Jack Griffiths had a great session on Upper Tamar with fish to 23lb. OCD baits with single boilies fed over the top did the trick for Jack.
Stafford Moor Fine Carp Catches in the first week of May
Below are just a few of the carp banked by anglers fishing the ever prolific Stafford Moor in the past week.
(Below)Wayne Grinney fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake with Matt McCarthy and had 12 fish out between them caught on home made boilies and house pellet.
(Below) Nicholas Billet fished on theback bays on Beatties lake to bank 8 fish including a fab common and ghostie all caught on Sticky Baits Krill boilies.
(Below)James Richard Russell who fished with friend Colin on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake and had 9 fish out caught on Sticky Baits Krill & Occy.
(Below) Brandon and his dad Barry King had a couple of fish out from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake, Brandon was using Nash strawberry crush pop ups on a Ronnie rig and dad was using Sticky Baits Manilla on a hair rig.
( Below) Bruce Julian who fished for 3 nights & had 25 fish out from the inlet swim on Beatties lake. Bruce caught his fish on Mainline cell, Tutti frutti & Krill boilies.
(Below)Callum Gardiner fished on the inlet swim on Beatties lake and had 11 fish out up to 26lb 9oz all caught on Cc Moore live system boilies.
Carp, Catfish and other fish in Paradise
Ian Northey who caught this beauty – a 28lb Mirror from our popular Day Ticket Venue Anglers Eldorado Bottom Cat and Carp Lake.
He’s now the new Carp record holder as it’s the biggest to date from this Lake!
(Below) Congratulations to Paul Dunstall who caught a personal best 56lb 8oz Catfish from the Main Carp Lake.
Paul caught the monster Wels Catfish on a 15mm Krill boilie.
(Below) Matt Hayes with a beautiful and rare 5lb Koi Orfe.
(Below)FISH OF THE WEEK WINNER 3RD MAY IS…
Ben Gregory who caught a personal best 5lb 8oz Golden Tench from the Specimen Tench and Orfe Lake.
Ben’s story –
“I’d already had quite a good day on the lake having had 13 Tench and 1 Barbel. However despite my friend Mitchell’s pleads to leave because it was pretty cold, we persisted for another 30mins and I had one final bend in the rod from the lily pads. The biggest was saved to last on a robin red pellet. My new personal best at 5lbs 8oz! It’s been a great week, we hope to get back soon!”
WELL DONE BEN – ANOTHER GREAT WINNING CATCH AND PROOF THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP TOO SOON!!
Here he is with his winning Fish and being presented his prizes by Zyggy, Zenia and the lovely Matt Hayes with special thanks to PB PRODUCTS
Hacche Moor in fine form
The second fish caught during Steve Pinns latest session on Hacche Moor top lake. An absolute stunner destined to be a big fish in the future at 22lb 2oz.
Caught on the yellow CR Baits mini peach, pineapple & N-Butyric yellow wafters.
Golden Carp at Stafford Moor
Scott Whittington fished at Stafford Moor with his son Thomas. Scott’s fish were all from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake in which he caught 34 fish up to 28lb 12oz caught on Sticky Baits Krill boilies well done Scott ! This stunning common shown below weighed 25lb.
Thomas caught a good number of fish from Tanners Lake.
Thirty Three Pound Mirror
Oli Dietrich fished the Nirvana’s day ticket Lake Xanadu and and caught the stunning Xanna at 33lbs making it a new personal best for Oli! Oli caught the beauty on a Crafty bait.
Recent Stafford Moor – Carp Action
Gareth Simpson had 5 fish out from the beach swim on Beatties lake this weekend, Gareth caught on Bait works Atlantic heat boilies.
(Below)Lewis Wheeler with Selina, Lloyd, squib & Hettie. They had 9 fish out caught on suid pop ups, Mainline essential cell & outrageous orange goo on swims 3 small island, 4 big fish corner & 5 lord island on Beatties lake.
(Below) Callum Gardiner & Dad & Charlie Bell who had 17 fish out from swim 8 (fraggle rock) on lodge lake all caught on pink pop ups over Sticky Baits Manilla boilies & hemp.
(Below) Adam Barnett and friend Lewis had 7 fish out on swim 14 (beach 1) on lodge lake this weekend all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla & Krill boilies.
Hacche Lakes- A Fine Prospect
Hacche Moor Fishery near South Molton is a recent addition to North Devons’ Day Ticket Carp Fishery portfolio and offers some superb fish in a stunning setting. I visited the lake for the first time this weekend full of optimism after hearing of some superb catches of fish. As is often the case my visit seemed to be ill timed to coincide with a bitterly cold North West Wind that appeared to have put the carp off the feed with only two fish banked by the four anglers fishing the bottom Lake. I failed to connect though I did have a couple of indications that could indicate that my rigs needed fine tuning.
I will return soon and try to make amends! A chat with the fishery manager Andrew Parkinson who runs this superb fishery give me confidence that the lakes will prosper and give North Devon Anglers another fine water with some big carp.
The lakes have matured nicely have well thought out swims all with wood Chip bases. There are also toilet facilities and running water. The lakes are surrounded with an otter fence so anglers are reminded to ensure that they always close the gate!
Landing nets, Unhooking matts and weigh slings are all provided at the fishery to reduce the risk of infection to the valuable stock.
(Below) Some recent catches from Hacche Lakes
Furzebray Carp
Some stunning carp coming from Furzebray including this stunning mirror from Willow Lake.
Upper Tamar Carp
Aaron Bunning who has made the most of the fish turning on at Lower Tamar with 4 commons and three over 20lbs up to 23lb12oz. Aaron had this report for us: ‘I fished Monday after work till midday Tuesday when the fish began to spawn. All the fish fell to white Scopex Squid 15mm pop ups presented on naked chod rigs over light weed. I also fed a scattering of scopex squid freebies to the area i was fishing at 100 yards range. Was chuffed to get amongst some of the 20lb commons the lake contains’.
