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recorded by Shaun Hurrell. The Tiverton angler
fi shed midway up the right bank and fi shed into
open water. He also tempted a double-fi gure
common of 12lb during his recent session.
Exeter angler Chris Haydon returned with his
son Chris for his second session of the season
and this time they both banked one common
carp each. Steve was top rod thanks to a nice
plump common weighing 20lb 2oz, while Chris
went on to tempt a nice double of 15lb 10oz.
Wayne Higgins enjoyed his fi rst visit of the
season, fi shing at the top of the right-hand bank,
and he was well pleased with his solitary catch
in the form of a 20-pounder. Calum Hawkins of
Exeter had experienced a slow start to his
session but it picked up as the day went on,
fi nishing with a lovely specimen common of
20lb. The best bag this week was a six-fi shcatch taken by Vince Conibere. The Exeter
angler tempted an all-common catch with the
biggest weighing 16lb 9oz. Crediton angler
Mike Izzard hooked fi ve fi sh, again all of them
commons. Starting on the far bank, Mike felt
like a move was worthwhile after hooking one
fi sh, so he moved to the upper end of the right
bank and there he went on to land a further
four commons. There have also been plenty of
other decent carp out around the fi shery, so
take a look at http://www.creedylakes.com for details.
Phil Locke enjoyed a visit to Fisherwick
Lakes in Staffordshire last week, and he used
a D rig baited with a wafter to tempt a 20lb
mirror. Also doing well was Matt Harris, who
took a 24lb mirror, Stu Langle, who tagged
commons of 21lb and 24lb, and Mick Duffy,
who chipped in with a 21lb mirror. I have no
details about bait or tactics I’m afraid, but they
will tell all when you arrive on site. (www.
spanglefi sh.com/fi sherwicklakes)
There has been plenty of action at Town
Parks Fishery in Devon this week, with Rod
Metcalfe leading the way with eight fi sh to 15lb
in just two hours. Rod used a mix of worms,
maggot and corn to tempt his fi sh. Over on the
Specimen Lakes, Dan Stevens used Mainline
Cell baits to pick up nine fi sh during a 48-hour
session, but he also managed to lose fi ve
more! (www.townparks.net)
At Stafford Moor Fishery, also in Devon,
Alex Charlton did a day session on Lodge
Lake. Alex used a Pepper pop-up just an inch
off the bottom in 9ft of water to connect with a
nicely marked 18¼lb mirror. He offered hispop-up over a bed of maggots, corn, crushed
pellets and tuna, which seemed to do the trick.
(www.staffordmoorfi shery.co.uk)
Full of history and rightly admired as a
venue, Horseshoe Lake in Lechlade is about
to kick off according to fi shery manager Miles
Carter. Horseshoe has been quiet over the
winter, but he told me: “We put another 60 VS
C4s into Horseshoe over the winter; these were
between 9lb and 12lb in weight and were some
of the best-looking new fi sh we have seen for a
while. They seem to have settled in nicely, and
if they grow on like the previous stockings, they
will be big stunners before too long. The carp
fi shing has been pretty quiet over the winter,
though I did hear the other day that a few carp
lads had been having a couple on the quiet, but
by and large, winter has certainly been for the
hardcore angler. The carp have defi nitely
woken up now, though, with some decent
catches being reported already. Tony Bushby
had three good fi sh to 28lb over the weekend,
and Dean Latimer had a fantastic start to his
year with six fi sh to 30lb, including the One-
Eyed Linear and a couple of immaculate
mirrors at 27lb and 28lb respectively. The water
temperature the other day was 8½°C, which is
just half a degree away from switch-on time
over the past few years, so I’d expect it to kick
on from now. Winter Bay and Summer Bay
have both been producing, so the fi sh are
certainly on the lookout for food.” (www.
horseshoelakelechlade.com)To
submit your
catch, please email
me at clint597@
btinternet.com. Please
send full high-resolution
jpeg attachments of your sh
and details of how and where
it was caught – the more
details the better. Bigger
images look far better on
the page and I can do
so much more
with them.Rob McGuiness
with a big
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