Steve Pinn AKA the ‘Bivvy tramp’ certainly invests his time wisely at Stafford Moor where he captures not only the stunning fish but also the beauty of nature at the venue.
Carp In Paradise
Jack Siddle, 21 from Hull, East Yorkshire caught a Personal Best 29lb Mirror from the Main Carp Lake beating his previous PB of 26lbs!
Jack’s Story –
“Holiday made in the first 10 minutes’ – The first session of the holiday was on the Main Carp Lake as I really wanted to catch one of the huge, original, scaley mirrors that I have seen many pictures of, on instagram. I set up on a swim called ‘snags’ next to the boat house and decided to pre bait during the day across to the lily pads with no lines in the water to gain the fish’s confidence. Come 6pm , I cast my rods out fishing locked up, I couldn’t believe my eyes when after 10minutes my right rod burst into action. After a short but intense battle, I landed one of the fish I was aiming for, one of the large heavily scaled mirrors!
I used Sticky Baits Krill 20mm boilies on a blow back rig consisting of Korda N-Trap semi stiff braid and a Nash Fang twister size 4 barbless hook.
Thanks again to Zyg, Zenia and the team at Anglers Paradise for another amazing week, I will definitely be back but next time in pursuit of one of the huge residents out of Kracking Carp”.
The Furzebray ghost
The Galley Family visited Furzebray and fished on Willow Lake they had 11 fish. Lee Galley landing a 23lb 8oz (ghost) carp, Nick banked a 14lb 3oz carp and Brandon a carp of 11lb 8oz and Lloyd a new personal best of 12lb 8oz .All caught on Gardner Covert end tackle.
Family Carping at Stafford Moor
Andrew Van Koutrik and children Wilder, Woodrow & Roundelay fished Stafford Moors Lodge Lake to land 8 fish in a 24 hour Bank Holiday Session.
Andrew landed four fish to 21lb 2oz, Woodrow (13) had a personal best of 23lb 7oz, Roundelay had two of 17lb & Wilder had one of 14lb 2oz.
North Devon Angler – Steve Pinn Joins Uber Baits Team
Local carp angler Steve Pinn aka “Bivvy Tramp” is delighted to have been selected to join the UberBaits team as a consultant for their new range of UberKrab and UberNutz baits. For more product information you can visit www.uberbaits.co.uk where a 25% discount code has been created for North Devon Angling News readers. The code is NDA25 and the offer will run until 8.9.17. Here’s to some Uber success bank side!!!!!
Steve Pinn – ‘Bivvy Tramp’ Latest catches
Steve Pinn’s latest catches from Stafford Moor
Off the Top – In Paradise
Rob Steele from Staffordshire had a day surface fishing on the Specimen Carp Lake at Anglers Paradise and caught this stunning Common of 25lbs using good old dog biscuits.
Stafford Moor – Carp – New Personal Bests
Alan Jump enjoyed a successful session at Stafford Moor landing this mirror carp of 23lb one of three fish he landed including another mirror of 20lb 1oz.
Alex Stevens and his son Cameron (6 years old) fished the Dam wall on Beatties lake. Cameron had a new personal best of 22lb they had a total of 12 fish to 24lb on Mainline cell boilies.
Stafford Moor Carp Catches
(Above) James Short AKA ‘Shorty’ landed six fish from the beach swim on Beattie’s lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
Matt Stephenson and his partner Emma Leaper(Above) enjoyed a session on the inlet swim on Beattie’s Lake landing several fine double figure carp .
(Above)Josh Vernon landed 4 fish from the Dam wall on Lodge lake using home made boilie’s. Josh was here with son Charlie.
Thirty-Nine Pound one ounce – Furzebray Carp
Alex Hallett was delighted to land this awesome mirror carp known as Dropscale at a weight of 39lb 1oz from Furzebray a new personal best ! Alex also banked carp of 28lb and 27lb.