Catch report week beginning 21st April

Last week saw plenty of action despite it turning cooler from Wednesday.

David Denny enjoyed roach to 1lb 3/4oz and tench to 5lb, and was reluctant to leave us today, so made arrangements to stay to fish until 4pm. (Unfortunately no we cannot allow this during our main season as we'd be inundated with anglers who never leave!)

John Wilkinson and his son-in law Andy had their usual friendly competition between themselves, John took an early lead with a 15lb common, but was pipped to the post by Andy who landed a 17lber on Thursday. Well done Andy! We'll see you for the match in October (I'm sure John will come out reels blazing)

We also hosted Darren, who visited us all the way from his fish farm in Thailand. Darren landed his personal best Carp with us this week using our new baits (more on that in a minute) which was a little over 17lb. Congratulations Darren, we're sure you'll better that on your next trip!

Our followers on twitter and facebook will already know about the new bait we have this year:

 We've teamed up with a top bait manufacturer to formulate our own range of baits. Basically this means that we're able to offer high quality, rapid break down, low cost baits that are specifically tailored to our waters. We've called them 'Lonsdale's Secret Recipe'.
We have:

• 15mm boilies in Crab and Mussel, White Chocolate and King Blood worm,
• Brown and White Breadcrumb
• PVA friendly particles - Chilli hemp and chick pea, Red and White Maize or Mixed particles
• 3mm and 4.5mm Marine Halibut Carp Pellets

We've also got our bait pre-order servcice sorted, so if you head over to the homepage and them to the facilities or downloads page you'll now find order forms you can use to post or telephone your order, or email.

The email system uses an excel spreadsheet that should automatically work out the cost of your order for you when you change the quanity from 0 (it will also give you subtotals along the way to help you keep an eye on where you want to send your money).

These forms are also helpful for anglers to see just a bit of what we keep regularly in stock and recommend before they get here (and assure new visitors that our site tackle shop is very competatively priced!)

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Nightwalk and a new web page

Well true to form I've devoured Nightwalk - which those of you who follow us on twitter or facebook will know arrived yesterday (2 days early!).
Naturally I had to interlude last nights reading with a nocturnal wander, where I discovered that bones become very visible at night time and I was able to add a nicely bleached wood pidgeon skull and keel bone to my little museum of natural history specimens.
I've also been playing around with recording the sounds of the lakeside, so I recorded a few nocturnal noises. If I get round to doing something with them I'll share them with you.
The book is absoloutely superb, another classic for the Yates canon and an elequent discourse I'm sure to return to time and again! I hope we'll be seing more nature writing from Mr. Yates soon.
If you haven't already get hold of a copy.

In other news I've added a new page to the website called "Downloads".
At the moment this is pretty sparse with pdf's of our conditions of booking and fishing rules, a site map, and more interestingly a checklist of some of the bird species (over 60) that you might see during your visit.
So if you or someone you know is a budding bankside birdwatcher why not print it out ahead of your visit and see how many you spot?
I'd love to see how you get on.

I'm hoping to build on the Downloads page very soon, by adding a list of baits we stock onsite complete with pre-order form. This way you can have your baits paid for and ready and waiting for you in your accomodation!
Keep checking as other items (perhaps desktop images) will hopefully be appearing there soon too...


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Eagerly awaiting Nightwalk!

We're eagerly awaiting the publication of Mr. Yates new book (nature writing rather than specifically angler oriented) Nightwalk. 

Dad and I have a copy each pre-ordered, and reading through the blogs I follow the other day I was treated to an extract on Caught by the River.

You can head over to the excellent Caught by the River blog and read the extract by clicking this link

It'll be out on Thursday (April 26th) in hardback and as an ebook (snazzy but I'm not a kindle girl myself). 

My own night walks are few and far between to be honest and usually centred around specific annual events at the park - toads and frogs spawning, the first outing of baby hoglets, and the apearance of our breeding Tawny owl pair calling, all get me outside after dark.

Something tells me I'll be out alot more with a little inspiration from Mr. Yates though!

Whats the best nocturnal nature moment you've had at the park?

We'd love to know so please eave a comment below or on our facebook page!

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Tinka tinka!

As Dad predicted the fish are loving Cotswolds Baits (as are anglers who are getting £33 worth of bait in a bucket costing just £22), 

and with the lovely early summer mornings and just a little nip of frost in the nights the Tench are really starting to show.

Wandering around for a first chat with folks this week Dad lost track of exactly who caught what, but he can report that the overall stamp of fish seemed around the 6lb + mark and it looks good for the week ahead!

Meanwhile we've been busy at work on structural park jobs over the weekend with lots of things from strimming back the lane up through the park, to remedying the odd hole in a peg, to removing the old play tower close to the lodges.

 We have some last minute and short break availability for this week and next, so if fancy pursuing a Tinka yourself give us a ring on 

07770825896 

or 01228 562655

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Spring is springing!

Our Bluebell's are starting to show!

PS: After a few requests I've uploaded some of my photo's of the park to a website I use called Photobox. If you follow the link below you can safely and securely order prints, keyrings etc, of my shots.
Hope you like them!
Let me know if there's any you'd like that I haven't added to the gallery.
Em
http://www.photoboxgallery.com/edrinkall

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Cotswolds bait creations now available

 We're pleased to announce that new for 2012 we'll be stocking Cotswolds baits in our onsite tackle shop!

Including their new range of bargain buckets:

The Coarse bucket for £22.99'

Available in three fruity flavours Strawberry, Pineappleand Tutti Fruity

contains: 1Kg Flat Bed Method Feeder Groundbait, 1Kg Big Fish Groundbait, 500g Flavoured pellets, 1 pot 6mm cubed meat,  1 pot soft hookers, bottle of Squirtz liquid and a blister pack of pop-ups.

The Carp bucket also £22.99,

is available in Tutti Fruity, Strawberry & Pineapple and

contains 200g Boilies, 500g Pellets, 800g Carp Pellets,  900g Bag or Boat Pellet, 900g Fishmix Groundbait, Pack of 8mm Drilled Halibut Pellets and a blister pack of pop-ups.

We think these are a great idea as they get you pretty much sorted for the first couple of days, and come with a handy bucket! 

You can find more of Cotwolds Baits on their website at: http://www.cotswoldbaits.com/Products/Traditional_Range/Bargain_Boxes/bargain_boxes.html

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2012 Rod Licenses

Hullo folks,

Just a quick note to say we hope you're all set to enjoy tight lines this bank holliday, but don't forget to renew your rod license!

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