NEWS 1 July 2023 to 31 July 2023

The 2023 Season is now fully Open.

We look forward very much to meeting Members both old and new.

Please note all reservations need sufficient time for payment (minimum 48-hours). The local weather forecast can be seen online HERE.

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Fishing Report – 1st July 2023 to 31st July 2023

The following “Records” from 11th March onwards, are based on angler reports recorded in the Cabin logbook. Congratulations to all those anglers who set new PB’s and featured in all three 2023 Leader Boards @ the Leader Board.   

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Lake 1 (Carp) Logbook Catch Reports

  • Paul and Trevor Lewis began their 60-hour session on the 30th June and finished witt:

    • Paul – 18 x Carp to 17lbs 13ozs

    • Trevor – 6 x Carp ranging from 8lbs to 15lbs.

  • Regular Terry Hare returned on the 4th July and using pacific tuna boilie baits caught 3 x Mirrors weighing 17lbs, 15lbs 12ozs and 14lbs 8ozs.

  • David Furness visited on the 5th July and using Activ8 baits caught a 10lbs Common which was followed by a 16lbs Common using krill plus crab pop-up baits.

  • Visiting on the 6th July regular Peter Austen landed a 17lbs 6ozs Mirror

  • Returning on the 11th July, regulars Terry Keard and Roy Simpson has a great session and landed 33 x Carp weighing:

    • Roy used pacific tuna and krill boilie baits over his 36-hour session.

      • Commons of 7lbs 9ozs, 8lbs 8ozs, 10lbs 2ozs, 11lbs 14ozs, 12lbs 1ozs, 14lbs 15ozs, 15lbs 12ozs and 16lbs 2ozs.

      • Mirrors of 10lbs 8ozs, 12lbs 2ozs and 17lb 9ozs.

    • Terry used krill boilie baits over his 48-hour session.

      • Commons of 8lbs 2ozs, 8lbs 13ozs, 9lbs 4ozs, 9lbs 12ozs, 10lbs 2ozs, 10lbs 3ozs, 10lb 4ozs, 11lbs, 11lbs 1oz, 11lbs 7ozs, 11lbs 8ozs, 12lbs 4ozs, 12lbs 12ozs, 14lbs 1oz, 14lbs 9ozs, 16lbs 10ozs and 17lbs 6ozs

      • Mirrors of 7lbs 8ozs, 9lbs 9ozs, 11lbs 7ozs, 14lbs 10ozs and 15lbs 9ozs

  • Regulars Danny Donnelly and Trent Chandler arrived on the 14th July for a wet and windy 24-hour session and their catch included

    • Danny – using DNA baits 5 x Commons weighing 2 x 13lbs, 12lbs 8ozs, 12lbs and 10lbs plus Mirrors of 11lbs and 10lbs.

    • Trent – using krill and manilla boilie baits 3 x Commons weighing 15lbs, 14lbs and 12lbs.

  • Returning on the 17th July, Tony Cook used hot tuna boilie baits and finished with 5 x Commons weighing 19lbs 10ozs, 18lbs 8ozs, 14lbs 10ozs, 14lbs 4ozs and 12lbs 2ozs.

  • Regular Adrian Burton visited on the 17th July and using Cell and krill boilie baits finished with 11 x Carp including weights of:

    • Commons – 17lbs 8ozs, 14lbs 12ozs, 13lbs 8ozs, 13lbs 4ozs, 12lbs 6ozs and 11lbs 7ozs.

    • Mirrors – 17lbs 8ozs, 15lbs 3ozs, 12lbs 12ozs, 10lbs 14ozs and 8lbs.  

  • Regular Terry Hare returned on the 19th July and using pacific tuna boilie baits caught 6 x Carp including Commons weighing 14lbs 12ozs, 14lbs 4ozs, 13lbs 12ozs, 12lbs 4ozs and 11lbs plus a 16lbs Mirror and an 8ozs Roach.

  • Visiting on the 22nd July during very unsettled weather, David Hodge landed Commons weighing 15lbs and 11lbs 8ozs.

  • Steve Barrow visited on the 22nd July and used krill wafter baits to catch Commons weighing 11lbs 12ozs and 10lbs 8ozs.

  • Regular Terry Hare returned again on the 25th July and using pacific tuna boilie baits caught 5 x Carp including Commons weighing 15lbs, 11lbs 12ozs and 10lbs 4ozs plus 12lbs 4oz and 9lbs Mirrors and again an 8ozs Roach.

  • Visiting on the 27th July, Timothy Day landed a 10lbs 10ozs Common using luncheon meat baits.

  • Regulars Chris Batten and Chris Cook returned on the 28th July for a 60-hour session and had great success landing 50 x Carp including weights of:

    • Chris Batten – 15 x Commons from 10lbs to 17lbs and 7 x Mirrors from 11lbs to 16lbs on Scopex squid and Manilla boilie baits.

    • Chris Cook – 28 x Carp from 10lbs to 18lbs on tutti frutti and shrimp boilie baits.

  • Dean Nixon visited on the 29th July and using squid boilie baits land 5 x Commons weighing 12lbs 10ozs, 12lbs 8ozs, 12lbs 7ozs, 12lbs 2lbs and 8lbs.

  • Sean and Bob Holman returned on the 31st August when their 11 x Carp catch included weights of:

    • Sean – Using king prawn boilie baits, Commons of 15lbs, 13lbs and 10lbs 6ozs plus Mirrors of 13lbs 5ozs and 12lbs.

    • Bob – Using pineapple sour boilie baits, Commons of 18lbs 4ozs, 16lbs, 14lbs 2ozs, 10lbs 14ozs, 9lbs and 7lbs.

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Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) Logbook Catch Reports

  • Arriving on the 30th June for their 36-hour visit, Domonic Minney had a great start to the month with a 32lbs 2ozs PB Cat plus a kitten and 2 x 5lbs Carp while partner Jess also landed a 5lbs Carp.

  • Arriving on the 1st July for a short break David Gardner targeted the Cats using 21mm halibut pellet baits:

    • 2nd July – 16lbs 10ozs Cat and 4 x smaller Commons

    • 3rd July – 9lbs 6ozs Cat on 15mm double krill and 3 x Commons on pellet

  • Mark Young and Frank Shaxted arrived on the 3rd July for a short break and using halibut pellet and squid baits plus pop-ups successfully targeted the Cats with catches weighing

    • Cats – 36lbs, 34lbs, 31lbs 30lbs, 23lbs, 20lbs 8ozs, 17lbs, 14lbs 1oz, 13lbs 12ozs and 3 x kittens

    • Commons – 13lbs 6ozs, 12lbs 1oz plus five from 4lbs to 7lbs 8ozs

Frank and his 34lbs Cat

  • Arriving on the 8th July for a short break, Scott Berry and Denis Baldwin had many successes including

    • Lake 2 (Catfish/Carp) – 6 x Cats including weights of 40lbs 7ozs, 34lbs, 32lbs.

    • Lake 1 (Carp) – 26 x Carp including weights from 10lbs to 19lbs.

Scott’s 40lbs 7ozs Cat

The 32lbs Cat caught by Denis

  • David Polston arrived on the 13th July for his 72-hour session and using halibut pellet and krill pellet baits was soon landing Cats and Carp including weights of

    •  Cats x 10 – 35lbs 8ozs, 34lbs 4ozs, 29lbs 8ozs, 22lbs 8ozs, 15lbs, 14lbs, 2 x 10lbs and 2 x 8lb

    • Carp – 12lbs, 11lbs 8ozs, 11lbs and 6 x small Carp

  • It was 6 x Cats for Sean and Bob Holman when they visited on the 17th July and using halibut pellet and Robin Red baits their catches included weights of:

    • Sean – Cats of 34lbs 12ozs, 15lbs, 12lbs, 9lbs and 8lbs pls 2 x 6lbs Carp

    • Bob – Cat of 18lbs 6oz

  • Bernie and Tracy Day visited on the 19th July and their catch included weights of:

    • Tracy – Cats of 26lbs, 24lbs and 17lbs plus a small Carp

    • Bernie – Carp of 10lbs, 2 x 9lbs and 8lbs.

  • Regular Gary Vaughan and son Freddie returned on the 20th July for their 36-hour session and finished with catches including weights of:

    • Freddie – Cats of 33lbs 19ozs PB, 28lbs 10ozs and 7lbs plus 3 x Carp to 10lbs.

    • Gary – Cats of 34lbs 5ozs and 29lbs 9ozs plus 3 x Carp to 10lbs.

  • Chris Clark and son Ben arrived on the 24th July for a short break and their catch included weights of:

    • Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish

      • A 24lbs Catfish using luncheon meat baits.

      • Commons of 12lbs 8ozs, 9lbs and 5lbs on crab boilie baits

    •  Lake 1 (Carp)

      • Commons – 13lbs 3ozs, 2 x 13lbs, 3 x 12lbs, 11lbs 8ozs, 11lbs 2ozs, 11lbs, 10lbs 5ozs, 2 x 10lbs 2ozs, 10lbs 4ozs, 9lbs and 8lbs 2oz

      • Mirrors – 20lbs 3ozs (Ben’s new PB), 14lbs 2ozs, 10lbs 9ozs, 10lbs 4ozs and 9lbs 8ozs

  • Regular Mark Rogers returned on the 25th July and trying different baits landed 3 x Cats including weights of 36lbs 7ozs (liver), 22lbs 11ozs (sweetcorn) and 15lbs 13ozs (luncheon meat).

  • During a short break when arriving on the 28th July, Kevin Ahern used krill boilie baits and caught a 22lbs 10ozs Catfish plus 7 x Commons weighing from 2lbs to 12lbs.

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Lake 3 (Mixed) Logbook Catch Reports

  • Regulars Graham and Tina Payne returned on the 2nd July when their catch included 10 x Carp weighing from 3lbs to 10lbs plus a 3lbs Bream.

  • Gary Zweck together with his two young sons had a good session on the 2nd July landing 8 x Commons ranging from 4lbs to 7lbs plus a 4lbs Mirror and a 3lbs 7ozs Bream.

  • Visiting on the 4th July, Roger Simmons landed 3 x Tench each weighing 2lbs, 3 x Commons weighing 8lbs, 3lbs and 2lbs plus 50+ Rudd.

  • Returning on the 6th July Andrew Matcham landed 18 x Commons to 9lbs plus 3 x Mirrors to 7lbs.

  • Peter Wanless and grandson Harry visited on the 7th July and using toffee pellet baits landed 7 x Carp incuding weights of:

    • Commons – 2 x 8lbs, 2 x 4lbs and 2lbs

    • Mirriors – 5lbs and 4lbs

  • Tony Osbourne visited on the 8th July and his mixed catch included 2 x Carp. 4 x Tench and 2 x Bream.

  • Arriving for a short break on the 10th July, Peter Sanderson and Colin Buckingham had many successes Method fishing and using 8mm bloodworm pellet, Robin Red and luncheon meat baits their catches included:

    • 10th July

      • Peter – 7 x Commons from 8ozs to 7lbs 13ozs and 3 x Mirrors from 4lbs to 7lbs 4ozs

      • Colin – 9 x Commons from 4lbs to 10lbs

    • 11th July

      • Peter – 7 x Commons from 2lbs to 6lbs 13ozs, a 4lbs Mirror, Tench of 2lbs 2ozs and 1lb 14ozs plus Bream of 3lbs 14ozs and 2lbs 12ozs.

      • Colin – 28 x Commons from 2lbs to 8lbs 1oz and a 2lbs 2ozs Tench

    • 12th July

      • Peter – 6 x Commons from 2lbs to 6lbs 13ozs, Mirrors of 4lbs and 3lbs, Tench of 2lbs 2ozs and 1lb 14ozs plus Bream of 3lbs 14ozs and 2lbs 12ozs.

      • Colin – 21 x Commons from 2lbs to 6lbs 5ozs and a 2lbs 2ozs Tench

    • 13th July

      • Peter – Commons weighing 6lbs 8ozs and 4lbs

      • Colin – 10 x Commons from 5lbs to 11lbs

  • Regular Roger Simmons arrived on the 13th July and his catch included 19 x Commons weighing from 4lbs to 9lbs, 3 x Mirrors weighing 4lbs, 5lbs and 6lbs, 5 x Tench from 1lb 6ozs to 2lbs 6ozs plus 50+ Rudd.

  • Returning on the 18th July, regular Andrew Matcham chose to float fish and landed 8 x Carp to 7lbs, 2 x Tench to 4lbs and numerous Rudd.

  • Visiting on the 19th July, David Evans used luncheon meat and sweetcorn baits to catch Commons weighing 8lbs and 6lbs.

  • Returning on the 22nd July for a short break, Malcolm Whitethread fished short sessions with much success:

    • 23rd July – Commons weighing 8lbs 12ozs, 6lbs and 3lbs using sweetcorn and maggot baits

    • 24th July – Commons weighing 7lbs 4ozs and 6lbs 3ozs, a 5lbs 12ozs Mirror and a 2lbs 6ozs Tench using prawn baits

    • 25th July – Commons weighing 6lbs 15ozs, 6lbs 4ozs and 5lbs 10ozs plus a 5lbs 2ozs Mirror

    • 26th July – Commons weighing 6lbs 12ozs and 6lbs 2ozs on prawn and a 4lbs 1oz Mirror on sweetcorn.

  • Returning for a short break, arriving 9th July, Rod and Marilyn Daniels were soon having many successes including weights of:

    • 30th July

      • Marilyn – Commons weighing 8lbs 12ozs and 6lbs plus a 6lbs 8ozs Mirror

      • Rod – 9lbs 1oz Mirror and 7lbs Common

    • 31st July

      • Marilyn – 5 x Commons from 4lbs 12ozs to 7lbs 11ozs plus a 4lbs 6ozs Mirror and all on krill pellet bait.

      • Rod – Commons weighing 8lbs 4ozs, 6lbs 5ozs and 4lbs 10ozs plus Mirrors of 4lbs 4ozs and 2lbs 8ozs.

  • Mark White and Martin Crease visited on the 30th July and their catch included 7 x Commons to 8lbs.

  • Returning on the 31st July Roger Simmons landed Commons weighing 2 x 6lbs and 5lbs plus a 7lbs Mirror together with Rudd, Roach and Perch.

  • Visiting on the 31st July, Alex and Rhys Holder used sweetcorn plus pop-up baits to catch Commons weighing 7lbs 15ozs, 6lbs 8ozs, 5lbs 8ozs and 2 x 5lbs 7ozs.

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