Upper Tamar bailiff Roger Maher has been doing well at the venue after finding some fish in a quiet area of the lake. Short sessions and a little pre baiting has worked really well for Roger and the results speak for themselves. He has managed lots of fish in the last couple of weeks but has picked out these as some of his favorites. The majority of fish have been doubles with the largest common being 19.12 and mirror 16.08.
Matt Jacques, 45 from Birmingham, caught a 26lb Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake. Matt fished on Peg 1, used one of CMCR’s ARSD rigs with a Paradise Baits Original Rasberry 12ml white pop up. He baited up with just a handful of pellets, crushed Beez Kneez boilies and some corn every hour or so. Matt Said – “I will be back soon for one of those big commons”.
ANOTHER LADY ANGLER HOOKED!!
Well done to Amy Wetherill who shared with us her Biggest Fish to date from the Magic Lake! It was great to see Amy at the Rig Clinic too, picking up some tips and advice for her future fishing!
TAKE NOTE BOYS AND GIRLS!
Amy Said –
“Whilst attending Anglers Paradise I caught my new personal best!
It may not seem much, but to me I was over the moon and still am!
This lovely beauty, which I have named Beastie, was caught from the Magic Lake off of the surface using a chopped down pop-up.
I love fishing this lake, watching the fish feed and getting excited waiting for the all important bite!
Beastie gave one hell of a fight and had my arm burning for over 10 minutes! This made the netting of him much more magical as the name of this lake implies!
This is the biggest fish I have caught so thank you to Anglers Paradise!
Let’s see if I can beat this new pb next year…..”
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AMY!
THE 1ST WINNER FOR FISH OF THE WEEK 2017 IS…
Craig Fisher who smashed his Personal Best with a 46lb 2oz Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake!!
Craig’s Story –
“I decided to give the Kracking a go, hoping to catch one of the big carp and land a personal best! After seeing fish around the island, I decided to move up the other end of the lake. I cast out a foot from the island and just 15 minutes later it went off!
I couldn’t believe my luck – a whopping new personal best! A great start to a fantastic week. I celebrated well in the Bar after the Wine and Dine Night that’s for sure and even won the raffle twice!! A fishing moment I will never forget!”
Craig used a snowman rig with triple-n boilie topped with milky toffee pop-up.
Craig’s luck didn’t stop there either! He also caught a Personal Best Catfish from the Specimen Cat Lake 37lbs 12oz!! Caught on a halibut boilie topped with pink stink pop-up.
WELL DONE CRAIG!! GREAT 1ST FISH OF THE WEEK FOR 2017!!
Here he is with his Winning Fish and being presented his prizes by Zyggy and Zenia.
FISH OF THE WEEK IS SPONSORED BY BURTON BAIT ROLLERS LTD, THE BAIT ROLLERS OF OUR FANTASTIC PARADISE BAITS.
The carp catches just keep on coming from Stafford Moor with Lodge Lake producing some stunning hauls of carp. A reminder to all who fish at the Moor it is a barb-less hook only venue. Fishery’s have every right to set rules that protect the valuable fish that swim within their waters. Fish care has progressed hugely in recent decades with unhooking mats and anti septic lotions now mandatory on most venues. A far cry from the days when the more caring anglers used old cushions etc to unhook fish. It would be great if one of the carp anglers out there could write a short article on fish care for this site?
Chrissy Waring AKA carp buster (one of them) who fished Stafford Moors Lodge Lake with husband Geoff. They were there for a day session in the double swim fishing with mainline cell boilies they had 6 fish out up to 25lb 8oz (Chrissy caught the 25lb 8oz )
Beth Mann fished Stafford Moors her 13th birthday and caught a 17lb 6oz mirror using tutti frutti boilie’s from a swim near the entrance to the spit on lodge lake.(Below)
James Sandford had 8 fish up to 16lb from the last swim on the dam wall on Lodge lake using hinders test bait nut 366 and Sticky Manilla boilies & Atlantic heat all with a sprinkling of particles. ( Below)
Rob Bradley who had 6 fish up to 23lb 8oz on lodge lake using squid supreme goo soaked boilies over sweetcorn.(Below)
Harry Collins (Haribo) who lives local , he had 8 fish out up to 17lb 4oz from the dam wall on lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.(Below)
Natasha Hamilton landed four carp up to 24lb from the dam wall on lodge lake using Hinders Test bait n365 and flavoured homemade Wafters over nut 365 crushed boilies & particles.
There are certainly some stunning carp being caught from North Devon waters with Stafford Moor undoubtedly one of the most consistant.
Callan Shipway landed a stunning 31lb 14oz Mirror carp from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake today fishing with Mainline cell boilies.
Joel Davis who had 11 fish in 24 hours up to 24lb on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using Mainline cell boilies.
Tom Downing(Above) and friend Andy Sanders(Below) with a couple of there 6 catches up on lodge lake in a 24 hour session using bait tech triple N15mm & 10mm boilies.
Toms fish was 20lb 10oz and Andys was 18lb 7oz
(Above) Jason Shipway had 6 fish out up to 26lb from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake using Mainline cell boilies .
(Above)Jason Barrett and friend Neil Duckett who fished up on the dam wall on lodge lake , they had 63 fish out between them in 4 days up to 24lb 3oz using Sticky Baits krill and also Manilla boilies.
Ben Smeeth of South West lakes Trust sent me these stunning pictures of carp from Squabmoor Reservoir near Exmouth. Whilst its not North Devon they are stunning images that I couldn’t resist posting.
Terry Reid has been in the action at Squabmoor reservoir near Exmouth, Devon, with this fantastic fully scaled mirror at just under 30lbs. Terry used a Pallatrax crave double pop up fished in 14 feet of water on a size 6 Korda Kurve hook with a stringer over a bed of crushed crave boilies. Top angling Terry! What a fish!
Kind regards
Ben Smeeth
Angling Technical lead for South West Lakes Trust
Countryside and Angling Manager – Cornwall
Squabmoor Reservoir, Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9 7AS
Squabmoor is one of the leading specimen waters in the South West. It is situated on Woodbury Common which is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). There are lily pads situated around the lake and the depths vary greatly from one end of the lake to the other. There are 15 immaculate swims, many of which have been created by the bailiffs. The main target are carp to 36lbs which are truly stunning with the average size around the 20lb mark. The mirror carp are the original old style fish with a really dark complexion and large scales. 17 carp to 23lbs were stocked in 2015 from Lana Springs Fish Farm. Whilst carp are the main target there is a real mix of other specimens with Tench to 6lbs, Bream to 10lbs, Roach over 2lbs, eels to 6lbs and Perch to 3lbs.
We are certainly spoilt for choice when it come to carp fishing in North Devon and Furzebray has matured into a fine carp fishery with three fine lakes to fish, Below are a few pictures to whet the appetite!
Some nice fish coming out the Copse lake, Arron Rundal had a cracking session on there landing 9 fish in total between 5lb and a lake record at 31.08
(Above) Copse Lake Fish caught by Arron Rundal
(Above)And from Island Lake Tom Collingridge landed his new PB this weekend!!!! Blackspot at a great weight of 37.06
(Above) A Copse lake beauty for Paul Holmes
