11 Oct 2016

STAFFORD MOOR – OCTOBER FESTIVAL – Updates Daily

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October 10th – Day 1

Day one of the October Festival at Stafford Moor. A fabulous weight from Ricky Johnston who fished on peg 8 on Woodpecker lake bagged himself 116lb 10oz fishing 8mm pellet

1st RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 116lbs 10oz

2nd LEE WERRETT Peg 5 Oak: 115lbs 14oz

3rd PETER UPPERTON Peg 20 Oak: 103lbs 6oz

4th RICHARD WYLIE Peg 22 Tanners: 103lbs 3oz

October 11th – Day 2

Day two of the October Festival 2016. Weather bitter cold with bright sunshine which made the fishing extra hard today! Had a top weight from Craig Edmonds peg 20 on Woodpecker Lake with a weight of 139lb

1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 20 Woodpecker: 139lbs 0oz

2nd STEVE SHAW Peg 24 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz

3rd IAN PRETTY Peg 36 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz

4th CHRIS BISHOP Peg 12 Woodpecker: 71lbs 15oz

NATHAN UNDERWOOD Peg 25 Tanners: 62lbs 14oz(Above)

October 12th – Day 3

1st ZAC NEWTON Peg 30 Tanners: 127lbs 5oz

2nd CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 1 Oak: 104lbs 12oz

3rd ANDY GRIFFITHS Peg 22 Woodpecker: 89lbs 9oz

4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 18 Tanners: 78lbs 6oz

(Below) Pete Upperton with a nice net of Silvers from Pines Lake

Day 4 –

1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 30 Tanners: 186lbs 2oz

2nd PETER UPPERTON Peg 6 Woodpecker: 126lbs 1oz

3rd TERRY STONE Peg 3 Woodpecker: 104lbs 15oz

4th MARTIN HEARD Peg 12 Woodpecker: 94lbs 11oz

Final Day

1st PETE UPPERTON Peg 34 Woodpecker: 81lbs 1oz

2nd NEIL STONES Peg 3 Woodpecker: 72lbs 7oz

3rd RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 72lbs 6oz

4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 27 Tanners: 71lbs 11oz

Report from Joanne Combes :-

Winner of the October Festival 2016 Craig Edmunds ! Who won with a perfect score of just 4 points and a total weight of 500lb 12 oz “well done considering he has never fished a festival here before what can I say not often I’m speechless”. In second place was Brian Shanks with only 4 points total weight of 230lb 4oz well done Brian ! In third place was Peter Upperton with 5 points and a total weight of 343lb 15oz.

“well done to everyone who fished fished the festival had such a Laugh with you all thank you for making it a fab week ! Paul & Jo”.

7 Oct 2016

Stafford Moor Match Result and news of October festival

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Stafford Moors match anglers continue to put together some big bags of fish. The October Festival casts off on Monday see details below I expect some news of bulging nets by the end of the week!

Stafford Moor open Sunday 2nd October on Tanners and Woodpecker i

1st ANDY DARE Peg 27 Tanners: 97lbs 0oz

2nd MARTIN HEARD Peg 28 Woodpecker: 81lbs 5oz

3rd MARK LAZELLE Peg 25 Tanners: 77lbs 0oz

4th RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 12 Woodpecker: 68lbs 11oz

Winner of the Residents match on Friday October 7th

1st ALAN BUFFON 100lb 15oz fishing 8mm on the bomb.

All lakes (except Beatties and Lodge lake) will be closed from Monday 10th October – Friday 14th October 2016. Festival format is as follows: The practice/open match is on Saturday 8th October please let me know if you would like to fish this match. The festival runs from Monday 10th October – Friday 14th October. Entry fee is £220.Fishing Oak,Tanners,Pines and Woodpecker lakes. Free draw on Monday then lake rotation then free draw on Friday. Draw time Monday is a rolling draw from 8am fishing 11am- 5pm (only on Monday) rest of the week draw time is rolling draw at 8am fishing 10.30am-4.30pm except Friday 8am draw fishing 10.30am-3.30pm.Based on 70 guys fishing, the sections will be 8/9 in each section.Payout details will be given on the day of arrival as this depends on definite numbers. The presentation is on friday at The Rams Inn Pub in Dolton from 6pm.If you have any questions please call Jo on 01805804360 or send an email to [email protected]

5 Oct 2016

LODGE LAKE CATCHES

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Joanne Combes keeps a steady stream of reports coming from Stafford Moor here are the latest catches from Lodge Lake.

Lee Waring with one of his 26 catches yes 26 !! From lodge lake using mainline cell boilies with GOO (almond bait smoke ) up to 24lb he said if was his best fishing session he has ever had . He was here for 36 hours was gonna do 24 but don’t want to go home as he was in a roll !

Eddie Scott who had a few fish out up to 25lb using cc Moore live system boilies
From lodge lake yesterday . (Below)

3 Oct 2016

Stafford Moor – Carp News

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More stunning carp from Stafford Moor.

Mark Stacey and son Kyle Stacey with there new personal bests from Lodge lake dam wall this weekend using mainline cell .( Below)

Ian Collins ( Below) who had many out from the inlet swim on Beatties using sticky baits Manilla boilies below with his 23lb 3oz.

Andy Stapleton with his 18lb catch from lodge lake using banoffee high biz pop ups. (Below)

Nathan Bridle with his 29lb 4oz catch from Beatties lake using mainline cell boilies .(below)

27 Sep 2016

The carp just keep coming from Stafford Moor!!!

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Stafford Moor has to be one of the regions most prolific fisheries with complex owner Joanne Combes keeping me busy most days with pictures of smiling anglers with splendid carp.

(Above) Ollie Kennard with his 17lb 2oz catch from lodge lake one of several fish caught using Mainline spicy crab boilies purchased from the sites tackle shop.

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Jenny Jewell with one of her catches from the summerhouse swim on Beatties lake using home made boilies.

26 Sep 2016

YOUNG ANGLERS AT STAFFORD MOOR

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Its always good to get news of young anglers enjoying success as these are the anglers of the future. Joanne at Stafford Moor sent me these images of early angling success.

(Above) Mark & Debbie Brett’s triplets who are Bailey, Bluebell and Harley age 4 this was there first fishing trip on oak lake

(Below) Charlie Vernon who was here with dad Josh with his 14lb catch from Beatties using sticky baits white pop ups and pellets .

24 Sep 2016

STAFFORD MOOR – TOP CARP CATCHES

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Lee Galley and his son Nick Galley fished on Beatties lake for 48 hours they had 10 fish out using there own home made boilies on Gardener stiff rigs they had up to 26lb.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA — *Lee Galley (Above)*

Lee Waring who fished Stafford Moorfor the first time enjoying a successful session on beatties then on lodge lake using cc moore live system boilie’s he had a few fish out including this chunky mirror pictured below .

Danny Hayman landed a fine 29lb mirror from Beatties Lake on the dam wall main line cell boilie’s . (Below)

Mike Faulkner with one of his many catches from lodge lake using sticky baits Manilla boilies this one is a 22lb 2oz. (Above)

Alexander McDonald had 8 fish out of Beatties in 24 hours using DNA Baits up to 21lb 7oz. (Above)

12 Sep 2016

Stafford Moor Pairs Winners

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Below is the latest result from Stafford Moor as sent to me by Joanne Combes:- Never do understand the points system perhaps someone could explain and I will put explanation on the site as an article!

The Pairs festival at Stafford was a 2 day festival with 78 guys fishing . Winners were the same winners as last year who were Ben Hagg & Lee Werrett who won with just 4 points the perfect score ! In second place was Martin Preston & Scott Puddy with 5 points , in third place with 7 points was Peter Upperton & Robbie Taylor , in forth place with 9 points was Steve Ford & Chris Cameron.

8 Sep 2016

STAFFORD MOOR – MATCH RESULTS

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Joanne Combes reported on the open match on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Stating “Was hard fishing today as we have a lot of rain in the last 24 hours so a lot of cold water which affects the fishing.”

Any fishery that can produce top three bags on a hard day has to be pretty good in view!!

SUNDAY OPEN – September 4th

1st BEN BROXSON Peg 1 Woodpecker: 165lbs 1oz

2nd DAVE STOCKTON Peg 34 Woodpecker: 163lbs 1oz

3rd JOHN MCGAN Peg 32 Woodpecker: 109lbs 10oz

2 Sep 2016

TOP SPOT FOR DOUG AT STAFFORD

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Doug Richardson took top spot in Stafford Moor’s Resident Match with 131lb 1oz of carp on the pole. A few days previously Doug landed 344lb from Woodpecker Lake.

2nd place was Ian Rowney peg 1 with 107lb 3oz fishing 8mm pellet

3rd place was Martyn Johns peg 25 with 74lb 12oz

Section winners were : Colin Cross peg 18 with 33lb 14oz and Mick Coupland peg 34 with 56lb 3oz

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“well done to everyone who fished fished the festival had such a Laugh with you all thank you for making it a fab week ! Paul & Jo”.