Lloyd Kelly Stafford Moor with his friend Mark and fished off the dam wall on Beatties lake they banked 16 fish between them up to 27lb all caught on C C Moore live system And Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
Many thanks for the report from Jo at Stafford Moor complete with emojis and humour.
Wow what a week it has been ! It’s been such a funny week with you all the geriatrics club ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 had guys loosing things , don’t know what lake they were on the day before 🤪 lost envelopes 🤪 leave the shop then pop back as they forgot what peg they r on 🤪 it’s been like this all week but so funny thank you for making it such fun, now down to the nitty gritty 👍 A huge thank you to Vic Bush (MOSSELLA) UK for sponsoring our festivals and giving out such fantastic prizes so appreciated Vic 💕👍
Our worthy winner who has scored a hat trick wow what can we say you Andy Dare you r a legend what an angler and such a fab bloke you won with just 5 points and a total weight of 359lb 14oz well done Andy !
In second place with a total score of 5 points and total weight of 287lb 14oz is Alec Bishop well done Alec 👍
In third place with also just 5 points and a total weight of 260lb 8oz was Dave Kent well done Dave 👍
John Jobson fished Stafford Moors Lodge Lake to bank a fine brace of twenties scaling 20 lb 7oz and 25lb 12ozs both on krill boiles topped off with pink ccmore northern lights.
(Below)Gary Veale had six fish out from Albert square up on lodge lake 3 were mid 20’s all caught on Mainline cell pop ups over a Scattering of 10mm, 15mm Cell & response pellets.
(Below) Trevor Cornwell who had 4 fish out from ‘big fish corner’ swim 4 on Beatties lake including a new personal best of 31lb 11oz caught on Sticky Baits Krill boilies.
(Below) Tony Welch and his friend Shaun had a great report of 48 fish out in 24 hours between them from swims 8 (fraggle rock) and 9 (the angle) this was a session before they have spawned so having a right old munch up caught on Essential Baits.
Ben Smith had a fabulous session on swim 1 (Long Island ) on Beatties lake, Ben had 19 fish out including this 30lb 3oz beauty all caught on monster tiger nut flavour boilies fishing to the island.
Dillon Buttle banked a Couple of fish from swim 4 (The Gap) on lodge lake up to 23lb caught on Sticky Baits Krill bottom Baits surrounded by a Pva big with krill pellets.
(Below)Joe Heidstrom banked 23 fish out from the back bays on Beatties lake including a fabulous ghostie which was caught in the right hand margin all caught on dynamite baits red ammo 20mm.
Friday 17th May was the final of our May Festival 2019, what a fabulous week it had been. The weights were great all week and all the competitors said what a great week they had at the Moor. The weather was kind all week except for Friday when there was some rain but not enough to dampen spirits. The festival ran from Monday 13th until Friday 17th May.
The worthy winner was Gareth Lennox (Stafford Moor) who won with just 5 points and a total weight of 435lb 3oz.
Gareth had 2 points on Monday , 1 point on Tuesday, 1 point on Wednesday, 2 points on Thursday and 1 point on Friday so with his dropper of 2 points Gareth ending up scoring just 5 points. Gareth mainly fished worms over pellet all week.
In second place with a total weight of 429lb 2oz with 6 points was Damien Green
In third place with a total weight of 415lb 11oz with 6 points is Chris Cameron ( bait tech / middy)
Great picture below with the anglers getting the water to produce a stunning image.
(Below)Rich Powell and Andy fished on the beach swim on Beatties Lake and banked 27 fish in an incredible session. Rich has a new personal best of 32lb 4oz and Andy has a new personal best of 26lb 2oz all caught on Sticky Baits Krill Walters and tuff ones.
(Below)Steve Stutt and brother Craig had 6 fish out from the beach swim on Beatties Lake up to 28lb 12oz by Steve all caught on Mainline essential cell pop ups in between the 2 islands 13.5 wraps.
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.
