Lee Parkhouse landed seven carp up to 23lb 14oz this weekend from swim 3 on the dam wall of Stafford Moor’s Lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla Boilies fabulous fishing especially this time of year.
Winter carp at Stafford Moor
(Above) John Townsend had a brace of carp from the sunset swim (dam wall) on lodge lake . He used a solid PVA bag rig. Hook bait was the ever reliable Cell dumbell ‘
(Above) Martyn Green had 3 fish including this stunning common from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake using Mainline cell boilies.
Winter Carp Action at Stafford Moor
Jacob Glover who had this lovely looking mirror carp from the dam wall on lodge lake on a day ticket using Mainline Essential IB boilies.
Carp at Stafford Moor as temperature drops
Steve Pinn continues to catch at Stafford Moor despite the onset of colder weather!
Winter Carp from Lodge Lake
Darren Rundle from Lanivet, Bodmin fished a one day session on Stafford Moors Lodge Lake to bank three fabulous carp fish using 20mm Sticky Baits Manilla Boilies.
North Devon Match Group Championship No.11 Stafford Moor Oak and Woodpecker
North Devon Match Group Championship No.11 Stafford Moor Oak and Woodpecker
1st Kevin Shears 84lb 6oz
2nd Neilsen Jeffery 80lb 13oz
3rd Tom Downing 60lb 15oz
4th Phil Watters 58lb 4oz
5th John Lacey 53lb 2oz
6th Kier Durrant 42lb 13oz
Silvers Bag – Norman Martin 9lb 15oz .
Cold, still conditions , greeted the 22 competitors who were pegged on 2 of the prolific lakes on the Stafford moor complex. Kevin’s victory was from peg 11 on Oak, fishing the long pole with corn , Neilsen used similar tactics also from the deeper water on Oak peg 14 for second. Tom was top weight on Woodpecker, his catch for 3rd overall on peg 19 was mainly waggler and pellet at depth. Phil landed 58lb 4oz for 4th off woodpecker 15. John was 5th with waggler caught 53lb 2oz on Woodpecker 10. Young Kier made the frame with 42lb 13oz from Oak 16.
26lb 2oz Stafford Carp
Harry Collins (Haribo) had 8 fish up to 26lb 2oz from the summer hut swim on Beattie’s lake using Sticky Baits Manilla Boilie.
Pack away the rods last!
Matt Whalley gives excellant account of his trip to Stafford Moor. ( Always pack the rods away last!)
A return visit to Stafford Moor Fishery after my recent trip a couple of weeks back was on the cards and this time we were booked onto Beaties.
The day started off very slow although a few carp were showing but with the temperature set to drop hard that night, I knew the bites could be tricky.
I set up with a good friend on the Summer House swim and deployed a few spombs of Deep Blue Particles Chilli Hemp Mix out onto my chosen spots. Not to much bait because of the time of year but enough to hopefully entice the carp to feed!
The weather forecast was spot on and a hard frost set in. The night was very quiet and the following day carried on along the same lines, with bites not coming!
The session was at an end and the pack down began before the trip back to Cornwall. As always leaving the rods laid on the ground, hoping for that last knocking bite and fortunately for me, this time it came!
This quality blank saver couldn’t resist a DBP NT1 Boilie on an Blowback Style Rig with a J Precision Hook at the business end! This made my trip home a little bit sweeter..
Mid Week Competition Stafford Moor
Open match on Woodpecker lake Wednesday November 15th.
Aftr a few days of colder weather expectation was that fishing would be hard but on the day some good weights were built with Paul Morris securing top spot with 98lb 10oz.
2nd Glenn Colburn 85lb 7oz
3rd Jack Palmer 48lb 4oz
4th Martin Heard 48lb 1oz
Autumn Carp at Stafford Moor
Steve Pinn landed carp to 22lb 14oz on his latest session at Stafford Moor he also captured some atmospheric images of life on the bank.
