The annual netting has been taking place at Anglers Paradise and the weights of the venues biggest cats should be revealed later this week!! Something for those catfish anglers to dream about over the cold winter months as they wait for next summer when the catfish will once again go on the prowl.
(Above)Damien Chambers, 31 from Southport caught a 24lb Mirror and a Personal Best hard fighting 33lb Mirror from the Main Carp Lake , he was after his 1st ever 30 and he caught it!! Both Carp were caught on Inception Boilies.
Julie Kingsman, 56 from Peterborough has a pretty special story because recently Julie received a phone call from the Post Code Lottery to tell her she’d just WON it!! Julie literally couldn’t believe it, she’d never even dreamed that she’d ever win, and it wasn’t until the T.V Crew turned up with Jeff Brazier to present her with the Cheque that it truly sank in!! After winning Julie thought what better way to spend some of her winnings than to treat her friends to a Holiday at Anglers Paradise and that is what she did! Julie booked 3 Villa’s for her and her best friends and had a week of making memories including Julie catching a Personal Best 20lb Common from the Main Carp Lake which won Fish Of The Week!!
(Above)Steve Elsbury, 34 from Holsworthy has been putting in the hours fishing Nirvana’s Kracking Carp Lake in the mission to beat his previous Personal Best 38lb Common that he caught from the Lake back in June…Well, the saying – “Good things come to those that wait…or bait!!” – is TRUE!! Steve has only gone and beaten that 38lb Common with a 41lb Mirror known as the ‘Z FISH’ as it has a Z Scar on it’s side.
Steve said – “After many a thoughtful night, I finally managed my second personal best carp from Anglers Paradise. The fish fell for a cr1 pop up fished over a large bed of cr1 boilie, hybrid curve shank hooks holding strong as always.”
(Above) Damien Chambers, 31 from Southport caught a 24lb Mirror and a Personal Best hard fighting (Above) 33lb Mirror from the Main Carp Lake , he was after his 1st ever 30 and he caught it!! Both Carp were caught on Inception Boilies.
5C’s Member Jordan Whitfield, 21 from Exeter jvisited Anglers Paradise for a session on the Main Carp Lake for the last Syndicate Weekend of the year and caught this stunning 21lb 2oz Fully scaled Mirror and a mid-double.
Jordan caught the fish from the Little Point Swim with Mainline Cell Wafters casted towards the Boat House Island with scattered boillies over the top.
Not my idea of fun but if you fancy a bit of armchair fishing this new game could be of Interest. The details below come direct from Zenia at Anglers Paradise. I would rather fish in real paradise but I guess this way you wouldn’t get cold and wet.
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANGLERS PARADISE TO BE IN A GAME COMING OUT IN 2018!
A NEW Game that will be an App called ‘Tight Lines Game’, will be coming to us all to play in 2018 AND Anglers Paradise are going to be one of the many Fisheries on it to fish VIRTUALLY!!
THE MAKERS OF THE APP SHARED WITH US –
“At the beginning of a Tight Lines game each player is given a tacklebox, fishing licence and landing net, and also selects two of the four hook baits available. It is up to the players to manage their tackle box, adding and removing items as strategy or conditions dictate. There are not enough tackle box compartments to carry everything that a player might need throughout a game, so keeping a good balance of items is important #tipthescales. Also, if #bobthebailiff catches you without a required item such as a licence, or with an illegal one like a banned bait, the penalties could be severe – unless you bribe him of course!”
The Tight Lines #fishtheworldapp #comingin2018 will feature ANGLER’S PARADISE @anglersparadisedevon. One of my favorite places to enjoy a fishing holiday, Angler’s Paradise boasts of 30 lakes, luxury accommodation, and most importantly a wonderful variety of stunning fish. Carp to 50lbs, #welscatfish to over 80lbs, #goldentench, #grasscarp, #goldenorfe, #koicarp and many more.
What an awesome set of “Fish on!” cards this venue will have. #coarsefishing #familyfishing #carpfishing #fishingholidays #kickstarter #thefishinggame #tightlines.”
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US AND WE FOR ONE CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY IT WHEN WE CAN’T GO FISHING FOR REAL!!
ANOTHER PERSONAL BEST CARP FROM THE KRACKING!
Steve Elsbury, 34 from Holsworthy has been putting in the hours fishing Nirvana’s Kracking Carp Lake in the mission to beat his previous Personal Best 38lb Common that he caught from the Lake back in June…
Well, the saying – “Good things come to those that wait…or bait!!” – is TRUE!!
Steve has only gone and beaten that 38lb Common with a 41lb Mirror known as the ‘Z FISH’ as it has a Z Scar on it’s side.
Steve shared –
“After many a thoughtful night, I finally managed my second personal best carp from Anglers Paradise. The fish fell for a cr1 pop up fished over a large bed of cr1 boilie, hybrid curve shank hooks holding strong as always.”
MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE STEVE!!
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!
Zenia at Anglers Paradise is successfully trying to get more women interested in fishing and having some success as can be seen from her latest post below,
ANOTHER NEW LADY ANGLER ENJOYING THE SPORT!
As you know, we LOVE to see more Women on the banks enjoying FISHING!!
Here is a lady that does just that! Emily Wearden, 35 from Abingdon in Oxfordshire has only been fishing for a year and joined us last week with her partner James and caught 2 Personal Bests – a 5lb 11oz Koi from the Koi Lake off the top on Dog Biscuits and a 9lb Mirror from the Beginners Carp Lake on a Pineapple Wafter, her partner James Durkin also caught a Personal Best 3lb 8oz Koi from the Float Lake on a pop up.
Emily Shared –
“We have just come back from a fantastic week at Anglers Paradise. Your family/staff have done a great job on not only the fishing lakes, but also the accommodation. We came down for James 40th Birthday and can’t wait to come back next year.
I have only been fishing for about a 1 year, I am now 35 years old and love fishing!”
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC EMILY – KEEP UP THE GREAT ANGLING AND PASSION FOR FISHING!
(Below)BIGGEST EVER KOI BUT NO SCALES TO WEIGH IT!
Steven Blackburn, 39 from Liverpool joined Anglers Paradise for a week with the lads for some fishing and fun and on their last day they decided to go back to the Koi Lake to see if they could catch one of the bigger ones…
Well Steve did catch one of the bigger ones but he forgot his scales to see exactly how big it was!! But, it definitely looks bigger than 8lb+!!
Steven shared –
“I was free lining using the soft floating biscuits from your tackle shop, I was fishing just a few feet from the bank around the Lillies to the left as you enter the lake from the foot path. After throwing in a few freebies to get them confidently feeding I chucked in my hook bait and next thing I know this massive head slowly comes up through the water and sucks it in. I couldn’t believe my luck. All the way through the fifteen minute fight to get it in I was constantly saying ‘please don’t come off, please don’t come off”
We ended up doing two days on the Koi Lake, easily the best fishing experience I’ve had to date.”
(Below)Oli Dietrich caught this fine carp of 24lb from the complex xanadu on #robinbaits.
WEEKEND FULL OF FISH AND FUN AT ELDORADO
Paul Painter from Exeter, brought his Sons (Jack 7 and Harry 14) to fish the Middle Cat and Carp Lake at Eldorado for 48hrs and managed to catch quite a few fish! They ended up with 45 Carp, 1 Cat and some lovely Koi from the Koi Lake!
Paul said – “It was good to see my boys enjoying the outdoors and catching lots of fish, Jack loved stalking out the beautiful Koi from the Koi Lake and Harry loved stalking out the Carp. Good to spend some quality time with my boys, top rods! Harry and Jack love your Lakes and look forward to their next trip after a nice big Cat for Harry and some Koi for Jack!”
WELL DONE TO THE PAINTER FAMILY – GREAT CATCHES AND TIME SPENT TOGETHER – WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT!
TWELFTH TWENTY 8 YEARS IN A ROW FROM THE SPECIMEN CARP LAKE
Well Done to David Tretheway for catching his 12th 20lb+ Carp from the Specimen Carp Lake 8 years running, this year in the shape of this 23lb 8oz Common!
David Shared –
“For 8 years running now, I have caught a 20+ from the Specimen Carp Lake, at least 12 different 20’s in total… This year’s 20 was a 23lb 8oz Common, caught on boilie in my usual swim, and I will be back next year for number 13!”
Jack Siddle, 21 from Hull, East Yorkshire caught a Personal Best 29lb Mirror from the Main Carp Lake beating his previous PB of 26lbs!
Jack’s Story –
“Holiday made in the first 10 minutes’ – The first session of the holiday was on the Main Carp Lake as I really wanted to catch one of the huge, original, scaley mirrors that I have seen many pictures of, on instagram. I set up on a swim called ‘snags’ next to the boat house and decided to pre bait during the day across to the lily pads with no lines in the water to gain the fish’s confidence. Come 6pm , I cast my rods out fishing locked up, I couldn’t believe my eyes when after 10minutes my right rod burst into action. After a short but intense battle, I landed one of the fish I was aiming for, one of the large heavily scaled mirrors!
I used Sticky Baits Krill 20mm boilies on a blow back rig consisting of Korda N-Trap semi stiff braid and a Nash Fang twister size 4 barbless hook.
Thanks again to Zyg, Zenia and the team at Anglers Paradise for another amazing week, I will definitely be back but next time in pursuit of one of the huge residents out of Kracking Carp”.
