Friday 30 May 2014

Sunday 25 May 2014

Welsh Wizzard

Hi Val and Paul,  both of us enjoyed last week in Lonsdale Lodge and will be booking again for next year.
I attach photos of 17lb, 11lb and 9lb carp .  In total I caught 15 fish, including a couple of tench, fishing daytime only .  The most productive times being early morning, 6.30 till 9am, and evening 6pm till 9.30 pm.  The carp ranged from 6lb upto 17lb. most around 10lb.  All were caught on your boilees, peach and black pepper and tropical fruit.
I started baiting a small area with 50 boilees and topped up with 30 boilees after each fish .  The rig comprised, 2oz running lead, 8 inch semi stiff hooklength, boilee balanced with popup to just sink, fished with a pva stick made of crushed boilees and sardines .
Maybe the larger carp did not show because of spawning during the week .  However size is unimportant. I got just as much pleasure from catching the 6lb as the larger carp .
Thanks for providing a safe and secure environment once again .

See you soon.
Dai and Doreen



Thanks to Dai & Doreen for sending us over these photos & write up, pleased you enjoyed your stay.

Saturday 24 May 2014

Matt's Bank Holiday Belter!

Just over a hour ago Matt was pleased to land this beauty.

Taken on Tropical Fruit Boilies.

Sunday 18 May 2014

Thanks for the photos Daniel!

Hi guys, this is a few pictures of the fish we caught during our week stay (3/5/14 to 10/5/14) the biggest in the picture was a lovely 16lb mirror the two commons were about 7lb and 6lb. We also caught a couple more carp one of which was 11lb common and an 8.5lb mirror carp what pictures are on an other camera. Almost ever one was caught on either white chocolate or strawberry baits. Can't wait to be back again next year.
 Best regards,
  Daniel Crawford

Saturday 17 May 2014

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Wednesday 14 May 2014

Here we go Again!!

Hi Paul and Val, hope you are all well. Just getting in touch to share the catch we had back in march, apologies for it being so late but due to problems with my laptop I wasn’t able to access the pictures thankfully the problem has now been resolved. We arrived on Saturday the 22nd and to be fair conditions were not ideal with it being bitterly cold, not having fished Lonsdale so early in the season we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. We knew that fish location would be key so once unpacked and nets and unhooking mats dipped we went in search of our quarry. Eventually all three of use found swims with fish showing in them which was a great confidence booster to say the least, with darkness fast approaching we just managed to get set up for the night ahead. Being bitterly cold at night no action was had but upon first light the action began. Throughout the week a pattern started to show with bites coming through the warmest parts of the day as expected. The bites started of slow but as the week went on and more bait went in the action progressed. By the end of the week I landed 22 carp ranging from low to high doubles which I was over joyed with considering the conditions and time of year. Dad and Ryan had the about the same amount of carp between them and also choose to target the roach and pike during the periods of carp inactivity which proved to be very productive with numerous pike from low doubles to 17lb landed. Dad targeted the roach on a short line using the whip and had an abundance of top quality roach with several going over the magical 2lb mark. All carp came to the Lonsdale boilies and pellet with peach & black pepper and white chocolate being the most productive. Thanks for a very enjoyable late winter/early spring session, a great time was had by all as always. Hope to see you again later on in the year
Thanks for sending these over Aaron, If your Dad still as the photos of his catches on his 'phone & the time to send them over would be much appreciated! See you later in the year.