COVID-19
The Angling Trust (https://anglingtrust.net/covid-19/) submitted a case to government for the early and full resumption of all forms of angling including night fishing and competitions. This has been permitted under the daily exercise rules and as with all aspects of the coronavirus restrictions, please keep well away from fellow anglers.
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2021 Membership
Manor Fisheries is a 100% Members only Fishery for all anglers aged 18 years old or more noting Juniors are also welcome.
To apply for 2021 Membership, visit https://www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/night-fishing.
Website Traffic
When we compare the Manor Fisheries website traffic statistics covering the first five months of 2021 with 2020, you may be interested to know there has been a measurable increase as follows:
Unique Visitors – up 19%
Page Views – up 17%
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Fishing Report – 1st May 2021 to 31st May 2021
Introduction
Many thanks to Nick Bodiam and Kelvin Collins who arrived at 7am on Sunday 2nd May to witness that a Goose had been left entangled in a large quantity of discarded monofilament line. They thoughtfully then began their session with a successful rescue. It is totally unacceptable for an angler to ignore discarded line and it reasonable that Manor Fisheries (or another angler) is informed if assistance is needed to recover waste line. Although the Goose has survived the selfishness of the offending angler unfortunately leaves a stain on Angling.
And mentioning rubbish, it is not acceptable to leave it behind! It was positive that dog-ends together with left-over food and assorted rubbish was placed in a plastic bag but leaving the bag in the Cabin with used tea bags where visitors eat is nasty and selfish.
Summary
Catches have improved this month, with notable landings that include 10 x 20lbs plus Carp to 25lbs and 24 x 40lbs plus Catfish (an all time monthly record) to 46lbs. We are delighted to indicate many new PB’s were set and several PINS were awarded to commemorate catching a first Manor Fisheries specimen fish.
Of special note we congratulate:
Nick Bodiam who landed a 22lbs Common after first rescuing an entangled goose.
Dan Carlisle landing 25lbs Mirror on his 2nd visit.
Paul Teakle landing 12 x Cats to 45lbs 12ozs in 24-hours
Clive Morrison and a 46lbs Cat using a new bait.
Len Chapman who landed a 6lbs 8ozs Bream.
Matthew Smith who landed a 5lbs 2oz Tench to set a new PB whilst raising our 2021 Tench Leader Board for the third time and a 6lbs 2ozs Bream setting another PB.
Lake 1 (Carp) Logbook Catch Reports
Using Black crab boilie bait on the 1st May produced a 16lbs Common for Chris Mundy.
Jason Smith used Robin Red pellet and spicy crab boilie baits when visiting on the 1st May and finished with 3 x Commons weighing 17lbs 1oz, 15lbs 3ozs and 12lbs.
Using tuna boilie baits on the 2nd May produced 3 x Commons for Nick Bodiam when they weighed 22lbs, 17lbs 8ozs and 16lbs.
Kelvin Collins targeted the Carp during his visit on the 3rd May and landed 5 x Commons weighing 17lbs 8ozs, 17lbs, 16lbs 8ozs, 16lbs and 14lbs 8ozs where tuna and squid boilies were the successful baits.
Halibut pellet was the successful bait for Paul Teakle on the 4th May when his catch included 2 x Commons weighing 18lbs 4ozs and 14lbs 2ozs.
Regular Terry Keard arrived on the 4th May for a 48-hous session over two cold nights and finished with 6 x Carp including a 19lbs 2ozs Mirror and Commons weighing 17lbs 4ozs, 16lbs 8ozs, 15lbs 7ozs, 13lbs 10ozs and 12lbs 10zs.
Matt Scott arrived on the 7th May for a wet 36-hour session and finished with 11 x Carp including weights of:
Commons – 18lbs 8ozs, 15lbs 8ozs, 2 x 15lbs 2ozs, 14lbs 8ozs, 14lbs 4ozs, 13lbs 2ozs and 10lbs 4ozs
Mirrors – 16lbs 4ozs, 13lbs 4ozs and 12lbs
Susan Stephen-Ford and Tony Beck arrived on the 8th May for a short break and successfully targeted the Carp landing weights of:
8th May
Tony – 14lbs 8ozs and 14lbs 6ozs Commons
9th May
Tony – 15lbs 3ozs Mirror
10th May
Tony – 13lbs 4ozs Common and 11lbs 8ozs Mirror
11th May
Tony – 10lbs 3ozs Mirror
Susan – 10lbs 8ozs Common
12th May – Susan – 18lbs 6ozs Mirror
Returning on the 12th May, Bryan Butler used luncheon meat bait and finished with 2 x Mirrors weighing 18lbs and 12lbs. Again using luncheon meat bait on the 19th May, Bryan landed 2 x 20’s Commons, weighing 21lbs 8ozs and 20lbs 10ozs plus a 12lbs 8ozs Mirror.
Danny Smith returned on the 13th May and using a squid pop-up bait landed an 18lbs Common.
It was a continuous and wet 84-hour session from the 14th May when Dean Nixon arrived to target the Carp using 20mm pineapple and 16mm manilla baits to land 15 x Carp weighing:
Commons – 19lbs 9ozs, 17lbs 5ozs, 15lbs 2ozs, 14lbs 8ozs, 14lbs 3ozs, 13lbs 12ozs, 13lbs 10ozs, 13lbs 6ozs, 13lbs 5ozs, 11lbs 12ozs, 11lbs 11ozs and 10lbs.
Mirrors – 13lbs 14ozs, 12lbs 2ozs and 10lbs 10ozs
Using pop-ups on the 15th May, Danny Donnelly caught a 14lbs 8ozs Common.
Simon Rasho used yellow pop-ups and yellow wafters on the 16th May and landed 3 x Commons weighing 19lbs 1oz, 15lbs and 14lbs.
Arriving on the 16th May for a 36-hour session, Pat O’Sullivan landed 12 x Carp including weights of:
Commons – 20lbs, 2 x 18lbs, 17lbs, 3 x 16lbs, 14lbs 4ozs, 14lbs, 11lbs
Linear – 20lbs, 16lbs
Regular Terry Keard returned on the 18th May for a 48-hour session and had success using krill and Robin Red baits catching 9 x Carp including weights of:
Commons – 20lbs 15ozs, 19lbs 2ozs, 15lbs 6ozs, 8lbs 13ozs and tiddler of 2lbs 15ozs
Mirrors – 20lbs 3ozs, 15lbs 1oz, 14lbs 6ozs and 9lbs 10ozs.
Regular Steve Hyder returned on the 19th May and landed 3x Commons weighing 16lbs 2ozs, 14lbs 3ozs and 9lbs 6ozs where krill boilies was the successful bait.
Chay Garside returned on the 21st May for a 24-hour session and using Cell pop-ups landed a Common weighing 14lbs10ozs and a Mirror weighing 12lbs 7ozs.
Visiting on the 22nd May Chris Mundy used Magical bait black crab and Magical bait combi nut baits to catch a 10lbs Common and a 8lbs Mirror.
Regular Bernard Day visited on the 23 May and landed 7 x Carp ranging from 12lbs to 14lbs 8ozs.
Visiting on the 27th May, Nigel Hidson landed 3 x Commons weighing 18lbs 6ozs, 15lbs 15ozs and 13lbs 6ozs.
Returning on the 28th May for a 48-hour session Danny Smith used squid pop-up baits to catch 4 x Carp including Commons weighing 22lbs, 19lbs 2ozs and 18lbs plus a 15lbs Mirror.
Martin Crease and Tony Thompson arrived on the 28th May for a 48-hour session and ended with 15 x Commons weighing:
Martin – from 12lbs to 21lbs
Tony – from 14lbs to 18lbs
Visiting for a second time on the 30th May produced a 25lbs Mirror for Dan Carlisle where a tuna snowman was the successful bait.
Connor Cambridge and James Cannon began their 24-hour session on Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) on the 30th May with great success catching Cats using halibut pellet bait:
James – 42lbs 4ozs PB and 33lbs 5ozs
Connor – 34lbs 6ozs
Moving to Lake 1 (Carp) on the 31st May they had success catching Carp with weights of:
James 15lbs Common
Connor – 13lbs Common and 19lbs 1oz Mirror
Eddie Stephens visited on a sunny 31st May and landed a 19lbs 2ozs Mirror plus a 17lbs 6ozs Common.
Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) Logbook Catch Reports
Bradley Burton and James Twycross arrived on the 30th April for a 36-hour session and were joined by Dan Luckhurst on the 1st May for a 24-hour session and using halibut pellets all had success:
Bradley – 4 x Cats weighing 43lbs 8ozs, 40lbs, 36lbs and 20lbs
James – a 33lbs Cat and 15lbs Common
Dan – a 29lbs Cat
Regular Tony Payne returned on the 2nd May and landed a 34lbs Cat where Robin Red was the successful bait.
Regulars Terry Hare and son David targeted the Cats with squid baits when returning on the 4th May and caught 6 x Cats weighing:
Terry – 37lbs 8ozs, 27lbs 8ozs and 17lbs 8ozs.
David – 37lbs, 27lbs and 21lbs.
Returning on a cold and showery 5th May, Bryan Butler landed 3 x Cats weighing 27lbs, 25lbs and 18lbs where halibut pellet was the successful bait.
John Bairam returned on the 6th May and landed 2 x Cats weighing 39lbs 6ozs and 30lbs 1oz. And again on the 27th May John landed 3 x Cats with weights of 38lbs 10ozs, 32lbs 6ozs and 24lbs 8ozs.
Roy Binks started his 24-hour session on the 6th May and using Robin Red baits landed 6 x Cats weighing 39lbs, 36lbs 8ozs, 28lbs, 26lbs, 21lbs and an 8lbs kitten. And again starting a 24-hour session on the 26th May Roy landed 7 x Cats with weights of 39lbs 4ozs, 36lbs 3ozs, 35lbs 4ozs, 34lbs 3ozs, 33lbs 9ozs, 27lbs 2ozs and 25lbs 8ozs.
Paul Wood returned on the 7th May and caught a 21lbs Cat using Robin red bait.
The competition was possibly more intense than a varsity match when Richard, James and Stuart Cambridge all targeted the Cats with luncheon meat and fish flavoured boilie baits. Arriving on the 7th May for a 36-hour session all three had success including weights
Richard – 41lbs, 39lbs, 35lbs, 33lbs, 28lbs and 15lbs 8ozs
James – 41lbs PB
Stuart – 35lbs and 30lbs.
Roger Simmons and grandson Tyler Edwards plus Steve Cook visited on the 9th May and all had success with the Cats weighing:
Tyler – 25lbs on squid bait
Roger – 36lbs, 30lbs and 26lbs
Steve – 41lbs PB
Sue and Mark Rogers used prawn and crab boilie baits on the 10th May and Sue landed a 28lbs 7ozs Cat while Mark’s was 15lbs 5ozs.
Regular Terry Hare found that the Cats out to play on the 10th May and using squid bait finished with 8 x Cats weighing 41lbs 4ozs, 34lbs 5ozs, 34lbs 4ozs, 31lbs 4ozs, 23lbs 8ozs, 23lbs, 16lbs 8ozs and 15lbs. And returning on the 26th May Terry landed a Cat weighing 25lbs 8ozs.
Paul Teakle began his 24-hour session on the 10th May and finished with 12 x Cats weighing 45lbs 12ozs, 39lbs, 36lbs 12ozs, 36lbs 4ozs, 34lbs, 28lbs 8ozs, 28lbs 4ozs, 27lbs 4ozs, 21lbs 8ozs, 19lbs 4ozs, 11lbs 4ozs and 9lbs.
It was a sunny 12th May when regular Peter Parsons returned and landed a 26lbs 13ozs Cat where squid was the successful bait.
Bernie and Tracy Day visited on the 12th May when both had successes:
Bernie – Cats weighing 28lbs and 16lbs plus a 13lbs Common
Tracy – Cats weighing 37lbs 4ozs, 30lbs 2ozs, 26lbs 8ozs and 20lbs.
Phillip Collins arrived on the 12th May for a 24-hour session and using lobster + squid 18mm boilie and 22mm halibut pellet baits ended with 6 x Cats weighing 36lbs 12ozs, 25lbs 12ozs, 24lbs 6ozs, 21lbs 8ozs, 19lbs 4ozs and 12lbs 2ozs.
Oliver Williams and William Staines both set PB’s after arriving on the 13th May for a 36-hour session by landing Cats weighing:
William – 41lbs 8ozs PB, 36lbs, 33lbs and 27lbs 11ozs
Oliver – 40lbs PB, 35lbs and 33lbs
Regular John Bairam visited on the 14th May and was rewarded with a 32lbs 12ozs Cat.
Arriving on the 14th May for a 36-hour session, Philip Williams and Steve Hall both had success landing Cats weighing:
Philip – 40lbs, 34lbs and 29lbs 8ozs
Steve- 29lbs
Arriving for a short break on the 15th, Alan Sargent tackled the Cats during a wet 16th and 17th and landed 2 x Cats weighing 36lbs 10ozs PB and 20lbs 4ozs plus 2 x Commons at 10lbs each and on the 18th 3 x Cats weighing 42lbs 3ozs a new Cat PB, 32lbs 10ozs and 32lbs 4ozs. On the 20th, Alan targeted the Carp on Lake 1 with great success and landed 3 x Commons weighing 18lbs 11ozs, 12lbs 4ozs and 9lbs 8ozs plus 3 x Mirrors weighing 17lbs 4ozs, 16lbs 1oz and 15lbs.
Tom Marriner visited on the 19th May and using a snowman combo bait landed a Cat weighing 40lbs 7ozs.
On the 20th May Ian Brown and Colin Monk used 22mm halibut pellet baits and caught Cats weighing:
Ian – 42lbs 8ozs, 39lbs and 25lbs 6ozs
Colin – 44lbs 10ozs and 28lbs 6ozs
Colin Monk and his 44lbs 10ozs Cat
And again on the 26th May when they caught a 35lbs Cat and a kitten.
Regulars Reg Miller, Gary Atkins, Wayne Johnson and Melvyn Baker arrived on the 21st May to target the Cats over a 84-hour session and during weather with heavy rain showers and high winds they had many successes including 6 x 40’s:
Reg Miller – 42lbs, 40lbs, 35lbs 8ozs, 35lbs, 33lbs, 29lbs, 2 x 27lbs, 21lbs 8ozs and 14lbs.
Gary Atkins – 43lbs 8ozs, 42lbs 8ozs, 41lbs, 38lbs 12ozs, 38lbs 9ozs, 33lbs, 32lbs 8ozs, 32lbs 6ozs, 31lbs, 29lbs, 27lbs 8ozs, 27lbsand 14lbs.
Wayne Johnson – 41lbs, 35lbs, 30lbs, 29lbs and 27lbs
Melvyn Baker – 38lbs 8ozs, 35lbs 8ozs, 35lbs and 32lbs
Eric Scott returned on the 25th May and landed 4 x Cats weighing 39lbs, 38lbs, 32lbs and 28lbs while colleague Aran Flemming landed 3 x Cats weighing 36lbs, 30lbs and 15lbs.
Nick Burden arrived on the 27th May for a 48-hour session and landed 4 x Cats weighing from 14lbs 14ozs to 34lbs 11ozs.
Bryan Butler and son Michael arrived on the 28th May for a short break and using halibut pellet baits caught:
Bryan – 41lbs 8ozs PB Cat and a 16lbs Carp
Michael – 42lbs PB, 43lbs 8ozs PB, 27lbs and 25lbs 8ozs Cats
Mike Morrison and son Clive targeted the Cats on the 29th May using Mainline Green Halibut luncheon meat bait when Clive rattled the Leader Board with his 46lbs PB (Manor Fisheries) plus weights of 39lbs 8ozs and 30lbs while Mike also landed a Cat weighing 39lbs 8ozs.
Clive with his Manor Fisheries 46lbs PB (MF) Cat
Tony Cook visited during a sunny 31st May and using halibut pellet bait landed Cats weighing 39lbs 6ozs PB (MF) and 33lbs.
Lake 3 (Mixed) Logbook Catch Reports
Regular Graham Payne returned on the 2nd May and landed a 8lbs 4ozs Common plus a 2lbs 8ozs Bream where halibut pellet was the successful bait.
Matthew Smith again used a waggler float and mixed maggot bait or feeder rod and caster with great success:
3rd May – A good mixed catch including 3 x Tench weighing 3lbs 5ozs, 2lbs 9ozs and 2lbs 6ozs plus a 3lbs 1oz Bream, a 7lbs 14ozs Mirror, 2 x Commons weighing 6lbs 14ozs and 5lbs 12ozs, 7 x Rudd and a single Perch.
5th May – Another mixed bag including a 6lbs 11ozs Common, Bream weighing 4lbs 8ozs, 4lbs 2ozs, 3lbs 12ozs and 3lbs 2ozs plus 5 x Tench weighing 3lbs 12ozs, 3lbs 7ozs, 2lbs 12ozs and 2lbs 6ozs.
11th May – A good mixed catch including Tench weighing 3lbs 9ozs, 3lbs 6ozs, 2lbs 12ozs and 2lbs 3ozs plus a 3lbs 7ozs Bream, a 5lbs 10ozs Common and 50 x Rudd/Roach/Perch.
19th May – Focusing again on Tench, Matthew landed nine to 5lbs 2oz setting a new PB whilst raising our 2021 Tench Leader Board for the third time. In addition, his catch included 6 x Bream to 5lbs 7ozs and another PB.
22nd May – using a method feeder and pellets plus white tuna wafters Matthew landed 6 x Tench to 4lbs 3ozs and 3 x Commons weighing 8lbs 4ozs, 6lbs 10ozs and 5lbs 8ozs.
28th May – Matthew caught Commons weighing 11lbs 2ozs and 8lbs 14ozs, Bream of 5lbs 6ozs and 4lbs 3ozs and 27 x Rudd, Roach and Perch.
30th May – It was another great session for Matthew landing 3 x Bream to a 6lbs 2ozs new PB, 4 x Tench to 4lbs 10ozs, 6 x Commons to 10lbs 8ozs and a 9lbs 3ozs Mirror.
Regulars Terry and James Crank visited on a cold and windy 5th May and using sweetcorn bait landed 3 x Tench to 3lbs and 6 x Carp including Mirrors weighing 8lbs 11ozs and 8lbs 3ozs. And again on the 11th May, when using halibut pellet bait, they had a great session landing 4 x Bream to 5lbs 7ozs, 2 x Tench to 3lbs 4ozs plus 26 x Carp including Commons to 9lbs 5ozs and Mirrors to 9lbs 1oz.
Visiting for the first time on 8th May, David and Kenneth Darvill together with John Emsworth had a total catch weighing 93lbs including:
12 x Commons to 12lbs
3 x Mirrors to 5lbs
A 2lbs Tench, Roach and perch
Fishing was slow on the 9th May when Andy Bush returned and using prawn and pellet baits on the pole, landed Tench weighing 2lbs 8ozs and 2lbs.
During a short break Brian Madden and Len Chapman used a waggler and double maggot with great success:
12th May
Brian – 2 x Carp to 6lbs 8ozs and a 5lbs 8ozs Bream
Len – 4 x Carp to 7lbs, 9 x Tench to 3lbs 8ozs and a 6lbs 8ozs Bream
13th May
Brian & Len – 7 x Tench to 3lbs, 6 x Carp to 6lbs on float and 5 x Carp to 8lbs 8ozs on a feeder rod using halibut pellet bait.
After Danny Mckenzie organised a visit on the 15th May, including Barry Thorne, Donna Sanders and Jason Leetham it was Jason who excelled:
Barry – 7lbs 8ozs Common a white chocolate pop-up
Donna – 9lbs 3ozs Mirror on cat meat wafter
Jason – 11lbs 60zs, 10lbs 8ozs, 9lbs 2ozs and 8lbs 6ozs Commons plus 2lbs 1oz Tench on corn flavoured pellet.
Rod and Marilyn Daniels returned for a break on the 15th May and using sweetcorn and krill baits soon had many successes including:
16th May
Rod – Commons weighing 3lbs 10ozs, 3lbs 8ozs and 3lbs 6ozs
Marilyn – Mirrors weighing 12lbs 11ozs and 11lbs 10ozs plus Commons of 4lbs 4ozs, 4lbs and 2lbs.
17th May
Marilyn – using krill bait a 4lbs 10ozs Carp plus Tench weighing 2 x 2lbs 14ozs, 2lbs 13ozs, 2lbs 8ozs and 1lb 8ozs.
18th
Rod – Commons weighing 12lbs 10ozs and 4bs plus Mirrors of 8lbs 3ozs and 7lbs 10ozs and all on breadcrust.
Marilyn – a 7lbs 2ozs Common and a 10lbs 3ozs Mirror on krill.
19th
Marilyn – a 6lbs 14ozs Common and a 1lb 9ozs Tench on krill.
20th
Rod – 4lbs 10ozs Common, 4lbs 8ozs Bream and Tench weighing 1lb 8ozs and 1lb 5ozs.
Marilyn – using krill Commons weighing 9lbs 10ozs, 8lbs 13ozs and 4lbs 3ozs.
21st
Rod – Commons weighing 7lbs 12ozs and 6lbs 1oz.
Marilyn – Commons weighing 6lbs 2ozs and 5lbs 11ozs, Mirrors of 2 x 7lbs 4ozs, 7lbs 3ozs and 4lbs 5ozs plus a 3lbs 14ozs Tench.
Roger Simmons and grandson Tyler Edwards returned on the 17th May and had a good mixed catch including:
7 x Tench to 4lbs
3 x Carp to 8lbs
3 x Bream to 4lbs
Numerous Rudd, Roach and Perch
Regulars Terry and James Crank returned on the 26th May and used halibut pellet bait with great success, caught 3 x Mirrors to 7lbs 4ozs, 11 x Commons to 9lbs 6ozs including weights of 8lbs 10ozs, 8lbs 3ozs and 7lbs 11ozs plus a 4lbs 2ozs Bream and a 3lbs 10ozs Tench.
Kevin Merrick arrived for a short break and using small pellet bait on the 29th May landed 8 x Bream to 2lbs 5ozs plus Commons weighing 8lbs 3ozs and 5lbs 7ozs.
2021 Awards and Competitions
2021 - PIN Awards
Every angler is awarded a PIN when meeting the qualifying weight to commemorate catching their first Manor Fisheries specimen fish and for each species shown below:
2021 - Leader Board
The 2021 Leader Board competition will run throughout our 2021 Season and commenced on Saturday 13th March 2021. Prizes will be awarded for the following specimens caught by or on Sunday 10th October 2021 and in the event these “Target weights” are not met, the prizes below will be awarded for the heaviest verified Carp, Catfish and Tench specimens recorded in the Cabin Logbook:
£50.00 for the first verified 50lbs+ Catfish
£50.00 for the first verified 30lbs+ Carp
£50.00 for the first verified 8lbs+ Tench
Please ensure Cats weighing over 30lbs and Carp over 20lbs are recorded in the Cabin Logbook, as this forms the basis of our Monthly News Report and provides valuable input to our lake management plans.
2021 - 1,000lbs Club
Every angler landing 1,000lbs or more in a single contiguous session will awarded becoming a member of the prodigious Manor Fisheries 1,000lbs Club.