Late Availability

Cottage available from 7th August.

For details call 07770 825896

Fay Family

Hello Paul

Firstly I just want to say thanks for a fantastic week and making us feel welcome. We came up on the 26^th July and stayed in the lodge, we fished off the lodge pegs most of the week. I came up with my partner (mark) and his Nan, granddad (Bill) and uncle (Chris). Bill and Chris caught a lot of roach averaging around 1-2 pounds , caught mostly on maggot or small bits of lunchenmeat , they also had a couple of small carp around 6 – 7 pound on tropical fruit boilies. Mark having the best week of us all caught 49 carp this week all being from 9 lbs to 18lbs (matching his personal best),all caught on tropical fruit and peach & black pepper boilies. My fishing week seen me beat my personal best twice first with a carp at 9lbs then followed by 11lbs both on frankfurter an snail boilies I also caught a couple of roach and tench on booster lunchenmeat, also getting the smallest fish was the best of all.  Not only was the fishing enjoyable this week seeing all the wild life was great feeding the mice, hedgehog, and birds out of my hands. Thanks again for a great week see you next time J 

Thanks Emma for sending over your write up & photos.

TheMcIlwaine Boys are Back

Here are some more photos of the McIlwaine Boys from Belfast who are on the second visit of the year.

Last week they had over 70 Carp  between the 3 of them, mostly taken on our Tutti Frutti Boiliies. Aaron is hoping to beat his previous PB of over 60 Carp.

Late availability 26th July

26th July - Late availability

For details call 01228 562655 or 07770 825896

Dowels Delight

Thanks Anthony for sending over the write -up  & photos from the week-end.

 all were caught between 8pm to 6am using frankfurter and snail frozen baits I was simply chopping 1 down as a hook bait sometimes adding artificial corn and then breaking 6 to 8 up  (boillies) into little pieces and putting them into a mesh bag and casting them towards either Lilly's or other features. I was resting my swim through the hours of midday until 5pm were i would go and get freshend up and a good cooked meal but after that it was back to the arches. Overall I fished 2 nights and 2 mornings on the arches  managed 7 tench 4 to 6 1/2lb and 4 carp 17 to 18 1/2lb all on frankfurter and snail baits including the tench, who were only showing up early hours of the morning 4am then they would quiet down about 11am but they were great fun and kept it interesting when the carp were quiet so all in all a great weekend can't wait to go back. Anthony Dowell

Good week for Damien & family + PB for Grandad !!

Thanks for sending us this write -up & photos Damien, pleased you all had a good stay.

Hello Paul & Val

A quick thanks for another great week fishing.I know its a bit delayed but got caught up with moving house. 

We came up from 30th May and the 3 of us (Grandad, Mum and myself) were in the lodge, we fished the lodges pegs mostly for the week, With my Grandad and Mum targeting the roach and tench, both caught vast numbers of roach averaging around 3/4 pound,  with plenty at the 1 1/2 pound mark ( all caught on either maggot/caster or soft pellet), with several tench each day largest of which was 7 lb, and Grandad had his personal best carp at 19.6 lb on white chocolate boilie.

I concentrated on the carp, and managed to land towards 30 fish, with the majority of them being in the high teens, largest for the week was 24.2 lbs, I was using white chocolate boilie as my hook bait over a scattering of tropical and peach and black pepper boilie. Dusk was the most productive part of the day with both my rods going within moments of each other on several occasions. I also managed a 14lb pike which took my boilies on the retrieve.

As a bonus bit of fun each afternoon we had pike move into our swim trying to get a free meal from our feet as we put the roach back, so we decided to try spinning for them and had a couple each afternoon, lots of fun with them tail walking and a larger size than i expected from 2 inches from them bank, largest on spinner was 16lb.

Thanks again and see you again.

Damian

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