Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 25/9

Good catches were reported from both lakes at Town Parks Fishery.

The top Match Lake continued to produce very good catches of Carp and Silvers.

Dam wall pegs continue to provide sport with pellet offered up in the water proving successful for multiple bags of carp.

Lee Hunt fished paste close to the margin and took over twenty carp on each visit.

Fish to the 12lbs mark helped to produce 170lbs bags during 6 hour sessions.

Robbie Metcalf fished his usual 3 or 4 sessions with up to 25 Carp to 10lbs from each visit!

Silvers showed from most pegs, still staying up in the water, and falling to maggot or castor.

The lower Specimen Lake saw anglers enjoying varying amounts of action.

Bristol rod Brian James fished peg 5 and had a hectic session taking five fish during a 24hr session. Two cracking Mirrors of 23lbs 3oz and 21lbs 8oz fell to sweetcorn offered in the bay to the left of the swim. A Catfish of 21lbs 9oz and two Mirrors to 19lbs 6oz also fell to squid boilies offered towards the bar.

 First time visitor Peter Hoare travelled up from Looe and was rewarded with his first Catfish of 15lbs 5oz followed by his personal best Leather Carp of 16lbs 3oz. Spicey luncheon meat offered in the margin tempted all Hoare’s fish to the hook.

Looe rod Peter Hoare made his first visit to Town Parks Fishery and banked three fish including his first Catfish. Hoare also banked a fine Leather Carp of 16lbs 3oz and a Mirror of 15lbs.

 

First time visitor Peter Hoare banked this superb Leather Carp, his first, from peg 16 at Town Parks Fishery.

 Andy Webster made another visit to peg 12 and was rewarded with a fine Cat of 23lbs 8oz which fell for spicey meat!

Local rod Andy Webster visited peg 12 at Town Parks Fishery and was rewarded with this fine Catfish of 23lbs 8oz. The fish fell to spicy luncheon meat offered in the margin.

 With the warm weather expected to continue the prospects look very good on both lakes.

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 18/9

Fish continued to feed well at Town Parks Fishery this week.

Specimen Lake anglers saw plenty of action with Catfish and Carp falling for baits offered in most parts of the lake.

Exeter rod Lawrence Lane made his first visit and had a good session banking Carp of 19lbs 3oz and 15lbs 8oz from peg 3 offering Maple 8 boilies tipped with a white 8mm pop up.

Simon Humphries fished peg 10 taking 4 Carp overnight to 17lbs 5oz. Trimmed down Cell boilies with a very small pva bag filled with micro pellet offered near the island did the trick!

St Austell rod Colin Taylor fished peg 1 for the first time and banked his personal best Common of 15lbs 4oz which fell for Cell boilies offered towards the main island.

St Austell rod Colin Taylor fished peg 1 at Town Parks Fishery and banked his personal best Common Carp of 15lbs 4oz. The fish fell to Cell boilies offered towards the main island

 Simon Benson banked six Carp to 16lbs 8oz topped off with a Catfish of 15lbs 4oz. Worm baits proved effective.

Some very large Catfish fell for halibut pellet offered in the margins although none came to the bank after snagging the anglers lines and breaking free, one after a 45 minute battle!

The top Match Lake produced good bags for anglers working the swim.

Carp in numbers fell to coarse pellet offered up in the water although a constant trickle of two or three pellets was needed to keep the fish feeding.

Rob Metcalf took fish to the 10lbs mark during several visits during the week. Metcalf took some excellent bags with 15 to 25 fish per visit!

Lee Hunt fished peg 16 using the same technique and had the fish right on the surface waiting for the freebies. He took fish for most of the day!

Essex rod Phil Bryant fished with partner Jill from pegs 9 and 10. Phil took a mixed bag on maggot and castor approaching 60lbs whilst Jill concentrated on Carp banking 21 to 9lbs 8oz mainly on pellet!

Bream to the 5lbs mark came to the bank falling for corn on the method.

Fishing has picked up on both lakes and with Winter approaching the fish should continue to feed up with some Catfish and Carp reaching top weight soon!        

Town Parks Fishing Catch Report w/e 12/9

Good catches were reported from both lakes at Town Parks Fishery this week.

The lower Specimen Lake produced plenty of 20lbs+ fish for anglers doing their watercraft.

Once again Dave Osmond showed them the way taking four twenty’s in half an hour.

First fish to the bank a fine Common of 25lbs 2oz which fell to a cell boilie offered in the margins, shortly afterwards a good Mirror of 23lbs 4oz graced the bank after falling for the same tactics! Two Commons of 21lbs 2oz and 20lbs 4oz followed.

Andy Webster fished peg 8 and took two Commons, the best a fine 23lbs 6oz which fell to hot and spicy luncheon meat.

Local rod Andy Webster banked this fine Common Carp from peg 8 at Town Parks Fishery. Webster lured the fish of 23lbs 6oz with hot and spicy luncheon meat offered mid water.

 Brian James fished an uncomfortable night in very windy conditions but did bank three Carp two Mirrors of 22lbs 4oz and 19lbs 5oz and a lovely fully scaled Mirror of 20lbs 9oz. All James’s fish came to Japanese Squid boilies offered mid water. 

On the top Match Lake good sport was reported from most pegs.

Bream are still coming to the bank in numbers as are Roach and Rudd. Maggot offered shallow seems irresistible!

Carp to the 10lbs mark are taking coarse pellet on the waggler or splasher from peg 10 and along the dam wall.

With more unsettled weather coming the fish should continue to feed up ready for winter.

Town Parks Fishing Catch Report w/e 4/9/11

A week of notable catches on the Specimen Lake was order of the day at Town Parks Fishery this week.

Dave Osmond returned to fishing after a short break in fine style. Within 20 minutes of setting up on peg 6 Osmond banked a superb Platinum Koi which tipped the scales at 25lbs 3oz! This was the second time the fish had fallen for Osmond’s bait, last year it weighed in at 23lbs 5oz! 

Dave Osmond banked this beautifully coloured Platinum Koi at Town Parks Fishery. The fish tipped the scales at 25lbs 3oz and fell to Osmonds bait within 20 minutes of arriving!

Local rod Brett Baldwin fished over night on peg 8 and banked three fish.

Baldwin’s best a fine Mirror of 23lbs 8oz, another Mirror of 16lbs 1oz and a Catfish which all fell to a home made wafter.

Plymouth rod Simon Jones had an exciting start to his session from peg 14 hooking into two fish simultaneously within minutes of arrival! Jones managed to bring both fish to the same net and weighed them at 22lbs 2oz and 19lbs 8oz! Both fish fell to Cell boilies cast towards rising bubbles in front of the peg. To finish off an excellent day a superb Tench of 8lbs 8oz fell to the same bait!

Peter Marriot also fished Cell boilies in the shallower water in front of peg 6 and was rewarded with a fine Common of 23lbs 2oz! 

Peter Marriott fished a Cell boilie from peg 6 at Town Parks Fishery and was rewarded with this fine Common Carp of 23lbs 2oz.

 

Plenty of Catfish came to the bank especially after the air temperature dropped early in the week. The best reported was 24lbs 7oz taken on luncheon meat from peg 12.

The larger fish seem to be moving more this week probably feeding up ready for the approaching colder months!

On the top Match Lake fishing continued to be very good with some excellent catches reported.

Dam wall pegs produced multiple catches of Carp with some anglers taking 20 to 30 fish per session mainly on pellet waggler.

Silvers came to maggot and castor offered up in the water from most pegs.

Bream were continually on the feed in the deeper water around pegs 18 to 2.

One notable catch from an unnamed angler was a beautifully coloured orange koi of around 5lbs which fell to a pellet offered mid water.