Paul Morris won the latest Open match at Stafford Moor with 124lb 8oz From peg 5 On Tanners fishing pellet on the pole. The competitors endured heavy rain and strong winds to make some stunning hauls.
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.
Steve Pinn – ‘Bivvy Tramp’ Latest catches
Steve Pinn’s latest catches from Stafford Moor
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.
Bumper Weights at Stafford Moor
There have been some stunning weights at Stafford Moor Recently with the cooler changeable weather encouraging the fish to feed hard.
The top six weights in Stafford Moors latest Mid week open all topped the ton with the top weight doubling this at 206lb 11oz.
1st DEREK BRADSHAW Peg 6 Tanners: 206lbs 11oz
2nd KEV OSBOURNE Peg 9 Woodpecker: 174lbs 9oz
3rd ADAM PALMER Peg 20 Woodpecker: 139lbs 9oz
4th ROB COOMBES Peg 20 Tanners: 122lbs 13oz
5th MARTIN HEARD Peg 7 Woodpecker: 118lbs 5oz
6th GEOFF WOODS Peg 18 Woodpecker: 103lbs 10oz
Sunday Open Match August 13th
1st ROB COOMBES Peg 10 Woodpecker: 114lbs 8oz
2nd SAM POWELL Peg 15 Tanners: 113lbs 12oz
3rd DAVE STOCKTON Peg 12 Woodpecker: 100lbs 11oz
Family Fishing Adventure at Stafford Moor
Scott Mann MP for North Cornwall is a keen angler and paid a visit to Stafford Moor Fishery with his family enjoying success landing five carp to 16lb 9oz. Scott tells me that the family are hooked and looking forward to a return visit.
BIg Eels at Stafford Moor
Steve Pinn ( Above) landed this big eel at Stafford Moor using Pepperami.
Eel specialist Alan Jump landed this fine 4lb 6oz specimen at Stafford Moor.
Big eels can turn up in many different waters and Stafford Moor is gaining a reputation as a water capable of showing up some really big specimens with eels close to double figures a real possibility.
Stafford Moor – Carp Catches
Ben Butler age 17 with his new personal best from big fish corner on Beattie’s lake a 27lb 8oz beauty caught with mainline essential IB Wafters.
(Above)Connor Nettleton who had 5 fish on CC Moore live system boilies on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake.
Stafford Moor – Carp action
Stafford Moor regular Steve Pinn ( The BIvvy Tramp) sent me this awesome image of a mid double from Lodge Lake.
Above a couple more doubles for Steve Pinn.
Andy David Honey and friend Rob fished on the beach swim on Beattie’s and landed many carp out up to 29lb (Robs new pb) using C C Moore live system boilie.
(Below)John and Adam Atkins caught several carp from the back bays in Beattie’s Lake using Sticky Baits Krill boilies.
There is a winter ticket now available to buy for Stafford Moors specimen lakes Beattie’s and Lodge lakes. The ticket runs from 4th December until 2nd March (am Monday- am Friday). The ticket is £150 If you are interested in a ticket you can register with Jo now in which you then have 4 weeks to pay for your ticket. Call Jo in the shop on 01805804360