Chris Connaughton landed the carp known as Star at an all time high of 40lb 4oz setting a new 40+ for the island lake then followed it up with Black’s Spot at 44lb 4oz in the early hours of the morning.
As if this wasn’t enough Chris also banked this stunning linear! (below)
(Below) Ryan Willshire from Bude has continued his fine from on Upper Tamar lake on the Cornwall and Devon border with a couple more fish, this mirror at 20lb10oz and a small common of 10lbs. Mainline IB boilies over link doing the job.
(Above) Bob Seabourne caught this 24lb 11oz beauty Beatties lake on a single white pop up.
(Above) Adam Atkins and dad John Atkins fished up on lodge lake on swims 2 and 3. They had 10 fish out between them with a new pb each too ! Adam now has a new pb of 28lb 7oz and dads is 28lb on the nose all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies and buchenberry pop ups.
(Above) Ryan Labdon who was fishing with squid boilies and had this beauty from the dam wall on Lodge lake.
It was a tough week for James Middlemass as the lake was frozen for the first two days of his stay, but his perseverance paid off on his last day banking two cracking fish… 3 scales at 35lb 14oz and the Christmas fish at 29lb.
North Devon Match Group are generally a robust bunch fishing through the worst of the weather each month. Last Sunday they were however beaten buy a thick coating of ice when they turned up to fish at Oaktree Fishery forcing them two cancel.
Furzebray Carp Lakes were also frozen over at the weekend. A return to milder weather today should see all lakes fishable agin and after a few days I am sure the fish will respond by feeding hard. It would be good to get that picture of a carp in the snow here on North Devon Angling News. I hope for the sake of all businesses relying upon angling for their income that we do not not get another Beast from the East this year.
Jamie Everard fished up on Stafford Moors Lodge lake and banked ten carp all caught on Bait-works Atlantic heat & small scent from heaven pop ups on top as a snowman fishing tight to the spit.
(Below) Adam Atkins fished on swim 1 with his dad John up on lodge lake and had 3 fish out all caught on Sticky Baits buchenberry pop ups on a Ronnie rig.
(Below) Dean Goodwill and friend Steve had several carp from lodge lake and Beatties, Dean was using Himders Walters dipped in Betalin and Steve was fishing with Sticky baits krill & pink pop ups.
(Below)Graham Beer who had one out today in a day session up on lodge lake on swim 2 caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
1ST 40 OF THE YEAR FROM KRACKING!
He’s only gone and done it again! Steve Elsbury came back to Nirvana’s Kracking Carp Lake after taking a year’s break and caught Parrot the Mirror at 45lbs making it the first Kracking catch of 2019 and the first 40 from the whole complex this year!
Steve shared –
‘After a year away from the Kracking Carp Lake in Devon I thought it was time for another visit. With the drop in pressure and the conditions looking bang on I couldn’t resist it, and I was rewarded with this chunk of a Mirror known as “Parrot” weighing in at bang on 45lb.
I fished a CR1 wafter topped with fake corn over a large bed of crushed CR1 boilie, pellet, and corn, finished off with some CR1 syrup. Hybrid armo-hawk curves doing the business.’
WELL DONE STEVE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON CATCHING THE BIGGEST CARP FROM ANGLERS PARADISE THIS YEAR!
Its would seem that big carp like stormy weather as anglers who brave conditions have discovered at carp lakes across North Devon this weekend.
(Below)Joe Buckingham made his first trip to Simpsons, who braved the high winds on Mallard and managed to bag a new personal best in the shape of the big girl at 34lb15oz.
Despite losing one earlier in the evening and his brolly turning inside out around midnight. Joe tempted her on a chopped down tiger nut fished over partical tight to the margins.
(Below) Big carp on stormy night at Furzebary for Graham Kelley who caught Clover a weight of 43lb 12oz.
Aaron Dale fished up on Stafford Moors lodge lake and in a 24 hour session had ten fish out up to 24lb all caught on Sticky Baits 12mm Manilla boilies & trimmed pop ups.
Drew Davey fished up on lodge lake on swim 2 and banked six carp fish in a 24 hour session up to 23lb 7oz all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies with chopped Manilla pop
ups.
John Jobson fished Stafford Moor’s Lodge Lake on a day ticket and landed five carp between 16lb and 20lb. All were tempted using Sticky Krill baits.
