Winter has passed
The weather at the beginning of Spring fooled us all. On the 1st April it was snow with freezing nights. This April weather has as usual been unpredictable; with snow, hail, rain, high winds, fog, drought and glorious sunshine.
The first Goslings arrived on 19th April
The first six Canadian Goslings on 19th April
We reopened for our 2022 season on Saturday 12th March when it was good to meet Members both old and new.
2022 Reservations
Accommodation with discounted Fishing
Accommodation with Fishing reservations for 2022 are now being accepted at 2021 rates. See Rates online @ www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/rates-1 and Availability online @ www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/availability.
Payments
At the beginning of the season there is a surge in the number of payments. To quickly provide visitors their corresponding receipt it is especially important to include a reference relating to who is visiting (not paying). At the very least a name would help but the following example is preferred:
Name initials and visit date (e.g., John Smith and 15 May becomes JS 15/05)
When we receive payments without any way of identifying “what it is for or who it is from” we unfortunately cannot forward receipts in a timely manner.
Membership
For the 2022 season Manor Fisheries is a 100% Members only Fishery for all anglers aged 18 years old or more and Membership numbers will be limited. Applications for 2022 Membership are allocated on a “First come, first served” basis and are now being accepted – see www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/night-fishing.
Swim Repairs
Having repaired swims this month, we request anglers do not cause unnecessary damage requiring more repairs.
Several swims contain concrete for strength where the use of a rod pod is ideal. Although the use of bank sticks is still fine, when fishing near to the water’s edge avoid damage through banging into the concrete which will also scare fish away from your swim. Locate your rods (and bank sticks) in the water and further back from the water’s edge to completely avoid the concrete.
Stray leads/hooks
When carrying out maintenance work many stray leads/hooks were retrieved from over-hanging branches. Despite fixed leads and Cat hooks being banned, it was disappointing to come across several of these rigs. If in doubt as to what constitutes a Running Ledger see www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/fixed-or-running-ledgers. Better still, dispense with a lead clip and use a more fish friendly Run-Ring.
A Running lead is the most basic ledger rig possible. It is fish friendly (safe) and almost a guaranteed catcher.
The main line must be able to run freely when there is a take.
That is why we recommend it!!
Keeping with the simplicity theme, we believe the easiest and the best way of attaching a lead is a “Running lead” setup. To do this simply thread the lead onto the mainline, then a bead and swivel and then tie on your hook length/hook (40lbs braid for Cats).
This running ledger rig, with exception of the knotless knot, has been used for hundreds of years in one guise or another and cannot be beaten if you are fishing close range or you are stalking. If you are specimen fishing for Carp, Cats or Tench this is the rig to be used at Manor Fisheries. It is simple and effective and allows concentration on more important things such as watercraft and bait placement.
Please note Membership will be withdrawn from any angler found using a bolt rig (fixed lead) or Cat hook and there will be no exception.
Several Cats have been lost due to the straightening of poor-quality hooks. Hooks for Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) should be barbless and forged (not wire or Cat hooks). A strong hook with a larger eye than most brands (good for making hair rigs); that is competitively priced, can be sourced from Wicked Rigs (Hand Made in the UK).
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Fishing Report – 1st April 2022 to 30th April 2022
Introduction
It has been a welcome return of many regulars and meeting new visitors. With the warmer weather this month there has been an increasing number of good catches including several specimens. Congratulations to all the anglers who have already featured in three 2022 Leader Boards which are up and running.
Lake 1 (Carp) Logbook Catch Reports
This month anglers caught a record number of April 20lbs+ Carp – 9 including Commons and Mirrors.
Justin Cutter and Louie Divall returned on the 2nd April for their 36-hour session when the temperature was -3°C and using boilie baits their catch included:
Louie – Mirrors weighing 14lbs and 12lbs plus a 8lbs Common
Justin – Commons weighing 17lbs, 16lbs, 14lbs and 8lbs plus a 21lbs Mirror to jointly top the Carp Leader Board.
Arriving on the 4th April for a short break, Ted Ruston and Paul White targeted the Carp catching:
Ted – 20lbs and 14lbs Mirrors plus Commons weighing 21lbs, 15lbs and 14lbs to share a 3-way topping of the Carp Leader Board.
Paul – 18lbs and 15lbs 2ozs Commons using pop-ups
Regular Terry Hare visited again on the 5th April and caught a 19lbs 1oz Mirror where pacific tuna boilie was the successful bait.
It was the welcome return of regular Terry Keard on the 8th April when Robin Red was the successful bait for luring a 16lbs 14ozs Mirror. Colleague Roy Simpson used Halibut Pellet bait and ended his session with a 13lbs 9ozs Common.
Terry Keard with his 16lbs 14ozs Mirror
Returning again on the 19th April Terry Keard landed a 11lbs 8ozs Common using Robin Red bait while Roy Simpson caught Commons weighing 14lbs 2ozs and 13lbs where Robin Red and krill were the successful baits.
Adrian Burton returned on the 12th April and was successful in landing a 14lbs Common where halibut pellet was the bait. Using pacific tuna during a return visit on the 20th April it was “Mirrors all the way” including weights of 18lbs, 15lbs 12ozs and 11lbs. Again, on the 29th April Adrian landed 2 x Commons weighing 17lbs and 16lbs plus a 12lbs 4ozs Mirror.
Fred Little visited again on the 13th April and landed 3 x Carp including a 16lbs 10ozs Mirror and two small doubles using a PVA bag with hemp and crushed boilie.
When using tutti frutti boilies over sweetcorn on the 15th April, Terry Simmonds Jnr topped the Carp Leader Board with 22lbs 7ozs Common together with another Common weighing 15lbs 1ozs while father Terry Simmonds Snr landed a Carp 17lbs 6ozs.
Danny and Mark Donnelly arrived on the 16th April for their 24-hour session with Danny using krill boilie bait to catch Commons weighing 17lbs and 13lbs while Mark landed a 15lbs Common using 15mm tuna pacific boilies.
It was all Commons when Sean and Callum Higgins visited on the 18th April with Sean’s Carp weighing 19lbs 15ozs and Callum’s weighing 2 x 12lbs.
Chris Mundy landed a Carp weighing 12lbs during his visit on the 23rd April where black crab boilie was the successful bait.
Stuart Wood visited on the 25th April and landed a 18lbs Common.
During a bright 26th April and a cold NE wind the Carp were showing interest including:
Terry Hare – a 16lbs 1oz Common and a 11lbs 1oz Mirror using pacific tuna boilie
David Hare – 5 x Commons weighing 16lbs, 14lbs, 2 x 11lbs and 9lbs using pacific tuna boilie
Danny Smith – 20lbs Common using krill pop-up bait
Paul Teakle – 3 x Commons weighing 22lbs PB, 14lbs and 12lbs 2ozs using yellow pop-ups
Gary Supple visited on 27th April and using Pineapple Crush and Krill boilie baits landed 3 x Commons weighing 20lbs, 15lbs and 14lbs plus a 15lbs Mirror.
On the 29th April Chay Garside returned and landed 2 x Carp weighing 13lbs 8ozs and 13lbs.
Matrix pellet was the successful bait on the 30th April when Jason Hodge landed 4 x Carp including Commons weighing 19lbs, 17lbs and 15lbs plus a 13lbs Mirror.
Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) Logbook Catch Reports
Steve Hall, who was the 2021 Catfish Leader Board winner at 46lbs 8ozs, arrived on a freezing and snowy 1st April for an early season 36-hours session. Targeting both the Catfish and Carp Steve was rewarded with Commons weighing 17lbs and 12lbs.
It was the welcome return of regular Terry Hare on the 12th April and targeting both the Catfish and Carp with squid and pacific tuna boilie baits, finished with two early season Cats weighing 14lbs 4ozs and 12lbs 8ozs. Returning on the 19th April Terry landed a Cat weighing 27lbs 12ozs where squid was the successful bait.
Nicholas Flood visited on the 15th April and using halibut pellet bait caught a 15lbs Cat.
Sean Fletcher returned on the 15th April for a 24-hour session and using halibut pellet bait caught a 22lbs Cat.
Regular Tony Payne visited on the 17th April and using halibut pellet bail caught a 18lbs Cat.
Anthony Hughes arrived on the 19th April for a short break and using Mainline Essential and halibut pellet baits had great successes:
19th - 11lbs Cat with cut-down halibut pellet bait
20th – 22lbs Mirror and 20lbs Common – Lake 1 (Carp) with floating bread in the margin
21st – 37lbs Cat to top the Catfish Leader Board with cut-down halibut pellet bait and 17lbs 3ozs Common from Lake 1 (Carp) on floating bread in the margin
22nd – 19lbs 4ozs Cat with Cell boilie and 10mm pop-up
Anthony with his 22lbs Mirror on the 20th
Anthony with his 20lbs Common on the 20th
Anthony on the 21st and his 37lbs Cat
Regulars Eric Scott and Peter Parsons returned on the 26th April and landed a kitten and a 12lbs Common, respectively.
Night fishing on the 28th April produced a 18lbs Cat for Jason Hodge where an 18mm tuna boilie was the successful bait.
Lake 3 (Mixed) Logbook Catch Reports
Visiting on the 5th April Peter Wanless caught 5 x Carp and numerous Rudd on float and ledger.
It was the welcome return of Matthew Smith on the 6th April and his catch included 4 x Commons weighing 10lbs 6ozs, 9lbs 7ozs, 8lbs 5ozs and 7lbs 4ozs plus a 12oz Roach.
Regular Peter Gardiner visited on the 6th April and landed 2 x Tench to 3lbs 14ozs to top the Tench Leader Board.
Ledgering with and a small PVA bag and prawn bait on the 9th April, regular Matthew Smith raised the Tench Leader Board to 4lbs 9ozs when his catch included:
Commons of 10lbs 1oz, 8lbs 11ozs, 7lbs 12ozs and 7lbs 2ozs
A 9lbs 9ozs Mirror
5 x Roach to 14ozs
Returning on the 13th April Matthew again ledgered with and a small PVA bag and small prawn and krill pellet baits finishing with:
A 6lbs 3ozs Common
Mirrors weighing 9lbs 12ozs, 9lbs 6ozs and 7lbs 4ozs
2 x Perch around 12-14ozs
On the 20th April Matthew used his feeder rods and using sweetcorn bait again raised the Tench Leader Board with an impressive catch including weights of:
Tench – 5lbs 2ozs, 3lbs 11ozs, 3lbs 6ozs, 3lbs 2ozs, 2lbs 8ozs and 2lbs 2ozs
Bream – 5lbs 1oz, 4lbs 5ozs, 3lbs 8ozs, 3lbs 3ozs and 2lbs 8ozs
Commons – 7lbs 2ozs, 5lbs 15ozs, 5lbs 5ozs, 4lbs 14ozs and 4lbs 2ozs
Mirrors – 7lbs 15ozs, 6lbs 14ozs, 5lbs 12ozs and 5lbs 8ozs
1 x silver fish
On the 27th April Matthew used small prawn bait and landed:
Tench – 3lbs 7ozs
Bream – 4lbs 6ozs and 3lbs 2ozs
Carp – 9lbs
20 x Silver fish
Using his pole and pellet bait, when Andy Bush returned on the 11th April, resulted in 10 x Carp including Commons weighing 2 x 6lbs, 2 x 5lbs, 4lbs 8ozs and 3lbs plus 9 x Rudd.
Bryan Butler and young Benjamin visited on the 13th April when their catch included a 2lbs Tench and a 7lbs 8ozs Carp using luncheon meat bait over a bed of maggots.
Charles Flood used banded pellet on the 15th April and had a good catch including 10 x Carp from 3 to 7lbs, 8 x Tench from 2 to 3lbs and 4 x Bream from 3 to 4lbs.
Visiting on the 15th April, Mark Olliver used sweetcorn bait to catch a 8lbs Carp, Tench weighing 3lbs and 1lb 8ozs plus 2 x 3lbs Bream together with numerous Rudd, Roach and Perch on maggot.
Stuart Wood visited on the 16th April and landed 3 x Carp weighing from 5 to 7lbs where bread was the successful bait.
Thomas Beever arrived on the 16th April with young son Jacob for a 24-hour session and success using sweetcorn and strawberry boilie baits:
Thomas, Tom and Jacob – Commons weighing 11lbs, 9lbs and 8lbs plus a 7lbs Mirror and 5 x Commons from 4 to 6lbs.
Regular Graham Payne visited on the 17th April and using wafter baits had a good mixed catch including Commons weighing 10lbs, 7lbs 8ozs, 6lbs, 5lbs, 4lbs and 2 x 3lbs plus Mirrors of 10lbs and 3lbs, a 4lbs Tench and a 2lbs Bream.
On a sunny 18th April it was the welcome return of David Hodge when he landed 5 x Commons weighing 8lbs, 7lbs, 6lbs, 5lbs 4ozs and 5lbs.
Returning on the 21st April Steve Harrison used his pole and method feeder with wafter and pellet baits to land weights of:
Mirrors – 8lbs, 6lbs and 4lbs
Commons – 8lbs, 7lbs and 2 x 6lbs
3 x Roach
Roger Simmons visited on the 23rd April with Steve Cook and landed a 2lbs 8ozs Tench plus some 35 x Rudd and Perch.
Brian Madden and Len Chapman arrived on the 25th April for short break and using sweetcorn and yellow wafters had many successes:
25th
Len – 4 x Tench to 2lbs 8ozs plus a Bream and a Carp
Brian – 3 x Carp
26th
Len – 2 x Tench to 3lbs 5ozs plus a 2lbs Bream
Brian – 2 x Carp to 5lbs, 3lbs Tench and a 2lbs Bream
27th
Len – 2 x Carp to 6lbs 8ozs and a 3lbs 8ozs Tench
Brian – 7lbs 8ozs Carp and 2 x Bream to 2lbs
28th
Len – 6lbs 8ozs Carp and 2 x Tench to 2lbs 8ozs
Brian – 7 x Carp to 10lbs
Debbie and Paul Saunders arrived on the 29th April for a short break and had many successes:
30th
Debbie – 8lbs 8ozs Common on cheese and 9lbs 8ozs Common on luncheon meat plus numerous Rudd
Paul – 9lbs 8ozs Common on pineapple flavoured luncheon meat, 6lbs 8ozs Mirror on maggot and 4lbs 8ozs Bream on luncheon meat plus numerous Rudd.
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