Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 26/2

With warmer weather the Carp came onto the feed in dramatic fashion at Town Parks Fishery.

The Specimen Lake saw many anglers taking multiple fish during both day and night sessions.

Barnstaple rod Rob Jewell visited the Fishery for the first time and banked eight fish from peg 10. Cell boilies, fished towards the main island resulted in fish regularly coming to the bank during his session. Jewell’s best fish a fine Common of 22lbs 8oz!

Ashburton angler Jeff Weller chose peg 1 for his 24hr visit. Lightly baiting his swim Weller took five fish to 19lbs 2oz and also dropped three fish on the run!

Irish cream boilies accounted for most of his haul!

Ashburton rod Jeff Weller visited peg 1 at Town Parks Fishery and enjoyed a good session banking five fish to 19lbs 2oz. This Mirror weighed 18lbs 3oz and fell to an Irish cream boilie!

Mark Warren fished from peg 2 and banked six fish including a personal best 23lbs 8oz! All the fish came from the same rod with a cell boilie which was fished by the “duck run” on the main island.

Mark Weller visited peg 2 at Town Parks Fishery and had an excellent session banking six fish including his personal best 23lbs 8oz. This Common tipped the scales at 22lbs 1oz and fell to a Cell boilie offered towards the main island.

 Dave Osmond ended a lean spell taking four Carp over twenty pounds in a single overnight session! Osmond’s best was a Common of 24lbs 4oz and this was followed by fish of 23lbs 1oz, 22lbs 4oz and 22lbs 2oz! All the fish were taken from the shallows of peg 6 and fell to red maggot offered on a medusa rig! Osmond also lost the first Catfish of the year at the net! The fish estimated in the twenty’s fell to maggot.

Dave Osmond bounced back after a lean spell and banked four twenty pound plus fish during and overnight session at Town Parks Fishery. This Common weighed 22lbs 4oz and fell to maggot. Osmonds best was 24lbs 4oz.

 It is good to see the Cats moving again, with the water temperature around 11 degrees and warmer weather forecast more fish should be waking up over the next few days!!

The top Match Lake also saw good bags taken.

Carp were not feeding a vigorously as the lower lake although some good fish came to the bank.

Rod Metcalf made a couple of short visits taking large Carp each time. Metcalf fished a coarse pellet up in the water from various pegs.

Bream are now showing in numbers falling to corn and caster.

Roach and Rudd are feeding well up in the water with some medium bags taken on maggot or caster from most pegs!

As the water temperature continues to rise goods catches are expected to continue.

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 19/2

Excellent catches have been reported from Town Parks Fishery this week.

The Specimen Lake has been on particularly good form with plenty of Carp coming to the bank.

Plymouth rod Tom Purdy continued his run of catches with an excellent session banking 7 Carp, the best a fine personal best Mirror of 25lbs 8oz. Purdy banked a beautiful fully scaled Mirror from peg 1 early in his session but he decided to immediately move to peg 3 much to the surprise of other anglers. During the rest of his session he was in the thick of the action. Purdy’s PB came from the bar just to the left of the main island and, like the rest of his catch fell to two 10mm Cell boilies popped up.

Plymouth rod Tom Purdy banked this beautiful Fully Scaled Mirror Carp at Town Parks Fishery. The fish was one of several banked by Purdy including his personal best Carp that tipped the scales a 25lbs 8oz!!

Regular Bob Ineson fished an overnighter from peg 1 and concentrated his baits near the main island. Ineson was rewarded with three fish, the best a Mirror of 19lbs 8oz which fell to a white chocolate pop up.

Local rod Steve Jones banked a good Common from peg 10. Jones fished a coconut pop up tight to the main bar which the fish fell for. Jones also lost another good sized Mirror at the net!!

Local rod Steve Jones banked this fine Common Carp within minutes of setting up on peg 10 at Town Parks Fishery. The fish fell to a coconut pop up offered tight to the central bar.

The top Match Lake has also fished well with good mixed bags of Silvers reported along with some nice Carp coming to the bank.

Pupils from Paignton College attended a tutored session and, along with some nice Roach, two pupils caught and banked Carp at 3lbs 8oz and 4lbs 2oz on 4 metre whips and maggot bait on a size 16 hook!!