(Above) Stephen Best and Sean banked 14 carp between them from swim 1 up on Lodge Lake. They fished out in the open water using mainline cell/ link and mainline toasted almond pop ups over a bed of particles , Steve used deep blue particles
(Below) Dale Bennington had 28 fish out in 3 days on the inlet swim on Beatties lake all caught on Mainline cell boilies.
There have been some stunning catches of carp from Stafford Moor over the past couple of weeks so may I have had a job keeping up!
Below are a few from what is North Devons’ most prolific carp fishery.
(Below) Ben Pittock and Luke Philpott who had 23 fish out between them from big fish corner swim 4 and small island swim 3 on Beatties lake. Caught on mirage baits king crab & essential shellfish B5
Liam Jason Shipway fished with his dad Jason they had 10 fish out from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake fishing with Mainline cell 15mm & 18mm boilies, sweetcorn, hemp and the new Nash spod cloud purchased from the JO-OP
(Below)Check out Andy Parkinson who had 12 fish from swim 3 (small island)on the dam wall on Beatties lake up to 26lb 9oz caught on Sticky Baits Manilla with bait works scent from hell & Mainline essential cell & proper Job squid & Octopus pop ups
(Below)Josh Lewis who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake. Josh had 3 fish out including his new pb of 23lb 10oz he fished between the 2 islands. All caught on Nash instant action coconut Cream 15mm boilies & wonderberry goo
(Below)Wayne Law had 7 fish out including this stunning beauty below we have called ‘Tango’ from the second swim on the dam wall on Beatties lake. Wayne was fishing 3 rods out in the open water with Sticky baits Manilla, Krill and Mainline link boilies.
Steve Keyworth had 11 fish out up to 24lb 8oz from swim 6 on lodge lake in 24 hours all caught on Nash Candy Nut Crush 15mm boilies.
(Below)Adrian Stockton had 22 fish out in a 3 night stay up on swim 3 on Lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
(Below) Paul Blake enjoyed a great day fishing Lodge Lake at Stafford Moor with his son Matt Blake. Matt caught 3 mirrors 9lb 13oz, 14lb 5oz and 16lb 5oz beating his personal twice. Paul landed a personal best carp of 19lb 15oz. Paul says, “Many thanks to Joanne and Paul Coombes, a fantastic fishery, we will be back!”.
Andrew Van Koutrik banked these fine carp from Lower Slade Reservoir near Ilfracombe.
The biggest living Carp in Devon !!! and new complex record, a 53lb 4oz Leather Carp nicknamed Silverback, caught by Ryan Owen from Manchester.Not only does Ryan come on holiday to Anglers Paradise but this time he came with a friend and they fished one of the day ticket waters called Kracking Karp, the reward was his biggest ever Carp. He was so pleased that he went into the water to release the fish. Zyg opened a bottle of bubbly, had the first swig and gave the rest to Ryan.
Aaron Bunning targeted Upper Tamar lake on the Cornwall and Devon border and caught this lovely mirror at 21lb exactly. Aaron also had a double figure common and both fish fell to Scopex Squid fluro pop ups over 2kgs of 20mm freebies. This continues Aaron’s fine run on the venue…….
Ben Smeeth Reports -“Paul James caught this lovely 17lb mirror from Slade on a boilie. The lake is producing some really nice fishing at the moment”.
Paul James comments from Slade – Mark Brown bailiff at Slade fished for 24 hours he caught a common carp just over 21 lb Bob Coltman has been putting the hours in and was rewarded with 5 carp all mid doubles myself and Pete Pearson fished Slade for a 24 hours session I landed 3 carp with the biggest being a stunning mirror which was stocked in 2007 with 50 other carp average between 2 and 5 pound Pete Pearson landed 2 carp a fine 21 lb common and a mirror of upper double.
Jordan Marsh broke his Personal Best for a common carp when visiting Upper Tamar banking this this chunky 25lb common that took a liking to his Nash Scopex Squid boilie.
He also broke his PB for a Mirror with this 19lb 15oz fish.
We are delighted for Aaron Bunning who has put a lot of time in at Upper Tamar over the years and is reaping the rewards now. Aaron has been catching plenty of fish recently and landed ‘The Peach’ at 29lb 2oz . Down in weight but we anticipate this will go up again now. Aaron caught the fish within 10 minutes of putting his rods out and was delighted with the capture. Aaron also had two other stocked mirrors, one at 18lbs and one just over 20lbs. Nash Scopex Squid Wafters did the trick over a bed of 1kg of the same boilies. Well done Aaron…..
Ashley Bunning has had a cracking session on Upper Tamar last week with 7 fish to 21lb 4oz. The silver Mirror went 21lb 4oz with the remainder all being chunky mid to high double commons. Nash Scopex Squid Fluoros over a bed of matching freebies did the trick for Ashley….
Clive Ashford Key and his son Charlie fished up on Swim 13 on the spit on Lodge lake. Clive & Charlie banked fourteen fish in total up yo 20lb 4oz. Clive was using blow back k-d rigs, Urban nutcracker/Sticky baits Manilla & Bloodworm boilies, some caught on Wafters snowman style. Charlie had a new personal best of 14lb 8oz fishing with Manilla tipped with corn and Manilla wafters.
(Below) Adam Barnett
(Below)Paul Blake enjoyed a great day fishing Lodge lake at Stafford Moor, caught 2 mirrors, 14lb 9oz and 17lb 14oz.
Adrian Morgan and Neil Merriman have been having plenty of fish from Jennetts recently topped off with a 24lb 10oz common for Adrian. Majority of fish have been between 15-20lbs.
