(Below) Mitch Andow and friend Charlie had 40 fish from swim 12 on lodge lake in a 48 hour session this weekend. All fish caught on DNA Baits pb and pink peril pop ups over scattered DNA boilies fishing tight to the margins towards swim 11 again caught in the more shallow water.
Nicholas Billett fished up on Albert square swim 15 on lodge lake this weekend and had 16 fish up to 24lb all caught on Krill pop ups Nick said was it was a bit slow at first then then didn’t stop!!
Paul Roscorla and his friend Keith Green fished the Summer hut swim on Beatties lake and banked 17 fish up to 30lb which was caught by Paul Keith Green banked a stunning stunning ghostie.
All fish were caught on C C Moore Pacific tuna glugged in hot chorizo & Krill.
(Below) Archie and his dad Simon Tregido had five carp four to the rod young Archie all the fish we’re caught on Mainline response tutti fruity boilies
(Below) Wade Peanutt Holmes had five carp on swim 15 ( Albert square ) up on lodge lake all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla dumbbells.
(Bellow)Tony Welch and friend Shaun who had 27 fish out up to 26lb in 24 hours!
(Below)Nigel Bassett who had 11 fish out up to 26lb 4oz from swim 2 ‘sunset swim’ up on lodge lake. All fish were caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies, hemp & corn. Nige was fishing tight to the far margins.
(Below) Daryl Honey who fished up on swim 14 on lodge lake with Aaron Dale and had 3 fish out smashing his pb twice! with a 16lb 8oz then a 19lb 4oz to follow caught on Sticky Baits Manilla dumbbells.
1st Open match today on Tanners and Woodpeckerswith 41 fishing and a continental payout.
Weather was glorious sunshine all day.
Winner of the day with 186lb 15oz from peg 10 On Woodpecker Was Dave Downton ! Fishing shallow on the pole
In second place with a weight of 154lb 10oz From peg 19 on Tanners lake was Richard James.
In third place with a weight of 163lb 10oz from peg 9 on Woodpecker lake was Lee Werrett.
Most fish were caught today on Pole & wag shallow but some caught on the lead too.
Well done to everyone who fished today. Opens are now every Wednesday and Sunday please let Jo know if you would like to join Stafford Moor for any of these matches just call me in the JO-OP.
Stafford Moor continues to produce some stunning carp each week, so many I struggle to keep up with reports. Jo sent me these highlights from the past week.
(Below) Oil Dietrich who had 10 fish out up to 26lb 8oz from the inlet swim on Beatties lake this weekend all caught on red alert by crafty baits.
(Below) A fine fish from Lodge Lake, Lee Rowe banked three fish out up to 27lb from the dam wall with son Kaiden, all fish were caught out in the open water on baitworks and Mainline spicy crab boilies.
(Below) A really stunning common caught by Nathan England who fished on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake weighing 20lb 8oz.
(Below)Jack Griffith’s & Emma with their 6 catches from the beach swim on Beatties lake, Jack had a top weight of 26lb 13oz & Emma had 26lb 10oz caught on OCD baits.
(Below) Rich Powell and Andy who had 8 fish out between them on the Summer hut swim on Beatties lake this weekend, caught on Sticky Baits Krill, fishing out on the open water.
(Below)James Cox had 3 fish out up to 24lb 4oz from swim 6 rodi bush swim on Beatties lake using Nash scopexs squid.
1st Paul Morris 167lb 5oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 159lb 13oz
3rd Tom Downing 147lb 10oz
4th Bruce Hunt 112lb 9oz
5th Kevin Shears 94lb 4oz
6th Neilsen Jeffery 91lb 12oz
7th Ian Cosmic Croxton 85lb 9oz
8th Stephen Craker 78lb 5oz
9th John Bailey 67lb 12oz
10th Colin Cherrington 66lb 11oz
11th Martin Turner 62lb 2oz
12th Pete Slade 51lb 6oz .
Lakes, Oak and Woodpecker on the fantastic Stafford Moor complex were used for the 26 peg event, Venue specialist Paul Morris drew on peg 2 on Woodies and fished the near shelf with the pole and 8mm pellets his 30 fish catch was enough for victory over his neighbour Nathan Underwood on peg 20, who pushed him close fishing the waggler out to the boards on the island. Nathan also fished and fed 8mm’s for second spot . Tom Downing sat on peg 17 on Woodies and finished just short of the 150lbs for 3rd spot fishing the long pole into the margins. Bruce Hunt was top weight on Oak and 4th overall his 35 fish catch fell to pole fished paste on peg 13, Britney Shears was 2nd on Oak 17 and 5th overall corn on the pole tactics. Neilsen Jeffery took 6th spot on Oak 7 with a corn in the margins approach. Many thanks to Paul and Jo for their hospitality today.
(Below) Adam Atkins and his dad John banked 10 carp all caught on Sticky Baits Manila dumbbells n buchu-berry popups on the inlet swim on Beatties lake.
(Below) Darren Polden banked these two out from the beach swim on Beatties lake caught on Sticky Baits Manilla wafters.
(Below)Lewis Jones fished up on swim one on Lodge lake in a day session and had out this beauty only 17lbs but what a stunner ! Caught on Sticky Baits Manilla & Krill wafters.
(Above) Lee Hayden fished with his son Frank on Beatties lake and between them they banked six carp all caught on banoffee pop ups.
(Above) Wade Peanutt Holmes banked three fish in a day session from Lodge lake up to 22lb 12oz caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies
Competitors in Stafford Moors 2019 Silvers Festival battled against some seriously inclement weather conditions with heavy rain and gales throughout the week. The winner of the match was Preston Innovation’s sponsored Des Shipp with 98lb 7oz. In runner up spot with 80lb 12oz was Mark Goddard of Bait tech and third Terry Malloy with 70lb 6oz.
