Carp anglers are relishing good fishing conditions across North Devon.
At Stafford Moor Alex Watson fished Lodge Lake to tempt a personal best mirror carp of 30lb 4oz.
( Below) Jay Thurston also fished Lodge Lake to tempt a carp of 37lb 12oz.
Stafford Moor Carp Catches
The South Westerly winds and unsettled conditions are perfect for carp fishing.
(Above) Dean and Gary banked 25 fish from the beach swim on Beatties lake glad you both had a fabulous time especially after driving all the way from Kent !
(Above) Pete Lilley who banked 6 fish from Beatties lake including a new pb stunning 28lb 4oz common.
MELBURY CARP BRACE
Alex Charlton enjoyed a fathers day session to remember at Melbury Reservior banking a common carp of 26lb 10oz and mirror carp of 23lb 9oz.
FIFTY TWO CARP IN A SESSION AT STAFFORD MOOR
Jay Thurstans and his friend Paul fished on Beatties lake on the dam wall and inlet swim where they banked 52 fish between them up to 35lb 3oz the guys caught on CC Moore live system boilies the fish are on the munch now after all the spawning is over with !
A Kracking 50
Graham Tasker fished anglers Paradises Kracking Carp Lake and banked a superb mirror carp scaling 51lb 6oz.
Upper Tamar 31lb Common
Shaun Freeman shared these pictures from Upper Tamar: “I’ve been stuck on a 28lb PB for a long time so this 31lb common means a lot. I did an overnighter in gut bucket bay and had three small carp, but heard larger fish topping up by the quarry, so did a night in the quarry fishing the margins. I finished over about 2 kg of 12 mm GS 10 and had the take about 5 o’clock in the evening on a 16 mm pop-up on a Multi rig. Backed up by a 20lb mirror and a 17lb common.”
Stafford Moor – Voted one of the best !
Stafford Moor fishery has recently been voted one of the best carp fishing venues in the UK coming sixth in Angling Times recent poll
Dan Gunn and his friend Adrian fished on the double swim 1 up on lodge lake they banked 7 fish up to 26lb. The guys were using Krill 20mm boilies glugged & Mainline Hybrid wafters.
( Below) Scott Allan who fished from swim 2 on lodge lake and had 11 fish out up to 27lb , all fish were caught on Mainline cell boilies.
SUPERB SPRING FISHING ON South West Lakes Waters
A 3lb 8oz Perch John Deprieelle caught from Roadford this weekend. Perch fishing (by boat only) is offered alongside game fishing at Roadford. Purchase your permits and check the rules here: https://www.swlakestrust.org.uk/roadford-lake #ItsYourOutdoors
(Below) Steve Dawe caught three specimen bream at 11lb 10oz, 12lb 8oz and 13lb 6oz from Lower Tamar on a recent session.
( Below) Some fantastic catches by Joe Dietrich from Lower Tamar!
He had PBs all-round with a PB common of 31lb 6oz, PB tench of 7lb 10oz and a bream of 13lb
(Below) Ashley Bunning had 3 fish to 28lb 12oz at Lower Tamar last week, all on Nashbait Scopex Squid wafters over a bed of 20mm Scopex Squid freebies.
New carp fishing spot alert!
This May and September, we will be introducing carp fishing at Roadford Lake. This is an ideal, naturally beautiful location, just off the A30, perfect for anglers living in both Devon and Cornwall.
This will be a trial venture in a designated area at the lake, including 12 swims.
Find out more and book: https://www.swlakestrust.org.uk/roadford-lake-carp
Gigantica Adventure
Quay Sports Shop manager Chris Connaughton – Mono has recently returned from the almighty Gigantica. Fishing in very tough conditions with the lake not producing many bites Chris decided that Instead of using the usual spomb tactic to get a bed of bait out at around 100yards he opted to utilise our very own Hunter Pro FantaStik (throwing stick) to spread the feed to keep the fish moving as well as baiting up from the bank. This saw Chris land 3 carp to 34lb using his own Remix Baits Cellnapple pop ups alongside Mainline Baits freezer boilies.
Latest Carp Catches from Stafford Moor
(Below) Chris Tester tempted 3 carp up to 28lb from the inlet swim on Beatties lake , Chris was using Sticky Baits Manilla wafters and Maxattract baits slab liquid.
(Below) Paul Painter & son Jack who fished up on beach 1 swim 14 on lodge lake they had 12 fish out and both now have new pbs! Pauls new pb is a 33lb 2oz mirror and Jacks is a 30lb common using C C Moore live system boilies and frutellas.
