There have been some stunning catches of carp from Stafford Moor over the past couple of weeks so may I have had a job keeping up!

Below are a few from what is North Devons’ most prolific carp fishery.

 

(Below) Ben Pittock and Luke Philpott who had 23 fish out between them from big fish corner swim 4 and small island swim 3 on Beatties lake. Caught on mirage baits king crab & essential shellfish B5

Liam Jason Shipway fished with his  dad Jason they had 10 fish out from the summer hut swim on Beatties lake fishing with Mainline cell 15mm & 18mm boilies, sweetcorn, hemp and the new Nash spod cloud purchased from the JO-OP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Below)Check out Andy Parkinson who had 12 fish from swim 3 (small island)on the dam wall on Beatties lake up to 26lb 9oz caught on Sticky Baits Manilla with bait works scent from hell & Mainline essential cell & proper Job squid & Octopus pop ups

(Below)Josh Lewis who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake. Josh had 3 fish out including his new pb of 23lb 10oz he fished between the 2 islands. All caught on Nash instant action coconut Cream 15mm boilies & wonderberry goo

(Below)Wayne Law  had 7 fish out including this stunning beauty below we have called ‘Tango’ from the second swim on the dam wall on Beatties lake. Wayne was fishing 3 rods out in the open water with Sticky baits Manilla, Krill and Mainline link boilies.

Steve Keyworth  had 11 fish out up to 24lb 8oz from swim 6 on lodge lake in 24 hours all caught on Nash Candy Nut Crush 15mm boilies.

(Below)Adrian Stockton had 22 fish out in a 3 night stay up on swim 3 on Lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.

(Below) Paul Blake enjoyed a great day fishing Lodge Lake at Stafford Moor with his son Matt Blake. Matt caught 3 mirrors 9lb 13oz, 14lb 5oz and 16lb 5oz beating his personal  twice. Paul landed a personal best carp of  19lb 15oz. Paul says, “Many thanks to Joanne and Paul Coombes, a fantastic fishery, we will be back!”.

 

Clive Ashford Key and his son Charlie  fished up on Swim 13 on the spit on Lodge lake. Clive & Charlie banked  fourteen fish in total up yo 20lb 4oz. Clive was using blow back k-d rigs, Urban nutcracker/Sticky baits Manilla & Bloodworm boilies, some caught on Wafters snowman style. Charlie had a new personal best of 14lb 8oz  fishing with Manilla tipped with corn and Manilla wafters.

(Below) Adam Barnett

(Below)Paul Blake enjoyed a great day fishing Lodge lake at Stafford Moor, caught 2 mirrors, 14lb 9oz and 17lb 14oz.

 

Jack Griffiths caught 26 carp up to 29lb 9oz from the beach swim on Beatties lake last week. His new personal best was the 29lb 9oz he caught . Jack had a good head of 20’s including a beautiful ghosty! He used a range of rigs mainly caught on Sticky Baits Krill on a slip d & krill on a single bottom he also caught a few using a single pop up on a chod. Jack fished to the island 10ft over the gravel bar.

 

Matthew Woods  fished  on swim 6 on lodge lake (the outlet) and had 5 fish out fishing with Atlantic heat boilies.

(Above)Rich Powell  fished on the Rhodi Bush swim 6 on Beatties lake with Andy. He had 6 carp to 24lb 5oz all caught on Sticky Baits Krill wafters topped with a little fake corn.

(Above) Callum Gardiner who had 5 fish out including this 20lb beautiful common from swim 3 (small island) on Beatties lake this weekend.

(Above)Simon White had 22 fish out from swim 12 (The Spit) on lodge lake this weekend. Simon was here with his dad Patrick they fished with Mainline Link boilies.

(Above) Roundelay and Woodrow Van Koutrik who fished up on lodge lake with dad Andrew van Koutrik on swim 1 on lodge lake fishing with C C moore Live system 24mm boilies. They had 5 fish up to 22lb.

(Below)Wayne Grinney & his wife Jenny Grinney had an amazing 60 fish out from the inlet swim on Beatties lake. the fish were tempted  with Nash Scope. squid and Sticky baits krill boilies.

(Below) Stan Robinson fished  on Lodge lake swim 11 (beach 2) for the first time. He had 6 fish plus a new personal best of 20lb 10oz fishing with Nash coconut cream and strawberry crush as a snowman over a bed of 4mm sticky baits pellet all purchased from Stafford Moors on site tackle shop.

(Below) John Lean Jnr fished  on lodge lake  and  banked four carp using DNA S7 bait.

(Below)Zac Rastall caught six carp from Swim 5 (Lord Island) on Beatties lake up to 23lb 8oz caught on Mainline link 14mm wafters over a handful of Mainline 15mm Hybrid at a short distance.

(Below)Harry Burston  fished on the pads swim 11 on Beatties lake  on a 24 hour ticket and banked three carp up to 21lb 7oz caught on Sticky baits krill wafters

(Below) Nathan Oliver and Jason Crawford  fished on swim 14 (beach 1) swim on lodge lake they had 5 fish out up to 23lb caught on Mainline milky toffee pop ups coated in almond goo fished over 3kg of cell , Jase was using particles & Sticky baits krill.