The latest carp catches from the prolific Moor
Carping In Paradise
PB COMMON FROM THE KRACKING CARP LAKE! Steve Elsbury, 34 from Holsworthy caught a New Personal Best 38lb Common from the Kracking Carp Lake! It’s the 1st time this year that one of the ‘Original Commons’ has come out so it’s a pretty special catch!! This was Steve’s 3rd attempt on the Kracking Carp and after seeing several of the lakes residents over the last couple of weeks, he was over the moon when he managed to bank one on his 3rd attempt! Steve used CR baits Cr1 wafter over a bed of CR1 bottom baits.
(Below)OFF THE TOP! Ellis Titheridge, 37 from Kent, had plenty of stunning Carp off the surface using good old bread crust, he caught a 23lb Mirror and 21lb 6oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake and also a 22lb 8oz Mirror from the Specimen Carp Lake using his treasured 50 year old Richard Walker Split Cane Rod and won Fish Of the week with this Scaley stunner from the Specimen Carp Lake!
(Below)Phil Burke, 35 from Eastbourne, caught 21lb 4oz and 26lb 6oz Mirrors both from the Main Carp Lake using Scopex Squid Boilies.
(Below)ANDY JOINS THE 40 AND 30 CLUB! 5C’s Member Andy Pickard, aka ‘Johnny Vegas’, 37, from Yorkshire can now join the 30’s and 40’s club after catching a 42lb 1oz Mirror and a 31lb 4oz Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake. Andy caught the fish on double bottom baits ‘lucky 13’ and cream haze, using a baiting spoon to put the rigs in place after casting to the far bank.
(Below)James Howland, 23 from Tonbridge caught a New Personal Best 32lb 8oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake using a Poacher Baits T&M 14mm Wafter.
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Fine mixed bag at Lower Tamar
Scott Bowden had a fine mixed 48 hour session on Lower Tamar lake near Bude. Scott managed a 6.04 Tench, 9.04 Bream (largest of three bream), a 22.08 mirror and a 12lb common carp.
Nine Carp to 22lb 4oz – Stafford Moor
Harry Collins aka ‘Haribo’ had nine fish up to 22lb 4oz from the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies and peach and pepper pop ups.
Stafford Moor Carp on the feed!
The carp catches continue from the ever prolific Stafford Moor!
(Above)Norman Martin who has 3 fish out up to 22lb 2oz from the summerhouse swim on Beattie’s lake using Mainline Cell boilies
Jay Foat who had 4 fish up to 26lb 8oz on Mainline cell and Sticky Baits krill boilies from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake.
Brinn Jones who had 13 fish out up to 22lb 9oz up on Albert Square on Lodge lake using Nash boilies & Sticky Baits krill pop ups in a day Session !
(Above) Wilder Van Koutrik age 9 who caught several fish up to 15lb 4oz using squid wafter who fished up on the dam wall on lodge lake.
(Above) Tim Vick who 17 fish out up on lodge lake up to 26lb in 48 hours using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
Stafford Moor Carp catches
Darren Greener had 12 fish in 24 hours up on lodge lake using bread and cc Moore northern special pop ups & DNA s7 boilies.
(Below) Jay Foat had 4 fish to 26lb 8oz on Mainline cell and Sticky Baits krill boilies from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake
Hot weather turns on the carp
The hottest day of the year so far triggered frantic spawning of the carp at Lower Slade Reservoir an ideal time to get a look at the carp that live within a lake as they thrash about in the weed oblivious to all else around them.
Big Fish Off at Anglers Paradise plus the latest catches
(Above)Jo George had a day’s surface fishing with her husband Alan on the Koi Lake and managed to land this stunner at the magic weight of 8lbs 2oz!! Plus, it’s one that we haven’t seen for a long time so it’s even more special that it’s one of the craftier Koi in there.
(Above)Zenia Gregoreks latest catch from Anglers Paradise.
It really is an exciting week at Anglers Paradise this week as you may have heard we have Ali Hamidi, Dean Macey, Jimmy Bullard and Jamie O’Hara filming for the next series of ITV’s ‘THE BIG FISH OFF’.
They went on the Specimen Tench and Orfe Lake yesterday and caught some great fish, all to be revealed next year when it airs and it’s going to be an AMAZING Episode!!
Carp and bream from trusty waters
Richard Ball landed a stunning common carp of 20lb 7oz from South West Lakes Trust’s Lower Slade Reservoir (Above)
Chris Hudson had a mixed session at day ticket venue Lower Tamar lake, part of the South West Lakes Trust venues. Chris had two carp with the largest being 15lb but also had 5 bream with the largest going 10lb 4oz. This is the latest in a long line of bream over 10lbs in size to have been caught from the venue. All of the fish were caught on a Live-system single hook bait with a handful of scattered boilies. (Below)
Creedy Carp
Andrew Van Koutrik sent me this stunning image of his daughter Roundelay aged ten cradling a superb common carp that weighed an impressive 18lb. She also landed a common carp of 8lb.
