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.
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
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.
There is far more to fishing than catching fish and I always love to see images from the waters edge. I obtained this fantastic image from Stafford Moor from ‘Steve Pinn (aka The Bivvy Tramp)’ – As he is affectionately known by some of his mates. Photography and angling go together hand in hand especially in carp fishing where the angler is so often waiting expectantly amidst the natural landscape.
Fortunately I am sure the ice has gone now and with luck this will bring the fish on the feed!
Oak Lake – Stafford Moor Results
1st Nielsen Jeffery 85lb 6oz 2nd Tom Downing 79lb 9oz 3rd Kevin Shears 44lb 4th Nathan Underwood 32lb 10oz 5th Phil Watters 24lb 13oz
Well done chaps , Nielsen caught 25 carp on corn over micros on the 13m pole , Tom had a similar bag on same tactics with some late edge fish on bread. Conditions ,after heavy over night rain from Storm Angus were cold ,still and bright.
Scott Hessey with his 21lb 12oz catch from the summerhouse swim on Beattie’s lake today using pallatrax bait. (Above)
The Carp busters Adrian Carnell and Julie Carnell are at Stafford Moor where they landed this cracking carp from the beach swim using mainline cell boilies. (Below)
The exceptionally mild weather has ensured that the carp continue to feed. I recorded 13 Degrees C as I drove home from work at 5:30 this morning!
Lee and NIck Galley fished Stafford Moors Beatties Lake to land several carp. The best to Lee’s rod a fine specimen of 24lb 4oz; Lee also landed a fish of 16lb 8oz. Nicks best was a fish of 18lb 4oz. They also landed a couple of upper singles all tempted on their own black magic bait in conjunction with Gardner rigs and terminal tackle.
Joanne Combes shared this delightful picture with North Devon Angling News. Here is Jack Charlton with one of his catches on Oak lake using bait works bait.
Marc Dobson with his birthday catch from Stafford Moor a 25lb 5oz mirror carp from the summerhouse swim on Beattie’s lake using Sticky Baits Manilla 16mm boilies.
Here are the results from Stafford Moor’s Silver Manic Festival 2016. The winner was Mr Andy Griffiths with 10lb 5oz from peg 36 well done Andy ! Who picked up £1000.The competitors battled against a bitter cold wind throughout the day. The fishery had 3 x 1st in section winners who each won £200 and 3 x 2nd in section winners who all won £100 each these are:
1st Chris Davis
2nd Dave smith
1st Bradley Gibbons (MAVER)
2nd Chris Bailey
1st Peter Randle
2nd Mark Warren