Ian Ross enjoyed a couple of nights at Lower Slade and was rewarded with this fully scaled mirror of 22lb 10oz.
Some stunning catches of carp from Stafford Moor
(Above) Karl Hutchings and friend Edward Cochran who fished up on the inlet swim on Beatties lake they had 10 fish out up to 28lb fishing with Sticky baits white Manilla pop ups (Edward had a new pb of 28lb )
(Above) Matt Everill caught 5 fish up to 22lb 5oz on the dam wall of lodge lake fishing with Nash scopes boilies in a 48 hour session.
(Above) Darren Rundle landed 3 fish in a day session on swim 3 up on lodge lake fishing with Sticky Baits Manilla 16mm boilies.
(Above) Joe Slater banked 5 fish up to 29lb from the summer house swim on Beatties lake. Joe was fishing with Sticky baits Manilla 16mm boilies and spodded hemp and Manilla pellets combined.
(Above)Mark Downing and Dave Dymond’s haul of 41 fish in a 48 hour session on Beatties lake, Mark fished with Dave on the summer hut swim then Dave had a session on the inlet swim all caught on Sticky Baits Manilla bodies and Uberbaits.
Upper Tamar Carp Brace
Nick Galley landed a brace of fine carp from Upper Tamar lake a mirror carp of 23lb 15oz mirror and an 11lb common carp both fish came to homemade baits on Gardner silt skin rigs and Gardner mirage leaders.
Some Stunning Furzebray Carp
(Above) Steve Pinn banked this beauty from Furzebrays Willow Lake on CR Baits 12mm yellow special pop up.
(Above) Jay Thomas with a stunning 25lb Furzebray Carp!
(Above) Jay Thomas with another stunning carp or 32lb
Surface sport at the Moor
Jamie Everard fished Stafford Moor with his friend Ben Drew , fishing on swim 3 (small island ) on the Dam wall of Beatties Lake, Jamie had 5 fish off the surface with floating pellets.
Paradise carp
(Above)Ian Fowler caught a 38lb 4oz Mirror from our Day Ticket Kracking Carp Lake at Nirvana. Ian caught the big Mirror with a trimmed down Element hook bait on a running rig size 8 barbless hook on soft braid fished 12 metres from bank in swim 1. Ian also caught this lovely 26lb 3oz Linear Carp from the Specimen Carp Lake. Ian caught the beauty using The Element by Denham baits presented as a snowman fished on a 3oz running rig, size 6 barbless hook to N’trap soft hooklink placed beside some lillies on the island margin.
(Above) Matthew Colegate completely smashed the Main Carp Lake catching a variety of Carp! Mathew caught Mirrors of 20lbs 6oz, 20lbs 4oz, 19lbs 10oz, 17lbs 14oz, 17lbs 8oz, 16lbs 14oz and a 19lb 6oz Common, all in immaculate condition. All fish were caught on a simple blow back rig with A2 Baits Fruity Fish Wafter over A2 Baits Fruity Fish freebies with a couple of handfuls of corn.
(Above) Nick Rayment also joined in on the action and caught himself a 24lb 4oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake on Mainline Cell.
Tamar Thirty
Charlie Harvey caught this 32lb 12oz Mirror known as ‘The Peach’ from Upper Tamar using a sticky Manilla boilie coated in korda wondaberry supreme on a chod rig at 70 yards range with a few boilies scatters as freebies.
Stafford Moor Latest – Catches
(Above) Dylan Cockram and friend Seb Taylor fished up on swim 13 on Lodge Lake fishing with A1 baits banoffee burst pop up and washed out pink, they had 8 fish out up to 24lb 4oz.
(Above)Andrew Levett fished with son Thomas age 5. Thomas caught this 26lb 2oz beauty not dad it was son Thomas’s rod we joked that Thomas needs to stay at home next time. Caught from big fish corner on Beatties lake fishing with Nash Tangerine dream 10mm pop up.
South West Lakes – Some fine Carp from trusty waters
Some superb catches from South West Lakes Trust Waters over recent days. Below are some stunning images and results,
UPPER TAMAR
South West Lakes Trusts Upper Tamar lake is in top form at present with some stunning catches of carp coming from its large acreage.
(Below)Aaron Bunning has been back to Upper Tamar and again had a great session with lots of fish including these three attached at 24.14, 19.04 and 18.12. All fish fell to Nashbait scopex squid and coconut creme freebees and hookbaits.
Ben Smeeth sent me this report on some top angling _
Talk about an opportunistic moment! I was chatting with Roger Maher at Upper Tamar this morning and he informed me he had seen some fish, I went and had a look and saw around 8 fish, the biggest looked like a mid 20 common along with a mirror we recognised at about 23lbs. Dash home and Roger was back with a rod and half an hour later, here she is! 24.12……Top angling Roger. The lake is fishing great, a 32lb mirror and host of other fish have been caught in the last few days including a 20lb fully scaled…….
LOWER TAMAR
Steve Gliddon has caught a target fish from Lower Tamar lake at 24.00. Steve had been after the fish for 5 years but was delighted to finally slip his net under the old warrior! Steve also landed commons of 16lbs and 8lbs during his visit. Lower Tamar is open to everyone having been changed from a syndicate water 2 years ago.
LOWER TAMAR
Lower Slade reservoir in Ilfracombe (North Devon) produced 4 fish over 20lbs at the weekend. Simon Hill had a cracking 23.12 Common and Richard Ball had a common of 20.00.
Stafford Moor – In Top Form Latest Update
Its been a busy week at Stafford Moor whilst I have been away on holiday in Scotland!
Barry Taylor a scaffolder from Newton Abbot had 17 fish out up to 27lb from the inlet swim on Beatties lake fishing with mainline cell boilies but sadly Jo has no pictures of this fine haul.
(Above)Pete Chapman and Mandy Chapman had five carp from swim 4 on lodge lake fishing with Sticky baits Buchenberry pop ups and signature pop ups plus Pallatrax jungle.
(Above )Pete Honeybourne banked eight carp up to 21lb 1oz from the inlet swim on beatties lake all caught on Mainline Cell 15mm boilies.
(Above) Nik Slater fished on Lodge Lakes swim 3 and had 6 carp fishing with sticky baits krill boilies and spicy squid power smoke.
(Above) Woodrow Van Koutrik aged 14 who comes fishing with his dad Andrew who had 4 fish during an evening session on Beatties lake on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake fishing with Sticky baits Manilla boilies,
(Above) Ash Graham & friend Ben who popped out to visit a relative fishing up on lodge lake and ended up stalking for only a few hours and had 7 fish out up to 20lb on 10mm yellow pop ups.
(Above) Mark Downing and his friend Dave Dymond banked 28 fish from lodge lake during a weekend session ! Mark fished on swim 6 then moved to swim 2 , Dave fished on swim 4 they caught on Uberbait and Sticky baits Manilla boilies.
(Above) Tony Johns was with his friend Andy Byrne they had 3 fish out up to 18lb 1oz from the beach swim on Beatties Lake caught on Mainline Cell & Sticky Baits Manilla pop ups.
(Above) Harry Collins aka ‘Haribo’ banked 2 fish in 24 hours up on Lodge lake. Harry was on swim 3 then moved to swim 5 the fish pictured was 24lb 6oz and tempted on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
(Above) Some regular Stafford Moor anglers who had a carp social here on Beatties lake with 11 guys fishing. The winner of their competition was Dean Willoughby who smashed it with 20 fish caught up to 28lb Deans total weigh of fish was 355lb from the inlet swim fishing with Cornwall baits special occasion.
They all had a great weekend despite rough weather that seemed to stimulate the carp!