Andres Endean banked these two fine carp from Lower Slade a 23lb 2oz common and a 16lb 2oz mirror.
Spawning Time for regions Carp
The next best thing to actually fishing is watching fish and with water temperatures climbing carp are spawning at many lakes across the region. This gives the unique opportunity to do a bit of fish watching and to get a good look at what the venue contains. Kris Vanstone sent me this video of Lower Tamar lakes carp in full courtship ritual. At times like this the carp seldom feed and are best left in peace.
Stafford Moor – Dozen Haul
Daniel Brooks enjoyed a great session on Stafford Moors Beatties Lake landing 12 fish out up to 23lb 7oz all caught on Sticky baits Krill pellets and boilies from swim 1 (Long Island) on the dam wall. 
Stafford Moor – In Top Form Latest Update
Its been a busy week at Stafford Moor whilst I have been away on holiday in Scotland!
Barry Taylor a scaffolder from Newton Abbot had 17 fish out up to 27lb from the inlet swim on Beatties lake fishing with mainline cell boilies but sadly Jo has no pictures of this fine haul.
(Above)Pete Chapman and Mandy Chapman had five carp from swim 4 on lodge lake fishing with Sticky baits Buchenberry pop ups and signature pop ups plus Pallatrax jungle.
(Above )Pete Honeybourne banked eight carp up to 21lb 1oz from the inlet swim on beatties lake all caught on Mainline Cell 15mm boilies.
(Above) Nik Slater fished on Lodge Lakes swim 3 and had 6 carp fishing with sticky baits krill boilies and spicy squid power smoke.
(Above) Woodrow Van Koutrik aged 14 who comes fishing with his dad Andrew who had 4 fish during an evening session on Beatties lake on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake fishing with Sticky baits Manilla boilies,
(Above) Ash Graham & friend Ben who popped out to visit a relative fishing up on lodge lake and ended up stalking for only a few hours and had 7 fish out up to 20lb on 10mm yellow pop ups.
(Above) Mark Downing and his friend Dave Dymond banked 28 fish from lodge lake during a weekend session ! Mark fished on swim 6 then moved to swim 2 , Dave fished on swim 4 they caught on Uberbait and Sticky baits Manilla boilies.
(Above) Tony Johns was with his friend Andy Byrne they had 3 fish out up to 18lb 1oz from the beach swim on Beatties Lake caught on Mainline Cell & Sticky Baits Manilla pop ups.
(Above) Harry Collins aka ‘Haribo’ banked 2 fish in 24 hours up on Lodge lake. Harry was on swim 3 then moved to swim 5 the fish pictured was 24lb 6oz and tempted on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
(Above) Some regular Stafford Moor anglers who had a carp social here on Beatties lake with 11 guys fishing. The winner of their competition was Dean Willoughby who smashed it with 20 fish caught up to 28lb Deans total weigh of fish was 355lb from the inlet swim fishing with Cornwall baits special occasion.
They all had a great weekend despite rough weather that seemed to stimulate the carp!
Upper Tamar is in fine form for carp
Ashley Bunning has made the most of Upper Tamar fish switching on with a 13 fish session. Ashley managed a mirror at 21.03 along with commons to high doubles and a really silver common at 15lbs. All fish were caught over a bed of Nashbait scopex squid boilies with matching fluoros and wafter hook baits over the top.
(Below) Nigel Woods targeted Upper Tamar for a couple of hours stalking and was rewarded with this cracking 23.15 Mirror. This is one of the newly stocked fish from 2017 and its 2lbs up in weight and looking great! Nigel’s successful tactics were a Mainline cell wafter over a few freebies.
News From Paradise – The Big Fish Off ITV4
Big Fish Off
The latest series of the Big Fish Off is scheduled to air on ITV4 starting on the 29th March at 8pm. Not sure when the episode that was shot here is on, but there are sure to be some cracking episodes with a load of laughs, can’t wait. The show will be discussed on Soccer AM this Saturday,17th March and there will also be clips from the forthcoming series.
The Big One
If you’re planning on visiting The Big One Show between the 24th and 25th March in Farnborough, Hampshire, then make sure you pay the Anglers Paradise Team a visit! They will be on stand 28a along with Deception Angling. Zyg and Zenia will be there to greet you. Over the course of the weekend there is an opportunity to win a holiday for 8 people. For a lucky few, or probably the early birds, they’ll be a chance to take away a sample of the “Twist” which is one of the Paradise Baits range, produced exclusively by Burton Bait Rollers.
All the big angling names will be there, as well as their products and hopefully there will be some cracking deals to be had. “We hope to see you there for our 1st ever show, we are very excited!!”
Fish Moving Well
Lee Abbott one of our estate staff lost a big fish on Kraking Carp the other day. Fish are moving well now that the milder climes are here, were glad to see the back of the cold spell we had the other week, even we experienced snow even though it “never snows in Devon”
Special Easter Offer
We still have Fisherman’s Majestic on offer (sleeps 4) on March 31st normally £900 a week, for the offer price of £700. Fabulous views across Dartmoor at a saving of over 20%. Offer is on a first come first served basis. Come and join Rose and myself for. Apart from the offer there is still are a limited number of villas available over Easter.
Seven carp to 25lb 3oz – Stafford Moor
M J Luscombe who had seven carp up to 25lb 3oz on the summer house swim on Beattie’s lake using Mainline cell boilies.
Autumn Carp Sport at Stafford Moor
Rob Kendall and his daughter Brooke enjoyed 2 days on the beach swim on Beattie’s lake. Rob had a top weight of 21lb 4oz and Brooke had a new personal best of 20lb all caught on Robs home made bait.
(Below)Keith Green and Matt Bennett who had 17 fish out in a 48 hour session on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using a combination of Sticky Baits pineapple & B
utyric pop ups , Uber crab & nut boilies & cc Moore equinox boilies.
(Below) Nikki Danielle Parker and partner Karl Hutchison who had 10 fish out between them up to 24lb (which was Nikkis new PB ) on the double swim on Lodge lake dam wall using home made boilies .
Fish to Thirty plus from Stafford Moor
Above -Brinn Jones who had carp to 19lb from Lodge lake using Bash scope & key kray.
(Above)Jason Crawford landed 4 fish up to 30lb 3oz using Mainline Cell Boilies and pop ups from the 2nd swim on the dam wall (the triangle) on Beattie’s lake.
Nathan Oliver landed a couple of fine carp to 25lb from the dam wall on Beatties lake using urban baits nutcracker boilies and pop ups.
Capturing carp and images
Steve Pinn AKA the ‘Bivvy tramp’ certainly invests his time wisely at Stafford Moor where he captures not only the stunning fish but also the beauty of nature at the venue.