KRACKING PERSONAL BEST MIRROR

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Luke Siddle, 19 from Hull, decided to give Nirvana’s Kracking Carp Lake a try on the last night of his annual holiday to us. Well, within just 5 hours of fishing it was worth it and he landed a 31lb personal best Mirror.

Luke shared –
“After an extremely tough weeks fishing, I went into my final night on Kracking Karp on a bit of a downer, I just wasn’t expecting this! My rods were set at 5pm and in my head I knew what I was doing was right, it was up to the fish at this point. Come 10pm my right rod screamed off on a near enough locked up reel so I was on it in seconds, what a buzz that was! After an intense 5 minute battle in the pitch black I got it free of the lily pads and securely in my net, what a result!

I fished Peg 1 using a solid bag presentation consisting of a wide gape pattern hook on a 3″ hook link and a 3oz inline lead. In terms of bait I used a mixture of krill boilies, krill pellets, cloudy krill liquid and sweetcorn.

Perfect way to end another great week at Anglers Paradise! Thanks again, we will be returning for sure!”

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Stafford Carp catches latest

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(Above) Alex Blackburn fished up on Lodge Lake swim 3 (spit bay) and caught 14 fish all caught on Mainline cell boilies over a bed of monster particle on a snowman rig.

(Above)Michelle Truman who fished Stafford Moor with her  Husband Jason who fished on the inlet swim on Beatties lake, they had 6 fish out with Michelle smashing her personal best twice ! First Michelle had a 19lb mirror then smashed it again with a 23lb 4oz beauty all caught on Mirage baits king crab tipped with fake corn.

 

(Below) Stuart Hutchings  fished with his brother Chris on the Beach swim on Beatties lake. Stu had a few 20’s out photos below all caught on C C Moore Pacific tuna boilies 

 

Steve Pins down £1000 Carp

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Steve Pinn sent me this report of his success at Lakeside

LAKESIDE FULLY SCOOPS A GRAND
I’d never fished Lakeside View before so enlisted good buddy Haribo (Harry Collins) to show me around and pass on a few hints and tips.
It’s a lovely looking, reed lined lake of around 10 acres near Collumpton in sunny Devon. Had a walk around and settled on 2 neighbouring swims, 13 and 14. Not a lot was showing but a few had been out.
We settled up in the shop and added £2 each to the bill as part of the sweepstake for catching either a 30Ib common, a 35Ib fish or the ‘Big Fully’. I was expecting a new venue blank but parted with the extra dosh nonetheless.
Rods out, social on. Harry was in to fish straight away, all stunning fish from low to high 20s.
The order of the day was “dark baits tight to the island” so I HAD to have one rod on a bright peach pastel pop up about a rod length off, just to see what happened, if anything, on the first night.
We’d been getting liners all evening and after about an hours kip (with one eye open to the sound of bleeps) my peach pastel rod tore off at 2.15am.
After a lengthy, solid tussle a very scaled fish appeared on the surface in the torch light. In a daze, I said “oh, it’s a fully” to which Harry replied “It might be THE fully…..it is THE fully…..it’s the money fish….it is !!……that’s a thousand pounds!!!” That was it, we were in raptures.
The owner (Peter) comes out at all hours for ‘special’ fish and was there for the weighing and to verify that it was THE fish. It was, 28Ib 10oz of stunning fully. At first light he was back for pics and congrats.
I was in a daze for the rest of the night as the social continued. It turned out to be my only fish of the session but what a fish and what a memory.

“Some stunning carp caught at Stafford Moor”

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There have been some stunning carp caught at Stafford Moor over past week with plenty of fish topping twenty pounds. Below are a few of the fish reported.

(Above)Darren Rundle  caught 2 carp from swim 3 on lodge lake using Sticky Baits Krill boilies in a day session

(Above) Paul Dunn and Tyler Bell caught twenty carp  between them in a 48 hour session on swims 2 (sunset) & 3 (spit bay) up on lodge lake 6 of there fish were 20 + all caught on CC Moore live system boilies.

43lb Mirror known as Parrot from Nirvana’s day ticket Kracking Carp Lake!

FISH OF THE WEEK WINNER 31ST AUGUST IS…

David Trethewey who caught a personal best

David’s Story –

“On what was my 3rd ever night on Kracking Carp and I was lucky enough to have the Parrot grace my net! Being a regular to Anglers Paradise for 19 years now, and I’ve caught 14+ twenties to 29lb 8oz from the Specimen Carp Lake, but I had never managed a thirty plus from the complex till now…

I fished with boilie tipped with corn to the far margin and with the rods being out for over twelve hours, I thought my chance had gone, till Parrot woke me at first light…The best wake up call ever!! Many thanks, already looking forward to next year.”

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID – WHAT A CATCH AND A VERY WELL DESERVED WINNER!

Here he is with his Winning Fish and being presented his prizes by Zyggy and Zenia with special thanks to PB Products UK.

**FISH OF THE WEEK IS SPONSORED BY PB PRODUCTS UK – GREAT TACKLE – GREAT PRODUCTS**

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ZYGGY,s Lucky T-Shirt!!!!

Zyg at Anglers Paradise sent North Devon Angling News this latest story……

Here is a photo of the winning Carp from+ the monthly 5’C’S (The Crazy, Crafty, Cunning Carp Catchers) match I am very proud to say that I caught it wearing the same T Shirt I took to Cape Verde and managed to catch a thousand pound plus Blue Marlin which straightened the hook and came off. As the fish was going to be released and the leader was touched according to IGFA rules it counts.
The interesting thing is that the match before we went to Cape Verde I wore the same T Shirt and won the match with a different 20lb Carp. It looks like it works for catching fish. Enclosed is a picture of the straightened hook.

Lucky T- Shirt for Zyggy

Big Marlin is Camera shy!

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Stafford Moor Carp

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(Above) Stephen Best and Sean banked 14 carp  between them from swim 1 up on Lodge Lake. They fished out in the open water using mainline cell/ link and mainline toasted almond pop ups over a bed of particles , Steve used deep blue particles

(Below) Dale Bennington  had 28 fish out in 3 days on the inlet swim on Beatties lake all caught on Mainline cell boilies.

Stafford Moor – Summary of catches

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There have been some stunning catches of carp from Stafford Moor over the past couple of weeks so may I have had a job keeping up!

Below are a few from what is North Devons’ most prolific carp fishery.

 

(Below) Ben Pittock and Luke Philpott who had 23 fish out between them from big fish corner swim 4 and small island swim 3 on Beatties lake. Caught on mirage baits king crab & essential shellfish B5

Liam Jason Shipway fished with his  dad Jason they had 10 fish out from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake fishing with Mainline cell 15mm & 18mm boilies, sweetcorn, hemp and the new Nash spod cloud purchased from the JO-OP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Below)Check out Andy Parkinson who had 12 fish from swim 3 (small island)on the dam wall on Beatties lake up to 26lb 9oz caught on Sticky Baits Manilla with bait works scent from hell & Mainline essential cell & proper Job squid & Octopus pop ups

(Below)Josh Lewis who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake. Josh had 3 fish out including his new pb of 23lb 10oz he fished between the 2 islands. All caught on Nash instant action coconut Cream 15mm boilies & wonderberry goo

(Below)Wayne Law  had 7 fish out including this stunning beauty below we have called ‘Tango’ from the second swim on the dam wall on Beatties lake. Wayne was fishing 3 rods out in the open water with Sticky baits Manilla, Krill and Mainline link boilies.

Steve Keyworth  had 11 fish out up to 24lb 8oz from swim 6 on lodge lake in 24 hours all caught on Nash Candy Nut Crush 15mm boilies.

(Below)Adrian Stockton had 22 fish out in a 3 night stay up on swim 3 on Lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.

(Below) Paul Blake enjoyed a great day fishing Lodge Lake at Stafford Moor with his son Matt Blake. Matt caught 3 mirrors 9lb 13oz, 14lb 5oz and 16lb 5oz beating his personal  twice. Paul landed a personal best carp of  19lb 15oz. Paul says, “Many thanks to Joanne and Paul Coombes, a fantastic fishery, we will be back!”.