly here.

In the weedy shallows of Copse Lake I glimpsed several good carp and enjoyed a few hours stalking with one rod before moving onto Willow Lake.

10 Sep 2017

Stunning Carp from Melbury Reservoir

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Ashley Bunning has been hauling in some superb carp at Melbury reservoir recently with seven carp to 26lb 2oz. All fish fell to a snowman with Burton Bait Rollers new test bait with a Scopex pop up. Ashley put about 30 freebies on each spot of the new test bait and ‘Magnet’. And also used Lakebed Leads 4oz distance leads. Ultima XR 14lb main line with Entity hook lengths.