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Qualifier number 3 was attended by just 10 anglers and fished down the burr bank of the specimen lake. Conditions were far from ideal with highs of 34C, bright sunshine with no breeze. Needless to say, all resident carp and most of the big bream shoals were swimming shallow. So the competitors fishing feeder and lead tactics found it difficult […]

Specimen Lake Conditions today were very warm with highs of 24C with no breeze and burning sun all day. Needless to say, conditions were far from perfect for bottom fishing as most of the resident carp were swimming shallow. Winner today and making his way to the October final was Gregg Newland (Leigh Tackle & Bait) with 88-00-00 of carp […]

The opening qualifier took place today. Attendance was disappointing with just 14 anglers turning out for the opening round. Fishing was difficult with a big drop in temperatures and heavy rain for three solid days. Winner today and progressing to the October Final was Mick Bull (Frenzee / Bag’em) with 103-11-00. Mick caught most of his carp and bream on […]

Specimen Lake, 18 Fished. Conditions today were difficult with a strong wind and muggy conditions with highs of 23C. Winner today was Neil Russell (Swan Baits) from peg 64 with 134-00-00 of carp. Neil caught on banded hard 6mm pellet short. 2nd on the day was Garry Watling (Burt Baits) with 129-09-00 from peg 60. Gary caught on pellet waggler […]

Specimen Lake The start of a new campaign of Classic qualifiers at Larford Lakes. The winner of each qualifier progress to the May 2 day final in 2020. 20 anglers turned out for Sunday’s open and it was Pete Bailey (Colmic/ Bait Tec) who took the honours. Drawing peg 26 on the Specimen Burr, Pete fished  short, long, shallow and […]

The annual Larford Classic final was again staged utilising both the Match and Specimen Lakes for this popular two day final. Conditions were far from ideal with temperatures of just 8C, making the Bank Holiday weekend one of the coldest on record. That being said, the fishing was still pretty good with 13 weights of over 100lbs on day one. […]

Classic Qualifier, Specimen Lake 21 anglers fished today , temperatures rose to 25C with near flat calm conditions. The carp were swimming shallow towards the dam wall so the anglers pegged in the high 70’s took advantage mugging the carp on long pole with meat and pellets. Winner today was Jordan Holloway from peg 78 with a massive 300-05-00. Jordan […]

Open Match Lake, 30 Anglers Red hot conditions meant the fish were swimming shallow and hard to catch. The fish down the edges also proved difficult to catch. Winner today was Steve Rocke (Larford) who drew peg 42. Fishing paste short and down his edges, Steve caught late in the match to weigh in 107-00-00. Second overall was Simon Deakin […]

The final round took place today on the Match and Specimen lakes with favourable conditions and highs of around 14C Top individual was Neil Colcombe (Larford) from peg 56 on the Match Lake. Neil caught short on paste landing 146-14-00. Second on the day was Rich Lawson (Total Angling) from peg 62 on the Match Lake. Rich caught all his […]

Round 4 Pair League 20 anglers (10 pairs) fished today. Winner today was Neil, Colcombe (Larford) who drew peg 62 on the Match Lake. Neil caught on paste down his edge to weigh 126-08-00 of carp and F1’s. 2nd on the day was Scott Poynton (Rive) from peg 48 on the Match Lake. Scott caught on the pole down the […]