Steve Pinn sent me this stunning image of mid double carp caught from Stafford Moors Beatties Lake. Steve also landed a 21lb 12oz mirror but size isn’t everything with this stunning fish a pleasing capture for any carp fisher!
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
Kyle Rundle landed a fine 29 lb catch from the Dam wall on beatties lake using sticky baits 12mm boilies tipped with pink sweetcorn.
(Below) Adrian Stockton and friend James Cooney with a couple of there 8 catches using Sticky Baits Manila boilies from the dam wall on the new swims on Lodge lake.
Lodge Lake success for the Bivvy Tramp!
Steve Pinn affectionately known by his mates as the bivvy tramp enjoyed more success on Stafford Moor’s Lodge Lake.
Best of 3 – !8Ib 1oz, the evening after the big thaw on Lodge lake. Used a piece of pepperami ‘firestick’ balanced with half a 12mm pop up and a PVA bag of dead reds in hemp oil.
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.
Stafford Moor – Christmas Match
Report from Joanne Combes
The Christmas match was held on Tanners & Woodpecker lakes. Had a continental payout top 4 was paid out plus a silvers pool and 4 x section winners.
Well done to Mark Hayman! who won from peg 7 on Woodys with 63lb 6oz fishing waggler on the deck.
In second place was Steve Ford peg 3 on Tanners with 35lb 14oz
I’m third place was Jim Lawrie peg 2 on Woodys with 57lb 3oz
In forth place was Mark Lazelle peg 9 Tanners with 27lb
Silvers winner was Rob Watts peg 6 Tanners with 10lb 10oz of silvers
Section winners Tanners :
Mark hill peg 1
Rob Watts peg 6
Section winners Woodys :
Paul Tidball peg 6
Phill Hardwick peg 24
Jo would like to thank everyone who fished the match Merry Christmas to all see you in 2017 !
We have a hangover match Sunday 8th January please let me know of you would like to join us thank you Jo
LODGE LAKE CARP
When I first read of carp they were considered a fish of the summer months and seldom fished for. How times have changed with many factors meaning that the carp are caught all year round with many anglers having the ambition of catching a carp in the snow. The lack of winter snow is perhaps one of the factors that ensure we catch carp all year that and the warm clothing and modern bivvys that make winter fishing far more comfortable. It would be good to get a picture on here of carp in the snow! There’s a challenge!!!
Steve Pinn sent me these superb images of winter carp caught from Stafford Moor’s Lodge lake. 5 fish, not bad for December. 20Ib 12oz (yellow fish) and 17Ib 8oz (orange) – both on CC Moore Northern Special pop ups on a bed of free-by live red maggots.
