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15 anglers. Well, to all the stay away anglers you’re missing superb sport on the Specimen and Match Lakes. Todays open on the specimen Lake, everyone had big weights on the pole short, bomb and pellet and down the edges too. Winner today was Stuart Pulsar (Guru) from peg 28. Stu fished the pole down his edge on hard 8mm […]

19 Anglers For whatever reason, the fishing was extremely touch. Bright sunshine and a high pressure probably being the reason for the poor sport. Winner today was Tom Edwards from peg 28. Tom landed 121-8-0 to pole and pellet catching quality carp and F1’s to hard pellet. Second placed Steve Forster caught mugging short and down edge on pellet to […]

20 Anglers fished. A strong turnout of finalists for the last grasp practice match fished most of the selected pegs for the Golden Reel final which will be fished on Saturday September 14th. Winner was Pete Upperton (Guru) from peg 36 with a massive 276-1-0. Pete fished meat and paste down his edges landing quality carp all day. Due to […]

50 anglers turned out for the latest big money competition. Conditions were far from ideal with highs of 31C, very little breeze and a high pressure. Needless to say, fish were swimming shallow on both lakes and difficult to catch. Further more, the heavy rain and serious drop in temperature the previous week had crashed the algae on the Match […]

21 anglers. Heavy rain in the week coupled with a plunge in temperature brought on an algae crash leaving the match lake crystal clear. Fish were in numbers on certain pegs and thin on the ground in other area’s. A week of warmer weather will restore the colour for certain. All that being said, weights were still impressive. Winner of […]

Specimen Lake. The burr bank of the Specimen lake hosted the 11 anglers for this latest feeder qualifier. The numbers were made up to 15 in total as certain anglers who have already qualified were allowed to fish for the pools on the day only. Winner, and making his way to the October final was Fran Oreilly with a weight […]

Match & Specimen Lakes 48 anglers enjoyed great fishing at the festival this year. The festival was decided on weight this year rather than points. The field of anglers fishing over the 5 days recorded a massive 17,000lbs of fish from both the Specimen and Match Lakes.   Winner overall was Steve Forster with a total weight of 842-13-0  over […]

50 Anglers.   A great turnout for the Anthony Jordan Memorial match on the Specimen and Match Lakes. Winner of this annual event was Paul Cook (Frenzee) with a massive 278-15-00 from peg 28 on the Match Lake. Paul fished short with hard pellet and long fishing pellet shallow. Later switching to his edges to land an all carp catch. […]

Specimen, Match and Arena Lakes. A full 100 sell out for this latest qualifier. Conditions today were not ideal with a high pressure, bright sunshine and heavy conditions. The resident carp were swimming shallow on all the lakes but good weights were recorded all over the complex. Winner today was Andy Morley who drew peg 2 on the Match Lake. […]

Only a small turn out again for a series of qualifiers that pays a high return in prize money. Winner today was Scott Chipchase (Senior Haulage) who drew peg 26 on the burr bank of the Specimen Lake. Scott fished most of his match on bomb and pellet consistently pinging 8mm pellets to land 81-8-0 and secure his place in […]