Carping In Paradise

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PB COMMON FROM THE KRACKING CARP LAKE! Steve Elsbury, 34 from Holsworthy caught a New Personal Best 38lb Common from the Kracking Carp Lake! It’s the 1st time this year that one of the ‘Original Commons’ has come out so it’s a pretty special catch!! This was Steve’s 3rd attempt on the Kracking Carp and after seeing several of the lakes residents over the last couple of weeks, he was over the moon when he managed to bank one on his 3rd attempt! Steve used CR baits Cr1 wafter over a bed of CR1 bottom baits.

(Below)OFF THE TOP! Ellis Titheridge, 37 from Kent, had plenty of stunning Carp off the surface using good old bread crust, he caught a 23lb Mirror and 21lb 6oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake and also a 22lb 8oz Mirror from the Specimen Carp Lake using his treasured 50 year old Richard Walker Split Cane Rod and won Fish Of the week with this Scaley stunner from the Specimen Carp Lake!

(Below)Phil Burke, 35 from Eastbourne, caught 21lb 4oz and 26lb 6oz Mirrors both from the Main Carp Lake using Scopex Squid Boilies.

(Below)ANDY JOINS THE 40 AND 30 CLUB! 5C’s Member Andy Pickard, aka ‘Johnny Vegas’, 37, from Yorkshire can now join the 30’s and 40’s club after catching a 42lb 1oz Mirror and a 31lb 4oz Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake. Andy caught the fish on double bottom baits ‘lucky 13’ and cream haze, using a baiting spoon to put the rigs in place after casting to the far bank.

(Below)James Howland, 23 from Tonbridge caught a New Personal Best 32lb 8oz Mirror from the Main Carp Lake using a Poacher Baits T&M 14mm Wafter.

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Anglers Paradise

Hot weather turns on the carp

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The hottest day of the year so far triggered frantic spawning of the carp at Lower Slade Reservoir an ideal time to get a look at the carp that live within a lake as they thrash about in the weed oblivious to all else around them.

Jennet’s produces a fine catch of common carp

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Matt May 23lb 1oz

 

Blair Warner and Matt May had a great session at Jennetts reservoir, Bideford, part of the South West Lakes Trust portfolio. The pair managed 5 commons with the biggest three being 23.01, 22.06 and 21lbs for Matt with Blair having a 16lb common. Blair also lost two fish in the same day. The day ticket water is prolific as a ‘runs water’ with average size of fish near 20lbs.

(Above)Matt May

(Above) Blair 16lb common carp

(Above) Matt May 23lb 1oz common