As the wind swings to the East and temperatures plummet the catching of fish becomes a struggle especially for carp. This doesn’t deter the hardiest anglers who will fish in any weather wrapped up in warm clothing and snug within their bivvys. As always the real bonus is being out by the water witnessing nature in all its glory and if the fishing is quiet then all the more chance of savouring those sunrises and sunsets. Steve Pinn spends many hours fishing Stafford Moor and captures some wonderful images including these stunning shots taken from the bivvy.
A Stafford Moor Twenty
GOLDEN REWARD AT STAFFORD MOOR
North Devon Match Group -Championship No 1 Champion of champions
Championship No 1 Champion of champions
1st Kevin Shears 69lb
2nd Neilsen Jeffery 59lb 4oz
3rd Martin Turner 54lb 14oz
4th Nathan Underwood 50lb 15oz
5th Ian ‘Cosmic’ Croxton 44lb 4oz
A very wet day !! Match held on Oak pool Stafford Moor , fished very well smallish carp dominated the catches , long pole fished corn or maggot proved the best tactics .
Match next weekend on the bottom pond at Oaktree
STAFFORD MOOR – IMPROVEMENTS BRING PROSPECTS FOR A GREAT SEASON
(Above) Adrian Carnell AKA Carpbusters who came with friend Geoff Waring who had out 2 fish to 16lb 8oz from the beach swim on Beattie’s using good old Mainline Cell boilies.
(Above)Simon Hartman who fished for 24 hours on ‘big fish corner’ on Beattie’s using cherry carps poker pop ups , Simon had out 3 fish up to 21lb 14oz.
Some major work has been undertaken on lodge lake making it deeper at the back where the the mangroves have been removed! Many over hanging trees and branches have been removed and several new swims created. .The line found in and around the lake was extreme so it was good to get it removed .There are many 27, 28 & 29lb carp in Lodge so fishery owners Joanne and Paul are predicting some excellent sport during the coming season. Below Wayne Grinney with a carp that weighed in at 31lb 2oz
Stafford Moor Open Result
Stafford Moor Open/ League Match continental payout.
The match was on Oak Tree & Tanners with Twenty Competitors
The winner was Andy Dare on peg 12 with 99lb 9oz fishing 6mm down the edge .
In second place was Phill Waters peg 3 on Tanners with 40lb 1oz
In third place was Ian Croxton peg 9 on Oak with 78lb 3oz
The silvers winner was Ian Gray peg 36 Tanners with 10lb 8oz
MILD WEATHER CARP AT STAFFORD MOOR
Lodge Lake success for the Bivvy Tramp!
Latest Carp catches from Stafford Moor
Gary Harding had 5 fish out up to 20lb 4oz on the summerhouse swim on Beatties using Mainline essential cell boilies.
Steve Pinn AKA ‘ Bivvy Tramp’ with one of his 3 catches from Albert square fishing with CC Moore 12mm northern specials and also CC Moore pink fluoro up to 15lb 11oz.
There is range of quality CC Moore products in Stafford Moors well stocked tackle shop.
Stafford Moor – Carp Catch
Stuart Hutchings and his dad Brian fished the dam on Lodge lake Stuart was fishing with essential cell crushed in a PVA mesh bag. a 22mm boilies with goo squirted in the centre also using CC Moore northern special as hook bait. Brian was fishing with Sticky Baits Manilla boilies and Manilla 12mm pop ups , they had 12 fish out up to 19lb 14oz in a day session.