28/02/2010

The fishing has improved with the change of weather conditions and the first fish have been viewed topping in the middle of the day when its warmest. Some nice fish in there teens have been landed over the last two week including a twenty using sweet corn and boilies, Furzebray's boilies are available at £8.50 kg .The time of year has arrived and all the birds are getting excited with the longer days and the Carp are starting to feed, one angler loosing one and landing one within a hour of arrival on Saturday. Ian from Exeter Angling after fishing Pads for the day landing several nice small carp put in a hour at peg 2 with one rod and had several liners and lost one. Pic of Tony with Star caught last spring should now be a twenty who's going to catch this carp next !!!!

2/2/10

The first two fish of 2010 where landed at the weekend a fine brace of 15lb mirrors from peg 6. Unfortunately  the same angler also picked up a 22lb 15oz tethered fish trailing a full rig lead included with a barbed hook, so can all anglers please take care with there rigs and use barbless hooks at all times thank you. The fish was returned safe and sound with very little damage.

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6/12/2009

The Big Fish Are Still Feeding Hard!!

This weekend has seen some cracking fish on the bank. James Snell landed a new pb from peg 10 at 28lb 8oz a fish known as Peanut, James also had two nice doubles. Jason Snell has been having some great fishing over the last month from pegs 9 & 10. Three weeks ago he managed an eight fish haul toped by a common of 18lb 8oz, and this weekend he landed 3 fish including this stunning 22lb 8oz zip linier. There was also a 23lb 4oz mirror landed by an angler from exeter this fish was from our stocking two years ago and it went in at 12lb!!!! The group from Exeter also landed 4 doubles to 15lb, all the fish are still coming on maggots and corn.

28lb8oz

                  22lb8oz

 6/11/09

Lake Record Nears 30lb!

The lake record has fallen again this time to Dave Rotherby, the  fish now known as Charlotte named after the young girl who caught her first, tipped the scales at 29lb 8oz. This was part of a four fish catch for Dave from peg 4. The fishing has improved considerably over the last two weeks with several 20lb+ fish being landed. Ben Blades from Okehampton on his first trip landed two cracking mirrors from peg 2 at 20lb 8oz and 19lb 12oz on maggots.. Brian Holmes also on his first trip landed 5 fish from peg 10, 19lb 4oz, 18lb 8oz, 17lb 8oz, 17lb and 16lb 8oz. A party of anglers booked the lake for the weekend of the 24th and landed 7 fish in total the biggest a common of 18lb 12oz.          The weekend of the 31st saw some of the Kingsmead syndicate down on the lake, they also enjoyed some good sport. Mike Leach was the top rod landing 8 fish to 17lb from peg 9, Jason managed 4 fish including the biggest of the weekend a fine 22lb common from peg 10. Chris and Chips managed 3 between them from swims 5 and 2. So after a very quiet month finally the fishing has improved and maggots seem to be the in bait at the moment...

                  CHARLOTTE

29lb8oz

 8/9/09

Lake records broken !!!

Luke Davis & Marc Tindall had a fantastic 3 day trip hooking over 30 fish and landing 22 of them. This included a lake record mirror, the  biggest brace of mirrors and the biggest brace of commons. Luke had 15 fish from peg 7 including the biggest brace of mirrors landed to date, the biggest tipped the scales at 28lb 8oz a new lake record and the second was 27lb 4oz. The other 13 fish were all doubles the best being 18lb 8oz 18lb 2oz and 17lb 8oz(pictures on the gallery) Marc had 7 fish from peg 8 including the biggest brace of commons to date, 23lb and 22lb 2oz both these fish where part of double hook ups for mark the other two fish where mirrors of 19lb 2oz & 16lb 6oz. Most of the fish where taken on furzebray boilies and new popups!          Well done..

22lb2oz

1/9/09

More 20,s!!

This week has again seen the fish really on the feed with yet more 20lb+ fish being netted. Josh Lloyd broke his PB twice in a few hours with fish of 21lb 2oz and then a common of 24lb. He fished peg 7 casting to the island,his brother also landed a nice 16lb mirror from peg 8. Mr mills and his friend Mr Cano came from Surry for a three day trip and where both rewarded with good catches. Mr mills fished in peg 5 and landed 5 stunning mirrors including a 15lb fully scaled and a 19lb 2oz mirror. Mr Cano fished in peg 10 and landed 9 fish in total the best being 2x 18lb mirrors, he was fishing to the island point and the left margin. All there fish fell to furzebay boilies & new popups. 

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24lb

25/08/09

The good fishing has continued over the last ten days with several more 20lb + fish coming to the bank. The best fish landed was a 27lb 9oz mirror from peg 2 which was part of a three fish catch for James Snell, his brother Craig also landed two nice doubles all on Furzebray boilies. Chris Brockington landed two fine carp on his first trip including a stunning fully scaled mirror from peg4. Michael Mizzen had the biggest bag of fish landing 8 in total, 1x12lb, 1x14lb,4x16lb,1x18lb leather and a two tone 19lb mirror. This weekend saw the capture of a lake record common of 24lb, landed by Will Cornes from Exeter fishing peg 7, also from Exeter Melvin Jones landed 3 doubles to 16lb from peg 8. Jamie & Josh Jones also landed a double each on there first trip. Pads pool is still producing good mixed bags including several eels well over a pound, the best fish though was landed by 8 year old Ryan Brealy a stunning 6lb common on his 6ft spinning rod well done mate!!

19lb

Good fishing has been had over the last two weeks with notable catches from Kevin Wilks from Bristol landing a 27lb mirror and Tom Rushby with a stunning common of 21lb 4oz.stocked in July 07 at 11lb.(Pictured) Good fish also landed by Ryan Pryer 17lb 1oz mirror and Ross Moughton with two fish of 15lb and 18lb 8oz. Several other smaller fish have made it to the bank this week by visiting day anglers. Pads pool continues to fish well with good  bags of Carp and Rudd. Furzebray boilies still producing   good catches of fish.

29/072009

The fishing over the last three weeks has produced some good catches including another new 20lb+ fish, which was landed by Steve Whitworth. Dave Fewings landed a furzebray pb mirror of 19lb 8oz and a smaller fish on a quick overnighter in peg 2. The Noakes party enjoyed  some good fishing on there stay  landing 13 fish to 16lb 8oz, and i'm told they enjoyed several evenings on pads pool catching lots of small rudd and carp.. The end of the month has seen fewer anglers visit the lake as once again the rain comes!!! But the few that  braved the rain have caught, Mr Mills landed 3 fine commons to 14lb 10oz, and Nick Barr landing one of our fine fully scaled mirrors at 14lb 12oz. (pictured)

Bob Lewington rounded of last weeks fishing with a catch of four fine carp, a 20lb 4oz mirror two at 15lb and a 17lb mirror. Mr Twemlow on holiday in Lake View landed four fish on his last day making a total of ten carp to 17lb. others in on the action included Richard Jordon with  three doubles, Neil Sercombe with a 15lb 5oz & 16lb and Dave Fewings 15lb mirror.The change in the weather to low pressure has brought the fishing to life as the carp are feeding well after spending days just cruising the surface in the hot weather. Most of these fish where caught with pop ups over Furzebray boilies at £8.50kg also pop ups available £5 per pack. Pictured Tony with a surface caught mirror.

25/06/2009

Some nice summer weather has brought out the anglers but it has also encouraged the carp to spawn this put an end to the good fishing for a week as the carp spent all the time thrashing a bought in the reeds, then the weather changed and we had a thunder storm and torrential rain. When the rain stopped the lake was steaming and the carp went mad, Tony could not resist it any more and took  his fishing rods into swim one, a small PVA bag filled with crushed Furzebray boilies and a  boilie as bait had one aborted run on his first rod a 12lb mirror on his second and before he could return the fish a 16lb mirror was on his third rod all within 15 minutes when he had to run for cover as the lightning and rain came again. Fishing has been good of late with Phil Stanley landing a nice Mirror at 18lb 10oz and a leather at 17lb, and the best carp caught  today  Thursday a 17lb 2oz by Simon Stuward. Mr Tremlow arrived for his fishing holiday last Saturday and got stuck right into three nice carp on his first evenings fishing. Please would anglers who have booked and find they can not make it please phone and let us know so that other anglers can fish and not be disappointed. Thank you for your co-operation.

18lb 10oz

31/05/2009

Some good fishing has been had over the last week and the carp have been spawning with the nice weather. Notable catches have been made by Phil Stanley landing five Doubles  to 18lb. another angler landed a 18lb 10oz two tone mirror along with two more nice doubles. Martin Williams ( Mario) landed three more the best being his PB on Furzebray Carp Lake a 17lb mirror. Furzebray boilies being the favoured bait. All these fish have shown some remarkable growth rates 4/6lb in a year. How many twenties are there ? how big is the common caught last July at 22lb and its mate another common stocked at the same time similar weight never caught ? we will have to wait and see !!!

17/05/2009

Despite the bad weather last Thursday and Friday John Scoble had the best catch this year landing the biggest carp from the lake so far. John's tally for his session was kicked of with a big mirror carp of 28lb 2oz followed by a 23lb 5oz zip mirror 19lb 7oz common 18lb 2oz mirror 17lb 4oz common 17lb 4oz mirror 16lb common 15lb mirror  and to finish a 12lb mirror. Nine fish in all were landed by John fishing from peg two using boilies and a small pva bag.

12/04/2009

A busy weekend with anglers enjoying the fine weather and improving fishing with carp showing all over. Fiona and Jase had a cracking weekend landing five doubles to over 17lb on sweet corn over a heavy bed of ground bait. Also enjoying the good fishing was Darren Ferguson landing three doubles to 15lb. The biggest fish of the weekend was landed by Shawn Ride a fine mirror of 17.5lb. There has also been a number of smaller doubles landed by the visiting day anglers.               
 

    15lb

06/04/2009

A steady flow of doubles have been landed over the last two weeks with the fishing improving all the time. The Carp are now seen toping out daily spurring the anglers on with Mario landing a 13lb common  on worm over particles then losing a mid twenty at the net followed by a loud *****. Antony Batters from Cornwall landed a lovely 17lb mirror on  boilies  and James Middlemas has netted a 18lb common. Mr Birmingham has also been in on the action with a nice 13lb common using Furzebray's boilies.

17/03/2009

At last the weather is getting better for fishing as the water starts to warm up in the spring sunshine. After only 15 days for being stocked, 13 year old Charlotte Hermitage from Exeter landed the  27lb mirror carp using maggots, she also landed one of  9lb 8oz. Two mirror carp weighing  16lb and 19lb where taken from swim 8 fishing over a bed of corn, and on Monday Mr Birmingham landed a 16lb fish at the same time as another angler landed a 16lb 9oz mirror from peg 9 all the fish have been reported as being in pristine condition. The wild life on the lake are now providing some good entertainment as the breeding season approaches with territorial fights going on all day.

01/03/09

At last they have arrived two beautiful mirror carp courtesy of Viv Shears and Simon Scott. These two fish weighed in at 26lb 8oz and just under 27lb, both fish are of a fast growing strain and should hopefully be pushing the 30lb barrier sometime this year. This now brings the Furzebray stock of 20lb + fish into double figures so now with the onset of spring we hope to see some of these specimens on the bank. TIGHT LINES.

   27LB

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