Lee Hayden with his his early morning catch a 31 lb beauty from the summerhouse swim on Beatties using duster matrix pop up ,fished choddy style. 
Fast growth rate at Stafford Moor
Nick Galley landed three fine mirror carp the biggest equaling his personal best at 22:08. The the carp with a distinctive black spot on its shoulder was landed by Nick’s brother Brandon at the end of July at 19:06 so an excellent 3lb growth rate in just under 3 months.
The other two carp scaled 21lb and 20lb. The fish were all caught from the inlet swim and their on their own black magic bait and Gardner end tackle.
Steve Pinn’s Personal best carp
Steve Pinn with his new PB of 23lb 11oz from Stafford Moor’s Lodge lake fishing 18mm Pacific Tuna Boilie’s with mainline tiger nut flavour syrup all purchased from the fisheries.
Steve is a regular at Stafford moor as in every week he loves it here he calls here his second home .
Lords Stafford Moor Thirty
Jack Lord with his new PB of 32lb 5oz from the last swim on the dam wall on Stafford Moor’s Beatties lake using mainline cell boilies .
Jack had 3 x 20lb plus , 1 x 17lb & 1 x 19lb 8oz too in the same session!
Stafford Moor – 29lb carp!
(Above )Ali Aiken with one of his catches a 29lb from the dam wall on Beatties lake using Jarzys fruit boilies.
STAFFORD MOOR – OCTOBER FESTIVAL – Updates Daily
October 10th – Day 1
Day one of the October Festival at Stafford Moor. A fabulous weight from Ricky Johnston who fished on peg 8 on Woodpecker lake bagged himself 116lb 10oz fishing 8mm pellet
1st RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 116lbs 10oz
2nd LEE WERRETT Peg 5 Oak: 115lbs 14oz
3rd PETER UPPERTON Peg 20 Oak: 103lbs 6oz
4th RICHARD WYLIE Peg 22 Tanners: 103lbs 3oz
October 11th – Day 2
Day two of the October Festival 2016. Weather bitter cold with bright sunshine which made the fishing extra hard today! Had a top weight from Craig Edmonds peg 20 on Woodpecker Lake with a weight of 139lb
1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 20 Woodpecker: 139lbs 0oz
2nd STEVE SHAW Peg 24 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz
3rd IAN PRETTY Peg 36 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz
4th CHRIS BISHOP Peg 12 Woodpecker: 71lbs 15oz
NATHAN UNDERWOOD Peg 25 Tanners: 62lbs 14oz(Above)
October 12th – Day 3
1st ZAC NEWTON Peg 30 Tanners: 127lbs 5oz
2nd CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 1 Oak: 104lbs 12oz
3rd ANDY GRIFFITHS Peg 22 Woodpecker: 89lbs 9oz
4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 18 Tanners: 78lbs 6oz
(Below) Pete Upperton with a nice net of Silvers from Pines Lake
Day 4 –
1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 30 Tanners: 186lbs 2oz
2nd PETER UPPERTON Peg 6 Woodpecker: 126lbs 1oz
3rd TERRY STONE Peg 3 Woodpecker: 104lbs 15oz
4th MARTIN HEARD Peg 12 Woodpecker: 94lbs 11oz
Final Day
1st PETE UPPERTON Peg 34 Woodpecker: 81lbs 1oz
2nd NEIL STONES Peg 3 Woodpecker: 72lbs 7oz
3rd RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 72lbs 6oz
4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 27 Tanners: 71lbs 11oz
Report from Joanne Combes :-
Winner of the October Festival 2016 Craig Edmunds ! Who won with a perfect score of just 4 points and a total weight of 500lb 12 oz “well done considering he has never fished a festival here before what can I say not often I’m speechless”. In second place was Brian Shanks with only 4 points total weight of 230lb 4oz well done Brian ! In third place was Peter Upperton with 5 points and a total weight of 343lb 15oz.
“well done to everyone who fished fished the festival had such a Laugh with you all thank you for making it a fab week ! Paul & Jo”.
Stafford Moor Match Result and news of October festival
Stafford Moors match anglers continue to put together some big bags of fish. The October Festival casts off on Monday see details below I expect some news of bulging nets by the end of the week!
Stafford Moor open Sunday 2nd October on Tanners and Woodpecker i
1st ANDY DARE Peg 27 Tanners: 97lbs 0oz
2nd MARTIN HEARD Peg 28 Woodpecker: 81lbs 5oz
3rd MARK LAZELLE Peg 25 Tanners: 77lbs 0oz
4th RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 12 Woodpecker: 68lbs 11oz
Winner of the Residents match on Friday October 7th
1st ALAN BUFFON 100lb 15oz fishing 8mm on the bomb.
All lakes (except Beatties and Lodge lake) will be closed from Monday 10th October – Friday 14th October 2016. Festival format is as follows: The practice/open match is on Saturday 8th October please let me know if you would like to fish this match. The festival runs from Monday 10th October – Friday 14th October. Entry fee is £220.Fishing Oak,Tanners,Pines and Woodpecker lakes. Free draw on Monday then lake rotation then free draw on Friday. Draw time Monday is a rolling draw from 8am fishing 11am- 5pm (only on Monday) rest of the week draw time is rolling draw at 8am fishing 10.30am-4.30pm except Friday 8am draw fishing 10.30am-3.30pm.Based on 70 guys fishing, the sections will be 8/9 in each section.Payout details will be given on the day of arrival as this depends on definite numbers. The presentation is on friday at The Rams Inn Pub in Dolton from 6pm.If you have any questions please call Jo on 01805804360 or send an email to [email protected]
LODGE LAKE CATCHES
Joanne Combes keeps a steady stream of reports coming from Stafford Moor here are the latest catches from Lodge Lake.
Lee Waring with one of his 26 catches yes 26 !! From lodge lake using mainline cell boilies with GOO (almond bait smoke ) up to 24lb he said if was his best fishing session he has ever had . He was here for 36 hours was gonna do 24 but don’t want to go home as he was in a roll !
Eddie Scott who had a few fish out up to 25lb using cc Moore live system boilies
From lodge lake yesterday . (Below)
Stafford Moor – Carp News
More stunning carp from Stafford Moor.
Mark Stacey and son Kyle Stacey with there new personal bests from Lodge lake dam wall this weekend using mainline cell .( Below)
Ian Collins ( Below) who had many out from the inlet swim on Beatties using sticky baits Manilla boilies below with his 23lb 3oz.
Andy Stapleton with his 18lb catch from lodge lake using banoffee high biz pop ups. (Below)
Nathan Bridle with his 29lb 4oz catch from Beatties lake using mainline cell boilies .(below)
The carp just keep coming from Stafford Moor!!!
Stafford Moor has to be one of the regions most prolific fisheries with complex owner Joanne Combes keeping me busy most days with pictures of smiling anglers with splendid carp.
(Above) Ollie Kennard with his 17lb 2oz catch from lodge lake one of several fish caught using Mainline spicy crab boilies purchased from the sites tackle shop.
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Jenny Jewell with one of her catches from the summerhouse swim on Beatties lake using home made boilies.