The exceptionally mild weather has ensured that the carp continue to feed. I recorded 13 Degrees C as I drove home from work at 5:30 this morning!
Lee and NIck Galley fished Stafford Moors Beatties Lake to land several carp. The best to Lee’s rod a fine specimen of 24lb 4oz; Lee also landed a fish of 16lb 8oz. Nicks best was a fish of 18lb 4oz. They also landed a couple of upper singles all tempted on their own black magic bait in conjunction with Gardner rigs and terminal tackle.
Marc Dobson with his birthday catch from Stafford Moor a 25lb 5oz mirror carp from the summerhouse swim on Beattie’s lake using Sticky Baits Manilla 16mm boilies.
A couple of Autumn crackers at Furzebray for Ben May weighing 29lb 8oz and C scale at 28lb well done on two fine fish mate especially after it’s been fishing so slow. Not to be out done by Ben his brother Matt May also got in on the action landing Pearly at a new top weight of 28lb10oz and looking mint in her winter colours! Tony Kingdom “Well done chaps on a great bit of angling in tough conditions…”.
Tony informs all that Willow will close for a short while see below.
Willow Closure!!!
Willow will be closed from the 8th of November for a couple of weeks for netting we hope to reopen it time for the winter tickes to start at the beginning of December. If anyone is interested in winter tickets for willow please post below they will be £75 for 3 months.
Jennetts regular Bradley Laughton has been in the action again at the day ticket venue in Bideford, Devon. Brad along with friend Liam Parsons managed four fish to the low 20lb range on hinged stiff rigs with a Mainline IB pop up fished over a bed of CC Moore equinox boilies.
Geoff Waring with one of his catches from Stafford Moor a 23lb 6oz from the summerhouse swim on Beattie’s lake using mainline cell.
Carp on are continuing to succumb to anglers baits at Stafford Moor despite a drop in temperature .
Kriss Kemyan who had a few fish up to 23lb 8oz (shown below ) which is his new personal best up on lodge lake using Mainline cell boilies.
Harry Lord with one of his catches a 21lb 10oz from the dam wall on Lodge lake using mainline cell boilies.
The latest carp catches from the ever prolific Stafford Moor
(Above)Chris Down with a couple of his catches up to 24lb 10oz using Jarzys fruit and nut boilies from Beatties this weekend
(Above)Ben drew with one of his 3 catches from lodge lake using sticky baits buchenberry pop ups up to 18lb 4oz.
John Westhead
John Westhead returned to angling after a fifteen year break and was delighted with his 17lb 4oz first ever carp caught up on lodge lake using good old mainline cell boilies.
Chris Blythe
Chris Blythe fished Lodge Lake with his wife Donna and had a few fine carp out of Lodge Lake up to 22lb using Sticky Baits Krill 16mm boilies.
Harry Collins had 5 fish out in 24 hours fishing Beatties lake up to 21lb 1oz using cc moore live system and mainline cell boilies.
Latest report from Ben Smeeth of South West Lakes Trust.
Lee Graver had a cracking weekend at Lower Tamar landing 7 carp including this stunning 27lb 13oz common. Lee had some smaller fish which are coming through from stocking in recent years which were in superb condition including a lovely 14lb mirror. Lee was using Specimen Carp Baits boilies at 120 yards range with Westcountry Leads. Top angling Lee!
Lee Hayden with his his early morning catch a 31 lb beauty from the summerhouse swim on Beatties using duster matrix pop up ,fished choddy style.