Aaron Bunning had a nice session down At lower Tamar this week. He had two carp both around low doubles and two bream of 7lb 8oz and 9lb 4oz (pictured).
All fish fell to 18mm Nash Scopex Squid hookbaits tipped with fake corn. Over the course of the session Aaron fed around 4kg of freebies.
There is far more to Upper and Lower Tamar Lake than carp with a vast range of other coarse fish swimming within these waters. A concerted effort could I am sure bring some huge rewards with potential record breakers. Both lakes contain huge perch and eels. There are also specimen roach, bream and some large wild brown trout. The lower lake once held populations of specimen rudd and tench.
A superb multi species capture from Lower Tamar:
Between Aaron Bunning and his friend Dan they had 5 bream ranging from 6lb 8oz and 9lb, a huge hybrid of around 5lb, two carp of mid doubles and 23lb 12oz, a single perch of around 1lb 8oz, three eels to 2lb and a single trout. All fish fell to a large bed of pellets and particles, hookbaits consisted of maggots, fake corn and 12mm nashbait pop-ups. Aaron commented ‘Made a pleasant change to put the carp rods away and have a fun session with the lighter gear’.
Oli Dietrich landed this stunning 21lb carp from Lower Tamar lake, it was caught on a18 mm Robinbaits test bait in the margins.
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.
Justin Williams has caught ‘The fully’ from Lower Tamar lake at 24lbs. The much sought after fish is looking really good and up in weight.
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.
Brothers Aaron and Liam Jones had a couple lovely fish from day ticket water Lower Tamar lake near Bude on the Cornwall/Devon border. Liam managed a 16.02 common and Aaron had this cracking 22lb Mirror. The fish fell to Krill boilies.
South West Lakes Trust Coarse fisheries Jennetts Reservoir and Lower Tamar Lakes are both producing fine carp of over twenty pounds. Barry and Liam Lonsdale had a cracking session at Lower Tamar landing fourteen carp using sticky baits Manilla Boilies. Biggest was a 23lb 2oz common carp to Liam. Barry best was a stunning 21lb fully scaled mirror carp.
Chad Savage has been hauling the 20’s from Jennetts in the last couple of months. This 22lb 3oz common is one of fourteen different 20lb+ fish that he has banked in just eight short sessions.
The coming weekend sees South West Lakes Trust host a carp fishing pairs competition running from Friday to Sunday see home page events for full details.