Jason McEvoy braved wind and rain at Upper Tamar Lake to bank a fine mirror carp of 24lb 4oz.
Stafford Moor – Winter Carp Form
Stafford Moor continues to reward anglers despite the cold weather. Below is are some of the recent catches.
Barry Lee banked carp from the dam wall on Beatties Lake all caught on C C Moore live system wafters in Almond goo over a small amount of hemp & corn feed. (Below)
Sam Heno who fished on the inlet swim on Beatties lake ,Sam had 6 fish out all caught on C C Moore live system boilies. (Below)
(Below) Simon White who hasn’t been to Stafford Moor for 10 years so a lot for him to take in change wise on site but all good Simon has 5 fish out up to 29lb all caught in swim 1 on lodge lake all caught on C C Moore 10mm live system boilies tipped off with Sticky baits peach & pepper.
Keith Medlin fished up on swim 2 on Lodge Lake and now has the new lake record of 33lb 2oz. Keith had 10 fish out in total all caught on Sticky Baits 20mm Manilla boilies which were glugged with Manilla and Sticky’s peach n pepper pop up snow man style. (Below)
MELBURY RESERVOIR CARP
Aaron Jones sent us in this catch report from Melbury at the weekend. ‘After work session on melbury Friday night produced these 4 lovely carp to 18.14lb, all caught using Nash scopex squid off of the pre baited spot. 2 large hand fulls of 18mm baits over the spot after each capture kept them feeding’. Nice one Aaron…
Aaron Jones did a quick overnight session at Melbury and had been hauling again!!! Aaron said ‘After my Friday night session I decided to have another go last night and again they kept coming, all fish caught off the same pre baited spot of Nash scopex squid again topping up after each fish with 2 large handfuls of 18mm baits’. Aaron’s fish were 20lb 3oz, 17lb 4oz, 17lb and a low double.
Stafford Moor Carp
Alan Clarke fished up on swim 2 on lodge lake and had 11 fish out all caught on DT Baits n blend boilies & CWGB white wafter hook Baits.
(Below) Rob Shann caught this fine mirror carp of 23lb from Lodge Lake using Sticky baits Krill Boilies.
Lower Tamar – carp and big bream
Aaron Bunning had a nice session down At lower Tamar this week. He had two carp both around low doubles and two bream of 7lb 8oz and 9lb 4oz (pictured).
All fish fell to 18mm Nash Scopex Squid hookbaits tipped with fake corn. Over the course of the session Aaron fed around 4kg of freebies.
Big Carp from Furzebray
James Hunt enjoyed success at Furzebray banking a fine mirror of 35lb.
(Below) Adam Short banked the impressive carp known as Clover at a weight of 45lb 12oz.
Late Autumn Carp to 32lb 16oz at Stafford Moor
Andy Barnes banked seven carp up to 32lb 15oz from the beach swim on Beatties Lake. All fish were caught on Sticky Baits Krill and Manilla boilies.
(Below) Oli Dietrich caught a brace of carp the biggest a 27lb mirror, from swim 3 (small island) on the dam wall on Beatties lake yesterday Oli caught on Crafty bait citrus fruit which is a tester bait.
Lee Watts banks Lake Record at Colebrook
Lee Watts and his brother Vaughan had a good session at Colbrooke fishery near Collumpton. Lee banked a common of 23lb 8oz then a mirror of 18lb12oz followed by a lake record common of 27lb 7oz. Vaughn Watts landed a mirror of 24lb 2oz.
Stafford Moor – Personal Bests in eleven fish day trip.
At Stafford Moor Paul Blake set a new personal best with a fine mirror carp of 29lb 3oz one of an eleven carp haul shared with Dean Willougby who banked a brace of twenties scaling 20lb 7oz and 20lb 10oz.
Low Pressure Big Fish!
Big low pressure systems with mild air from the South West combined with wind and rain often bring the big fish the feed as anglers found whilst fishing South Molton Lakes at Furzebray and Hacche Lane.
(Above) Graham Kelly made the most of a cancellation at Furzebray !!! Graham banked one of his target fish from Island Lake The mint common at an all time high of 35lb 12oz.
Lee Rolls has been a long time member of the Hacche Lake syndicate and set a new lake record banking 32lb 14 oz he then went on and broke it again a couple of hours later with another fish of 33lb 8oz.