Pike down under

Last week seen us have a visit from Mr and Mrs Fife they had come to Lonsdale park with there two grandsons Mr fife wanted to show the boys how to catch pike and catch pike they did the boys had a great weeks fishing and managed to bank a impressive 17 fish they are already planning there returt trip in the summer to sample some of Lonsdale parks superb carp fishing

Hi everyone just recived Mel and Frans pictures from there october trip. Here is a select few pics as there was to many to list lots of beautiful fish. a great result
the rest are on the website

PIKE UPDATE !!!!!!

Hi just a quick update on the pike front a monster catch of 22lbs caught on a lure by mr Moran

and here we have a beautiful specimen taken on reed lake by mr Walker this was his fourth pike witin 40mins taken on dead bait

Jammy Jamie

Jamie strikes again

this Sunday saw Jamie sitting in the rain on the side of the arches on a horrible blustery day.

Well this is how he chooses to spend his day off.

Jamie's perseverance paid off just before dark with Jamie landing this beautiful Simmons carp at 16lbs 8oz but as he got it in the net he was met with the sound of his other buzzer which left Emma in charge(girlfriend) after a dogged fight Jamie could tell he was into a good fish the fish lay in front of the swim ready to be netted but of course the net was already taken so Jamie decided to give it a bit of slack line and let it slip the hook what a pity as after Jamie calmed down he estimated that it was well above 20lbs which would of been his Pb. this has just made Jamie more determined and he Will be spending more of his days off trying to settle the score.

dad says jamie now has "a passion for angling"

ps Ryan. jamie said he can smell that 5 pounds

Leviathon Esox Lucious

We all know its getting to the time of year now that pike fishing springs to mind but here at lonsdale park we carnt help but be pike crazy as over the past few weeks the pike have been on a feeding frenzy with some of our larger residence come to greet us on the bank



pics from left to right: scot taylor 20lbs 4oz, ryan as a boy,mrs moran 20lbs 4oz

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jake's achey brakey arms !!!

Update on Jake's amazing Autumn session

As you can see from the latest three photos Jake is emptying the lake of some of its larger residents

these catches include: 31lbs common who put up a dogged fight and was very reluctant to be on the bank, a beautiful 19lbs common and he even wanted to share his glory with his dad who had a lovely mirror at 25lbs

the big common came as a excellent surprise tearing off at 00:10 as he was celebrating his 14th birthday. what a fantastic birthday present. Jake has now informed us he is ready to tackle our biggest resident of reed mere,after many sightings of our Leviathan feline

but he has not finished yet. he is already planning his third visit with his whole family

Jake's had plenty of Carp & no complaints!!

Young Jake is on his second visit to Lonsdale within a couple of months. He visited us earlier with regulars John & Diane, this time returning with his Dad. His first night fishing Jake landed a 27lb 4oz carp, followed this on his 3rd night with a 25lb 8oz specimen and this morning there he his again with a superb 30lb specimen. He's only half way through his visit so there may be more.

Mel & Fran will also be sending photos of their catches later.

Jamie's Fish!!!!!!!!!

Hi,

many of you will now have met Jamie. As you can see over the past couple of month's his fish catches have increased in size! Above are photos of Jamie's first Roach (by the way that is his girlfriend holding it not Jamie!) and then on the 2nd October he landed this lovely 17 1/2lb carp whilst fishing on Reed. He was however so pleased with this he didn't ring us so we could take his photo with his catch!

Fell Walks and Canoeing

Below: my photo of beautiful buttermere!
Hello all,
Well Jamie returned and so I got the weekend off!
It was Tom's 21st on Saturday, and the weather was beautiful so we were tempted into walking up Haystacks which was Alfred Wainwright's favourite mountain, and where his ashes were scattered. We carried on to another hill called Fleetwith Pike which looked right down Buttermere with some amazing views!
We ended up walking in thye glorious sunshine for about 4 and half hours - and with the drive less than hour it was a lovely way to spend the day!
We also went up a little hill called Mellbreak the other week, which is a nice fell - where we didn't see another human being at all!

If you're interested in my walks I've added a folder called Fell Walks to the Photo Gallery and in there are a few pictures. Tom's also put a few up in a folder called The Lake District.

On Sunday the weather held, and Tom, a couple of friends and I went canoeing on Derwent Water.

Our friends 'Gulston' and Stuart came out with us - and were very amusing to watch. I can't talk because my steering skills are limited, but watching the two of them zigxag around and then land the canoe at the marina was quite funny! I've put a photo up of the two of them in the red canoe, dodging away from the other boats moored up.

Don't worry I tried to stick to the front of the boat so that the other lake users were spared my slightly dodgy steering!
It was really fun to get back on the water - though I did relearn a little lesson.
A motor boat passed in front of us and as I saw the wash I thought it would be fun to pick up a bit of speed and 'jump' the wave! Only we landed in between the next wave which came over and into my lap!! Oh well when you go out on the water, you can only get wet as far as your skin!

I'm hoping to get to the Honister Mine Via Ferrata route depending on when I go back to Uni too. In case you didn't know Via Ferrata is a sort of extreme mountain walking / rock climbing, but you're harnessed to a wire cable all the way along the route. (The same as climbing Harbour Bridge which I did in Sydney) It's only £20 and it's so close to us it has to be done! If you're interested search for 'Honister slate mine via ferrata' on Youtube to watch a video about it.

It's a shame that more people don't realise what a bounty Cumbria has to offer when they come to stay with us! The site is perfect for anglers but if your other half isn't so keen there's plenty to do and see around us!!

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