NEWS: 1 January 2020 to 31 January 2020
A brand New Year has started. We extend our very best wishes to all our regular and new guests who visited throughout last year.
Manor Fisheries has again been selected a Best Venue to Fish – see Anglers Mail article dated 2nd January 2020, page-47 with a special mention of Manor Fisheries in the 2020 Best Venue to Fish review by specimen angler Duncan Charman. We look forward to receiving reports of many more great catches and PB’s throughout our coming 2020 season.
Some dates for your 2020 diary.
The Manor Fisheries 2020 Season is:
2020 Bookings
Bookings for Accommodation plus Fishing
You can now book your favourite week for 2020 noting we reopen on Saturday 21st March 2020. Bookings are now being accepted that include Apartment plus Fishing for 3, 4 or 7-nights or longer.
Holiday Arrival and Departure Days
7 nights is arriving Saturday and leaving Saturday by 10.00 am
4 nights is arriving Monday and leaving Friday by 10.00 am
3 nights is arriving Friday and leaving Monday by 10.00 am
Bookings for Fishing – We are now accepting 2020 bookings from anglers for fishing up to month 4 ahead. Those wishing to book specimen Lake 1 (Carp) or specimen Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) require to be a 2020 Member noting the 2020 Member Application Form is available on-line.
See all Availability online via https://www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/availability/.
Fishery Activity Plan – the next 7-weeks
Manor Fisheries is closed for the winter and before we open on Saturday 21st March next year there are many on-going activities including:
A daily winter fish feeding programme using an initial 1,200Kg of high quality feed
Management of the lakes through further netting and electro stunning.
General grounds and islands maintenance
Apartments, cabin and security maintenance
Over the coming weeks we plan to keep you informed of progress when we also welcome receiving your comments and/or ideas.
Storm Damage
Earlier this month heavy winds and rain resulted in three trees falling across the River Sherway located behind Lake 3 (Mixed). We extend our thanks to David Hodge (equipped with chain saw) and Terry Keard (equipped with camera); who both beavered away on Saturday 25th January to clear the debris shown in the pictures below.
Before
Well done Dave
After
Cabin Log Book
Thank you to all those anglers who have spent a few moments in the past to summarise their catch in the Cabin Log Book and we wish you a very successful 2020 season.
Manor Fisheries Specimens
Each year we award every angler with a PIN to commemorate catching their first Manor Fisheries specimen fish for each species shown below. The 2020 PIN qualifying weights are:
2020 Leader Board
The Leader Board competition will again run throughout our 2020 Season and commence on Saturday 21st March 2020. Prizes will be awarded for the following specimens caught by or on Sunday 11th October 2020:
£50.00 for the first verified 50lbs+ Catfish
£50.00 for the first verified 30lbs+ Carp
£50.00 for the first verified 8lbs+ Tench
In the event these “Target weights” are not met, the above prizes will be awarded for the heaviest verified Carp, Catfish and Tench specimens recorded in the Cabin Log Book by or on Sunday 11th October 2020.
In addition to recording Cats weighing over 30lbs, don’t be shy ……. please also record Carp over 20lbs as this forms the basis of our Monthly News Report and provides valuable input to our lake management plans.