Catch Reports

20 th April 2024

Hi Guys, we said goodbye to Ben and Colin and welcomed Ashley and Connor,

Swims being fished Bobs staying on swim 9 Ashley is on 3 and Connor is on swim 4.

Bait being used is our particle, pellet Archiepeachy white boilies our peach glug.

New to carp fishing Connor was first to catch swim 4 tripping up Terminator best weight for this male fish smashing his PB on a white Archiepeachy 🍑bottom bait, Bob caught a newly named stock fish Arthur ! Microchipped when stocked from Blue lagoon @ 22 lb now 33 lb also caught on white Archiepeachy boilie 🍑tipped with a pink topper !

As the week went on Ash on swim 3 must have been thinking the worst then 2 tripped up microchipped fish Sprinkles from blue lagoon from 25.8 now 34 lb 6 ow 👀 and second appearance this month Solar @ her best weight 55 lb 2 oz on a double 18 mm white Archiepeachy 🍑

Wednesday early morning call out Ash again swim 3 tripped up Sid @ 57 lb 14 oz my suspicions were correct they have definitely had a spawn up !

Several other stockies were caught between the guys all in the 30’s now Starburst and Danny !

Weather a cold start to the session very strong north easterly bringing temperature down pressure when they started 995 oxygen levels are good water temperature was around 12 degrees, outlook for week chilly days and nights lots of sunshine with showers midweek !

13 th April 2024

Hi Guys, for the next 3 weeks we have Sir Bob on lake exclusive, being joined from week to week with friends and brothers. This week we had Ben who’s a first timer here and Colin who has been out before.
The Guys fished swims 3,4 and of course 9, then swim 1 and 5 midweek.

Bait used was our particle, pellet first time this year Archiepeachy red and white boilies some Cell and essential cell some DNA bait.

Let’s start with swim 3 1 x 68, 5 x 50’s, 5 x 40’s 1 x 30 and several stockies fished by Ben 🔥 also swim 5 after he had a mid week move. The Mole @ 68 lb 4 oz (m)💥The Barrel 55 lb 4 oz (c)💥Abby 54 lb 8 oz (c)💥Sylvia 53 lb 6 oz (c)💥Castle Al 52 lb 8 oz (m)💥Tash 50 lb 12 oz (m)💥Scar 48 lb 8 oz (c)💥Denise 44 lb 2 oz (c)💥Archie 43 lb 4 oz (m)💥 Esme 43 lb 2 oz (m)💥Dylan 40 lb 14 oz (m)💥 36 lb (c)💥 Emma 29 lb 4 oz (m)💥and a couple of stockies Ben smashed it 🎣🐳🔥 Colin was on swim 4 but moved to swim 1 mid week which see him do his PB tripping up Rumble @ 49 lb 4 oz (m)💥 and a couple of stockies, Bob found his first week on swim 9 so slow 32 mirror and common Ezekiel a stock fish @ 29 lb and several other stockies !

Weather was settled much warmer Saturday 29.4 degrees dropped off mid week before it rised again Thursday/Friday winds again all over the place pressure when the guys started 998 PH is 8.8 oxygen levels are very good.

6 th April

Hi Guys, first week of the season really looking forward to it see how all the hard work of feeding them over the weather has paid off.

We welcomed Dave, Jason, and two Marks one of the Marks is his first time with us the others have visited many times over the time of our ownership which is now 14 years.

Guys are fishing swims 3,5,9 and 11 and are using various boilies baits with particle mixes they brought with them.

Very quiet week on most the swims only Dave on swim 3 had a very good session on a difficult week starting with his new PB Jess @ 56 lb, Solar 54 lb, China plate 51 lb 12 oz, Blondie 49 lb 2 oz a 35 and a couple of stockies, Mark was on swim 9 nothing big this time around a 39,35, and a 32, Jason swim 11 was very quiet 33 lb 4 oz golden common, Swim 5 did nothing but he did lose a fish. All Dave’s fish up 3 lbs on there best weights all the guys caught several stockies between them so well pleased.

Dave has his picture 3 times on the wall of the clubhouse along with Mark swim 9 catching Nutty at its best weight so they now join the rest of the A team !

Weather over the week was crazy storm fronts thunder, lighting, hale heavy cold showers strong winds all over the place and not forgetting the very cold night and morning that surprised us all to say they had it all would be right !

17th February 2024

Hi Guys, so I got back out on the bank fishing swim 9 with the same bait as before crumbed boilie mixed with maize.

The weather this time wasn’t as nice I had some rain with strong winds which were changeable while I was down on the swim.

So the fishing was very hard running out of ideas I went for all out on mainlines sushi white pops ups on the last night, I woke to nothing again so started getting packed up suddenly left hand rod 2 beeps and I was into a proper unit which turned out to be Katie @ her best weight 64 lb 8 oz Boom 💥

27 January 2024

Hi guys, it had been a while since I had fished so was super excited about this mini session.

So swim 9 it was fishing with Archiepeachy white/Red crumbed boilie mixed with maize.

I had forgotten how hard it can be fishing in the winter but the weather was on my side very mild with warm nights a southerly blowing right down to me.

Just when I thought it was a blank Boom 💥 right hand rod went off landing a unnamed common it’s first time as a fifty @ 50 lb 4 oz on a spinner rig salty squid pop up topped with half a yellow essential cell on top.

16 th November 2023

Hi Guys, We had our good friend Sir Bob over for the next week helping me out grading the house stock lake removing unwanted, keeping the fish we want to bring on and moving the C2/3 fish over to the blue lagoon.

Bob fished swim 9 using our Archiepeachy white/red boilies pellet and our winter feed mix, didn’t take him long to get off the mark Tripping up Esme @ a top weight 43 lb 6 oz early hours alarm call next day Thursday 3 more fish a stockie a 35 lb and the unknown fully @ 34 lb 7 oz another top weight what a stunner this fish is and one of our own bred fish ! 3 more today Friday Sip @ 38 lb 14 oz amazing weight gain since her stocking from blue lagoon in nov 20 @ 19 lb a 34 lb and not forgetting shoulder scale top weight @ 50 lb 7 oz, All fish were caught on Archiepeachy white tipped with pink topper. Bob ended his session on a 38 lb 8 oz common up from last capture over 3 lb !

So we said goodbye to Bob but we will see him in April where he is doing a 3 week session !

Weather was so much more settled after we have had so much rain before he arrived !

21 st October 2023

Hi Guys, this week 3 locals Ian, Tony, and Lee all English and 2 from the UK Jordan and Rob.

Fishing swims 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10.

Baits being used are Archiepeachy red and white and pellet.

Well, where to start? What can you say about this week? A wash out, that’s an understatement, it rained and rained and rained, don’t know how they stuck it out to the end but they did. If we did hoodies for the wettest conditions I’ve ever fished, they would all have one!

We were supposed to drop the main lake water to net in a weeks time but sadly this wont happen because we are flooded out where the outlet to the lake is so there wont be any where for the water to go. I still have the house lake to pump out and get the fatties out and move to the blue lagoon to be stocked in a couple of seasons.

Lets get back to the fishing. We had 2 PBs with Jordan swim 3 tripped up Ambler @ 45 lb 2 oz and Rob on swim 5 tripped up Bacon tail @ 37 lb another side was very quiet no big girls the lads also had several stockies and Ian on swim 8 did a mid 30. I hope Rob and Jordan wont be put off by their first French trip and return with the guys next year who have already booked their week, this time when its hopefully warmer and drier.

That’s me and Ellen finished for the year but as always we will have local guys doing a few nights here and there over the winter so we will still be posting on FB/ Instagram.

See you in 2024.

14 th October 2023

Hi Guys, this week we had a new group on Nathan, Mark, Matt and Luke.

Guys fished swims 3,5,9 and 10.

Baits used are Archiepeachy white and pellet !

The lower temperatures have cooled the water down and has slowed down the fishing everyone got off the mark so no blankers, lots of stock fish coming through the ranks lovely mint commons there’s going to be a big head of commons in the future, Nathan on swim 3 done the biggest fish Jess tripped up @ a top weight 53 lb 9 oz, Mark swim 5 had fish to 39 lb the others had several 30’s between them.

Big change this week much lower temperatures still stayed settled for most of it a lot of rain towards the end of the week, winds starting off with a northerly but changing around all week, oxygen levels are good water temperature still in the 20’s in the sunny spots !

7 th October 2023

Hi guys, we welcomed back Ant, Dan, Steve, and Jamie all have been here before on several trips over the years.

Swims fished were 4,5,9 and 10.

Bait used were mainlines Essential cell, Cell, Hybrid and Activ-8, and our pellet.

Where to start ? Well the lake fished hard again but we had some excellent results,

Dan on swim 9 tripped up Daisy 72 lb 14 oz off the Daisy spot 💥🐳🎣 10 years ago he caught her @ 47 lb 8 oz on swim 10 which has stayed his PB to the day crazy 🤯he also had Hulk @ 44 lb 10 oz and chunky lumpy @ 42 lb both at top weights, Jamie did his PB common with the barrel @ 50lb he also had Scar @ 43 lb 12 oz and Oddbod at 40 lb, what a session steve had on swim 4 3 x 50’s Katie @ 58 lb, Conky @ 54 lb and white tip @ 52 lb 8 oz also China plate @ 48 lb, Ant did the most fish with 11 upto 54 lb 12 oz which was Sid the guys also had several stock fish 30’s and 40’s ! Dan caught a common we scanned it and found it was stocked from the blue lagoon in November 20 and has put nearly 17 lb on !

Weather hot for time of year low 30’s still warm nights winds come from the east, south, and a north easterly, pressure was high water temperature 23’s to 16 degrees in the shaded areas. Still no rain !

30 th September 2023

Hi Guys, we have returning anglers Darron, James, Nathaniel aka Rambo and new addition Michelle.

Fished swims 3,5,9 and 10.

Baits used are DNA baits and our pellet.

Considering the lake fished very hard we had some excellent results with Daisy coming out twice first James on swim 5 @ 73 lb 8 oz then Michelle a few days later on swim 10 tripped her up @ 73 lb 2 oz💥 we also had Clover top weight @ 41 lb 12 oz getting Rambo on the wall of clubhouse, Esme 40 lb, Coup 46.8, Shoulder Scale 44.6, Darron tripped up Abby the common @ 49 .8 he also had a grassy @ 46 lb on swim 9, several 30’s and stockies turned the week around and made it spot on.

We all had some laughs throughout the week, what a lovely group this is, Darron and Michelle have already booked again for two weeks !

Weather was low to mid 30’s first part on a southerly changing mid week to an easterly and a 10 degree drop in temperature ! Returning back to warm again.

23 th September 2023

Hi Guys, another returning group after 10 years from Wales.

Gareth, Andrew, Stuart and Scott.

Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9 and 10.

Baits used are Archiepeachy Red/White, mainline cell, DNA baits (bug) and our pellet.

What a rock hard week this turned into, swim 3 got amongst the fish at times which resulted in 3 x 50’s Jess @ 50 lb 8 oz, Castle Al 51 lb 12 oz and a new PB for Stuart Sid @ 56 lb 14 oz also several 40’s 30’s and stockies, swim 9 didn’t turn up Daisy but did produce Shoulder Scale @ 46 lb, sunshine koi @ 29 lb several 30’s and stockies, swim 10 was quiet to what’s been the norm as the better swim only doing 2 fish a 42 lb and a repeat the sunshine koi, swim 5 several fish to mid 30’s and a new PB for Andrew and his first 60 tripping up the Mole @ 64 lb, all fish I was able to were micro chipped for my records and stock. Other named fish out were Hulk 43.8, the old one 40 lb, Archie 37.6 !
They rebooked for 2025 so we must be doing something right !

Weather was settled good daytime temperatures for the time of year low 30’s and double figure nighttime temps winds were all over the shop but mainly from the south !

16th September 2023

Hi Guys, returning anglers this week after a 6 year gap.

Andi, Bill, Andrew and new addition Sam.

Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9 and 10/11

Baits used were Archiepeachy Red/white and our pellet.

The guys had a cracking week all did PB’s let’s start with Bill on swim 9 never had a 50 let alone a 60 trips up the Mole @ 62 lb 14 oz 💥 then does a 50 with Stallone @ 52 lb 6 oz double 💥 he also had 2 x 40’s and several stockies, oh and was awarded a 60’s club hoodie, next Bill’s Son Andi on swim 3 was on the fish and had Katie @ 55 lb 6 oz 💥 new PB also shoulder scale @ 44 lb 8 oz Snip @ 30 lb 9 oz he also had several stocked fish from blue lagoon in Nov 20, Andrew had a hard week on swim 10 moving to swim 11 mid week but going back on swim 10 it paid off another new PB the Barrel @ 50 lb 3 oz first 50 he was buzzing ! Last of the group the new bee Sam lovely lad good angler got amongst some stockies and did his PB common with stretch 45 lb 12 oz another group member buzzing, was great to see these guys again forgetting how nice they are respecting our fishery and property!

Weather for the past week was unsettled thundery showers some heavy but still we had lots of sunshine staying mainly on a southerly wind water temperature is still good and oxygen levels good !

9 th September 2023

Hi guys, this week we had returning anglers Keith and Dave booking the lake exclusively for themselves as they did back in April !

Guys will be fishing swims 9 and 10 !

Baits used were Archiepeachy Red and White with our pellet.

The guys had a really tough week high temperatures down 13 degrees the following day changeable winds made it difficult to get amongst the fish and when they did they didn’t stay very long.

Besides all of the above they had several 40’s the biggest a 49 lb common off swim 10 and Dave on swim 9 finished on a 44 lb 8 oz common on the last night, as most weeks this season lots of fish coming through the ranks and several good stockies made up for the time between bites.

It was Red hot Saturday/Sunday high 30’s ! Then very much cooler thundery showers were around and some winds were powerful snapping a tree top on swim 12 which had to be sorted for safety reasons.

Always nice to see these guys lovely people always respecting our fish and property,
See you in June guys oh and also September again 2024 !

2 nd September 23

Hi guys, this week we have just two anglers booked exclusively,

Bob and Nick fishing swims 9 and 10.

Bait used is Archiepeachy boilies red and white and our pellet.

Bob got off the mark on swim 9 straight away tripping up Stallone @ 52 lb 8 oz Boom 💥 this was one of three 50’s the guys had between them others were Conky 52 lb 4 oz and Castle Al finally showed up @ 50 lb 8 oz been on the missing list, more of the A Team china plate 47.6, Fred 42.10, The old one 40 lb and lily pad 34 lb 8 oz, Nick had some nice commons on the up 38.2 and 32lb 8 oz and both had between them several stockies stocked from Blue lagoon in November 20 and 22.

Two lovely guys great anglers didn’t even know they had been here, Me and Ellen were so pleased that they rebooked and paid there deposit for 2024 before they left us.

Weather was hot mid to high 30’s 38 degrees on Monday lots of sunshine back to the milder nights winds from the north to start off turning around to southerly mid week.

26 August 2023

Hi Guys, Individuals this week,

Simon, Dad Peter, Darren and Neil.

Fishing swims 3,4,9 and 10

Guys are using Archiepeachy red and white, DNA baits, Mainline cell and Royal Marine from baitworks all using our pellet !

Well the guys had a really good week plenty of stockies to keep them busy a few pasties coming through the ranks PB’s for Darren swim 9 and Neil swim 10 lots of the A team Sid 55 lb 4 oz swim 10, Conky 52 lb 12 oz swim 3, Jess 51 lb 8 oz swim 4, Abby the common 50 lb 4 oz caught on swim 4 by Simon he named this fish a few years back after his wife and caught her for the third time, Tash 48,8, China plate 48, stretch the common 46,8, coup the common 45,12, shoulder scale 44,8, scar the common 41,4 also 42 lb 8 oz repeat capture, Ambler 41, chunky lumpy 41, Nutty 29,12, two new names terminator 36 lb 10 oz a stocked fish by us in Nov 20 from the blue lagoon @ 23 lb mega growth and snip 31 lb, all swims producing good numbers of fish over the week swim 3 deffo doing the most swim 10 done a 50 and several 40’s, swim 4 done 10 fish 2 x 50’s, swim 9 slow again with the Daisy spot not producing !

Weather was settled much cooler around 15 degrees lower on daytime temperatures nighttime temperatures very much cooler winds first part of week coming from northerly direction changing to southerly last part of week when temperatures rise again to over 30 degrees again !

19 th August 2023

Hi guys, back for second time this season are the East London lads.

Steve, Alan, Dominic and new addition Mario

Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 10 other swims that were used over the week especially by Alan lol he liked moving were 4,6,11 And 12 !

Guys are using mainlines Cell, Essential Cell and Link.

They did much better then when they were here back in April, considering the heat wave we are having the guys did well in temperatures hitting 40 degrees in the shade Phew !

Many PB’s were had lots of the A Team were tripped up White Tip, Shoulder Scale, Chunky Lumpy, Jess best weight for this fish 53 lb, chunk the common a PB for Steve, Hulk a PB for Alan, OddBod, Bacon tail, Scar, Rumble and Katie 51 lb 8 oz and last knockings Mario tripped up Scales, we have a new 2 additions in the target fish listing named by Dominic as Esme and Lottie by Steve lots of blue lagoon stock fish and fish that have come through and will start there journey up the ranks.
Lovely group of lads am pretty sure they will be back again and again targeting fish to try and trip up.

12 th August 2023

Hi Guys we are back this week with a lake exclusive booking, returning angler Gareth and his Dad John.

Fished Swims 9 and 10.

As before they are using Baitworks Atlantic heat with various hookbaits and lots our pellet all 125 kgs of it

What a start it was for the guys they smashed it in the first 24 hours 3 x 50’s to 59 lb some of the A team and some nice stock fish from the blue lagoon, Stallone, scar, barrel, Abby, Sid and Charlies Shoulders which was the biggest fish of the week @ 59 lb, they stayed on the fish into Monday more of the A Team tripped up Shoulder scale 45,6, Hulk up on its best weight 42,8 and Rumble 43,2 late afternoon Gareth swim 9 off the Daisy spot Marley the leather @ 44 lb 4 oz, into Tuesday Clover @ 40 lb and chunky Lumpy @ a best weight of 41 lb 6 oz, Wednesday took the guys to 51 fish more named fish John tripped up The Old One 41 lb 2 oz Gareth on swim 9 tripped up the Gold Leaf common, Thursday was much quieter but Friday has taken them to 75 fish with China plate 47 lb 3 oz and Coup @ 46 lb 2 oz off swim 10, Saturday morning saw John’s last swim 10 fish trip up Wylie @ 36 lb he also had Turkish @ 35 lb 4 oz, Gareth tripped up Tash @ 48 lb 6 oz and a couple of stockies taking the group to 78 fish swim 9 done 38 fish swim 10 done 40 fish !

Thank you guys for respecting our fishery and looking after the fish when they were tripped up hope to see you again at some point !

Weather was hot and sticky temperatures got into the mid 30’s with a passing storms heavy showers winds were all over the shop.

29 th July 2023

Hi Guys, We will be back in a couple of weeks with our next exclusive lake booking !

21st July 2023

Hi Guys, we were back this week with a group of 4, returning is Jay, Joe, Darren and newbie Chatty or James.
Fishing swims 4,5,9 and 10.

Guys were using our Archiepeachy red and white with our pellet.

Lots of runs over 30 fish banked up to just short of 55 lb which was Katie tripped up by chatty on swim 4 the guys also lost a few over the week bite time was deffo breakfast time everyone staying on the rods and having breakfast delivered, everyone was into the fish clear winners were swims 9 and 10, some of the A team tripped up The Barrel swim 4, White tip and Stretch swim 9, china plate swim 10 and Two faces the ghost off swim 5, Jay who fished swim 9 had some lovely mint 40 + lb commons it was all about commons on swim 9 no big girl in sight Darren on swim 10 was top rod and chatty on swim 4 won the guys trophy for the biggest fish !

It is great as owners to see our fish all spawned out and really healthy sometimes not so good for the angler but it didn’t matter to these guys we still had lots of PB’s.

Weather for the week was lots of sunshine into mid 30’s some days with a few heavy down pours winds were westerly turned around more southerly as the week went on, oxygen and PH level are good and water temperature stayed around 25 degrees.

See you all again next year !

15 th July 2023

Hi guys, we will be back with a returning group of 4 next week !

8 July 2023

Hi Guys,

We were back this week with group of four exclusively booking the lake.

Will, Jo, Paul & Les.

Fishing swims 4, 5, 9, 10, 3 and 12 !

The guys used Mainline Cell other mainline boilie baits & some Archiepeachy Red & White boilies with pellet.

The guys found it very hard going but we still had 4 pb’s from swims 9, 3 and 4 only several carp out no big girls or target named fish this week.

The weather was roasting mid 30’s for most of it we missed most of the storms with changeable winds high pressure throughout !

1 st July 2023

Hi Guys, we will be back next week with another group of 4 !

24th June 2023

Hi guys, couldn’t have gone more wrong for the guys with the fish spawning heavy again for most of the week !

Back again this year we had Bob, Ian, Jon and Andy.

They fished swims 4, 6, 9 and 10.

Guys used Archiepeachy Red and White, Mainline Cell, DNA baits all using pellet and bait boats.

Weather was red hot 35 + degrees with some stormy showers coming at the the end of the week winds were changeable !

The carp showed themselves in between spawning lots of fish cruising most afternoons at the hottest time of the day under the brushes they were stacked up.

All things considered they did great tripping a few up biggest for each swim as follows Bob swim 10 54 lb, Jon swim 4 49 lb 8 oz, lan swim 6 49 lb and Andy swim 9 41 lb several other 40’s, 30’s and 20’s named fish were Stretch 43, Sylvia 43, small scar 54, scales 35.8, nutty 30, The old one 38.6, Tash 49, china plate 48, Andy and dad Bob fished for the bass and had several out !

Until next time guys !

17 th June 2023

Hi guys this week we have 4 expats that all live local to the lake, Tony, Lee, Ian and Alan.

Fishing swims 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Bait that was used was Archiepeachy Red various other boilie baits and pellet all used bait boats.

It was a very hot set up for the guys with temperatures approaching 35 degrees the rest of the week was very stormy hopefully with some much needed rain winds are from the south !

We had several fish out a 37 and 40 lber the biggest the rest were stockies sadly the carp started spawning again early hours Monday which explains why its been so quiet lets hope this time its short lived !

Only swims which done fish the rest of the week after spawning had finished were swim 11 several more stockies making Ian top rod on weight for the week even after Lee on swim 10 pulled one out the bag one of the grasses @ 62 lb 2 oz BOOM ! new PB for him.

We did get the much needed rain when a weather front dropped 30 mm of the wet stuff over night !

The guys are back in October with some scores to settle.

17 th May 2023

Hi Guys, a update for the lake this week the carp started spawning on Monday 19th and finished off on the Saturday 24th !

13 th May 2023

Hi Guys, we will be back in middle of June with our next group.

6th May 2023

Simon and Peter arrived the night before camping up on the paddock ready for action in the morning,

Guys are fishing swims 9 and 10,

Archiepeachy White and Baitworks Royal Marine boilies are being used, Only Peter is using a bait boat Simon is casting ! The guys used 45 kgs of boilies over the week.

Guys started well peter swim 9 tripped my Oddbod @ 39 lb 14 oz Off the Daisy spot and Simon swim 10 banked Abby @ 50 lb 8 oz first time as a 50 ! Peter followed up with Tash @ 48 lb 6 oz.

More big fish for Peter Monday, Jayden @ 54 lb 14 oz and Blondie @ 49 lb 4 oz both off the Daisy spot. Finally swim 9 has come alive.

Early doors Tuesday I was woken by a call from Simon on the walkie and my mountain bike didn’t touch ground straight down to swim 9 yes you’ve got it! Peter had gone and tripped up the queen of the lake Daisy and yes Off the Daisy spot @ 73 lb BOOM ! Peter caught her on a blowback rig fishing snowman with a white topper 70’s hoodie awarded, congratulation’s. What a session, there was more to come read on.

Tuesday Evening after dinner Peter banked a stockie and a 36 lb 4 oz within minutes Simon next swim along on 10 banked a lively male fish 40 lb 6 oz both fish were chipped for our records and returned safely, early hours Wednesday alarm call from Simon he had tripped up one of the grass’s new lake grass carp record 62 lb 2 oz also Dad Peter banked a couple more male’s on swim 9 @ 30.2 and 31.4 both stocked by us in 2020 from Blue Lagoon !

If you thought it couldn’t have got any better for Peter on swim 9 well it did he tripped up The Mole @ 64 lb 14 oz our biggest Male fish The King of the lake and yes off the Daisy spot, So a 60’s club Hoodie was awarded to go with his 70’s !

Last 2 fish we had out Saturday morning Peter with a stockie @ 28 lb and Simon tripped up Rumble @ 47 lb 4 oz BOOM !

So we said goodbye to the guys we will be seeing them again in August when they join 3 more indiividuals !

Unsettled stormy week with changeable winds and temperatures from high 20’s down to around 16 degrees ! Water Temperature 16 – 19 degrees.

29 th April 2023

Lee, Dave and Antony are fishing on swim 4,5 and 11

Guys were using various boilie baits from Handcraft Baits the Herb our pellet with Archiepeachy boilies and pellet.

What a difference a week makes guys have had a blinder 34 carp were caught good times, we see lots of named fish Sir Bob ll 59 lb 8 oz, Stallone 57 lb 4 oz, Conky 55 lb 4 oz, The Barrel (common) 55 lb , China plate 51 lb, Broken tail 49 lb 8 oz, Rumble 48 lb 8 oz, Coup (common) 48 lb 2 oz, repeat Conky (53 lb 12 oz) a couple of other 40’s several 30’s and lots of stockies lots of fish coming through the ranks, swims 4 and 11 producing the most fish Lee and Dave on swims 5 and 11 both doing PB’s Weather was settled mostly sunshine with the odd shower warmer nights.

Great group to have on the lake top anglers and gents to go with it see you guys again sooner rather then later.

22 nd April 2023

This week we have regulars Dale, John, Dean and Bacon.

Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 11.

Various boilies being used The Cell, Sticky baits Manilla, Nash Scopex squid and some Archiepeachy white and Red with some pellet bait boats are being used.

Finally we lost the cold northeasterly and were on a southerly warm night time temperatures and better daytime should hopefully turn these fish on they need a good jump start, but unfortunately it was a rock hard week again, Dale on swim 5 did his PB ghost carp @ 40lb 10oz, Dad John had a 42 lb 4 oz on swim 2 which he moved onto early in the week from swim 3, over on swim 9 Dean tripped up blondie @ 50 lb and Bacon tail @ 37 lb 14 oz, nothing on swim 11 for Bacon !

15 th April 2023

We had the Essex boys Keith and Dave back again for there third visit to us.

Fishing swims 4 and 5.

Guys used white and red Archiepeachy boilies with our pellet both are using bait boats.

I looked forward to the weather this week much better settled sunshine a cool wind from the northeast kept the temperatures down on average but we did see early 20’s towards the mid to end of the week with a passing thunder storm with heavy showers.

The lake fished very hard again with only a couple of fish banked biggest being 41 lb so still no big girls.

Personally do think this season is a month behind with the weather explaining how hard its been.

8 th April 2023

Russell and Dean were back this week booking the lake exclusively after a very good week this time last year, Dean was on the move all week fishing 3,5 and 11 Russell was going to be fixed to swim 9 as before but ! ended up on swim 4.

Another rock hard week this turned out to be changeable winds temperature’s up and down water temperature allover the place.

The guys were using as before baitworks Atlantic heat and creamino along with our pellet.

Besides the elements against them they still managed fish to just over 40 lb and several stockies up to the 30lb mark so this week no big girls.

1 April 2023

This week we welcomed Alan, Dominic, Steve and Terry all from East London.

Fishing swims 4 ,9, 10 and 11 but swims 1,5 and 12 were also fished, guys are using various boilie baits The Cell, Archiepeachy white and red among some all using bait boats.

What a change over it was high winds torrential rain hale made it very tricky for the 4 guys to get set up but we got there in the end, water temperature around 9-10 after all the fresh water coming in the rest of the week was settled sunshine but cooler nights clear skies we could see our last ground frosts of the year.

The lake fished very hard this week with only a handful of stockies caught biggest being just over 30 lb.

25 March 2023

This week we have Bob aka Sir Bob fishing swim 9, it was a challenging week with the weather changeable winds out bursts of torrential rain with spells of sunshine but as always he tripped a few up 19 runs 19 fish 3 x 50’s up to 57 lb. Sid, the Barrel, Solar and broken tail were among the named fish 2 commons @ 40 lb were chipped for our records as up and coming fish.

Water temperature was around 11 – 12 degrees all fish were caught fished over Archiepeachy white boilies and hook baits were tipped with pink toppers.

19 March 2023

We had Spencer on just for a few nights fishing swim 8, fishing over Archiepeachy freebies he tripped up the common known as white tip weighting in @ 56 lb.

16 November 2022

We have work party helping out with the netting grading of fish from the drain down of blue lagoon tagging/moving fish over to main lake that are big enough.

So, we have 2 anglers on the lake fishing Sir Bob and Colin fishing off swims 5 and 9, guys are using Archiepeachy boilies and pellet.

Bob’s off the mark first swim 9 with Sylvia first time as a 50 @ 50 lb 10 oz been on the missing list for 2 seasons up over 6 lb.

Weathers going to be dry sun/cloud for netting but really chilly after we have rain winds still from the south/southwest, water temperature around 13 degrees pressure is falling 1004 !

5 November 2022

Hi Guys, this week we have regular family group the Jupp’s with Nick and Dad Paul travelling all the way from Scotland.

So we have Josh, Dad Richard, Paul, Nick and family friend Alex.

Fishing swims 3,5,9,10 and 11.

Paul on swim 5 was off the mark first with a 35lb 7oz stockie. Richard got an early morning alarm call on swim 10 tripping up The Mole at its best weight of 66lb 6oz caught on white archiepeachy bottom bait only his second visit to the bank this season. The lads had several stockies, all in lovely clean condition. Late on Tuesday night Josh on swim 9 tripped up Amy at 60lb 10oz a new PB a 60’s hoody was awarded this was Amy’s first time as a 60 can see this fish getting very big.

Weather was settled with high pressure with a couple of cooler nights.

29 October 2022

This week we had a cancellation,

We will be back next week

with the Jupp family group of 5.

22 October 2022

Hi Guys. This week we have Shaun, Gary, Tim Terry and Mark.

Fishing swims 3, 5, 9, 10 and 11.

The guys are using some mainline baits, archipeachy boilies and some pellet.

Another frustrating week high temperatures 27 the high one night was 19 degrees making the fishing slow and rock hard, guys still tripped a few target fish up Sid 59 lb, Castle Al 52 lb 10 oz, Abby 49 lb 12 oz, Rumble 48 lb 4 oz, and the Old One @ 42 lb 4 oz a couple of stockiest from the blue lagoon in November 20 up over 10 lb, swim 5 produced the most fish swims 3 and 9 also producing sadly the other swims fished (4,10 and 11) blanked !

Weather this week was sun/cloud with temperatures up to mid twenties which brought in some near by storms winds from the south west, pressure 1005 – 1021.

15 October 2022

This week we welcome returning family group Paul, Matt, Simon and Tom. Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 10.

Using Archiepeachy red/white and pellet.

Great Start for Paul 4am alarm call on swim 5 new PB tripping up the Barrel @ 53 lb on a small pink pop pink over archiepeachy freebies pink seems the go to colour at the moment! Tom on swim 9 was next to trip a few with Blondie 48lb 12oz, 35lb & 32lb stockie. Simon on swim 10 new PB and his first 50 with reappearance of The Barrel again 52lb 14lb. Tom then had a 36lb 12oz and Dad Simon on swim 10 had a 46lb 10oz which was Shoulder Scale. Tom can’t do anything wrong, pink pop-ups seem to be working as next out for him was Daisy at 72lb 4oz (32.8Kg) Matt over on swim 4 had another PB for the group tripping up Ambler at 52lb. Everyone in the group have now had fish over 50lb and they’re all PB’s.

The weather has been fine and dry, mid to late twenties, then stormy. Pressure dropped to 1006 and the water is 17 degrees.

8 OCTOBER 2022

Hi Guys. This week we have returning anglers Dale, Dean and Ollie.

Fishing Swims 5, 9 and 11.

The guys are using mainline baits, homemade bait and some Archiepeachy red/white and some pellet.

Another hard, frustrating week for these guys but they managed to pull a few out of the hat. Dale got off the mark first with a 37lb 8oz off swim 9 using a wafter he has also had a 31 lb common up 10 lb since stocking from blue lagoon back in November 20. It was great news for Ollie new PB tripping up Broken Tail @ 48 lb 4 oz obviously he got a soaking from Dale!

Dean left it very late after a move to swim 2 tripping up China Plate 49lb 14oz and Dale up on swim 9 banked another stockie at 31lb.

Weather this week was a mixed bag of sunshine and showers, mid-twenties, pressure was around 1021. Water temperature is around 18 degrees and winds will be changeable next week.

1st October 2022

Hi Guys, this week 3 guys on a lake exclusive booking.

Chris,Steve and Ryan. 

Fishing swims 4,9 and 10.

Guys are using Archiepeachy white/red and some mainline baits !

Steve on swim 4 tripped up a 45 lb 4 oz just after brekkie Sunday on a white Archiepeachy bottom bait he also tripped up a 39 lb common, over other side on swim 9 Chris banked 2 fish late Friday/Saturday a new PB common chunk @ 45 lb 8 oz and the biggest fish of the week Stallone @ 58 lb 8 oz, swim 10 only done a couple of stockies .

Weather Friday was awful rained all night and right through change over the lads leaving were soaked luckily these guys were able to get set up without any rain which cleared a good dry sunny week, winds from south west pressure is up 1020 water temperature around 20 ish !

24th September 2022

Hi Guys this week a group we have not seen for 5 years nice to see them returning

Cam, Brian (chappie), Steve, and Tony. 

Fished swims 4,5,9 and of course 10 ! 

Hard going this week again swim 10 37 lb and 28 lb stockie, Steve on swim 4 2 pbs in 45 minutes China Plate 50lb and Katie tripped up again @ 55 lb 4 oz also a 31 common earlier in the week, Steve has complete set now white tip common @ 53 lb new PB common, swim 5 done nothing so on last night Chappie was
on swim 2 boom 5 am alarm call first 50 new PP mirror small scar tripped up @ 55 lb boom, swim 9 nothing for Cam amazing how hard is it fishing !  The fish must deffo be in the shallows.

Weather was alot cooler in mornings, winds from the south mainly but were changeable over the week pressure 1012 water temperature is around 22 ish, 4 degrees Friday morning thick fog boy these guys have had it all !

17 September 2022

Hi guys, this week we had Andy and Gareth on a lake exclusive booking.

They fished swims 3,4,6/7,10 and 11 .

Guys used baitworks Atlantic heat boilies, our pellet Our Archiepeachy White and Red boilies.

Very hard going at the start swim 11 Gareth banking fish first a stockie 29 lb and a 38 lb 8 oz, early hours Tuesday Gareth who moved to swim 10 new PB with Solar @ 51 lb ! 
Things kicked off for Gareth banking 2 more PBs Katie tripped up @ 55 lb 13 oz PB mirror The Barrel @ 52 lb 4 oz PB common we also see blondie @ 48 lb 10 oz and others at 41 lb 8 oz Small Tail and 40 lb 10 oz, Andy moved to swim 6/7 and got amongst some fish a 38 lb at night followed by Jayden @ 55 lb 2 oz best weight for this fish one to watch !
Andy moved to swim 4 for last night 45 lb 12 oz and Gareth over on swim 10 another PB 4 th 50 Amy @ 56 lb 12 oz boom 💥finishing on a mid 40 making his total to 10 for the week !

weather  cooled down a lot  Friday night was only 6 degrees wow winds from the northeast so chilly, water temperature around 23 degrees pressure 1020 !

10TH SEPTEMBER 2022

Hi Guys, this week we have returning anglers brothers Dave and Keith fishing on a lake exclusive booking.

Will they top last years session of 6 X 50s ?

Guys are fishing swims 9/10 and are fishing with Archiepeachy white and pellet.

Weathers going to be stormy with sunshine in between high 20s into the 30s, winds all over the place and pressure is good, water temperature around 25 ish!

3rd September 2022

Hi guys this week we had Adz, Danny, Mark and Nathan whos retuning after a trip here in June!

Fishing swims 3, 4, 9, and 10 good choices i thought but every week is different.

Guys used Archiepeachy white/Red and pellet.

Danny started well new PB mirror swim 10 tripping up Sid well spawned out @ 54 lb 10 oz on Archiepeachy white bottom bait he followed it up with another 50 Amy @ 53 lb what a session he had, Nathan on swim 4 tripped up Stretch @ 48 lb 8 oz the guys also had several other fish mainly stockies but overall it was very quiet week swim 3 produced well last week but this week nothing.

 Weather; stormy all week as temperatures went back up to the 30s winds from the south mainly.

27th August 2022

Hi Guys! We have individuals this week, all have been to us more than once before.

Neil, Peter, Simon, George & Pete.

Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9, 10 & 11.

Guys are using Archiepeachy red/white and some mainline baits.

The weather today is sun/cloud with a northerly wind, temperature is mid to late twenties.

George is off to a good start with 3 runs and 2 fish, The Barrel 49lb 2oz and China Plate 45lb 8oz.

20th August 2022

Hi Guys, a few weeks break before its busy again me and a friend Tony with able to do 72 hour session.

Fishing swims 9 and 10
using pellet and Archipeachy Red / White

So it was a productive week as follows
Tony 9 runs 7 fish
Me 7 runs 6 fish
3 x 50s
3 x 40s
4 x 30s the rest were stockies.

Weather was warm winds were changable a couple of summer showers.

30 July 2022

We are back after a 2 week break.

We welcomed Chris and his family sons Jake, Harry and Lauren.

Chris fished swim 5 using Pellet/Archiepeachy boilies.

Wow Wow and Wow double Boom !! Daisy @ 66 lb Small Scar @ 50 lb 12 oz Stretch the common @ 46 lb 8 oz, Rumble @ 45 lb 10 oz, Chunk the common @ 41 lb 5 oz, Hulk @ 39 lb 4 oz, China Plate @ 44 lb 8 oz, Castle Al @ 48 lb 12 oz, chunky lumpy @ 36 lb 10 oz, the barrel @ 50 lb, Broken Tail 46 lb 10 oz and several other fish taking his total for main lake to 22 Boom !!!

Jake / Harry caught fish from Blue Lagoon.

Weather for the week was red hot mid to high 30s with Wednesday reaching 40 degrees changeable winds and pressure from 1017 – 1021!

16 July 2022

Hi Guys, after a 2 week break we are back with a new group of 4, Linden, Matt, Lee and Gavin aka (Coffee) Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 10. Guys are using some pellet Archiepeachy White/Red and mainline boilie baits various pop ups/wafters. Numerous fish have been out on all swims fished and we had some moves throughout the week Tash being the biggest @ 46 lb which came of swim 5 ! Weather on set up was hot it got hotter monday reaching 42 degrees over night storms made it feel fresher.

25 June 2022

We welcomed Bob, Andy, Ian and John on this week, returning to the lake after many years away when the last owners had it what a lot has changed since then lets hope they liked it! Fishing swims 4, 5, 9 and 10. Guys are using Archiepeachy white/Red boilies pellet, Cell and various other boilies.

When the guys arrived it was torrential rain and a nightmare to setup in but as the rain stopped it looked ace and i thought they would have it off how wrong was we all very hard fishing not much showing it was a disaster but as the week went on we started getting a few good ones starting with Bob on swim 10 he had several nice fish topped by a new PB The Mole @ 62 lb 8 oz made up with his 60s club hoodie we awarded him, Son Andy on swim 9 a 30 lb stockie plus Shoulder Scale @ 46 lb and Scar the common @ 47 lb new PB common for him, John on other side swim 4 a couple of mid 30s and a PB for him as well Stallone @ 55 lb, Ian on swim 5 couldnt get amongst the fish but landed a lovely common to save the blank, then in the early hours of Saturday the big girls started spawning again just as i thought not all spawned back in May hopefully thats it now, all things considered the guys had a good week !
Thanks guys for sticking it out !

Weather was shocking on set up as i mentioned above torrential rain which carried into Sunday, sunshine/showers throughout with the rain returning Thursday finishing up with hot sunshine Saturday !

18 June 2022

We Welcomed Nathan, Mel, Wendy and Ron.

Fishing swims 10 and 11.

Everyone used Archiepeachy red/white and pellet.

Weather was red hot Saturday a mega 42.2 degrees finishing in thunderstorms with heavy rain !

Considering how hard the lake is fishing the guys ended up with 14 fish upto 50 lb which come off swim 10.

4 June 2022

We welcomed James (Jimmy) Oliver and Mark.

Fished swims 5,9 and 11.

Guys used Archiepeachy white/Red and pellet everyone used a bait boat.

The lakes fished very hard no big girls this week but, Oliver on swim 5 tripped up The Pug his first catfish and a new lake catfish record @ 113 lb 51.2 kgs, then 4 hours later Boom ! He only caught the Pug again different rod @ another lake record @ 114 lb 8 oz 52 kgs crazy stuff that only the one 30 lb stockie off swim 9 and thats how it finished up !

Weather cooled down over the week with showers around.

28 May 2022

We welcomed Pete this week who jumped on after a late group cancellation.

He fished one of his favourite swims number 3, Pete used Archiepeachy White/Red mixed with pellet !

Boom ! what a start he had tripping up Conky @ 54 lb 2 oz on a white bottom bait.
Monday morning 2 more bites he lost one other was a 20 lber stockie common.

Thats how he finished up but as always he was pleased with his result !

Weather was very hot a few days hitting the mid 30s which brought some very heavy rain with thunder and lighting not forgetting the strong winds.

21 May 2022

We welcomed Darren, Jay, Joe and John.

Fishing swims 5,9,10 and 11.

Guys used Archiepeachy red/white and pellet.

Darren swim 10 tripped up a partly spawned out Adrien @ 46 lb 14 oz on the Archiepeachy white, Jay banked a PB on Swim 9 Broken Tail @ 52 lb, Joe caught clover on swim 5 also a PB @ 39 lb 6 oz both on the Archiepeachy Red !
Joe finished up with another PB Tash tripped up @ 47 lb 15 oz off swim 5 !
To sum this week up lots of spawning first part with lots of moody fish after very hard fishing but they still managed a few lumbs.

Massive lighting display throughout the evening of Sunday which brought in fresher cooler weather and lower pressure gone for now the mid 30s mid 20s for the guys sunshine cloud with a few heavy thundery downpours

14 May 2022

We welcomed this weeks group back again from our home town in Essex Shut Up.

Grant and son Archie, Chris, Dan, Martin and Gary fishing swims 2,3,5,9 and 11.

Guys used mainline baits with some Archiepeachy Red/White and pellet.

Hard conditions for the lads mid 30s for most of it, first off was Martin swim 5 tripping up Sir Bob ll @ 55 lb 4 oz, Gary tripped up one of the Koi which were stocked in 2016 a new PB and Target fish ! Dan tripped up Broken Tail on swim 3 Boom !

Wednesday lunch Dan had another on swim 3 @ 40 lb strong male fish which he named Fred !
Thursday lunchtime Dan tripped up another PB this time common white tip @ 57 lb 10 oz new lake common record knocking smudge off boom !

Last fish of the week was Saturday morning while packing up Grant on swim 9 tripped up Abby @ 49 lb both him and son Archie had some wicked water shots done together #fatherson

Weather; Saturdays changeover was 31 degrees hot, high pressure was dominating, no storms we missed them, mid 30s for most the week !

There was still no signs of spawning on main lake.

7 May 2022

We welcomed Mark, Dave, Jason and another Dave.

Guys are fishing swims 2,5,9 and 11 Dave also fished 12 and 3 all using there own various boilie baits and some of our pellet.

It was a Gorgeous day to set up the rods blue skies sunshine 25 degrees much the same for the coming weeks with temperatures hitting high 20s.

Mark on swim 5 was the first off tripped up small tail @ 42 lb a bit down on weight so have they had a cheeky go in the night ? Dave on swim 11 got amongst the fish tripping up 2 stockies upto just under 30 lb !

Cheeky few hours on swim 12 for Dave rewarded him his first 50lb er blondies out again a few scratches over her since last time maybe shes been having a go !

Mark on swim 5 then did a 37 lb 8 oz common, Dave on swim 11 another PB with a 57 lb grass Dave on swim 2 moved to 12 tripping up a 41 lb mirror, 30 common !

Dave went back to the sunny side fishing swim 3 this time tripping up coup @ 46 lb it was back to other side Dave tripped up H @ 48 lb 12 but was still fishing hard.

It was Over 30 degrees Tuesday/Wednesday and red hot Friday phew !

Jason fishing swim 9 moved for a short while to swim 8 and was rewarded with The Barrels @ 53 lb new PB.

Last fish out was Ambler @ 45 lb 8 oz falling for Mark on swim 5.

The blue lagoon are all done for now so daily feeding has started again still no signs of any spawning in the main lake.