CATCH REPORT TO 3rd JULY.

Russ Bates with his high teen common

The day ticket lake has produced some sizeable catfish. Pete Meadon took a pb of 56.02, Steve Jones also had a PB of 41.06, Martin Lamburn landed a 38.08 and Dale Maybey also took a PB of 41.02. Carp capture reports include numerous teens, with Andy Buchanon taking ghosties of 17.08 & 17.18, commons of 15.08, 17.04, 18.14 & 19.04, plus mirrors of 13.08 & 27.08. A couple of oddbods from the water this week include a 3.12 eel to Stuart Johnson and a golden grass carp of 14.12 to Tony Hodgson. Again pics are slow to come.

Tony Hodgson with his 14.12 golden grass carp.

Again, some good bags from the stock pools, including Wayne Scotney with his daughter and her friend landing a good mixed bag, and 10 year old Jake, supervised by one of our qualified coaches, Jamie Parr, took a mixed bag. Anglers Steve & Sue from Nottingham, were among those fishing Dans pool, where they took several carp to upper doubles. 

10 year old Jake with his first common carp, which he has named "Colin"

Steady fishing on the season ticket water, with reported catches including mirrors of 35.12, 35.06 & 24.05 to Matt Holland, a 30.06 common to Mark Owen and a 30.08 mirror to Malcolm Best. Steve Burgess took a ghostie of 28.04 and both Nigel Edgecombe and Martin Thacker landed mirrors of 22.08. Dale Reekie took a home bred common of 16.08 plus a mirror of 25.08. Following a tench of over 9lb a while back, the lake also threw up an 8lbs+ this week. No pics yet, but hopefully some to come.